Vocabulary: 大清相国
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- to breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp; to take a breather; to catch one's breath
- to blend (cooking); to mix evenly
- breath; smell; odor; flavor
- (idiom) to take one's time; unhurried; leisurely
- to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
- small quick steps
- lightly; softly
- voice; tone; information
- surrounding; nearby
- still; calm; quiet; not moving
- 太虚 tài xū: 太虚 tai4 xu1: great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos太虚 Tài xū: 太虚 Tai4 xu1: Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)
- etiquette; ceremony
- to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
- to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing)
- plenary session (at a conference); CL:屆|届[jie4]
- countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to attend an opera; to see an opera
- to snigger; to titter
- decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards
- to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- to love and respect; love and respect
- to revere; highly esteemed
- prelude; presage
- well-being; welfare
- to be abbreviated to; (followed by a verb) slightly
- to confuse (fail to differentiate)
- palace courtyard
- respectful
- young people; youngster
- to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
- close to; intimate
- other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
- to chat; to gossip
- to get away from; to withdraw; to free oneself
- spare time; free time