- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- to be determined
- an execution; to put sb to death
- inside source; mole; insider; inside information; insider connections; (military) interior lines; internal telephone line
- urgent; emergency
- to give an order; to issue an order
- (idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
- death penalty; capital punishment
- to sum up to; to total
- to return alive; to survive
- brutal; vicious; ruthless
- crime; offense
- (idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
- to give; to impose; to apply
- penalty; punishment; to punish
- enemy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
- Buckingham Palace
- property; assets; estate; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- innocent; innocence; not guilty (law)
- to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- scholarship; high-level study; to do scholarly research; to pursue a high level of study
- to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
- stage; section; phase; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to call; to be called
- to cook; to boil
- refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- to grow; to reproduce
- shallow and crude; meager (knowledge or skill)
- to get rid of; to dismiss; to brush aside
- to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
- see 家信[jia1 xin4]
- daily; (soup etc) of the day
- to write (by hand); to practice calligraphy
- busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study; CL:門|门[men2]