Vocabulary
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| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 宫女 宮女 | palace maid | |
| 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 | (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 挠痒痒 撓癢癢 | to tickle | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 琵琶 琵琶 | pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard | |
| 饶了 饒了 | to spare; to forgive | |
| 分忧 分憂 | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 贤良 賢良 | (of a man) able and virtuous | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 浮华 浮華 | ostentatious; pretentious; showy | |
| 匾额 匾額 | a horizontal inscribed board | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 不甘 不甘 | unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling | |
| 枉然 枉然 | in vain; to no avail | |
| 斗胆 斗膽 | (courteous) to be so bold as to | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 玲珑 玲瓏 | (onom.) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine; clever; nimble | |
| 锦绣 錦繡 | beautiful | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 宫主 宮主 | imperial empress; milady | |
| 妃嫔 妃嬪 | imperial concubine | |
| 置气 置氣 | to get angry; to take offense | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 相貌 相貌 | appearance | |
| 医治 醫治 | medical treatment | |
| 不畏 不畏 | unafraid; to defy | |
| 大祸 大禍 | disaster; calamity | |
| 一个样 一個樣 | the same; of the same type | |
| 自尽 自盡 | to kill oneself; suicide | |
| 情急 情急 | anxious | |
| 避讳 避諱 | to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders) | |
| 佛经 佛經 | Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture | |
| 缝制 縫製 | to sew; to make (clothes, bedding) | |
| 浪子 浪子 | loafer; wastrel; prodigal son | |
| 以下犯上 以下犯上 | to disrespect one's superiors; to offend one's elders | |
| 奏折 奏摺 | memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) | |
| 烂泥 爛泥 | mud; mire | |
| 遮遮掩掩 遮遮掩掩 | to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom) | |
| 天地良心 天地良心 | in all honesty; truth to tell | |
| 遮阴 遮陰 | to provide shade | |
| 挨个儿 挨個兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 闯祸 闖禍 | to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble | |
| 侍奉 侍奉 | to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs | |
| 郎君 郎君 | young gentleman, husband |