Vocabulary
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| 以防万一 以防萬一 | to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities | Idiom |
| 凶多吉少 凶多吉少 | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster | Idiom |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | surname Lei | |
| 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)? | |
| 祥瑞 祥瑞 | auspicious sign | |
| 昌明 昌明 | flourishing; thriving | |
| 皇太子 皇太子 | crown prince | |
| 望楼 望樓 | watchtower; lookout tower | |
| 配制 配製 | to compound (medicines etc); to prepare (by mixing ingredients); to concoct | |
| 酒肆 酒肆 | wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub | |
| 挚友 摯友 | intimate friend; close friend | |
| 审问 審問 | to interrogate; to examine; to question | |
| 顾念 顧念 | to care for; to worry about | |
| 有劳 有勞 | thank you for the trouble | |
| 升迁 升遷 | to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department | |
| 转瞬 轉瞬 | in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash; to turn one's eyes | |
| 灭火 滅火 | to extinguish a fire; firefighting | |
| 黑炭 黑炭 | coal; charcoal; (of skin) darkly pigmented; charcoal (color); bituminous coal (mining) | |
| 不良人 不良人 | (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers | |
| 待命 待命 | to be on call; to be on standby | |
| 听命 聽命 | to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs | |
| 尸首 屍首 | dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shi1shou5-fen1li2] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shi1shou5-yi4chu4], decapitation is implied.) | |
| 误伤 誤傷 | to injure accidentally; accidental injury | |
| 赊账 賒賬 | to buy or sell on credit; outstanding account; to have an outstanding account | |
| 浊酒 濁酒 | unfiltered rice wine | |
| 仆役 僕役 | servant | |
| 俸禄 俸祿 | official's salary (in feudal times) | |
| 质铺 質鋪 | pawn shop | |
| 祖屋 祖屋 | ancestral house | |
| 卷宗 卷宗 | file; folder; dossier | |
| 有人情 有人情 | humane | |
| 隐秘 隱秘 | secret; hidden | |
| 真心真意 真心真意 | 真: real, actual, true, genuine · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 真: real, actual, true, genuine · 意: thought, idea, opinion; think | |
| 赋税 賦稅 | taxation | |
| 行止 行止 | movements; attitude; behavior; whereabouts; tracks | |
| 作恶 作惡 | to do evil | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 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) | |
| 援兵 援兵 | (military) reinforcements | |
| 探明 探明 | to ascertain; to verify | |
| 延绵 延綿 | to extend continuously | |
| 扑灭 撲滅 | to eradicate; to extinguish | |
| 殒命 殞命 | to die; to perish | |
| 故而 故而 | therefore | |
| 规制 規制 | to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building) | |
| 辖制 轄制 | to control | |
| 国策 國策 | a national policy | |
| 同乐 同樂 | to enjoy together | |
| 侍郎 侍郎 | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) |