Vocabulary: 大清相国
- specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose); (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special
- to serve; to wait upon
- 差事 chà shì: 差事 cha4 shi4: poor; not up to standard差事 chāi shi: 差事 chai1 shi5: errand; assignment; job; commission; CL:件[jian4]; see also 差使[chai1 shi5]
- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- everyday life; regular pattern of life
- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- 司 sī: 司 si1: to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)司 Sī: 司 Si1: surname Si
- 洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- to assist
- 温 Wēn: 温 Wen1: surname Wen温 wēn: 温 wen1: warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever
- to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
- Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
- to joke; joke; jest
- far-reaching; broad; ambitious; promising
- to look down upon; to despise
- 詹 Zhān: 詹 Zhan1: surname Zhan詹 zhān: 詹 zhan1: (literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
- (onom.) to sigh; to sob
- district magistrate; county magistrate
- with great difficulty; very difficult
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- to beat the gong to clear the way; (fig.) to pave the way for sth
- to perform in opera
- common people
- appropriate; suitable
- to bring honor to one's ancestors
- leader
- to see off; to send off
- the present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
- Imperial bodyguard
- to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to cry out in alarm or surprise
- hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- to intend; intentionally; interested in
- social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class