Vocabulary
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| 承继 承繼 | adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son); to inherit | |
| 偏执 偏執 | extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid | |
| 偏爱 偏愛 | to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite | |
| 制衡 制衡 | to check and balance (power); checks and balances | |
| 德行 德行 | morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] | |
| 未尝 未嘗 | not ever; not necessarily | |
| 分忧 分憂 | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties | |
| 临终 臨終 | approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave | |
| 嘱托 囑託 | to entrust a task to sb else | |
| 称帝 稱帝 | to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award | |
| 扣上 扣上 | to buckle up; to fasten | |
| 族灭 族滅 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | |
| 不可挽回 不可挽回 | irreversible | |
| 储君 儲君 | heir apparent to a throne | |
| 掣肘 掣肘 | to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder | |
| 违逆 違逆 | to disobey; to defy an edict; to violate; to go against; to run counter to | |
| 峨嵋 峨嵋 | variant of 峨眉[E2 mei2] | |
| 赏赐 賞賜 | to bestow a reward; a reward | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 素日 素日 | usually | |
| 拘礼 拘禮 | to stand on ceremony; punctilious | |
| 无解 無解 | to have no solution | |
| 护佑 護佑 | to bless and protect; to protect | |
| 解惑 解惑 | to dispel doubts; to clear up confusion | |
| 知无不言 知無不言 | 知: know, perceive, comprehend · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 言: words, speech; speak, say | |
| 言无不尽 言無不盡 | 言: words, speech; speak, say · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 尽: exhaust, use up; deplete | |
| 苦役 苦役 | forced labor; corvée; penal servitude | |
| 隐姓埋名 隱姓埋名 | to conceal one's identity; living incognito | |
| 熟识 熟識 | to be well acquainted with; to know well | |
| 增援 增援 | to reinforce | |
| 引以为傲 引以為傲 | to be intensely proud of sth (idiom) | |
| 帝都 帝都 | imperial capital | |
| 忌惮 忌憚 | to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear | |
| 漫天 漫天 | lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see | |
| 援军 援軍 | (military) reinforcements | |
| 剽悍 剽悍 | swift and fierce | |
| 亡魂 亡魂 | soul of the deceased; departed spirit | |
| 钦定 欽定 | to authorize; to designate; (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command | |
| 悲愤 悲憤 | grief and indignation | |
| 徐缓 徐緩 | slow; sluggish; lazily; to slow down | |
| 冤屈 冤屈 | to treat unjustly; an injustice | |
| 重审 重審 | to reinvestigate; to investigate and reconsider a judgment | |
| 反叛 反叛 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 药丸 藥丸 | pill; CL:粒[li4] | |
| 凶险 兇險 | dangerous; ruthless; treacherous | |
| 猎场 獵場 | hunting ground | |
| 相助 相助 | help | |
| 权贵 權貴 | influential officials; bigwigs | |
| 偏要 偏要 | to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything |