Vocabulary
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| 积怨 積怨 | grievance; accumulated rancor | |
| 自幼 自幼 | from childhood | |
| 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) | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 陪嫁 陪嫁 | dowry | |
| 好端端 好端端 | perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason | |
| 承蒙 承蒙 | to be indebted (to sb) | |
| 侍奉 侍奉 | to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs | |
| 轻饶 輕饒 | to forgive easily; to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it) | |
| 脉象 脈象 | condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine) | |
| 虚火 虛火 | excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM); the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself | |
| 素来 素來 | consistently; always (in the past and now) | |
| 盆景 盆景 | bonsai; landscape in a pot | |
| 正殿 正殿 | main hall of a Buddhist temple | |
| 诬告 誣告 | to frame sb; to accuse falsely | |
| 颠倒是非 顛倒是非 | (idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead | |
| 盛装 盛裝 | (of a receptacle etc) to contain | |
| 明理 明理 | sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning | |
| 腔调 腔調 | a tune; a melody; accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language); tone (manner of expression); elegance; refinement | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 不敬 不敬 | disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) | |
| 碍于 礙於 | to be constrained by; due to (a constraining factor) | |
| 训斥 訓斥 | to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism | |
| 念佛 唸佛 | to pray to Buddha; to chant the names of Buddha | |
| 娘家 孃家 | wife's family (before marriage) | |
| 千里之外 千里之外 | thousand miles distant | |
| 异香 異香 | rare perfume | |
| 拨弄 撥弄 | to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 俯首称臣 俯首稱臣 | to bow before (idiom); to capitulate | |
| 立时三刻 立時三刻 | 立: stand; let stand; establish, set · 时: time, season; era, age, period · 三: three · 刻: carve, engrave; quarter hour | |
| 肌理 肌理 | texture (of skin, surface etc) | |
| 缘由 緣由 | reason; cause | |
| 但愿如此 但願如此 | if only it were so; I hope so (idiom) | |
| 生辰 生辰 | birthday | |
| 暴毙 暴斃 | to die suddenly | |
| 尸身 屍身 | corpse; dead body | |
| 分辩 分辯 | to explain the facts; to defend against an accusation | |
| 宫人 宮人 | imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old) | |
| 不睦 不睦 | to not get along well; to be at odds | |
| 真龙天子 真龍天子 | 真: real, actual, true, genuine · 龙: dragon; symbolic of emperor · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 子: offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch | |
| 得宠 得寵 | to be a favorite; favor | |
| 争宠 爭寵 | to strive for favor | |
| 协理 協理 | assistant manager; to assist in managing | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 申斥 申斥 | to rebuke; to blame; to denounce | |
| 碗公 碗公 | (Tw) very large bowl | |
| 煮熟 煮熟 | to boil thoroughly; to cook thoroughly |