- careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
- Imperial bodyguard
- there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
- empress dowager
- to call
- plum; CL:個|个[ge4]
- empress; imperial consort
- civil and military officials
- to see clearly
- (coll.) two sisters; two close female friends
- curtain
- to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs
- to be a favorite; favor
- An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
- to revise; to amend; to rectify
- necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom); to surrender territory under humiliating terms
- 俄 é: 俄 E2: Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]俄 é: 俄 e2: suddenly; very soon
- fine quality jade
- (fine jade)
- to guide; to lead
- side palace hall; side chamber
- northern side; north
- Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2]
- grand; majestic; magnificent
- main hall of a Buddhist temple
- entrance door; to enter a door; to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
- bareheaded (in a photo)
- in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- to wait quietly; to await (news, a reply etc)
- to ask sb a question; question
- east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
- the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- quiet; peaceful; calm