Vocabulary
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| 旧情 舊情 | old affection | |
| 冷宫 冷宮 | (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor | |
| 倚仗 倚仗 | to lean on; to rely on | |
| 侧目 側目 | to raise eyebrows; to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation); shocked; surprised | |
| 可欺 可欺 | gullible; easily bullied; weak | |
| 一党 一黨 | one-party (state) | |
| 祸福 禍福 | disaster and happiness | |
| 陈情 陳情 | to present a petition; to submit an appeal; to express a grievance to an authority | |
| 精挑细选 精挑細選 | to select very carefully | |
| 昏聩 昏聵 | muddle-headed | |
| 何来 何來 | wherefore | |
| 粗陋 粗陋 | crude; coarse; unsophisticated; shallow | |
| 克扣 剋扣 | to dock; to deduct; to embezzle | |
| 顶罪 頂罪 | to take the blame for sb else; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dropped (by paying money etc) | |
| 撕破脸 撕破臉 | to have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality; to tear into each other | |
| 忌惮 忌憚 | to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear | |
| 雕饰 雕飾 | to carve; to decorate; carved; decorated | |
| 清秀 清秀 | delicate and pretty | |
| 脾胃 脾胃 | spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences; one's taste (e.g. in literature) | |
| 岁寒三友 歲寒三友 | 岁: year; age; harvest · 寒: cold, wintry, chilly · 三: three · 友: friend, companion; fraternity | |
| 露珠 露珠 | dewdrop | |
| 所言不虚 所言不虛 | see 所言非虛|所言非虚[suo3 yan2 fei1 xu1] | |
| 机缘 機緣 | chance; opportunity; destiny | |
| 福泽 福澤 | good fortune | |
| 照应 照應 | to correlate with; to correspond to | |
| 家常 家常 | the daily life of a family | |
| 梅花 梅花 | plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect) | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 好似 好似 | to seem; to be like | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 缘故 緣故 | reason; cause | |
| 自在 自在 | comfortable; at ease | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 应对 應對 | to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 舌头 舌頭 | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 天然 天然 | natural | |
| 传出 傳出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 一同 一同 | together | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 查出 查出 | to find out; to discover | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor |