Vocabulary: 大清相国
- (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover; to be a culture snob; having pretensions to culture
- to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
- like a wisp of smoke; (to disappear etc) in an instant
- to create a big disturbance
- everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes
- to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- to lose; to misplace
- to search for; to look up
- to terrify; to scare sb
- to overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom)
- afterward; later; subsequently; following that
- to refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege
- to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- to weep in sorrow
- the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears
- close; familiar; intimate; closely (related); to foster close ties; to pay close attention
- to have sth stolen; to lose to theft; robbed
- sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- (written) in black and white
- civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- predestined fate (Buddhism)
- to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
- lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom); fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
- to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)
- (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear
- stratagem
- to detest; hatred
- (in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense; (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
- to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- to stop at this point; to end here; to call it a day
- 方丈 Fāng zhang: 方丈 Fang1 zhang5: one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals方丈 fāng zhang: 方丈 fang1 zhang5: square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or Daoist abbot; abbot's chamber
- warhorse
- to violate (a law)
- on one's desk
- to estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
- lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom); fig. to have a glib tongue
- credulous
- friendship; friendly relations