Vocabulary
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 犯上作乱 犯上作亂 | to rebel against the emperor (idiom) | Idiom |
| 罪大恶极 罪大惡極 | guilty of terrible crimes (idiom); reprehensible | Idiom |
| 一败涂地 一敗塗地 | lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat | Idiom |
| 十恶不赦 十惡不赦 | wicked beyond redemption (idiom); heinous | Idiom |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 兄长 兄長 | elder brother | |
| 故人 故人 | old friend; the deceased | |
| 玲珑 玲瓏 | (onom.) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine; clever; nimble | |
| 医治 醫治 | medical treatment | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 站岗 站崗 | to stand guard; to serve on sentry duty | |
| 口供 口供 | oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement; deposition | |
| 招认 招認 | to confess | |
| 挨骂 挨罵 | to receive a scolding | |
| 依我看 依我看 | in my opinion | |
| 绝后 絕後 | to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique | |
| 逆子 逆子 | unfilial son | |
| 计谋 計謀 | stratagem; scheme | |
| 再审 再審 | to hear a case again; review; retrial | |
| 帝位 帝位 | imperial throne | |
| 忤逆 忤逆 | disobedient to parents | |
| 作乱 作亂 | to rebel; to rise in revolt | |
| 内情 內情 | inside story; inside information | |
| 开恩 開恩 | show mercy | |
| 逆贼 逆賊 | renegade; traitor and bandit | |
| 株连 株連 | to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association | |
| 驻军 駐軍 | to station or garrison troops; garrison | |
| 兵制 兵制 | military system | |
| 主将 主將 | commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization) | |
| 蒙骗 矇騙 | to hoodwink; to deceive; to dupe sb | |
| 同谋 同謀 | to conspire with sb; to plot; a conspirator; a partner in crime; an accomplice | |
| 援军 援軍 | (military) reinforcements | |
| 混入 混入 | to sneak into | |
| 女扮男装 女扮男裝 | (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom) | |
| 剿灭 剿滅 | to eliminate (by armed force) | |
| 党羽 黨羽 | henchmen | |
| 搜捕 搜捕 | to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt | |
| 轮番 輪番 | in turn; one after another | |
| 勾连 勾連 | to be linked together; to be involved with; to collude; interconnection; involvement; collusion | |
| 忌惮 忌憚 | to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 扎营 紮營 | to camp; to pitch camp; stationed; quartered; Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2] | |
| 木桶 木桶 | cask | |
| 好端端 好端端 | perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason |