Vocabulary
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| 兴许 興許 | (coll.) perhaps | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 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 | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 哀家 哀家 | I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) | |
| 禁足 禁足 | to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat | |
| 遵旨 遵旨 | obey the decree | |
| 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 | |
| 昏倒 昏倒 | to faint | |
| 燕窝 燕窩 | edible bird's nest | |
| 自轻自贱 自輕自賤 | to belittle oneself; self-contempt | |
| 绝情 絕情 | heartless; without regard for others' feelings | |
| 牛乳 牛乳 | cow's milk | |
| 乌拉 烏拉 | leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4la5cao3], worn in northeastern China during winter | |
| 御花园 御花園 | imperial garden | |
| 抽筋 抽筋 | cramp; charley horse; to pull a tendon | |
| 复命 復命 | to report on completion of a mission; debriefing | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 送餐 送餐 | home delivery of meal | |
| 克扣 剋扣 | to dock; to deduct; to embezzle | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 尽心 盡心 | with all of one's heart | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 宫女 宮女 | palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] | |
| 担待 擔待 | to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility | |
| 饮食起居 飲食起居 | 饮: drink; swallow; kind of drink · 食: eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 · 起: rise, stand up; go up; begin · 居: live, dwell, reside, sit | |
| 絮絮 絮絮 | endless prattle; to chatter incessantly | |
| 有解 有解 | (of a problem, equation etc) to have a solution; to be solvable | |
| 笔墨 筆墨 | pen and ink; words; writing | |
| 独大 獨大 | to dominate over all others; to wield all the power; to reign supreme | |
| 虾仁 蝦仁 | shrimp meat; shelled shrimp | |
| 牵涉到 牽涉到 | to involve; to drag in | |
| 风寒 風寒 | cold (TCM) | |
| 求告 求告 | to implore; to beseech | |
| 有心无力 有心無力 | 有: have, own, possess; exist · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 力: power, capability, influence | |
| 枉死 枉死 | to die in tragic circumstances | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 妃嫔 妃嬪 | imperial concubine | |
| 荣辱 榮辱 | honor and disgrace; reputation | |
| 表侄女 表姪女 | daughter of a male cousin via female line | |
| 病愈 病癒 | to recover (from an illness) | |
| 侍奉 侍奉 | to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs | |
| 顾念 顧念 | to care for; to worry about | |
| 哀戚 哀慼 | sorrow; grief |