- fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
- secondly, ...
- ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full
- dining table
- to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind
- situation; state (of affairs)
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- first of all; in the first place
- to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- last time
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
- 还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan
- how; what kind
- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- then; after that; afterwards
- on leaving; on the point of departure
- precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
- imperial concubine
- to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
- to face; to confront
- the first time; for the first time
- delicacy; dainties; rare foodstuff
- fine food; delicacies; delicious food
- unintentionally; not in the mood to
- 下咽 xià yān: 下咽 xia4 yan1: (anatomy) hypopharynx下咽 xià yàn: 下咽 xia4 yan4: to swallow (food or drink)
- to make out; to see
- influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb; CL:股[gu3]
- promptly; at once
- to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- (used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地[shi4 de5]) like (X); as if (X); Taiwan pr. [si4de5]
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- sad; sorrowful
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- imperial concubine
- to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others