Vocabulary
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| 官吏 官吏 | bureaucrat; official | |
| 旱灾 旱災 | drought | |
| 难能可贵 難能可貴 | rare and precious; valuable; remarkable | |
| 踏上 踏上 | to set foot on; to step on or into | |
| 争光 爭光 | to win an honor; to strive to win a prize | |
| 痴心 痴心 | infatuation | |
| 谋害 謀害 | to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life | |
| 重中之重 重中之重 | of the utmost importance; of highest priority | |
| 豁 豁 | to play Chinese finger-guessing game | |
| 恩情 恩情 | kindness; affection; grace; favor | |
| 顾不得 顧不得 | unable to change sth; unable to deal with | |
| 起程 起程 | to set out; to leave | |
| 撤换 撤換 | to dismiss and replace (sb); to replace (sb or sth) | |
| 久仰 久仰 | honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. | |
| 艰险 艱險 | difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils | |
| 陪葬 陪葬 | to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) | |
| 药材 藥材 | medicinal ingredient | |
| 家境 家境 | family financial situation; family circumstances | |
| 计策 計策 | stratagem | |
| 宽厚 寬厚 | tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build); thick and deep (voice) | |
| 求学 求學 | to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 晶莹 晶瑩 | sparkling and translucent | |
| 郊游 郊遊 | to go for an outing; to go on an excursion | |
| 志气 志氣 | ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit | |
| 推辞 推辭 | to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) | |
| 浓重 濃重 | dense; thick; strong; rich (colors); heavy (aroma); deep (friendship); profound (effect) | |
| 隐情 隱情 | sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided | |
| 亏待 虧待 | to treat sb unfairly | |
| 陡峭 陡峭 | precipitous | |
| 浮躁 浮躁 | fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained | |
| 苦心 苦心 | painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains | |
| 惩处 懲處 | to punish; to administer justice | |
| 阎王 閻王 | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person | |
| 心慌 心慌 | to be flustered; (dialect) irregular heart-beat | |
| 心病 心病 | anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine) | |
| 胜出 勝出 | to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory | |
| 失传 失傳 | (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct | |
| 历代 歷代 | successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties | |
| 一声不吭 一聲不吭 | to not say a word | |
| 松绑 鬆綁 | to untie; (fig.) to ease restrictions | |
| 查获 查獲 | to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) | |
| 纵然 縱然 | even if; even though | |
| 秀丽 秀麗 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 徐徐 徐徐 | slowly; gently | |
| 污蔑 污衊 | to slander; to smear; to tarnish | |
| 分寸 分寸 | propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms | |
| 无不 無不 | none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception | |
| 遗愿 遺願 | final wishes of the departed | |
| 立功 立功 | to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 朽); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself |