Vocabulary
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| 多种多样 多種多樣 | manifold; all sorts; many and varied | |
| 傲视 傲視 | to turn up one's nose; to show disdain for; to regard superciliously | |
| 鲜衣怒马 鮮衣怒馬 | fine clothes and a spirited horse (idiom); the dashing, flamboyant air of wealthy young nobles | |
| 怦怦 怦怦 | thumping sound (onom.); to be eager and anxious (to do sth); faithful and upright | |
| 细嫩 細嫩 | tender | |
| 如夫人 如夫人 | (old) concubine | |
| 自食恶果 自食惡果 | lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom); fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions; to stew in one's own juice | |
| 砍伤 砍傷 | to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash; to gash | |
| 杖刑 杖刑 | beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment) | |
| 班师回朝 班師回朝 | to withdraw troops and return to court (idiom); to return triumphant from battle | |
| 狼藉 狼藉 | in a mess; scattered about; in complete disorder | |
| 剧痛 劇痛 | acute pain; sharp pain; twinge; stab; pang | |
| 真命 真命 | to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc); ordained by heaven | |
| 冒生命危险 冒生命危險 | to risk one's life | |
| 鄙夷 鄙夷 | to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for | |
| 鸣不平 鳴不平 | to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness | |
| 挨饿受冻 挨餓受凍 | (idiom) to go cold and hungry | |
| 安身之处 安身之處 | a place to settle down (idiom); a refuge or shelter | |
| 陡然 陡然 | suddenly; unexpectedly; abruptly; precipitously; stumbling | |
| 陋习 陋習 | corrupt practice; bad habits; malpractice | |
| 奴隶制度 奴隸制度 | slavery | |
| 警惕性 警惕性 | vigilance; alertness | |
| 作态 作態 | to put on an attitude; to pose | |
| 沾边 沾邊 | to have a connection with; to be close (to reality); to be relevant; to have one's hand in | |
| 箭矢 箭矢 | arrow | |
| 尖刀 尖刀 | dagger | |
| 知耻 知恥 | to have a sense of shame | |
| 呈请 呈請 | to submit (to superiors) | |
| 立于不败之地 立於不敗之地 | to place oneself in an invincible position (idiom); to remain unbeatable | |
| 悔之晚矣 悔之晚矣 | too late for regrets (idiom); to repent when it is already too late | |
| 天地不容 天地不容 | intolerable to heaven and earth (idiom); utterly unforgivable; monstrous | |
| 羽翼丰满 羽翼豐滿 | fully fledged | |
| 秦晋之好 秦晉之好 | the good relations between Qin and Jin (idiom); marriage alliance between two families | |
| 火苗 火苗 | flame | |
| 攀越 攀越 | to climb over; to get over (difficulties); to scale; to surmount | |
| 以少胜多 以少勝多 | using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness | |
| 以天下为己任 以天下為己任 | to take the affairs of the world as one's own responsibility (idiom); to be devoted to the public good | |
| 心病还须心药医 心病還須心藥醫 | a sickness of the heart must be cured with heart medicine (idiom); emotional troubles need a remedy that addresses their root cause | |
| 搓揉 搓揉 | to knead; to rub | |
| 言之不预 言之不預 | don't say you weren't warned (idiom); a formula stating the warning has been given in advance | |
| 族诛 族誅 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | |
| 隐瞒不报 隱瞞不報 | to cover up (a matter that should be reported to the authorities) | |
| 上下同心 上下同心 | superiors and subordinates of one mind (idiom); united from top to bottom in common purpose | |
| 消长 消長 | to ebb and rise; to decrease and then grow | |
| 雄才大略 雄才大略 | great skill and strategy | |
| 纵横天下 縱橫天下 | to roam freely across the land; to dominate everywhere unchallenged (idiom) | |
| 涉世未深 涉世未深 | unpracticed; inexperienced; naive; unsophisticated | |
| 君子远庖厨 君子遠庖廚 | lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius); fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen | |
| 昏头转向 昏頭轉向 | dizzy and disoriented; confused and at a loss (idiom) | |
| 远交近攻 遠交近攻 | befriend distant states while attacking nearby ones (idiom); a classic stratagem from the Warring States |