Vocabulary
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| 侥幸 僥倖 | luckily; by a fluke | |
| 风雅 風雅 | cultured; sophisticated | |
| 在野 在野 | to be out of (political) office; to be out of power | |
| 牵牛花 牽牛花 | white-edged morning glory | |
| 栽植 栽植 | to plant; to transplant | |
| 卑贱 卑賤 | lowly; mean and low | |
| 偏殿 偏殿 | side palace hall; side chamber | |
| 走入 走入 | to walk into | |
| 贪心 貪心 | greedy | |
| 娇妻 嬌妻 | lovely wife | |
| 福晋 福晉 | in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife | |
| 唐突 唐突 | to be rude; to treat irreverently | |
| 生辰 生辰 | birthday | |
| 自持 自持 | to control onself; to exercise self-restraint; self-sustaining | |
| 失仪 失儀 | discourteous; failure of etiquette | |
| 雨露 雨露 | rain and dew; (fig.) favor; grace | |
| 均沾 均沾 | to share (profits) | |
| 恩泽 恩澤 | favor from an emperor or high official | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 娘胎 孃胎 | womb | |
| 慈母 慈母 | warm, caring mother | |
| 争宠 爭寵 | to strive for favor | |
| 利器 利器 | sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual | |
| 尚且 尚且 | (not) even; yet; still | |
| 仇敌 仇敵 | enemy | |
| 宛若 宛若 | to be just like | |
| 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 | rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) | |
| 尽心 盡心 | with all of one's heart | |
| 主公 主公 | Your Highness; Your Majesty | |
| 照理 照理 | according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to | |
| 服食 服食 | to take (medication, vitamins etc) | |
| 娇嫩 嬌嫩 | tender and lovely; fragile; delicate | |
| 精于此道 精於此道 | to be proficient in the area of; skilled in this field | |
| 肃清 肅清 | to purge | |
| 龌龊 齷齪 | dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; (literary) narrow-minded; petty | |
| 怪罪 怪罪 | to blame | |
| 何来 何來 | wherefore | |
| 礼制 禮制 | etiquette; system of rites | |
| 搪塞 搪塞 | to muddle through; to fob sb off; to beat around the bush; to dodge | |
| 禁足 禁足 | to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat | |
| 含冤 含冤 | wronged; to suffer false accusations | |
| 免礼 免禮 | (formal) you may dispense with curtseying | |
| 看顾 看顧 | to watch over | |
| 佛经 佛經 | Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture | |
| 丝竹 絲竹 | traditional Chinese musical instruments; music | |
| 有缘 有緣 | related; brought together by fate | |
| 圣明 聖明 | enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) | |
| 何故 何故 | what for?; what's the reason? | |
| 纠葛 糾葛 | entanglement; dispute | |
| 恶习 惡習 | bad habit; vice |