Vocabulary
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| 调集 調集 | to summon; to muster; to assemble | |
| 露怯 露怯 | to display one's ignorance; to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder | |
| 梳妆打扮 梳妝打扮 | to dress up and groom oneself; to deck oneself out | |
| 皮肉之苦 皮肉之苦 | physical pain; lit. skin and flesh suffer | |
| 探寻 探尋 | to search; to seek; to explore | |
| 曲意逢迎 曲意逢迎 | to bow down to everything sb says or does; to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself | |
| 奇耻大辱 奇恥大辱 | (idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment | |
| 会攻 會攻 | to attack jointly | |
| 一线希望 一線希望 | a gleam of hope | |
| 呛到 嗆到 | to choke on (food etc); to swallow the wrong way | |
| 自命不凡 自命不凡 | to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant | |
| 君位 君位 | royal title | |
| 未料 未料 | to not anticipate; to not expect; unanticipated; unexpected | |
| 伏惟 伏惟 | to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration) | |
| 明辨 明辨 | to discern; to distinguish clearly | |
| 攻伐 攻伐 | to attack; to raid; (of medicine) potent | |
| 逆耳 逆耳 | unpleasant to hear; grates on the ear (of home truths) | |
| 忠言 忠言 | sincere advice; heartfelt exhortation | |
| 真命天子 真命天子 | the true Son of Heaven (idiom); the rightful, heaven-ordained emperor | |
| 打定主意 打定主意 | to make up one's mind | |
| 贱民 賤民 | social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste) | |
| 福寿齐天 福壽齊天 | may your fortune and longevity equal Heaven's (idiom); a wish for boundless blessings and long life | |
| 陶砚 陶硯 | ink stone made of pottery | |
| 慷慨陈词 慷慨陳詞 | to speak fervently and passionately (idiom); to make an impassioned speech | |
| 锦鲤 錦鯉 | koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) | |
| 愈加 愈加 | all the more; even more; further | |
| 气宇 氣宇 | bearing; manner | |
| 攀比 攀比 | to make invidious comparisons; to compete with; to emulate | |
| 乏人照顾 乏人照顧 | (of a person) left unattended; not cared for | |
| 文人墨客 文人墨客 | men of letters and ink (idiom); writers, poets and scholars; literati | |
| 忧国忧民 憂國憂民 | to worry about one's country and people (idiom); patriotic concern for the nation | |
| 盛赞 盛讚 | to praise highly; an accolade | |
| 央及 央及 | to ask; to plead; to beg; to involve | |
| 祖宗家法 祖宗家法 | ancestral rules and family law (idiom); the traditional codes of one's forebears | |
| 倾注 傾注 | to throw into | |
| 猛打 猛打 | to strike; wham! | |
| 邪道 邪道 | deviant path; evil ways | |
| 公断 公斷 | arbitration (law) | |
| 掏心掏肺 掏心掏肺 | to be totally devoted (to a person) | |
| 推恩 推恩 | to extend kindness | |
| 功高盖主 功高蓋主 | lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom); fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader | |
| 假以辞色 假以辭色 | to treat with kind words and a friendly manner (idiom); to show favor and a pleasant face | |
| 怅惘 悵惘 | distracted; listless; in low spirits | |
| 不绝于耳 不絕於耳 | (of sound) to never stop; to fall incessantly on the ear; to linger on | |
| 八字还没一撇 八字還沒一撇 | lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom); fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet | |
| 香火鼎盛 香火鼎盛 | (of a temple) teeming with worshippers | |
| 微服私访 微服私訪 | to mingle with the people incognito | |
| 隐痛 隱痛 | hidden anguish; secret suffering; (medicine) dull pain | |
| 经世之才 經世之才 | talent for governing the world (idiom); statesmanlike ability to manage affairs of state | |
| 企及 企及 | to hope to reach; to strive for |