Vocabulary: 大清相国
- to toss; to throw out
- not having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
- to allow; to permit
- one's wife and children
- cook
- to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4]
- not yet; still not
- inner room; bedroom
- to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a poor or frugal life
- (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
- (coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
- my wife (humble)
- to ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees); to lead to; to form gradually; wine; stuffed vegetables (cooking method)
- rice wine
- bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive
- to pour wine
- (usually used in the negative) major issue; serious problem; big deal
- 小康 xiǎo kāng: 小康 xiao3 kang1: moderately affluent; well-off; a period of peace and prosperity小康 Xiǎo kāng: 小康 Xiao3 kang1: Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Da4 tong2]
- poor and rich
- crop failure; poor harvest
- kindhearted; tolerant; honest and generous
- to pay (taxes or dues)
- surplus money
- to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
- face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
- to agree (to do sth); to promise
- (formal and deferential) to present; to submit
- evening meal; dinner; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- to comment; to evaluate
- not in the least; to completely lack
- (idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
- lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom); fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
- to block sb's path; to waylay
- to cry out a grievance