Vocabulary
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| 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 | |
| 巫蛊 巫蠱 | witchcraft | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 解毒 解毒 | to detoxify; to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) | |
| 情郎 情郎 | boyfriend; paramour (of a woman) | |
| 事到如今 事到如今 | as matters stand; things having reached this stage | |
| 证据确凿 證據確鑿 | 证: prove, confirm, verify; proof · 据: to occupy, take possession of; a base, position · 确: sure, certain; real, true · 凿: chisel; bore, pierce | |
| 拶刑 拶刑 | squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture) | |
| 可欺 可欺 | gullible; easily bullied; weak | |
| 光宗耀祖 光宗耀祖 | to bring honor to one's ancestors | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 谨小慎微 謹小慎微 | 谨: prudent, cautious; attentive · 小: small, tiny, insignificant · 慎: act with care, be cautious · 微: small, prefix micro-, trifling | |
| 费尽心思 費盡心思 | to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through | |
| 记仇 記仇 | to hold a grudge | |
| 大功 大功 | great merit; great service | |
| 假扮 假扮 | to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else | |
| 戴罪立功 戴罪立功 | 戴: wear on top; support · 罪: crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship · 立: stand; let stand; establish, set · 功: achievement, merit, good result | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 调制 調制 | to modulate; modulation | |
| 善罢干休 善罷干休 | variant of | |
| 禁足 禁足 | to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat | |
| 格杀勿论 格殺勿論 | 格: pattern, standard, form; style · 杀: kill, slaughter, murder; hurt · 勿: must not, do not; without, never · 论: debate; discuss; discourse | |
| 败露 敗露 | (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed | |
| 行凶 行兇 | violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) | |
| 肆意 肆意 | wantonly; recklessly; willfully | |
| 私藏 私藏 | to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash | |
| 审问 審問 | to interrogate; to examine; to question | |
| 有心无力 有心無力 | 有: have, own, possess; exist · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 力: power, capability, influence | |
| 兴亡 興亡 | to flourish and decay; rise and fall | |
| 喊冤 喊冤 | to cry out a grievance | |
| 眼睁睁 眼睜睜 | to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty | |
| 分忧 分憂 | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties | |
| 粗陋 粗陋 | crude; coarse; unsophisticated; shallow | |
| 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 | |
| 私相授受 私相授受 | 私: private, personal; secret · 相: mutual, reciprocal, each other · 授: give to, transmit; confer · 受: receive, accept, get; bear, stand | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 怪罪 怪罪 | to blame | |
| 妄为 妄為 | to take rash action | |
| 赏赐 賞賜 | to bestow a reward; a reward | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 纠结 糾結 | to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled; confused; to be at a loss; to struggle (mentally) with (sth); to overthink; to feel conflicted | |
| 家母 家母 | (polite) my mother | |
| 从母 從母 | maternal aunt | |
| 莫大 莫大 | greatest; most important | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there |