Vocabulary
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| 以卵击石 以卵擊石 | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself | Idiom |
| 如虎添翼 如虎添翼 | lit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom) | Idiom |
| 置之不理 置之不理 | to pay no heed to (idiom); to ignore; to brush aside | Idiom |
| 忘恩负义 忘恩負義 | to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth | Idiom |
| 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 | excessive tendency to clemency (idiom); soft-hearted (pejorative) | Idiom |
| 不拘小节 不拘小節 | to not bother about trifles (idiom) | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 | one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota | Idiom |
| 卑鄙无耻 卑鄙無恥 | (idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity | Idiom |
| 一视同仁 一視同仁 | to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people | Idiom |
| 后患无穷 後患無窮 | (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future | Xiehouyu |
| 同归于尽 同歸於盡 | to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | 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)? | |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 燕窝 燕窩 | edible bird's nest | |
| 反叛 反叛 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 岂能 豈能 | 岂: how? what? · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability | |
| 外祖母 外祖母 | mother's mother; maternal grandmother | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 儿媳妇 兒媳婦 | daughter-in-law | |
| 出嫁 出嫁 | to get married (of woman) | |
| 归顺 歸順 | to surrender and pay allegiance to | |
| 行刑 行刑 | to carry out a (death) sentence; execution | |
| 顾忌 顧忌 | to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple | |
| 险境 險境 | critical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone | |
| 没命 沒命 | to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately | |
| 嫁祸 嫁禍 | to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else | |
| 临终 臨終 | approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave | |
| 安身立命 安身立命 | (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life | |
| 尽心 盡心 | with all of one's heart | |
| 沾满 沾滿 | muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in | |
| 镇守 鎮守 | (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect | |
| 柱石 柱石 | pillar | |
| 双刃剑 雙刃劍 | double-edged sword (lit. and fig.) | |
| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 钦赐 欽賜 | (of an emperor) to bestow | |
| 昏君 昏君 | incapable ruler | |
| 免礼 免禮 | (formal) you may dispense with curtseying | |
| 莫不是 莫不是 | probably; perhaps; could it be that...? | |
| 农庄 農莊 | farm; ranch | |
| 娘家 孃家 | wife's family (before marriage) | |
| 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 | |
| 奉命 奉命 | by order | |
| 捉拿 捉拿 | to arrest; to catch a criminal | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 奉陪 奉陪 | (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company | |
| 招致 招致 | to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc); to incur; to lead to | |
| 矿场 礦場 | a mine; pit |