Vocabulary
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| 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 | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 大伯 大伯 | husband's older brother; father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 丫鬟 丫鬟 | servant girl; maid | |
| 怎敢 怎敢 | how dare | |
| 鞭刑 鞭刑 | caning (corporal punishment) | |
| 长命百岁 長命百歲 | may you live a hundred years (idiom); long life!; a wish for longevity | |
| 蹊跷 蹊蹺 | odd; queer; strange; fishy | |
| 皇子 皇子 | prince | |
| 梳妆 梳妝 | to dress and groom oneself | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as | |
| 低贱 低賤 | lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 眷顾 眷顧 | to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country) | |
| 免礼 免禮 | (formal) you may dispense with curtseying | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 服侍 服侍 | to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also | |
| 奉命 奉命 | by order | |
| 误信 誤信 | to falsely believe; to be mislead; to fall for (a trick etc) | |
| 怪罪 怪罪 | to blame | |
| 嫌隙 嫌隙 | hostility; animosity | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 邪门 邪門 | strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices | |
| 之恩 之恩 | kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." | |
| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 蹦蹦跳跳 蹦蹦跳跳 | bouncing and vivacious | |
| 嫁人 嫁人 | (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband | |
| 不凑巧 不湊巧 | unluckily | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 伤痕累累 傷痕累累 | cuts and bruises all over the body | |
| 别庄 別莊 | villa | |
| 溃烂 潰爛 | to fester; to ulcerate | |
| 切莫 切莫 | you must not; Please don't...; be sure not to; on no account (do it) | |
| 憔悴 憔悴 | wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered | |
| 求情 求情 | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor | |
| 白嫩 白嫩 | (of skin etc) fair; delicate | |
| 水灵 水靈 | (of fruit etc) fresh; (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking; (of eyes) moist and bright; lustrous | |
| 佳人 佳人 | beautiful woman | |
| 祭拜 祭拜 | to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors) | |
| 闺阁 閨閣 | lady's chamber | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 露怯 露怯 | to display one's ignorance; to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder | |
| 驰骋 馳騁 | to gallop; to rush headlong | |
| 射箭 射箭 | archery; to shoot an arrow | |
| 不偏不倚 不偏不倚 | (idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased | |
| 引以为傲 引以為傲 | to be intensely proud of sth (idiom) | |
| 皇位 皇位 | the title of Emperor | |
| 九泉之下 九泉之下 | beneath the Nine Springs (idiom); the underworld; the world of the dead | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty |