Vocabulary
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| 称帝 稱帝 | to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award | |
| 扣上 扣上 | to buckle up; to fasten | |
| 族灭 族滅 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | |
| 不可挽回 不可挽回 | irreversible | |
| 无解 無解 | to have no solution | |
| 引以为傲 引以為傲 | to be intensely proud of sth (idiom) | |
| 在此一举 在此一舉 | 在: be at, in, on; consist in, rest · 此: this, these; in this case, then · 一: one; a, an; alone · 举: raise, lift up; recommend | |
| 专擅 專擅 | without authorization; to act on one's own initiative | |
| 十分之一 十分之一 | one tenth | |
| 野草 野草 | weeds; mistress or prostitute (old) | |
| 保驾 保駕 | (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage); (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) | |
| 血战到底 血戰到底 | 血: blood; radical number 143 · 战: war, fighting, battle · 到: go to, arrive, been to · 底: bottom, underneath, underside | |
| 挥师 揮師 | in command of the army | |
| 一息尚存 一息尚存 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 息: rest, put stop to, end, cease · 尚: still, yet; even; fairly, rather · 存: exist, live, be; survive; remain | |
| 策谋 策謀 | stratagem (political or military); trick | |
| 围炉 圍爐 | to gather around the stove; (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve | |
| 患难与共 患難與共 | 患: suffer, worry about; suffering · 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 与: and; with; to; for; give, grant · 共: together with, all, total; to share | |
| 共赴 共赴 | joint participation; to go together | |
| 奉诏 奉詔 | to receive an imperial command | |
| 狱卒 獄卒 | jailer (old) | |
| 戳穿 戳穿 | to puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc) | |
| 算你狠 算你狠 | you got me!; you win!; you are something! | |
| 泡泡 泡泡 | bubbles | |
| 延性 延性 | ductility | |
| 有主见 有主見 | opinionated; having one's own strong views | |
| 誓死 誓死 | to pledge one's life | |
| 剑指 劍指 | (fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc) | |
| 语不惊人 語不驚人 | 语: language, words; saying, expression · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 惊: frighten, surprise, startle · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else | |
| 野史 野史 | unofficial history; history as popular legends | |
| 认栽 認栽 | to admit defeat | |
| 选贤与能 選賢與能 | 选: choose, select; elect; election · 贤: virtuous, worthy, good; able · 与: and; with; to; for; give, grant · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability | |
| 喽啰 嘍囉 | rank and file member of an outlaw gang; (fig.) underling; minion; small fry | |
| 同宗同源 同宗同源 | to share the same origins; to have common roots | |
| 鼓足勇气 鼓足勇氣 | to summon one's courage | |
| 客死异乡 客死異鄉 | to die in a foreign land (idiom) | |
| 绝域 絕域 | a faraway and hard-to-reach land (classical) | |
| 去伪存真 去偽存真 | 去: go away, leave, depart · 伪: false, counterfeit, bogus · 存: exist, live, be; survive; remain · 真: real, actual, true, genuine | |
| 退隐 退隱 | to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire | |
| 宗法 宗法 | patriarchal clan system | |
| 惊骇 驚駭 | to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified | |
| 贤明 賢明 | wise and capable; sagacious | |
| 大是大非 大是大非 | 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 非: not, negative, non-; oppose | |
| 笼络人心 籠絡人心 | 笼: cage; cage-like basket · 络: enmesh, wrap around; web, net · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul | |
| 卑污 卑汙 | despicable and filthy; foul | |
| 坛子 罈子 | jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) | |
| 不解风情 不解風情 | unromantic; insensitive | |
| 通晓 通曉 | proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through | |
| 割让 割讓 | to cede; cession | |
| 持久战 持久戰 | prolonged war; war of attrition | |
| 偏将 偏將 | deputy general |