Vocabulary
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| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 烦恼 煩惱 | to be worried; to be distressed; worries | |
| 尚 尚 | surname Shang | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 善 善 | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 醒来 醒來 | to waken | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 率 率 | rate; frequency | |
| 并非 並非 | really isn't | |
| 制 製 | system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 袭击 襲擊 | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 以 㕥 | old variant of 以 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 破釜沉舟 破釜沉舟 | lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats | Idiom |
| 孤注一掷 孤注一擲 | to stake all on one throw | Idiom |
| 临阵脱逃 臨陣脫逃 | see 臨陣退縮|临阵退缩[lin2 zhen4 tui4 suo1] | Idiom |
| 串通一气 串通一氣 | to act in collusion (idiom) | Idiom |
| 以卵击石 以卵擊石 | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 犯上作乱 犯上作亂 | to rebel against the emperor (idiom) | Idiom |
| 自投罗网 自投羅網 | to walk right into the trap | Idiom |
| 满盘皆输 滿盤皆輸 | see 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸|一着不慎，满盘皆输[yi1 zhao1 bu4 shen4 , man3 pan2 jie1 shu1] | Idiom |
| 置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 | (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1zi3 Bing1fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confro | Idiom |
| 瞻前顾后 瞻前顧後 | lit. to look forward and back (idiom); fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons; fig. to be overcautious and indecisive | Idiom |
| 识时务 識時務 | to have a clear view of things; to adapt to circumstances | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 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 | |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 宗主 宗主 | head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain | |
| 谋反 謀反 | to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state | |
| 都督 都督 | (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 据险 據險 | to rely on natural barriers (for one's defense) | |
| 逆贼 逆賊 | renegade; traitor and bandit | |
| 爹娘 爹孃 | (dialect) parents | |
| 勾起 勾起 | to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook | |
| 偷袭 偷襲 | to mount a sneak attack; to raid | |
| 行踪 行蹤 | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) | |
| 解毒 解毒 | to detoxify; to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) | |
| 重利 重利 | high interest; huge profit; to value money highly |