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 | |
| 郎中 郎中 | doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) | |
| 舌根 舌根 | back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal | |
| 老身 老身 | I (old woman, humble) | |
| 免礼 免禮 | (formal) you may dispense with curtseying | |
| 苦役 苦役 | forced labor; corvée; penal servitude | |
| 砸死 砸死 | to crush to death | |
| 重审 重審 | to reinvestigate; to investigate and reconsider a judgment | |
| 诊脉 診脈 | take pulse (TCM) | |
| 侄女 姪女 | brother's daughter; niece | |
| 浑身上下 渾身上下 | all over; from head to toe | |
| 解毒 解毒 | to detoxify; to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) | |
| 娴雅 嫻雅 | refined; graceful; elegant; serene | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 从轻发落 從輕發落 | 从: from, by, since, whence, through · 轻: light; easy, simple; gentle · 发: issue, dispatch, send out; hair · 落: fall, drop; net income, surplus | |
| 叛逃 叛逃 | to defect | |
| 分忧 分憂 | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties | |
| 昏暗 昏暗 | dusky | |
| 狱卒 獄卒 | jailer (old) | |
| 情深意重 情深意重 | 情: feeling, sentiment, emotion · 深: deep; depth; far; very, extreme · 意: thought, idea, opinion; think · 重: heavy, weighty; double | |
| 戳穿 戳穿 | to puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc) | |
| 提审 提審 | to commit sb for trial; to bring sb for interrogation | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 钦定 欽定 | to authorize; to designate; (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command | |
| 喜讯 喜訊 | good news; glad tidings | |
| 采石场 採石場 | stone pit; quarry | |
| 恶事 惡事 | malicious deed; misdeed; disaster; catastrophe | |
| 供述 供述 | confession | |
| 死讯 死訊 | news of sb's death | |
| 裁撤 裁撤 | to dissolve (a department etc); to eliminate (positions) | |
| 平仓 平倉 | to close a position (finance) | |
| 株连 株連 | to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association | |
| 谋反 謀反 | to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state | |
| 斗胆 斗膽 | (courteous) to be so bold as to | |
| 文武 文武 | civil and military | |
| 求情 求情 | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor | |
| 作保 作保 | to act as surety for sb; to be sb's guarantor; to stand bail for sb | |
| 杀绝 殺絕 | to exterminate | |
| 主帅 主帥 | (military) commander-in-chief; (sports) team manager; coach | |
| 无端 無端 | for no reason at all | |
| 贬谪 貶謫 | to banish from the court; to relegate | |
| 算你狠 算你狠 | you got me!; you win!; you are something! | |
| 泡泡 泡泡 | bubbles | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 癞蛤蟆 癩蛤蟆 | toad | |
| 蓖麻 蓖麻 | castor-oil plant | |
| 木桶 木桶 | cask | |
| 行踪 行蹤 | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) | |
| 恩宠 恩寵 | special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite | |
| 归顺 歸順 | to surrender and pay allegiance to |