Vocabulary
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| 制 製 | system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 | |
| 一一 一一 | one by one; one after another | |
| 有所 有所 | somewhat; to some extent | |
| 罗 羅 | surname Luo | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | old variant of 以 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 迎来送往 迎來送往 | lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests; all time taken over with social niceties | Idiom |
| 衣锦还乡 衣錦還鄉 | lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); fig. to return home after making good; Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1] | Idiom |
| 作威作福 作威作福 | tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people | Idiom |
| 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 | lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure | Idiom |
| 没头苍蝇 沒頭蒼蠅 | see 無頭蒼蠅|无头苍蝇[wu2 tou2 cang1 ying5] | Idiom |
| 心满意足 心滿意足 | perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied | Idiom |
| 愚不可及 愚不可及 | impossibly stupid | Idiom |
| 光彩夺目 光彩奪目 | dazzling; brilliant | Idiom |
| 相得益彰 相得益彰 | to bring out the best in each other (idiom); to complement one another well | Idiom |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 赏赐 賞賜 | to bestow a reward; a reward | |
| 风寒 風寒 | cold (TCM) | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 做伴 做伴 | to keep sb company; to accompany | |
| 鹧鸪 鷓鴣 | partridge | |
| 有劳 有勞 | thank you for the trouble | |
| 坠子 墜子 | weight; pendant; same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]; ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] | |
| 娘家 孃家 | wife's family (before marriage) | |
| 床铺 床鋪 | bed | |
| 吃里扒外 吃裡扒外 | to live off one side while secretly helping the other; to betray one's own people (idiom) | |
| 雪景 雪景 | snowscape | |
| 烛火 燭火 | candle flame | |
| 省俭 省儉 | frugal; thrifty | |
| 粥厂 粥廠 | food relief center; soup kitchen | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 恩宠 恩寵 | special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite | |
| 得宠 得寵 | to be a favorite; favor | |
| 眷顾 眷顧 | to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country) | |
| 哀家 哀家 | I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) | |
| 独步 獨步 | lit. walking alone; prominent; unrivalled; outstanding | |
| 高妙 高妙 | masterly; subtle and clever (or artwork, writing etc) | |
| 情意 情意 | friendly regard; affection | |
| 缠绵 纏綿 | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) | |
| 明灭 明滅 | to flicker; to flash on and off; to brighten and fade |