Vocabulary: 大清相国
- (in former times) banknote with a value in silver
- 挡 dàng: 挡 dang4: to arrange; to put in order挡 dǎng: 挡 dang3: to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
- 查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
- here
- to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited
- important; urgent
- to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
- to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- people (in general); people around the world; everyone
- 钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- as if; to seem like
- to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
- along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time
- 琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
- many times; repeatedly
- to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)
- to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; newspaper; periodical; journal; bulletin; telegram
- actually; in fact; really
- home
- to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor
- as a rule; as usual; usually
- to show one's face; to make one's good name; to become successful and well known; to shine
- 土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group
- rich man; moneybags
- to infer; to gather
- I (spoken by an old man)
- why?; for what reason?
- to have; to possess
- foundation; base; family estate
- time; length of time; moment; period
- successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely
- cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well
- to understand; to comprehend
- bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- hand-cranked
- palm-leaf fan; cattail-leaf fan
- to kneel down
- to salute; to make one's salutations