Vocabulary: 大清相国
- lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
- lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
- to act as circumstances dictate (idiom)
- to feel terrified; to grow apprehensive
- to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice
- secret; trick; knack; key
- to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)
- to expedite; (of a delivery etc) expedited; express; urgent
- to convene; to call together
- to discuss official business
- to go on a punitive expedition
- rashly; hastily; without careful consideration
- how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd
- residence; mansion
- irrelevant; beside the point
- (idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
- to forgive; forgiveness
- to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse
- to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive; burned
- name; designation; item; rubric; (formal usage) fame
- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself
- to put up with (sth disagreeable)
- great; important; major; significant
- to recommend
- zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; enthusiastic; warmhearted
- very early in the morning; in the wee hours
- Your Majesty (honorific); His or Her Highness
- to break; to destroy; to devastate; to ravage; to repress
- to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- to volunteer for military service; to offer oneself for an assignment
- as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
- to break the law; to commit a crime
- to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- booming; roaring
- uncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
- cotton-padded clothes; CL:件[jian4]