Vocabulary: 大清相国
- to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly
- 摆设 bǎi shè: 摆设 bai3 she4: to set out; to display; to furnish (a room or house)摆设 bǎi she: 摆设 bai3 she5: ornament; decorative item; (fig.) sth that is merely for show
- sincere
- to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
- see 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4]
- a man; a male
- smooth; slippery
- tea shop
- to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
- to put up a guest; to stay overnight
- to pay as charged
- silver money (in former times)
- flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan
- (onom.) to hiss; to whistle; to whiz; to fizz
- white face; face painting in Beijing opera etc
- knight-errant
- scabbard; sheath
- power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
- way of doing sth; behavior; to act in an affected manner; mannerism; gestures in opera
- (formal) to go to; to head for
- to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- pitch dark
- lights
- to serve as a foil; to highlight through contrast
- to listen attentively
- hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
- moonlight
- 翼 Yì: 翼 Yi4: surname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–475 BC)翼 yì: 翼 yi4: wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- musical instrument; CL:件[jian4]
- (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful
- remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
- to resist; to press against; to brace
- (of weather) overcast; gloomy; (of a voice) low and deep; low-spirited; downcast