Vocabulary: 大清相国
- arranged betrothal of minors
- to tie the knot (idiom); to get married
- 牡丹 mǔ dan: 牡丹 mu3 dan5: tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)牡丹 Mǔ dan: 牡丹 Mu3 dan5: Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
- to crack; to split; to break; to chap
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
- to be known far and wide; to be well-known
- (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather
- lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom); fig. the student surpasses the master
- to enjoy the cool air
- the moon
- main entrance; main gate; portal
- ambitious
- lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- hall
- refined; elegant
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum)
- the daily life of a family
- 夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
- when?
- colleague; coworker
- to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text)
- eleventh lunar month
- to set up; to establish
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
- (coll.) to show off
- anger; internal heat (TCM)
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- whole; full
- to expose; to bare
- couch
- nostril; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement
- to hurry; to hasten; to make haste
- low status; lowly; to lower (one's head)
- one's eyes; eyeball
- to excel; to surpass