Vocabulary
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| 老儿 老兒 | old man (familiar) | |
| 临朝 臨朝 | to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent) | |
| 端的 端的 | really; after all; details; particulars | |
| 缘由 緣由 | reason; cause | |
| 袖口 袖口 | cuff | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 凶险 兇險 | dangerous; ruthless; treacherous | |
| 劫囚 劫囚 | to break a prisoner out of jail | |
| 见驾 見駕 | to have an audience (with the emperor) | |
| 深陷 深陷 | to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes) | |
| 剑指 劍指 | (fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc) | |
| 伏兵 伏兵 | hidden troops; ambush | |
| 平身 平身 | rise (to subjects bowing) | |
| 逆臣 逆臣 | rebellious minister | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 蒙蔽 矇蔽 | to deceive; to hoodwink | |
| 侥幸 僥倖 | luckily; by a fluke | |
| 余孽 餘孽 | remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration) | |
| 主帅 主帥 | (military) commander-in-chief; (sports) team manager; coach | |
| 主将 主將 | commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization) | |
| 语不惊人 語不驚人 | 语: language, words; saying, expression · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 惊: frighten, surprise, startle · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else | |
| 烈焰 烈焰 | raging flames | |
| 谋划 謀劃 | to scheme; to plot; conspiracy | |
| 麒麟 麒麟 | (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe | |
| 捷径 捷徑 | shortcut | |
| 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) | |
| 废黜 廢黜 | to depose (a king) | |
| 覆灭 覆滅 | destruction | |
| 构陷 構陷 | to frame; to bring false charges against | |
| 蒙难 蒙難 | to meet with disaster; killed; in the clutches of the enemy; to fall foul of; in danger | |
| 主犯 主犯 | culprit | |
| 野史 野史 | unofficial history; history as popular legends | |
| 冤魂 冤魂 | ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances | |
| 有道理 有道理 | to make sense; reasonable | |
| 子虚乌有 子虛烏有 | (idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination | |
| 圣明 聖明 | enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) | |
| 结仇 結仇 | to start a feud; to become enemies | |
| 除掉 除掉 | to eliminate | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 表征 表徵 | symbol; indicator; representation | |
| 把脉 把脈 | to feel the pulse; to take sb's pulse | |
| 认栽 認栽 | to admit defeat | |
| 诊脉 診脈 | take pulse (TCM) | |
| 弑君 弒君 | regicide; to commit regicide | |
| 无稽之谈 無稽之談 | (idiom) complete nonsense | |
| 临死 臨死 | facing death; at death's door | |
| 依从 依從 | to comply with; to obey | |
| 行凶 行兇 | violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) |