Vocabulary
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| 谋划 謀劃 | to scheme; to plot; conspiracy | |
| 恼怒 惱怒 | resentful; angry; to enrage sb | |
| 凶险 兇險 | dangerous; ruthless; treacherous | |
| 贩运 販運 | to transport (for sale); to traffic (in sth) | |
| 日久生情 日久生情 | familiarity breeds fondness (idiom) | |
| 下嫁 下嫁 | (of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status; to marry down | |
| 宠信 寵信 | to dote on and trust | |
| 陈年 陳年 | (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding | |
| 心腹 心腹 | trusted aide; confidant | |
| 心甘情愿 心甘情願 | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do | |
| 内情 內情 | inside story; inside information | |
| 不善 不善 | bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive | |
| 权谋 權謀 | trickery; tactics | |
| 权术 權術 | art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery | |
| 可叹 可嘆 | lamentable; sad(ly) | |
| 飘零 飄零 | to fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless | |
| 侥幸 僥倖 | luckily; by a fluke | |
| 公允 公允 | equitable; fair | |
| 阴险 陰險 | treacherous; sinister | |
| 歹毒 歹毒 | vicious; ruthless; malevolent | |
| 迎娶 迎娶 | (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 贤达 賢達 | prominent and worthy personage | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 麒麟 麒麟 | (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe | |
| 盛名 盛名 | famous reputation | |
| 素来 素來 | consistently; always (in the past and now) | |
| 不甘心 不甘心 | not reconciled to; not resigned to | |
| 捷径 捷徑 | shortcut | |
| 倚重 倚重 | to rely heavily upon | |
| 宏图 宏圖 | major undertaking; vast plan; grand prospect | |
| 绣花 繡花 | to embroider; to do embroidery | |
| 结党 結黨 | to form a clique | |
| 谋事 謀事 | to plan matters; to look for a job | |
| 收监 收監 | to imprison; to take into custody | |
| 枉法 枉法 | to circumvent the law | |
| 下狱 下獄 | to imprison | |
| 流刑 流刑 | exile (as form of punishment) | |
| 懒散 懶散 | indolent; negligent; slack | |
| 礼部尚书 禮部尚書 | Director of Board of Rites (Confucian) | |
| 户部尚书 戶部尚書 | Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards) | |
| 禁足 禁足 | to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat | |
| 此消彼长 此消彼長 | (idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game) | |
| 进殿 進殿 | enter the palace | |
| 捷报 捷報 | report of success; report of a victory | |
| 履职 履職 | to fulfill one's job or duty | |
| 撤掉 撤掉 | to cut; to throw out; to depose (from office); to tear off | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 人缘 人緣 | relations with other people | |
| 伏兵 伏兵 | hidden troops; ambush | |
| 笼络 籠絡 | to coax; to beguile; to win over |