Vocabulary
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| 出力 出力 | to exert oneself | |
| 指派 指派 | to assign; to appoint; assignment | |
| 饿死 餓死 | to starve to death; to be very hungry | |
| 派系 派系 | sect; faction | |
| 摺 摺 | fold, bend; twisted, curved | |
| 禀报 稟報 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 传遍 傳遍 | to spread widely | |
| 高居 高居 | to stand above; to occupy an important position; to rank (among the top few) | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 银两 銀兩 | silver (as currency) | |
| 收受 收受 | to receive; to accept | |
| 不实 不實 | untruthful; untrue | |
| 邸报 邸報 | imperial bulletin, palace report dating back to Han dynasty | |
| 查证 查證 | to check; to verify | |
| 留存 留存 | to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past) | |
| 旧年 舊年 | last year; the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) | |
| 监 監 | supervise, control, direct | |
| 已然 已然 | already; to be already so; to have long been the case | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 上马 上馬 | to get on a horse; to mount | |
| 下马 下馬 | to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project) | |
| 决断 決斷 | to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute | |
| 几时 幾時 | at what time?; when? | |
| 确 確 | sure, certain; real, true | |
| 放任 放任 | to ignore; to let alone; to indulge | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] | |
| 传世 傳世 | handed down from ancient times; family heirloom | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 之上 之上 | above | |
| 下任 下任 | next office holder; next to serve | |
| 登上 登上 | to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount | |
| 不相干 不相干 | to be irrelevant; to have nothing to do with | |
| 政 政 | government, political affairs | |
| 费心 費心 | to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) | |
| 巧思 巧思 | innovative thinking; ingenuity | |
| 打发时间 打發時間 | to pass the time | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be | |
| 耳目 耳目 | eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 世事 世事 | affairs of life; things of the world | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 年底 年底 | the end of the year; year-end | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 设立 設立 | to set up; to establish | |
| 早已 早已 | for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past | |
| 家乡 家鄉 | hometown; native place | |
| 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 |