Vocabulary
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| 花招 花招 | trick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle; (martial arts) fancy move; flourish | |
| 端详 端詳 | full details; full particulars | |
| 懒鬼 懶鬼 | lazybones; idle bum | |
| 与人为善 與人為善 | to be of service to others; to help others; benevolent | |
| 有福同享 有福同享 | to share good fortune together (idiom); to share the blessings (often paired with sharing hardship) | |
| 白跑一趟 白跑一趟 | to go on an errand for nothing; to go on a wild-goose chase | |
| 还清 還清 | to pay back in full; to redeem a debt | |
| 耍嘴皮子 耍嘴皮子 | to talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk | |
| 何许人 何許人 | (literary) what kind of person | |
| 陪嫁 陪嫁 | dowry | |
| 不堪设想 不堪設想 | too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable | |
| 以泪洗面 以淚洗面 | to bathe one's face in tears (idiom) | |
| 不识字 不識字 | illiterate | |
| 把脉 把脈 | to feel the pulse; to take sb's pulse | |
| 娶媳妇 娶媳婦 | to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law | |
| 厚颜无耻 厚顏無恥 | shameless | |
| 揪出 揪出 | to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) | |
| 长钉 長釘 | spike | |
| 但愿如此 但願如此 | if only it were so; I hope so (idiom) | |
| 上苍 上蒼 | heaven | |
| 生意兴隆 生意興隆 | thriving and prosperous business or trade | |
| 恶鬼 惡鬼 | evil spirit; devil | |
| 路见不平 路見不平 | to see injustice on the road (idiom); to witness wrongdoing and feel compelled to intervene | |
| 实不相瞒 實不相瞞 | truth to tell; to be quite honest... | |
| 业已 業已 | already | |
| 何首乌 何首烏 | Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum); fleeceflower root | |
| 金榜题名 金榜題名 | to win top marks in the imperial examinations | |
| 火急火燎 火急火燎 | frantic with anxiety; in a desperate hurry, all in a fluster (idiom) | |
| 镇得住 鎮得住 | to manage to suppress; to keep under control | |
| 忌恨 忌恨 | hate (due to envy etc) | |
| 左膀右臂 左膀右臂 | trusted assistant; key aide | |
| 吃穿用度 吃穿用度 | food, clothing and daily expenses; living expenses (idiom) | |
| 殿后 殿後 | to bring up the rear | |
| 蒙汗药 蒙汗藥 | knockout drops | |
| 心尖 心尖 | bottom tip of the heart; fig. innermost feelings; coll. my darling | |
| 什锦 什錦 | (food) assorted; mixed; assortment | |
| 卖乖 賣乖 | to show off one's cleverness; (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by | |
| 独善其身 獨善其身 | to maintain one's own integrity (idiom); to look after only oneself; to stay aloof | |
| 庸庸碌碌 庸庸碌碌 | ordinary; mediocre | |
| 下嫁 下嫁 | (of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status; to marry down | |
| 长久之计 長久之計 | a long-term plan; a permanent solution (idiom) | |
| 帝王将相 帝王將相 | emperors, kings, generals and ministers (idiom); the ruling and ruling elite, the powerful and noble | |
| 顺遂 順遂 | everything is going smoothly; just as one wishes | |
| 招摇过市 招搖過市 | (idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town | |
| 等闲之辈 等閒之輩 | (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with | |
| 身外之物 身外之物 | mere worldly possessions | |
| 拨弄 撥弄 | to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up | |
| 凤仙花 鳳仙花 | balsam; Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not; busy Lizzie | |
| 平心静气 平心靜氣 | calm and composed; even-tempered; to keep cool and collected (idiom) | |
| 拱手 拱手 | to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive |