Vocabulary: 大清相国
- to express an opinion; to offer advice
- to earn money; moneymaking
- to compute on the abacus; (fig.) to calculate; to plan; to scheme
- to not really understand; to half-understand
- (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
- every day
- 叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock; to kowtow叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock
- lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband
- Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- mood; spirits; interest
- to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately
- to pass through
- (idiom) twisting and turning; (idiom) tricky and complicated
- precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
- snow
- 琼 Qíong: 琼 Qiong2: short name for Hainan 海南[Hai3 nan2]琼 qíong: 琼 qiong2: jasper; fine jade; beautiful; exquisite (e.g. wine, food); abbr. for Hainan province
- to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
- to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc); (fandom slang) to be into (a character relationship, dynamic, or trope)
- snow-covered ground
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- slave; fig. flunkey
- to put on airs; to be ostentatious
- identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- to lead by the hand; to guide; to support
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- to wander about destitute; to be stranded
- see 沒齒難忘|没齿难忘[mo4 chi3 nan2 wang4]
- to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to
- nature; disposition; innate; natural
- descendants of feudal aristocrats
- to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
- 门道 mén dào: 门道 men2 dao4: doorway; gateway门道 mén dao: 门道 men2 dao5: the way to do sth; knack
- effect; efficacy; to imitate
- lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom); fig. faithful service
- one's happy lot; good fortune
- ecstasy; rapt
- clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded
- it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
- 分量 fèn liàng: 分量 fen4 liang4: (food) portion size分量 fēn liàng: 分量 fen1 liang4: (vector) component分量 fèn liang: 分量 fen4 liang5: quantity; weight; measure; (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc); (of written material) density