Vocabulary
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| 处心积虑 處心積慮 | to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating | Idiom |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 悬 懸 | to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 重审 重審 | to reinvestigate; to investigate and reconsider a judgment | |
| 附议 附議 | to second a motion | |
| 恩准 恩准 | approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow | |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 朝臣 朝臣 | court councilor | |
| 绝境 絕境 | desperate straits | |
| 圣明 聖明 | enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) | |
| 何来 何來 | wherefore | |
| 劝服 勸服 | to persuade; to convince; to win (sb) over | |
| 真假难辨 真假難辨 | hard to distinguish real from imitation | |
| 子虚乌有 子虛烏有 | (idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination | |
| 说辞 說辭 | excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments | |
| 信服 信服 | to have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in; to respect | |
| 法理 法理 | legal principle; jurisprudence | |
| 主谋 主謀 | mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter | |
| 伏法 伏法 | to be executed | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 大是大非 大是大非 | 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 非: not, negative, non-; oppose | |
| 逼宫 逼宮 | to force the king or emperor to abdicate | |
| 自幼 自幼 | from childhood | |
| 兄长 兄長 | elder brother | |
| 麒麟 麒麟 | (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 同窗 同窗 | schoolmate; fellow student | |
| 主帅 主帥 | (military) commander-in-chief; (sports) team manager; coach | |
| 先皇 先皇 | emperor of a former dynasty | |
| 理所应当 理所應當 | (idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 仪典 儀典 | ceremony | |
| 听命 聽命 | to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 谋反 謀反 | to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state | |
| 宠信 寵信 | to dote on and trust | |
| 评说 評說 | to comment; to evaluate | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 卑劣 卑劣 | base; mean; despicable | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 君臣 君臣 | a ruler and his ministers (old) | |
| 无端 無端 | for no reason at all | |
| 猜忌 猜忌 | to be suspicious and jealous of | |
| 进殿 進殿 | enter the palace | |
| 岂敢 豈敢 | how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise | |
| 顾忌 顧忌 | to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple | |
| 罪状 罪狀 | charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense |