Vocabulary: 大清相国
- to light a lamp; to raise a lantern
- to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
- (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc); to respond; to answer
- valuable; costly; expensive
- good
- hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
- unhurried; calm; composed; leisurely
- well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier; master of pen and sword
- dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
- 千 qiān: 千 qian1: thousand千 qiān: 千 qian1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- honored (to have the privilege of ...)
- to miscalculate; to misjudge
- to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
- one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly
- secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
- to admire; to look up to; to respect sb greatly
- going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
- to care for; to worry about
- extremely grateful; very thankful
- 掖 yè: 掖 ye4: to support by the arm; to help; to promote; at the side; also pr. [yi4]掖 yē: 掖 ye1: to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal
- to pose as sb; to act a part; imposture
- incorruptible; unbribable; honest
- to feign; to pretend
- to speak seriously; to exaggerate
- to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous; gilding the lily
- to estimate; to fine (archaic)
- display of severity immediately on taking office; (fig.) initial show of strength
- talking and laughing; cheerful talk
- next door; neighbor
- an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
- to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
- fault; glass fragment; quarrel
- to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again