Vocabulary
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| 贪财 貪財 | to be greedy in getting money | |
| 劫难 劫難 | calamity | |
| 堂弟 堂弟 | younger male patrilineal cousin | |
| 难以预料 難以預料 | 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 以: by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to · 预: prepare, arrange; in advance · 料: consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients | |
| 刮目相看 刮目相看 | to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) | |
| 久而久之 久而久之 | over time; as time passes; in the fullness of time | |
| 图谋不轨 圖謀不軌 | 图: diagram; chart, map, picture · 谋: plan, scheme; strategem · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 轨: track, rut, path | |
| 以此为 以此為 | to regard as; to treat as | |
| 搅和 攪和 | to mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things; (fig.) to run around with (sb); to get involved with; to mix (with other people) | |
| 绞刑 絞刑 | to execute by hanging | |
| 奔走 奔走 | to run; to rush about; to be on the go | |
| 功不可没 功不可沒 | one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom) | |
| 积雪 積雪 | snow; snow cover; snow mantle | |
| 形同虚设 形同虛設 | to exist in name only; empty shell; useless (idiom) | |
| 受宠 受寵 | to receive favor (from superior); favored; pampered | |
| 各不相同 各不相同 | to be quite varied; each one is different | |
| 祖坟 祖墳 | ancestral tomb | |
| 抛出 拋出 | to toss; to throw out | |
| 入主 入主 | to invade and take control of (a territory); to take the helm at (an organization); (of a company) to take control of (another company) | |
| 五分之一 五分之一 | one fifth | |
| 一年一度 一年一度 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 一: one; a, an; alone · 度: degree, system; manner; to consider | |
| 在这之前 在這之前 | before then; up until that point | |
| 下跪 下跪 | to kneel; to go down on one's knees | |
| 绵延 綿延 | (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken | |
| 奏乐 奏樂 | to perform music; to play a tune | |
| 过继 過繼 | to adopt; to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative) | |
| 上苍 上蒼 | heaven | |
| 煮熟 煮熟 | to boil thoroughly; to cook thoroughly | |
| 入世 入世 | to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO | |
| 煎熬 煎熬 | to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment | |
| 不可告人 不可告人 | to be kept secret; not to be divulged | |
| 三宫六院 三宮六院 | 三: three · 宫: palace · 六: number six · 院: courtyard, yard, court; school | |
| 颇多 頗多 | (quite) a lot; many | |
| 歌功颂德 歌功頌德 | to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory) | |
| 妙龄 妙齡 | (of a girl) in the prime of youth | |
| 迁居 遷居 | to move (from one residence to another) | |
| 帝王将相 帝王將相 | 帝: supreme ruler, emperor; god · 王: king, ruler; royal; surname · 将: will, going to, future; general · 相: mutual, reciprocal, each other | |
| 牟利 牟利 | to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation | |
| 破败不堪 破敗不堪 | crushed; utterly defeated | |
| 琴弦 琴絃 | string (of a stringed instrument) | |
| 爱新觉罗 愛新覺羅 | Aisin Gioro, family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty | |
| 鹅卵石 鵝卵石 | pebble; cobblestone | |
| 临摹 臨摹 | to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) | |
| 免遭 免遭 | to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared | |
| 能工巧匠 能工巧匠 | 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability · 工: labor, work; worker, laborer · 巧: skillful, ingenious, clever · 匠: craftsman, artisan; workman | |
| 水泡 水泡 | bubble; blister | |
| 龙脉 龍脈 | dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon | |
| 患上 患上 | to come down with; to be afflicted with (an illness) | |
| 凝结 凝結 | to condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood) | |
| 公愤 公憤 | public anger; popular indignation |