Vocabulary
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| 回绝 回絕 | to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down | |
| 足岁 足歲 | one's age (calculated as years from birth); contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4] | |
| 上上之策 上上之策 | the best policy; the best thing one can do in the circumstances | |
| 吝惜 吝惜 | to stint; to be miserly | |
| 异母 異母 | (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 上佳 上佳 | excellent; outstanding; great | |
| 礼制 禮制 | etiquette; system of rites | |
| 拿主意 拿主意 | to make a decision; to make up one's mind | |
| 蛮夷 蠻夷 | common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian | |
| 如意郎君 如意郎君 | ideal husband; Mr. Right | |
| 边患 邊患 | foreign invasion; disaster on border due to incursion | |
| 功高震主 功高震主 | 功: achievement, merit, good result · 高: high, tall; lofty, elevated · 震: shake, quake, tremor; excite · 主: master, chief owner; host; lord | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 长久之计 長久之計 | 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 久: long time (ago); time passage, grow late · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 计: plan, plot; strategem; scheme | |
| 割爱 割愛 | to part with sth cherished; to forsake | |
| 棋局 棋局 | state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard | |
| 媚惑 媚惑 | to charm; to bewitch | |
| 冷冷清清 冷冷清清 | deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 仪仗 儀仗 | ceremonial weaponry | |
| 不拘 不拘 | not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 祥瑞 祥瑞 | auspicious sign | |
| 矫情 矯情 | (Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable | |
| 面圣 面聖 | (old) to have an audience with the emperor | |
| 独居 獨居 | to live alone; to live a solitary existence | |
| 诵读 誦讀 | to read aloud | |
| 一族 一族 | social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族[zu2] | |
| 皇权 皇權 | imperial power | |
| 隐忍 隱忍 | to bear patiently; to endure silently; to forbear | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 御花园 御花園 | imperial garden | |
| 做伴 做伴 | to keep sb company; to accompany | |
| 奉陪 奉陪 | (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company | |
| 梅花 梅花 | plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect) | |
| 叹气 嘆氣 | to sigh; to heave a sigh | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 更是 更是 | even more (so) | |
| 只得 只得 | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 如一 如一 | consistent; the same; unvarying | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 片刻 片刻 | short period of time; a moment |