- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- well; carefully; nicely; properly
- how
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- (of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
- to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for
- Empress Dowager
- to pass away; to die
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- 众 Zhòng: 众 Zhong4: abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives众 zhòng: 众 zhong4: (bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- to look at one another; to face each other
- to express or convey one's ideas
- to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
- to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
- already
- small; tiny; few; young
- to prepare a dead body for coffin
- 坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo
- low stool
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- appearance; manner; pattern; model
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation
- always (previously)
- the body; one's health
- healthy; fit
- (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days
- (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
- unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- nowadays; now
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- unexpected (idiom); surprising
- since; as; this being the case
- no good
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur