Vocabulary
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| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 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 | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 朱砂 硃砂 | cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS; also written 硃砂|朱砂[zhu1 sha1] | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 福晋 福晉 | in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife | |
| 服食 服食 | to take (medication, vitamins etc) | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 催化 催化 | catalysis; to catalyze (a reaction) | |
| 仙人 仙人 | Daoist immortal; celestial being | |
| 灵犀 靈犀 | rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5] | |
| 惹人 惹人 | to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend; to attract (attention) | |
| 离宫 離宮 | detached palace; imperial villa | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 赐死 賜死 | (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 拿主意 拿主意 | to make a decision; to make up one's mind | |
| 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 | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 花丛 花叢 | cluster of flowers; inflorescence; flowering shrub | |
| 人尽皆知 人盡皆知 | see 盡人皆知|尽人皆知[jin4 ren2 jie1 zhi1] | |
| 遵旨 遵旨 | obey the decree | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 陆陆续续 陸陸續續 | in succession; one after another; continuously | |
| 以求 以求 | in order to | |
| 延年益寿 延年益壽 | to make life longer; to promise longevity; (this product will) extend your life | |
| 掏空 掏空 | to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling | |
| 两广总督 兩廣總督 | Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi | |
| 尽欢 盡歡 | to thoroughly enjoy oneself | |
| 诸子 諸子 | various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Moz | |
| 分忧 分憂 | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties | |
| 贤能 賢能 | sage | |
| 把持 把持 | to control; to dominate; to monopolize | |
| 非议 非議 | to criticize | |
| 祸乱 禍亂 | calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil | |
| 自幼 自幼 | from childhood | |
| 饱餐 飽餐 | to eat one's fill | |
| 而立之年 而立之年 | the age of 30 | |
| 平庸 平庸 | mediocre; indifferent; commonplace | |
| 养母 養母 | foster mother; adoptive mother | |
| 君臣 君臣 | a ruler and his ministers (old) | |
| 奉旨 奉旨 | by imperial decree | |
| 何来 何來 | wherefore | |
| 烹煮 烹煮 | to cook; to boil | |
| 移栽 移栽 | to transplant (horticulture, agriculture) |