Vocabulary: 大清相国
- lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom); fig. the new is constantly replacing the old; each new generation excels the previous; (of things) to be constantly evolving
- to understand tacitly (idiom); to know intuitively; to understand thoroughly
- to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
- to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize
- many and varied; of many different kinds
- to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth)
- (idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
- to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking
- name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
- servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
- to make a decision; to determine
- eighteen; 18
- to wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning; also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝
- end of the month
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- see 二七區|二七区[Er4 qi1 Qu1]
- to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
- Kangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]; the Kangxi Emperor (Qing dynasty)
- to learn; to study
- Manchurian written language
- 弓 gōng: 弓 gong1: a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)弓 Gōng: 弓 Gong1: surname Gong
- equestrian archery; riding and shooting
- extremely; exceedingly
- an imperial decree
- delight; pleasure; joy
- Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
- 夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- previous life; former incarnation
- everyone; every person
- disloyalty; infidelity
- friend
- it would be better
- 纣 Zhòu: 纣 Zhou4: Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)纣 zhòu: 纣 zhou4: crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
- to totally prohibit; to put an end to
- philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer
- Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕