Vocabulary: 大清相国
- half of a lifetime
- to look; to have a glimpse at; to observe (sth's splendor)
- 颜 Yán: 颜 Yan2: surname Yan颜 yán: 颜 yan2: color; face; countenance
- to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
- to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
- incomparable; matchless; unique
- to treat leniently; liberal treatment
- latrine pit; latrine
- to make an exhibition of oneself; to be a disgrace
- sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
- to put on airs; to assume great airs
- like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
- (Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption
- imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
- impetuous person; excitable person
- honest; frank; candid
- to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
- to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect
- strenuously; persistently; hard; painful
- to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival
- common people; laity (i.e. not priests)
- everything in the garden is lovely
- vying to be the most glamorous; each more gorgeous than the other; beauty contest
- abundant harvest of all food crops; bumper grain harvest
- (idiom) deeply affecting
- (idiom) to have good weather for crops
- the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
- to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip
- to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental
- Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)
- 历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: calendar year历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: over the years; bygone years