- purple
- to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- upper part of the body; to put on (clothes on the upper body); (of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one
- in the end; after all; eventually
- vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
- to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- thoroughfare; passage; pathway; channel
- tip; extremity
- to not need; needless (to say)
- context
- to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone
- to sit upright
- to have an audience (with the Emperor)
- to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
- room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- satin
- cushion; mat; pad
- 查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha
- chaos of war
- to do business
- to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc)
- loudness; volume
- to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- to vow; to swear an oath
- ruler
- wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill
- to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
- to take (sth proffered)
- stature; height; size (of a person or object); (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
- forehead
- erect; towering; to stand tall
- narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
- cobra
- lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort; assiduous (in study); to concentrate
- raging inferno; blaze