Vocabulary
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| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 百口莫辩 百口莫辯 | (idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence | Idiom |
| 父慈子孝 父慈子孝 | benevolent father, filial son (idiom); natural love between parents and children | Idiom |
| 百思不得其解 百思不得其解 | see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3] | Idiom |
| 未卜先知 未卜先知 | predictable; sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant | Idiom |
| 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 | (idiom) insatiably greedy | Idiom |
| 贪心不足 貪心不足 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied | Idiom |
| 名正言顺 名正言順 | in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate | Idiom |
| 唇齿相依 唇齒相依 | lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related; interdependent | Idiom |
| 顾左右而言他 顧左右而言他 | (idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion | Idiom |
| 忠心耿耿 忠心耿耿 | loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true | Idiom |
| 胡搅蛮缠 胡攪蠻纏 | (idiom) to pester endlessly | Xiehouyu |
| 瞎说 瞎說 | to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about | Xiehouyu |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | Xiehouyu |
| 屈打成招 屈打成招 | to obtain confessions under torture | Xiehouyu |
| 蠢货 蠢貨 | blockhead; idiot; dunce; moron; fool | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | 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 | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 福晋 福晉 | in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife | |
| 求情 求情 | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor | |
| 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 | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 生辰 生辰 | birthday | |
| 婶母 嬸母 | wife of father's younger brother; aunt | |
| 手足 手足 | hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 不敬 不敬 | disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) | |
| 得宠 得寵 | to be a favorite; favor | |
| 皇太后 皇太后 | empress dowager | |
| 训斥 訓斥 | to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism | |
| 祭礼 祭禮 | sacrificial offerings; worship; religious rite | |
| 臣民 臣民 | subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) | |
| 有缘 有緣 | related; brought together by fate | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 卑微 卑微 | lowly; humble | |
| 神灵 神靈 | god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general | |
| 委曲求全 委曲求全 | to accept a compromise | |
| 论理 論理 | normally; as things should be; by rights; to reason things out; logic | |
| 平心静气 平心靜氣 | 平: flat, level, even; peaceful · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 静: quiet, still, motionless; gentle · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 如草 如草 | grassy | |
| 胎动 胎動 | fetal movement | |
| 若非 若非 | were it not for; if not for | |
| 盛怒 盛怒 | enraged; furious | |
| 甩开 甩開 | to shake off; to get rid of | |
| 顾念 顧念 | to care for; to worry about | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously |