Vocabulary
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| 异动 異動 | to shift; to alter; unusual change; abnormal move | |
| 怎敢 怎敢 | how dare | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 策论 策論 | essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old) | |
| 谋反 謀反 | to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state | |
| 一族 一族 | social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族[zu2] | |
| 这般 這般 | in this way | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 清查 清查 | to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements) | |
| 揪出 揪出 | to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) | |
| 手脚不干净 手腳不乾淨 | thieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing | |
| 撺掇 攛掇 | to urge sb on | |
| 平心静气 平心靜氣 | 平: flat, level, even; peaceful · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 静: quiet, still, motionless; gentle · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 | |
| 棋艺 棋藝 | chess skill | |
| 何故 何故 | what for?; what's the reason? | |
| 谋士 謀士 | skilled manipulator; tactician; strategist; advisor; counsellor | |
| 原来如此 原來如此 | (idiom) so that's how it is; I see | |
| 出嫁 出嫁 | to get married (of woman) | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 祸事 禍事 | disaster; doom | |
| 情愫 情愫 | sentiment; feeling | |
| 女扮男装 女扮男裝 | (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom) | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 奏折 奏摺 | memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) | |
| 搜捕 搜捕 | to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt | |
| 批捕 批捕 | to authorize an arrest | |
| 刑律 刑律 | criminal law | |
| 侍郎 侍郎 | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) | |
| 险要 險要 | strategically situated and easy to defend; strategic location | |
| 忤逆 忤逆 | disobedient to parents | |
| 混入 混入 | to sneak into | |
| 官复原职 官復原職 | restored to one's official post; to send sb back to his former post | |
| 抓捕 抓捕 | to seize; to capture | |
| 上下一心 上下一心 | 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down · 一: one; a, an; alone · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul | |
| 覆灭 覆滅 | destruction | |
| 侥幸 僥倖 | luckily; by a fluke | |
| 相助 相助 | help | |
| 捉拿 捉拿 | to arrest; to catch a criminal | |
| 肃清 肅清 | to purge | |
| 实权 實權 | real power; genuine power | |
| 朋党 朋黨 | clique | |
| 叛国 叛國 | treason | |
| 心腹大患 心腹大患 | 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 腹: stomach, belly, abdomen; inside · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 患: suffer, worry about; suffering | |
| 平叛 平叛 | to put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion | |
| 审问 審問 | to interrogate; to examine; to question | |
| 独善其身 獨善其身 | 独: alone, single, solitary, only · 善: good, virtuous, charitable, kind · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 身: body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 意下如何 意下如何 | how about it?; what do you think? | |
| 宫女 宮女 | palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] | |
| 拖住 拖住 | to hold up; to hinder; to stall |