Vocabulary
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| 蠢蠢欲动 蠢蠢欲動 | to begin to stir (idiom); to get restless; to become threatening | Idiom |
| 出生入死 出生入死 | from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb | Idiom |
| 倾巢而出 傾巢而出 | the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength | Idiom |
| 吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 | lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom); fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with | Idiom |
| 活受罪 活受罪 | (coll.) to go through sheer hell | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 吊死鬼 吊死鬼 | ghost of a person who died by hanging; hanged person; (coll.) inchworm; hangman (word game) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 七窍 七竅 | the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth | |
| 善人 善人 | philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer | |
| 孤王 孤王 | I, the King | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 开恩 開恩 | show mercy | |
| 废人 廢人 | handicapped person; useless person | |
| 尸首 屍首 | dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) | |
| 逆臣 逆臣 | rebellious minister | |
| 伏诛 伏誅 | to be executed | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 一程 一程 | a journey | |
| 善恶 善惡 | good and evil; good versus evil | |
| 遵命 遵命 | obey the order | |
| 仰仗 仰仗 | to rely on; to depend on | |
| 觊觎 覬覦 | (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on | |
| 重臣 重臣 | important minister; major figure in government | |
| 承蒙 承蒙 | to be indebted (to sb) | |
| 莫不是 莫不是 | probably; perhaps; could it be that...? | |
| 休要 休要 | do not | |
| 闭关 閉關 | to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) | |
| 仗义 仗義 | to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by | |
| 苟活 苟活 | to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself | |
| 全尸 全屍 | intact corpse; dead body with no parts missing | |
| 主见 主見 | one's own view; definite opinion | |
| 浮云 浮雲 | floating clouds; fleeting; transient | |
| 赌注 賭注 | stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake | |
| 顾念 顧念 | to care for; to worry about | |
| 弓箭手 弓箭手 | archer | |
| 即日 即日 | this or that very day; in the next few days | |
| 牵动 牽動 | to affect; to produce a change in sth | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 谋反 謀反 | to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state | |
| 童谣 童謠 | nursery rhyme | |
| 尽失 盡失 | (of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost | |
| 密谋 密謀 | conspiracy; secret plan; to conspire | |
| 股肱 股肱 | trusted aide | |
| 倚仗 倚仗 | to lean on; to rely on | |
| 晕厥 暈厥 | to faint | |
| 免受 免受 | to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment | |
| 咽气 嚥氣 | to die; to breathe one's last | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? |