Vocabulary
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| 乱臣贼子 亂臣賊子 | rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel | Idiom |
| 死有余辜 死有餘辜 | (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment | Idiom |
| 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | Idiom |
| 权宜之策 權宜之策 | stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift plan; interim step | Idiom |
| 痛不欲生 痛不欲生 | to be so in pain as to not want to live; to be so grieved as to wish one were dead | Idiom |
| 情投意合 情投意合 | (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial | Idiom |
| 东征西讨 東征西討 | war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters | 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 |
| 命在旦夕 命在旦夕 | to be at death's door (idiom) | Idiom |
| 汗马功劳 汗馬功勞 | war exploits; (fig.) heroic contribution | Idiom |
| 宽宏大量 寬宏大量 | magnanimous (idiom); generous | Idiom |
| 伶牙俐齿 伶牙俐齒 | clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent; having the gift of the gab | Idiom |
| 耀武扬威 耀武揚威 | to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster | Idiom |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 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 | |
| 铁矿 鐵礦 | iron ore; iron ore mine | |
| 欺君罔上 欺君罔上 | to dupe one's sovereign | |
| 嫁祸 嫁禍 | to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else | |
| 手印 手印 | handprint; fingerprint; thumbprint | |
| 私吞 私吞 | to misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle | |
| 兵权 兵權 | military leadership; military power | |
| 背负 背負 | to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder | |
| 行凶 行兇 | violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) | |
| 绝笔 絕筆 | words written on one’s deathbed; an artist's final work; swansong | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 臣子 臣子 | official in feudal court; subject | |
| 真凶 真兇 | culprit | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 赴任 赴任 | to travel to take up a new post | |
| 姑母 姑母 | father's sister; paternal aunt | |
| 纵使 縱使 | even if; even though | |
| 求情 求情 | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor | |
| 逃狱 逃獄 | to escape (from prison); to jump bail | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 以假乱真 以假亂真 | (idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing | |
| 供词 供詞 | confession; statement; Taiwan pr. [gong1ci2] | |
| 查探 查探 | to check; to investigate; to probe (into) | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 更名改姓 更名改姓 | 更: more, still further, much more · 名: name, rank, title, position · 改: change, alter; improve, remodel | |
| 朝臣 朝臣 | court councilor | |
| 意欲 意欲 | to intend to; intention; desire | |
| 从实招来 從實招來 | to own up to the facts | |
| 苦于 苦於 | to suffer from (a disadvantage) | |
| 族诛 族誅 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | |
| 杀灭 殺滅 | to exterminate |