Vocabulary
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| 苦衷 苦衷 | secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties | |
| 功名 功名 | scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory | |
| 张罗 張羅 | to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc) | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 哭丧 哭喪 | to wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed | |
| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 捕快 捕快 | bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China) | |
| 媳妇儿 媳婦兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 宅子 宅子 | house; residence | |
| 解药 解藥 | antidote | |
| 小婿 小婿 | humble son-in-law | |
| 岂能 豈能 | 岂: how? what? · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability | |
| 德行 德行 | morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] | |
| 现如今 現如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 俸禄 俸祿 | official's salary (in feudal times) | |
| 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 | (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun | |
| 假扮 假扮 | to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else | |
| 卖命 賣命 | to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) | |
| 复命 復命 | to report on completion of a mission; debriefing | |
| 国师 國師 | national preceptor | |
| 在理 在理 | reasonable; sensible | |
| 足足 足足 | fully; no less than; as much as; extremely | |
| 提携 提攜 | to lead by the hand; to guide; to support | |
| 撇下 撇下 | to cast away | |
| 迎亲 迎親 | (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house | |
| 欠债 欠債 | to owe a debt; the sum owed | |
| 捉拿 捉拿 | to arrest; to catch a criminal | |
| 撑腰 撐腰 | to support; to brace | |
| 颇为 頗為 | rather; quite | |
| 但凡 但凡 | every single; as long as | |
| 磨磨蹭蹭 磨磨蹭蹭 | to dillydally; slow-going | |
| 生死之交 生死之交 | 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 死: die; dead; death · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 交: mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver | |
| 凑齐 湊齊 | to collect all the bits to make a whole | |
| 婚嫁 婚嫁 | marriage | |
| 少安毋躁 少安毋躁 | keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient | |
| 捎信 捎信 | to take a letter; to send word | |
| 上钩 上鉤 | to take the bait | |
| 赖账 賴賬 | to renege on a debt | |
| 清炖 清燉 | to stew meat without seasoning | |
| 盛德 盛德 | splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness | |
| 堂屋 堂屋 | central room of a traditional Chinese house | |
| 窝窝头 窩窩頭 | a kind of a bread | |
| 不咋的 不咋的 | (dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special | |
| 白眼狼 白眼狼 | thankless wretch; an ingrate | |
| 赚大钱 賺大錢 | to earn a fortune | |
| 招牌菜 招牌菜 | signature dish; a restaurant’s most famous dish | |
| 开矿 開礦 | to mine; to open a seam | |
| 之恩 之恩 | 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 捕头 捕頭 | constable |