Vocabulary
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| 父王 父王 | Father (royal address) | |
| 丫鬟 丫鬟 | servant girl; maid | |
| 大公 大公 | grand duke; impartial | |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 免礼 免禮 | (formal) you may dispense with curtseying | |
| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 亡魂 亡魂 | soul of the deceased; departed spirit | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 乱葬岗 亂葬崗 | unmarked burial mound; untended graveyard; mass grave | |
| 依我看 依我看 | in my opinion | |
| 善后 善後 | to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations | |
| 官复原职 官復原職 | restored to one's official post; to send sb back to his former post | |
| 不甘心 不甘心 | not reconciled to; not resigned to | |
| 咽下 嚥下 | to swallow | |
| 梳妆打扮 梳妝打扮 | 梳: comb; brush · 妆: to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up · 打: strike, hit, beat; fight; attack · 扮: dress up; dress up as | |
| 贤淑 賢淑 | (of a woman) virtuous | |
| 果然如此 果然如此 | 果: fruit; result · 然: yes, certainly; pledge, promise · 如: if, supposing; as if; like, as · 此: this, these; in this case, then | |
| 据理力争 據理力爭 | to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right | |
| 扯平 扯平 | to make even; to balance; (fig.) to be even; to call it quits | |
| 捉弄 捉弄 | to tease | |
| 唐突 唐突 | to be rude; to treat irreverently | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 尽职 盡職 | to discharge one's duties; conscientious | |
| 如草 如草 | grassy | |
| 顺口 順口 | to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food) | |
| 琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 | (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person | |
| 样样 樣樣 | all kinds | |
| 刮目相看 刮目相看 | to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) | |
| 赏赐 賞賜 | to bestow a reward; a reward | |
| 雅致 雅緻 | elegant; refined; in good taste | |
| 玲珑 玲瓏 | (onom.) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine; clever; nimble | |
| 雅兴 雅興 | refined and elegant attitude of mind | |
| 寻短见 尋短見 | to commit suicide | |
| 好端端 好端端 | perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason | |
| 娶妻 娶妻 | to take a wife; to get married (man) | |
| 搅和 攪和 | to mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things; (fig.) to run around with (sb); to get involved with; to mix (with other people) | |
| 不轻饶 不輕饒 | not to forgive easily; not to let off; (You, He) won't get away with it! | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 怅惘 悵惘 | distracted; listless; in low spirits | |
| 心仪 心儀 | to admire | |
| 涉足 涉足 | to set foot in; to step into; to become involved for the first time | |
| 启奏 啟奏 | report to the emperor | |
| 狠毒 狠毒 | vicious; malicious; savage | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 即日 即日 | this or that very day; in the next few days | |
| 九泉之下 九泉之下 | 九: nine · 泉: spring, fountain; wealth, money · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down | |
| 孔明灯 孔明燈 | sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals) |