- exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
- smooth and evasive; slick and sly
- to employ; to recruit (talented personnel); to gather together (a team)
- henchmen
- lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb); fig. the more people, the more strength
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- to observe and make sure; to check
- 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
- Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
- officialdom; bureaucracy
- all over the place; everywhere and all directions
- to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- to take a wife; to get married (man)
- 世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi
- rare; rarely seen
- fellow villager
- exam room
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- to review troops; military parade
- 密 Mì: 密 Mi4: surname Mi; name of an ancient state密 mì: 密 mi4: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts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])
- 俄 é: 俄 e2: suddenly; very soon俄 é: 俄 E2: Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]
- to be involved in politics; participation in politics
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- 着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- individual; personal; oneself
- to live; life; livelihood
- luxurious; extravagant
- lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
- to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 广 yǎn: 广 yan3: "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc广 guǎng: 广 guang3: wide; numerous; to spread广 Guǎng: 广 Guang3: surname Guang
- to install; to place; to put; to buy
- luxury home; mansion
- 全家 Quán jiā: 全家 Quan2 jia1: FamilyMart (convenience store chain)全家 quán jiā: 全家 quan2 jia1: whole family
- 荣 Róng: 荣 Rong2: surname Rong荣 róng: 荣 rong2: glory; honor; thriving