Vocabulary
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| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 缝制 縫製 | to sew; to make (clothes, bedding) | |
| 蕾丝 蕾絲 | (textiles) (loanword) lace | |
| 揪出 揪出 | to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) | |
| 宫主 宮主 | imperial empress; milady | |
| 奉陪 奉陪 | (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company | |
| 打探 打探 | to make discreet inquiries; to scout out | |
| 偏巧 偏巧 | by coincidence; it so happened that; fortunately; against expectation | |
| 行踪 行蹤 | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) | |
| 钻营 鑽營 | toadying for personal gain; to curry favor; to study in great depth | |
| 清高 清高 | noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits | |
| 浮华 浮華 | ostentatious; pretentious; showy | |
| 贤惠 賢惠 | variant of 贤慧 | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 送礼 送禮 | to give a present | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 名额 名額 | quota; number of places; place (in an institution, a group etc) | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 出行 出行 | to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip) | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 事后 事後 | after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 追究 追究 | to investigate; to look into | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 难忘 難忘 | unforgettable | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 箭 箭 | arrow | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 牵 牽 | to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 给予 給予 | (literary) to give; to accord; to render | |
| 托 托 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female |