Vocabulary
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| 剥皮 剝皮 | to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] | Colloquialism |
| 老鹰 老鷹 | (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey | Colloquialism |
| 不赖 不賴 | (coll.) not bad; good; fine | Colloquialism |
| 猫腻 貓膩 | (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans | Colloquialism |
| 整治 整治 | to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 指着 指著 | Poke | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 望楼 望樓 | watchtower; lookout tower | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 暗桩 暗樁 | submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy | |
| 评事 評事 | to discuss and evaluate; to appraise | |
| 昌明 昌明 | flourishing; thriving | |
| 援军 援軍 | (military) reinforcements | |
| 主使 主使 | to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator | |
| 人犯 人犯 | criminal; culprit; suspect (old) | |
| 不良人 不良人 | (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers | |
| 京兆 京兆 | capital of a country | |
| 宅子 宅子 | house; residence | |
| 麒麟 麒麟 | (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe | |
| 御史 御史 | imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) | |
| 谋刺 謀刺 | to plot to assassinate | |
| 蚍蜉 蚍蜉 | a type of large ant | |
| 莫要 莫要 | do not | |
| 真凶 真兇 | culprit | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 宅院 宅院 | house; house with a courtyard | |
| 活命 活命 | life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living | |
| 官署 官署 | official institution; state bureau | |
| 宰相 宰相 | prime minister (in feudal China) | |
| 尽心 盡心 | with all of one's heart | |
| 诗文 詩文 | poetry and literature | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 酒肆 酒肆 | wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub | |
| 恩公 恩公 | benefactor | |
| 烽燧 烽燧 | fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 祥瑞 祥瑞 | auspicious sign | |
| 遵命 遵命 | obey the order | |
| 有劳 有勞 | thank you for the trouble | |
| 速速 速速 | quickly | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 尊驾 尊駕 | lit. your honored carriage; your highness; honored Sir (also sarcastic); you | |
| 藩镇 藩鎮 | lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor | |
| 司仪 司儀 | master of ceremonies (MC) |