Vocabulary
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| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 察言观色 察言觀色 | to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom); to discern what sb thinks from his body language | Idiom |
| 芝兰玉树 芝蘭玉樹 | lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects | Idiom |
| 刻薄 刻薄 | unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions | Xiehouyu |
| 错怪 錯怪 | to blame sb wrongly | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 金安 金安 | Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui | Proper Noun |
| 内务府 內務府 | Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty) | Proper Noun |
| 圆明园 圓明園 | Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 | Proper Noun |
| 紫禁城 紫禁城 | the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1] | Proper Noun |
| 蜀锦 蜀錦 | brocade from Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 巡抚 巡撫 | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times | Proper Noun |
| 万安 萬安 | Wan'an county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi | Proper Noun |
| 木兰 木蘭 | Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang; see 花木蘭|花木兰[Hua1 Mu4 lan2] | Proper Noun |
| 宫本 宮本 | Miyamoto (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 温 溫 | lukewarm | |
| 曹 曹 | ministry officials; surname | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 请安 請安 | to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1]) | |
| 贺 賀 | congratulate; send present | |
| 玉女 玉女 | beautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter; Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM | |
| 极好 極好 | fabulous; superb; excellent | |
| 唯有 唯有 | only | |
| 方子 方子 | prescription (of medicine) | |
| 流言 流言 | rumor; gossip; to spread rumors | |
| 古方 古方 | ancient prescription | |
| 逛逛 逛逛 | to roam around; to have a stroll | |
| 幽 幽 | quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark | |
| 施 施 | grant, bestow; give; act; name | |
| 察 察 | examine, investigate; notice | |
| 绵薄 綿薄 | my humble effort; my meager contribution (humble) | |
| 一拍两散 一拍兩散 | (idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate |