Vocabulary
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| 娘子 娘子 | (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman | |
| 祸事 禍事 | disaster; doom | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 赔罪 賠罪 | to apologize | |
| 开恩 開恩 | show mercy | |
| 磕头 磕頭 | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) | |
| 怎敢 怎敢 | how dare | |
| 歹毒 歹毒 | vicious; ruthless; malevolent | |
| 出人命 出人命 | fatal; resulting in sb's death | |
| 蹊跷 蹊蹺 | odd; queer; strange; fishy | |
| 不敬 不敬 | disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) | |
| 哑巴 啞巴 | a mute; mute; silent | |
| 相助 相助 | help | |
| 何事 何事 | what matter | |
| 贵客 貴客 | honored guest | |
| 丫鬟 丫鬟 | servant girl; maid | |
| 原位 原位 | original position; (in) the same place; normal position; the place where one currently is; in situ | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 何故 何故 | what for?; what's the reason? | |
| 偏要 偏要 | to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything | |
| 若非 若非 | were it not for; if not for | |
| 不顺 不順 | unfavorable; adverse | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 痴情 癡情 | infatuation | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 尽心 盡心 | with all of one's heart | |
| 岂敢 豈敢 | how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise | |
| 市井 市井 | marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people | |
| 朱砂 硃砂 | cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS; also written | |
| 吐露 吐露 | to tell; to disclose; to reveal | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 抓捕 抓捕 | to seize; to capture | |
| 拖住 拖住 | to hold up; to hinder; to stall | |
| 纵使 縱使 | even if; even though | |
| 绝境 絕境 | desperate straits | |
| 适才 適才 | just now (literary) | |
| 策论 策論 | essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old) | |
| 谋士 謀士 | skilled manipulator; tactician; strategist; advisor; counsellor | |
| 禁足 禁足 | to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat | |
| 余下 餘下 | remaining | |
| 惨死 慘死 | to die tragically; to meet with a violent death | |
| 审问 審問 | to interrogate; to examine; to question | |
| 实权 實權 | real power; genuine power | |
| 清高 清高 | noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits | |
| 平素 平素 | usually; habitually; ordinarily; normally | |
| 顾念 顧念 | to care for; to worry about | |
| 叛国 叛國 | treason | |
| 弑君 弒君 | regicide; to commit regicide |