Vocabulary
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| 瓮中之鳖 甕中之鱉 | lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom) | Idiom |
| 滴水不漏 滴水不漏 | lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) | Idiom |
| 调兵遣将 調兵遣將 | to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army; to send a team on a task | Idiom |
| 兹事体大 茲事體大 | this is no small thing (idiom); to have a serious matter at hand | Idiom |
| 悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 | lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time | Idiom |
| 同流合污 同流合汙 | to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others | Idiom |
| 知遇之恩 知遇之恩 | lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection | Idiom |
| 志同道合 志同道合 | (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded | Xiehouyu |
| 高攀 高攀 | social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class | Xiehouyu |
| 有余 有餘 | to have an abundance | Xiehouyu |
| 名不虚传 名不虛傳 | (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved | Xiehouyu |
| 敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 | lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom); fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | 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)? | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 宗主 宗主 | head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain | |
| 地牢 地牢 | prison; dungeon | |
| 兄长 兄長 | elder brother | |
| 传讯 傳訊 | to summon (a witness); to subpoena | |
| 大仙 大仙 | Great Immortal | |
| 伏诛 伏誅 | to be executed | |
| 灭门 滅門 | to exterminate an entire family | |
| 公理 公理 | self-evident truth; (math.) axiom | |
| 如若 如若 | if | |
| 结伴 結伴 | to go with sb; to form companionships | |
| 娼妓 娼妓 | prostitute | |
| 脖颈 脖頸 | back of the neck; nape | |
| 裂纹 裂紋 | crack; flaw | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 滥杀无辜 濫殺無辜 | willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom) | |
| 残害 殘害 | to injure; to devastate; to slaughter | |
| 虐杀 虐殺 | to kill (or assault) sadistically | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 同袍 同袍 | fellow soldier; comrade; companion; intimate friend | |
| 乾坤 乾坤 | yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe | |
| 风雅 風雅 | cultured; sophisticated | |
| 不凡 不凡 | extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional | |
| 过誉 過譽 | to praise too much; I really don't deserve so much praise | |
| 游猎 遊獵 | to go on a hunting expedition | |
| 劣迹斑斑 劣跡斑斑 | notorious for one's misdeeds | |
| 害命 害命 | to kill sb; to murder | |
| 啰嗦 囉嗦 | variant of | |
| 祠堂 祠堂 | ancestral hall; memorial hall | |
| 躁动 躁動 | to stir restlessly; to be agitated; commotion; agitation | |
| 蹊跷 蹊蹺 | odd; queer; strange; fishy | |
| 掩藏 掩藏 | hidden; covered; concealed | |
| 毫不留情 毫不留情 | to show no quarter; ruthless; relentless | |
| 特派 特派 | special appointment; special correspondent; task force; sb dispatched on a mission | |
| 私藏 私藏 | to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash |