Vocabulary
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| 活下 活下 | to survive | |
| 保有 保有 | to keep; to retain | |
| 受教 受教 | to receive instruction; to benefit from advice | |
| 保住 保住 | to preserve; to save | |
| 求亲 求親 | to make an offer of marriage (to another family on behalf of one's son or daughter); to seek a marriage alliance | |
| 使团 使團 | diplomatic mission | |
| 订亲 訂親 | variant of 定親|定亲[ding4 qin1] | |
| 不合 不合 | to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 朝廷 朝廷 | court; imperial household; dynasty | |
| 邸报 邸報 | imperial bulletin, palace report dating back to Han dynasty | |
| 亲子 親子 | parent and child; parent-child (relationship); two successive generations | |
| 在朝 在朝 | sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members) | |
| 出缺 出缺 | to fall vacant; a job opening at a high level | |
| 空缺 空缺 | vacancy | |
| 决断 決斷 | to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 相争 相爭 | to vie against one another; to fight each other; mutual aggression | |
| 旗下 旗下 | under the banner of | |
| 政 政 | government, political affairs | |
| 倒台 倒臺 | to fall from power; to collapse; downfall | |
| 退下 退下 | to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down | |
| 监 監 | supervise, control, direct | |
| 香气 香氣 | fragrance; aroma; incense | |
| 谈不上 談不上 | to be out of the question | |
| 一心一意 一心一意 | concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently | |
| 工夫 工夫 | (old) laborer | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 建成 建成 | to establish; to build | |
| 缺点 缺點 | weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage | |
| 日常 日常 | day-to-day; daily; everyday | |
| 传来 傳來 | (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive | |
| 有利 有利 | advantageous; favorable | |
| 春 旾 | old variant of 春 | |
| 夏 夏 | the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432); surname Xia | |
| 好奇 好奇 | inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 后果 後果 | consequences; aftermath | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 把握 把握 | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) | |
| 性格 性格 | nature; disposition; temperament; character | |
| 相比 相比 | to compare | |
| 愿望 願望 | desire; wish | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 表面 表面 | surface; face; outside; appearance | |
| 齐 齊 | (name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops |