- to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge
- where; how
- court councilor
- fashion; fad; fashionable
- simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy
- civil and military
- beggars' union; a group of beggars
- 曹 cáo: 曹 cao2: class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)曹 Cáo: 曹 Cao2: surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself
- large bell
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
- patch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch
- to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food)
- to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around
- desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
- actually; in fact
- to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model
- Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty)
- thankless wretch; an ingrate
- to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
- lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
- the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
- unalterable; certainly; definitely
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
- to spend money
- to equal; to be tantamount to
- to uncover; to open
- cover; lid; shell
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- take from the long to supplement the short (idiom); to offset each other's deficiencies; to complement each other
- to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 剥 bāo: 剥 bao1: to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck剥 bō: 剥 bo1: to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck