Vocabulary
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| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 死于非命 死於非命 | violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death | Idiom |
| 真凭实据 真憑實據 | reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof; definitive evidence | Idiom |
| 蠢蠢欲动 蠢蠢欲動 | to begin to stir (idiom); to get restless; to become threatening | Idiom |
| 徇私枉法 徇私枉法 | to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom) | Idiom |
| 束手无策 束手無策 | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | Idiom |
| 狼子野心 狼子野心 | ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs | Idiom |
| 手下留情 手下留情 | lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; Do not judge me too harshly.; Look favorably on my humble efforts. | Idiom |
| 冠冕堂皇 冠冕堂皇 | high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom) | Idiom |
| 混账 混賬 | shameful; absolutely disgraceful! | Xiehouyu |
| 死得其所 死得其所 | 死: die; dead; death · 得: obtain, get, gain, acquire · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 所: place, location; numerary adjunct | Xiehouyu |
| 老糊涂 老糊塗 | dotard | Xiehouyu |
| 自欺欺人 自欺欺人 | to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 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)? | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 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 | |
| 父王 父王 | Father (royal address) | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 大伯 大伯 | husband's older brother; father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) | |
| 收回成命 收回成命 | 收: gather together, collect; harvest · 回: return, turn around; a time · 成: completed, finished, fixed · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction | |
| 迎亲 迎親 | (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house | |
| 如若 如若 | if | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 民不聊生 民不聊生 | (idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian) | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 低贱 低賤 | lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive | |
| 誓死 誓死 | to pledge one's life | |
| 圣旨 聖旨 | imperial edict | |
| 求情 求情 | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor | |
| 奉旨 奉旨 | by imperial decree | |
| 宁死不辱 寧死不辱 | 宁: calm, peaceful, serene; healthy · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 辱: humiliate, insult, abuse | |
| 私情 私情 | personal considerations; love affair | |
| 不计 不計 | to disregard; to take no account of | |
| 凡夫俗子 凡夫俗子 | common people; ordinary folk | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 病因 病因 | cause of disease; pathogen | |
| 异动 異動 | to shift; to alter; unusual change; abnormal move | |
| 附议 附議 | to second a motion | |
| 岂能 豈能 | 岂: how? what? · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability | |
| 打探 打探 | to make discreet inquiries; to scout out | |
| 军情 軍情 | military situation; military intelligence | |
| 从长计议 從長計議 | (idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length |