Vocabulary: 大清相国
- to knock on a door
- middle age
- man; fellow; (dialect) husband
- to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- to ask sb a question; question
- to introduce (sb); (esp.) to present to the emperor
- fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
- to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title
- 桂 Gùi: 桂 Gui4: surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]桂 gùi: 桂 gui4: cassia; laurel
- to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)
- (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
- doorway; gate; entrance
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region
- horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall; shallow round woven bamboo basket
- to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- for many generations; generation; era; age
- meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
- to peer; to scan; to examine carefully
- to think to oneself; to think
- illustrious; celebrated
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- to pass on a story; to communicate a message
- to act discourteously; forgive me (for my impropriety)
- 媳妇 xí fù: 媳妇 xi2 fu4: daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation媳妇 xí fu: 媳妇 xi2 fu5: (dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman
- 田 tián: 田 tian2: field; farm; CL:片[pian4]田 Tián: 田 Tian2: surname Tian
- ma; mom; mother
- from within; therefrom
- to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
- to praise highly; an accolade
- to enjoin; to implore; to urge
- to call to pay one's respect; to call on
- senior; older generation; precursor
- to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at
- one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
- Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)