Vocabulary: 大清相国
- wave
- lumber; timber
- craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- excellent; first-rate; top-notch; superb
- to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into
- torch; CL:把[ba3]
- stomach trouble; stomach illness
- garlic; CL:瓣[ban4],頭|头[tou2]
- 小子 xiǎo zi: 小子 xiao3 zi5: (coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow小子 xiǎo zǐ: 小子 xiao3 zi3: (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
- disturbance; uproar; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]; to become restless
- cowardice; timid
- (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house
- firecracker
- clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role
- a long time ago
- to lift up; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. [ling1]
- to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground
- to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack one's brains; to leave no stone unturned
- mud; mire
- thick liquid; to starch
- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
- damp; clammy; dripping wet
- breathless
- a person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress
- lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom); fig. to tremble with fear; to be terrified
- 转头 zhuǎn tóu: 转头 zhuan3 tou2: to turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn; volte face; to repent转头 zhuàn tóu: 转头 zhuan4 tou2: nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
- earth; soil; mud; clay
- to have good luck; to be in luck
- (literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable
- (idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle)
- prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish
- Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan