Vocabulary
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| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 祭礼 祭禮 | sacrificial offerings; worship; religious rite | |
| 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 | |
| 礼部尚书 禮部尚書 | Director of Board of Rites (Confucian) | |
| 素来 素來 | consistently; always (in the past and now) | |
| 仪典 儀典 | ceremony | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 御史 御史 | imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) | |
| 宗主 宗主 | head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain | |
| 圣心 聖心 | Sacred Heart (Christian) | |
| 礼制 禮制 | etiquette; system of rites | |
| 开恩 開恩 | show mercy | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 君臣 君臣 | a ruler and his ministers (old) | |
| 储君 儲君 | heir apparent to a throne | |
| 军需 軍需 | military supplies | |
| 恩宠 恩寵 | special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite | |
| 嫡母 嫡母 | father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife) | |
| 宿儒 宿儒 | experienced scholar; old expert in the field | |
| 不悦 不悅 | displeased; annoyed | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 传讯 傳訊 | to summon (a witness); to subpoena | |
| 喊冤 喊冤 | to cry out a grievance | |
| 臣属 臣屬 | official in feudal court; subject | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 有劳 有勞 | thank you for the trouble | |
| 杨柳 楊柳 | willow tree; poplar and willow; name of traditional tune | |
| 犯案 犯案 | to commit a crime or offense | |
| 贩子 販子 | trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler | |
| 胆识 膽識 | courage and insight | |
| 主祭 主祭 | to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral | |
| 妃嫔 妃嬪 | imperial concubine | |
| 规制 規制 | to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building) | |
| 皇族 皇族 | the imperial family; royal kin | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 如若 如若 | if | |
| 奉召 奉召 | to receive orders | |
| 进殿 進殿 | enter the palace | |
| 奉旨 奉旨 | by imperial decree | |
| 督办 督辦 | to oversee; to supervise; superintendent | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 居功 居功 | to claim credit for oneself | |
| 非议 非議 | to criticize | |
| 置喙 置喙 | to offer an opinion; to comment (on the issue); to have a say (in the matter) | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 获罪 獲罪 | to be deemed guilty; to be convicted | |
| 轻侮 輕侮 | (literary) to treat with disrespect | |
| 愤恨 憤恨 | to hate; hatred; to resent; embittered | |
| 暴怒 暴怒 | to fly into a rage; to rage violently |