Vocabulary
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| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 设 設 | to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 制 製 | system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 许 許 | surname Xu | |
| 有所 有所 | somewhat; to some extent | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | surname Jing | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 则 則 | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 大逆不道 大逆不道 | disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) | Idiom |
| 赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 | to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless | Idiom |
| 打入冷宫 打入冷宮 | (idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history | Idiom |
| 铁证如山 鐵證如山 | irrefutable evidence | Idiom |
| 恨之入骨 恨之入骨 | to hate sb to the bone (idiom) | Idiom |
| 十恶不赦 十惡不赦 | wicked beyond redemption (idiom); heinous | Idiom |
| 为非作歹 為非作歹 | to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages | Idiom |
| 几次三番 幾次三番 | lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again | Idiom |
| 一败涂地 一敗塗地 | lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat | Idiom |
| 居功自傲 居功自傲 | satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others | Idiom |
| 信口雌黄 信口雌黃 | to speak off the cuff; to casually opine | Idiom |
| 乱臣贼子 亂臣賊子 | rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel | Idiom |
| 非亲非故 非親非故 | lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way | Idiom |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | Xiehouyu |
| 自作自受 自作自受 | (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice | Xiehouyu |
| 自欺欺人 自欺欺人 | to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies | Xiehouyu |
| 装聋作哑 裝聾作啞 | to play deaf-mute | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 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 | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 臣子 臣子 | official in feudal court; subject | |
| 赐死 賜死 | (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) | |
| 争宠 爭寵 | to strive for favor | |
| 圣旨 聖旨 | imperial edict | |
| 福晋 福晉 | in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife | |
| 得宠 得寵 | to be a favorite; favor | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant |