Vocabulary
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| 皇位 皇位 | the title of Emperor | |
| 莫属 莫屬 | (the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute) | |
| 尸首 屍首 | dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) | |
| 极刑 極刑 | supreme penalty; execution | |
| 袒护 袒護 | to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 诡计 詭計 | trick; ruse; crafty scheme | |
| 平身 平身 | rise (to subjects bowing) | |
| 罪加一等 罪加一等 | 罪: crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship · 加: add to, increase, augment · 一: one; a, an; alone | |
| 查验 查驗 | inspection; to examine | |
| 打探 打探 | to make discreet inquiries; to scout out | |
| 端倪 端倪 | boundary; clue; indication; to obtain clues; to infer | |
| 罪责 罪責 | guilt | |
| 信服 信服 | to have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in; to respect | |
| 斗胆 斗膽 | (courteous) to be so bold as to | |
| 拖延时间 拖延時間 | to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster | |
| 俸禄 俸祿 | official's salary (in feudal times) | |
| 刁钻 刁鑽 | crafty; tricky | |
| 即日 即日 | this or that very day; in the next few days | |
| 冤屈 冤屈 | to treat unjustly; an injustice | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 坎坷 坎坷 | (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes | |
| 话虽如此 話雖如此 | be that as it may | |
| 逃过一劫 逃過一劫 | (idiom) to survive a calamity; to get through a crisis | |
| 卑微 卑微 | lowly; humble | |
| 刮目相看 刮目相看 | to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) | |
| 捉拿 捉拿 | to arrest; to catch a criminal | |
| 狐狸精 狐狸精 | fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress | |
| 另眼相看 另眼相看 | to treat sb favorably; to view in a new light | |
| 迷晕 迷暈 | to knock sb out with a drug; to render sb unconscious | |
| 且慢 且慢 | to wait a moment; do not go too soon | |
| 一般见识 一般見識 | (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 昏头 昏頭 | to lose one's head; to be out of one's mind; to be dazed | |
| 忙于 忙於 | busy with | |
| 九泉之下 九泉之下 | 九: nine · 泉: spring, fountain; wealth, money · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 尽孝 盡孝 | to do one's filial duty | |
| 推托 推託 | to make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something) | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 父王 父王 | Father (royal address) | |
| 自暴自弃 自暴自棄 | to abandon oneself to despair; to give up and stop bothering | |
| 祖母 祖母 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 化解 化解 | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 上当 上當 | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped |