Vocabulary
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| 置身事外 置身事外 | (idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it | |
| 险恶 險惡 | dangerous; sinister; vicious | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 俸禄 俸祿 | official's salary (in feudal times) | |
| 这般 這般 | in this way | |
| 震怒 震怒 | to be furious | |
| 冥顽 冥頑 | stupidly obstinate | |
| 樊笼 樊籠 | bird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement | |
| 悟性 悟性 | perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension | |
| 夜幕 夜幕 | curtain of night; gathering darkness | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 煎蛋 煎蛋 | fried egg | |
| 文墨 文墨 | writing; culture | |
| 飘香 飄香 | (of a fragrance) to waft about; (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 自幼 自幼 | from childhood | |
| 闭门思过 閉門思過 | shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes | |
| 国师 國師 | national preceptor | |
| 王宫 王宮 | imperial palace | |
| 绝佳 絕佳 | exceptionally good | |
| 水珠 水珠 | droplet; dewdrop | |
| 另眼相看 另眼相看 | to treat sb favorably; to view in a new light | |
| 三皇 三皇 | the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong, or, and | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 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 | |
| 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 | (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun | |
| 风寒 風寒 | cold (TCM) | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 监考 監考 | to proctor (an exam); to invigilate | |
| 遵旨 遵旨 | obey the decree | |
| 看得起 看得起 | to show respect for; to think highly of | |
| 照应 照應 | to correlate with; to correspond to | |
| 合身 合身 | well-fitting (of clothes) | |
| 无边 無邊 | without boundary; not bordered | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 王后 王后 | queen | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 眨 眨 | to blink; to wink | |
| 必将 必將 | inevitably | |
| 书房 書房 | study (room); studio | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 名誉 名譽 | fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor) | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 租金 租金 | rent | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across |