Vocabulary
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| 曲调 曲調 | tune; melody | |
| 恍如隔世 恍如隔世 | like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago | |
| 不祥 不祥 | ominous; inauspicious | |
| 清净 清淨 | peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) | |
| 诵经 誦經 | to chant the sutras | |
| 只消 只消 | to only need; it only takes | |
| 善罢甘休 善罷甘休 | (idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative) | |
| 枉然 枉然 | in vain; to no avail | |
| 逝者 逝者 | the dead; the deceased | |
| 侍奉 侍奉 | to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 违抗 違抗 | to disobey | |
| 尸骨 屍骨 | skeleton of the dead | |
| 一族 一族 | social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族[zu2] | |
| 不吉利 不吉利 | ominous | |
| 郁结 鬱結 | to suffer from pent-up frustrations; mental knot; emotional issue | |
| 御花园 御花園 | imperial garden | |
| 端庄 端莊 | dignified; composed | |
| 持重 持重 | prudent; cautious; to be in charge of ritual ceremonies; to hold an important office | |
| 不吉 不吉 | unlucky; inauspicious; ominous | |
| 晕厥 暈厥 | to faint | |
| 扑灭 撲滅 | to eradicate; to extinguish | |
| 屡遭 屢遭 | to suffer repeatedly | |
| 大放异彩 大放異彩 | to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment); to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill | |
| 缓办 緩辦 | to postpone; to delay | |
| 盛传 盛傳 | widely spread; widely rumored; stories abound; (sb's exploits are) widely circulated | |
| 顾忌 顧忌 | to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple | |
| 见招拆招 見招拆招 | to counter every move; to be full of tricks | |
| 止于至善 止於至善 | 止: stop, halt, desist; detain · 于: in, on, at; go to; surname · 至: reach, arrive; extremely, very · 善: good, virtuous, charitable, kind | |
| 聪颖 聰穎 | smart; intelligent | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 误食 誤食 | to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest | |
| 卑微 卑微 | lowly; humble | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 经手 經手 | (lit.) to pass through one's hands; (fig.) to handle; to deal with | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 铺平 鋪平 | to spread out (material); to pave (the way, a road etc) | |
| 撒手 撒手 | to let go of sth; to give up | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 母子 母子 | mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest | |
| 祖母 祖母 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 打发 打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) | |
| 发病 發病 | (of an illness) to occur; (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill; onset (of a medical condition) | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as |