Vocabulary
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| 御史 御史 | imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) | |
| 奉旨 奉旨 | by imperial decree | |
| 特使 特使 | special envoy; special ambassador | |
| 征战 征戰 | campaign; expedition | |
| 腹地 腹地 | hinterland; interior; outback | |
| 精锐 精銳 | elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel | |
| 潜藏 潛藏 | hidden beneath the surface; buried and concealed | |
| 渺茫 渺茫 | uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague | |
| 隐秘 隱秘 | secret; hidden | |
| 圣旨 聖旨 | imperial edict | |
| 皇族 皇族 | the imperial family; royal kin | |
| 遥遥 遙遙 | distant; remote | |
| 临死 臨死 | facing death; at death's door | |
| 清高 清高 | noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits | |
| 郎中 郎中 | doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) | |
| 文士 文士 | literati; scholar | |
| 俗人 俗人 | common people; laity (i.e. not priests) | |
| 盛名 盛名 | famous reputation | |
| 边塞 邊塞 | frontier fortress | |
| 作答 作答 | to answer; to respond | |
| 惨烈 慘烈 | bitter; desperate | |
| 闭门 閉門 | to close a door | |
| 暗藏 暗藏 | to hide; to conceal | |
| 同僚 同僚 | colleague; coworker | |
| 良多 良多 | considerably; much; quite a bit | |
| 石雕 石雕 | stone carving; carved sculpture | |
| 榜单 榜單 | list of successful applicants for college admission; list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric | |
| 巷子 巷子 | alley | |
| 私宅 私宅 | private residence | |
| 特此 特此 | hereby | |
| 调理 調理 | to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize | |
| 不负 不負 | to live up to | |
| 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 | (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun | |
| 雷击 雷擊 | lightning strike; thunderbolt | |
| 内耗 內耗 | internal friction; internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics); fig. waste or discord within an organization | |
| 异乡 異鄉 | foreign land; a place far from home | |
| 往昔 往昔 | the past | |
| 隐退 隱退 | to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish | |
| 云集 雲集 | to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm | |
| 德政 德政 | benevolent government | |
| 各异 各異 | all different; each unto his own | |
| 曲解 曲解 | to misrepresent; to misinterpret | |
| 君王 君王 | monarch | |
| 胸襟 胸襟 | lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision | |
| 偷袭 偷襲 | to mount a sneak attack; to raid | |
| 不计 不計 | to disregard; to take no account of | |
| 激愤 激憤 | to stir up emotions; furious; angry; anger | |
| 卓著 卓著 | outstanding; eminent; brilliant | |
| 满堂 滿堂 | whole audience; a sellout (capacity audience); jam-packed | |
| 入关 入關 | to enter a pass; to go through customs |