Vocabulary
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| 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 | |
| 闭关 閉關 | to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) | |
| 谋士 謀士 | skilled manipulator; tactician; strategist; advisor; counsellor | |
| 致歉 致歉 | to apologize; to express regret | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 愚笨 愚笨 | stupid; clumsy | |
| 谢罪 謝罪 | to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault | |
| 宿命 宿命 | predestination; karma | |
| 撇开 撇開 | to disregard; to leave aside | |
| 入主 入主 | to invade and take control of (a territory); to take the helm at (an organization); (of a company) to take control of (another company) | |
| 帝位 帝位 | imperial throne | |
| 窖藏 窖藏 | to store in a cellar | |
| 畅快 暢快 | carefree | |
| 苦肉计 苦肉計 | the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence; CL:條|条[tiao2] | |
| 敬畏 敬畏 | to revere | |
| 谋取 謀取 | to seek; to strive for; to obtain; see also 牟取[mou2 qu3] | |
| 私利 私利 | personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest | |
| 消磨 消磨 | to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away | |
| 暗箭 暗箭 | attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back | |
| 内斗 內鬥 | internal strife; power struggle; (of members of an organization) to fight each other | |
| 谋臣 謀臣 | imperial strategic adviser; expert on strategy | |
| 福泽 福澤 | good fortune | |
| 招架 招架 | to resist; to ward off; to hold one's own | |
| 为国为民 為國為民 | 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 国: nation, country, nation-state · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 民: people, subjects, citizens | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 恩宠 恩寵 | special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite | |
| 偏私 偏私 | to practice favoritism | |
| 斥责 斥責 | to lash out; to reprimand | |
| 不误 不誤 | used in expressions of the form 照V不誤|照V不误[zhao4 xx5 bu4 wu4], in which V is a verb, 照[zhao4] means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照 | |
| 胆大妄为 膽大妄為 | daring; presumptuous; daredevil | |
| 伪证 偽證 | perjury | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 提审 提審 | to commit sb for trial; to bring sb for interrogation | |
| 筋骨 筋骨 | muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 无妄之灾 無妄之災 | 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 妄: absurd, foolish, reckless; false · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 灾: calamity, disaster, catastrophe | |
| 抚慰 撫慰 | to console; to comfort; to soothe | |
| 笼络 籠絡 | to coax; to beguile; to win over | |
| 恩师 恩師 | (greatly respected) teacher | |
| 不清 不清 | unclear | |
| 兄长 兄長 | elder brother | |
| 主犯 主犯 | culprit | |
| 构陷 構陷 | to frame; to bring false charges against | |
| 结党 結黨 | to form a clique | |
| 险些 險些 | narrowly; almost; nearly | |
| 尚且 尚且 | (not) even; yet; still | |
| 挨个 挨個 | one by one; in turn | |
| 遵旨 遵旨 | obey the decree | |
| 亡者 亡者 | the deceased | |
| 在这之前 在這之前 | before then; up until that point |