Vocabulary
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| 掂 掂 | heft, hold or weigh in palm | |
| 薄待 薄待 | mean treatment; indifference; meager hospitality | |
| 殿 殿 | palace hall | |
| 姿色 姿色 | good looks (of a woman) | |
| 看戏 看戲 | to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) | |
| 顶撞 頂撞 | to contradict (elders or superiors) | |
| 擒 擒 | capture | |
| 郁 鬱 | sweet smelling, rich in aroma; (Cant.) to move, hit | |
| 社稷 社稷 | state; country; the Gods of earth and grain | |
| 侍 侍 | serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai | |
| 寝 寢 | sleep, rest; bed chamber | |
| 许久 許久 | for a long time; for ages | |
| 禀 稟 | report to, petition | |
| 孝心 孝心 | filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents | |
| 坞 塢 | entrenchment, bank, low wall | |
| 桐 桐 | name applied various trees | |
| 繁 緐 | complicated, complex, difficult | |
| 眉 眉 | eyebrows; upper margin of book | |
| 陵 陵 | hill, mound; mausoleum | |
| 槿 槿 | hibiscus | |
| 汐 汐 | night tides, evening ebb tide | |
| 营私 營私 | to gain from corrupt dealing; to engage in graft; to feather one's nest | |
| 权势 權勢 | power; influence | |
| 躬 躬 | body; personally, in person | |
| 武官 武官 | military official; military attaché | |
| 轿 轎 | sedan-chair, palanquin | |
| 隆 隆 | prosperous, plentiful, abundant | |
| 仆 僕 | fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant | |
| 中饱私囊 中飽私囊 | to stuff one's pockets; to take bribes | |
| 循 循 | obey, comply with, follow | |
| 斌 斌 | refined, having both appearance | |
| 擅 擅 | monopolize; claim; arbitrarily; to dare | |
| 谕 諭 | proclaim, instruct; edict | |
| 僧 僧 | monk | |
| 情分 情分 | mutual affection; friendship | |
| 品茶 品茶 | to taste tea; to sip tea | |
| 奉 奉 | respectfully offer | |
| 公公 公公 | husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch | |
| 无益 無益 | no good; not good for; not beneficial | |
| 想必 想必 | presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely | |
| 皆因 皆因 | simply because; all because | |
| 妆 妝 | to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up | |
| 培 培 | bank up with dirt; cultivate | |
| 君 君 | lord, sir | |
| 描金 描金 | to outline in gold | |
| 器具 器具 | implement; utensil; equipment | |
| 嚎 嚎 | cry loudly, yell, scream | |
| 膳 膳 | meals, provisions, board | |
| 乏 乏 | lack; poor | |
| 举荐 舉薦 | to recommend |