Vocabulary: 大清相国
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口); fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
- to persuade; to exhort; to advise
- always
- with a worried frown
- country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
- to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
- to congratulate
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
- 背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
- sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair
- so far; to this day; until now
- alive
- luckily; by a fluke
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
- 春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
- door to women's room; gate to palace
- 期 qī: 期 qi1: period; cycle期 qī: 期 qi1: a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- 逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to compel; to pressure逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on
- before one's eyes; now; at present
- late (with a task etc); slow
- to go on a journey; to leave
- elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
- every day
- to get really angry
- donkey; CL:頭|头[tou2]
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- on the way
- to visit one's parents
- to stay for a while; to sojourn
- to pay a visit; to call on
- great catastrophe
- discouraged; downhearted
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- next year
- letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- to be full of admiration
- literary talent; literary grace; rich and bright colors