Vocabulary
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| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 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 | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 则 則 | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 孤注一掷 孤注一擲 | to stake all on one throw | Idiom |
| 如临深渊 如臨深淵 | lit. as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom); fig. extremely cautious | Idiom |
| 言之凿凿 言之鑿鑿 | (idiom) to speak with conviction | Idiom |
| 忠心耿耿 忠心耿耿 | loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true | Idiom |
| 威震天下 威震天下 | to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom) | Idiom |
| 兵强马壮 兵強馬壯 | lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom); fig. a well-trained and powerful army | Idiom |
| 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 | lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone | Idiom |
| 诡计多端 詭計多端 | deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous; full of craft and cunning | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty | |
| 宫女 宮女 | palace maid | |
| 行刑 行刑 | to carry out a (death) sentence; execution | |
| 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 | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 除掉 除掉 | to eliminate | |
| 开恩 開恩 | show mercy | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 之恩 之恩 | 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 好自为之 好自為之 | to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 震怒 震怒 | to be furious | |
| 情有可原 情有可原 | pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc) | |
| 真凶 真兇 | culprit | |
| 皇位 皇位 | the title of Emperor | |
| 险境 險境 | critical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone | |
| 积聚 積聚 | to coalesce; to gather together; to amass | |
| 锋芒 鋒芒 | tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard | |
| 眼睁睁 眼睜睜 | to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly | |
| 抚琴 撫琴 | to play the zither; classical variant of | |
| 费尽心思 費盡心思 | to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) |