Vocabulary
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| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 冤家路窄 冤家路窄 | lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths | Idiom |
| 吹胡子瞪眼 吹鬍子瞪眼 | to get angry; to fume | Idiom |
| 南腔北调 南腔北調 | a regional accent | Idiom |
| 恩将仇报 恩將仇報 | to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom) | Idiom |
| 神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 | lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated | Idiom |
| 乘虚而入 乘虛而入 | to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse | Idiom |
| 激浊扬清 激濁揚清 | lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good; eliminate vice and exalt virtue | Idiom |
| 难缠 難纏 | (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with | Xiehouyu |
| 露馅 露餡 | to leak; to expose (sb's secret); to spill the beans; to let the cat out of the bag | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 犯困 犯睏 | (coll.) to get sleepy | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | 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)? | |
| 素手 素手 | white hand; empty-handed | |
| 百川 百川 | rivers | |
| 邪术 邪術 | sorcery | |
| 神医 神醫 | miracle doctor | |
| 陈尸 陳屍 | to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths) | |
| 吃席 吃席 | to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc); (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb) | |
| 盗墓 盜墓 | to rob a tomb | |
| 砍头 砍頭 | to decapitate; to behead | |
| 且慢 且慢 | to wait a moment; do not go too soon | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty | |
| 赐死 賜死 | (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) | |
| 宴席 宴席 | banquet; feast | |
| 嫁祸 嫁禍 | to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else | |
| 蹊跷 蹊蹺 | odd; queer; strange; fishy | |
| 掺和 摻和 | to mix; to put together; to interfere in; to get involved in | |
| 驱邪 驅邪 | to drive out devils; exorcism | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 尸首 屍首 | dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) | |
| 有道理 有道理 | to make sense; reasonable | |
| 遗墨 遺墨 | posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) | |
| 卷宗 卷宗 | file; folder; dossier | |
| 混进 混進 | to infiltrate; to sneak into | |
| 探案 探案 | (of a detective) to investigate a case | |
| 垂泪 垂淚 | to shed tears | |
| 设宴 設宴 | to host a banquet | |
| 出人命 出人命 | fatal; resulting in sb's death | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 偏爱 偏愛 | to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite | |
| 离群索居 離群索居 | 离: rare beast; strange; elegant · 群: (same as · 索: large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated · 居: live, dwell, reside, sit | |
| 徒儿 徒兒 | disciple (address) | |
| 服药 服藥 | to take medicine |