Vocabulary
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| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 核 核 | pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 设 設 | to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 为五斗米折腰 為五斗米折腰 | (allusion to Tao Qian, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a loc | Idiom |
| 误入歧途 誤入歧途 | to take a wrong step in life (idiom); to go astray | Idiom |
| 伤天害理 傷天害理 | to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts | 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 |
| 天真烂漫 天真爛漫 | (idiom) innocent and unaffected | Idiom |
| 藏龙卧虎 藏龍臥虎 | lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom); fig. talented individuals in hiding; concealed talent | Idiom |
| 锦衣玉食 錦衣玉食 | brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance | Idiom |
| 生不逢时 生不逢時 | born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an unlucky star; ahead of his time | Idiom |
| 虚与委蛇 虛與委蛇 | to feign civility (idiom) | Idiom |
| 愣头青 愣頭青 | reckless young person | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 废柴 廢柴 | (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing; loser | Colloquialism |
| 逆天 逆天 | (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order; (coll.) extraordinary; incredible | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 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)? | |
| 父王 父王 | Father (royal address) | |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 开恩 開恩 | show mercy | |
| 切磋 切磋 | to compare notes; to learn from one another | |
| 赌坊 賭坊 | (archaic) gambling house | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 泻药 瀉藥 | laxative | |
| 陈皮 陳皮 | dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) | |
| 骰盅 骰盅 | dice cup | |
| 不惑 不惑 | without doubt; with full self-confidence; forty years of age | |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 冥界 冥界 | ghost world | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 丝竹 絲竹 | traditional Chinese musical instruments; music | |
| 先见之明 先見之明 | foresight | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 有缘 有緣 | related; brought together by fate | |
| 情义 情義 | affection; comradeship | |
| 剑客 劍客 | swordsman | |
| 阴险 陰險 | treacherous; sinister | |
| 狠毒 狠毒 | vicious; malicious; savage |