Vocabulary
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| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | variant of 戏 | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | honest; prudent; variant of 愿 | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 兵戎相见 兵戎相見 | to meet on the battlefield (idiom) | Idiom |
| 贻笑大方 貽笑大方 | to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock | Idiom |
| 化干戈为玉帛 化干戈為玉帛 | lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship | Idiom |
| 一言九鼎 一言九鼎 | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight | Idiom |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 大清 大清 | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 张廷玉 張廷玉 | Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3] | Proper Noun |
| 诗书 詩書 | the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] | Proper Noun |
| 阎罗殿 閻羅殿 | Yama's palace | Proper Noun |
| 神佛 神佛 | Gods and Buddhas | Proper Noun |
| 天命 天命 | Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 华胄 華胄 | (literary) Han people; descendants of nobles | Proper Noun |
| 平定 平定 | Pingding county in Yangquan 陽泉|阳泉[Yang2 quan2], Shanxi | Proper Noun |
| 兵部 兵部 | Ministry of War (in imperial China) | Proper Noun |
| 永寿 永壽 | Yongshou County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 会安 會安 | Hoi An (in Vietnam) | Proper Noun |
| 圆明园 圓明園 | Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 | Proper Noun |
| 论语 論語 | The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] | Proper Noun |
| 西域 西域 | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1]) | Proper Noun |
| 摩 摩 | rub, scour, grind; friction | |
| 氏 氏 | clan, family; mister | |
| 王爷 王爺 | prince; marquis; nobleman | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 索 索 | large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated | |
| 法子 法子 | way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] | |
| 宣 宣 | declare, announce, proclaim | |
| 亲王 親王 | prince |