Vocabulary
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| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 即便 即便 | even if; even though; right away; immediately | |
| 置 置 | to install; to place; to put; to buy | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 患 患 | to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry | |
| 有所 有所 | somewhat; to some extent | |
| 格 格 | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 家破人亡 家破人亡 | family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless | Idiom |
| 省吃俭用 省吃儉用 | to live frugally | Idiom |
| 非亲非故 非親非故 | lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way | Idiom |
| 无依无靠 無依無靠 | (idiom) having nothing to rely on; on one's own | Idiom |
| 堂堂正正 堂堂正正 | displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square | Idiom |
| 栩栩如生 栩栩如生 | vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life; realistic | Idiom |
| 一清二楚 一清二楚 | to be very clear about sth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不足为奇 不足為奇 | not at all surprising (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不像样 不像樣 | in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition | Xiehouyu |
| 大娘 大娘 | (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 | (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun | |
| 丫鬟 丫鬟 | servant girl; maid | |
| 没命 沒命 | to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 侧门 側門 | side door | |
| 有福同享 有福同享 | to share in the good fortune (idiom); to share blessings together (often: 有福同享有难同当, share joys and hardships alike) | |
| 低贱 低賤 | lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 异心 異心 | disloyalty; infidelity | |
| 大伯 大伯 | husband's older brother; father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) | |
| 苦命 苦命 | hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate | |
| 卑微 卑微 | lowly; humble | |
| 权重 權重 | weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) | |
| 朝野 朝野 | all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people | |
| 寿辰 壽辰 | birthday (of an old person) | |
| 嫡母 嫡母 | father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife) | |
| 奉命 奉命 | by order | |
| 复命 復命 | to report on completion of a mission; debriefing | |
| 同父异母 同父異母 | (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers; half (brother or sister) |