Vocabulary
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| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 并非 並非 | really isn't | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 制 製 | system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | surname Jing | |
| 文 文 | surname Wen | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 以 㕥 | old variant of 以 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 捕风捉影 捕風捉影 | lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence | Idiom |
| 丧心病狂 喪心病狂 | (idiom) deranged; demented; berserk | Idiom |
| 罪大恶极 罪大惡極 | guilty of terrible crimes (idiom); reprehensible | Idiom |
| 难熬 難熬 | (of pain or hardship) hard to bear | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 悬 懸 | to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 指着 指著 | Poke | |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 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 | |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 宗主 宗主 | head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain | |
| 审问 審問 | to interrogate; to examine; to question | |
| 宫女 宮女 | palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] | |
| 如若 如若 | if | |
| 皇儿 皇兒 | imperial child | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 皇太后 皇太后 | empress dowager | |
| 切莫 切莫 | you must not; Please don't...; be sure not to; on no account (do it) | |
| 凶险 兇險 | dangerous; ruthless; treacherous | |
| 恩宠 恩寵 | special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 低贱 低賤 | lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 凝滞 凝滯 | to stagnate; to congeal; (fig.) to stop still; to freeze | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 捎信 捎信 | to take a letter; to send word | |
| 押送 押送 | to send under escort; to transport a detainee | |
| 人犯 人犯 | criminal; culprit; suspect (old) | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 闭关 閉關 | to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) | |
| 围捕 圍捕 | to fish by casting a net; to capture; to surround and seize | |
| 抗命 抗命 | against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders | |
| 以此为 以此為 | to regard as; to treat as |