Vocabulary
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| 哀家 哀家 | I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) | |
| 赐给 賜給 | to bestow; to give | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 尚且 尚且 | (not) even; yet; still | |
| 枇杷 枇杷 | loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica); loquat fruit | |
| 罚跪 罰跪 | to punish by protracted kneeling | |
| 生辰 生辰 | birthday | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 住持 住持 | to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk | |
| 积云 積雲 | cumulus; heap cloud | |
| 机缘 機緣 | chance; opportunity; destiny | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 丫髻 丫髻 | bun (of hair); topknot | |
| 从长计议 從長計議 | (idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length | |
| 独居 獨居 | to live alone; to live a solitary existence | |
| 福晋 福晉 | in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife | |
| 卑贱 卑賤 | lowly; mean and low | |
| 奉旨 奉旨 | by imperial decree | |
| 活计 活計 | handicraft; needlework; work | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 斩断 斬斷 | to cut off; to chop sth in half | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 佛像 佛像 | Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva; CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1] | |
| 劳碌 勞碌 | to work hard; to toil | |
| 蝼蚁 螻蟻 | lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power | |
| 消磨 消磨 | to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away | |
| 善待 善待 | to treat well | |
| 顾念 顧念 | to care for; to worry about | |
| 庇佑 庇佑 | to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine) | |
| 莫逆之交 莫逆之交 | intimate friendship; bosom buddies | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything | |
| 争宠 爭寵 | to strive for favor | |
| 不吉利 不吉利 | ominous | |
| 惹人 惹人 | to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend; to attract (attention) | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 情意 情意 | friendly regard; affection | |
| 可解 可解 | soluble (i.e. can be solved) | |
| 依傍 依傍 | to rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model); to base a work (on some model) | |
| 精深 精深 | refined; profound | |
| 托词 託詞 | to make an excuse; pretext; excuse | |
| 产后 產後 | postnatal | |
| 调理 調理 | to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize | |
| 上苍 上蒼 | heaven | |
| 福泽 福澤 | good fortune | |
| 珠玉 珠玉 | pearls and jades; jewels; clever remark; beautiful writing; gems of wisdom; genius; outstanding person | |
| 抚育 撫育 | to nurture; to raise; to foster; to tend | |
| 形似 形似 | similar in shape and appearance | |
| 雕琢 雕琢 | to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose | |
| 经书 經書 | scriptures |