- ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full
- to trust; to have confidence in
- and; as well as
- princes and dukes; aristocrat
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- to revere
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li
- at one's side; on hand
- she
- to serve as; to act as; to play the role of
- eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies
- to participate (in sth)
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
- to seize an opportunity
- military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore
- wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled
- (idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes
- personal; private; selfish
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- to bribe; a bribe
- short term; short time
- 便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- capital of a country
- 和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others
- luxurious
- house; house with a courtyard
- to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- 朝 Cháo: 朝 Chao2: abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea朝 cháo: 朝 chao2: imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards朝 zhāo: 朝 zhao1: morning
- unmanned; uninhabited
- to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- civil and military
- lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
- not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- to shift (funds); to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another; to embezzle; to misappropriate
- military expenditure
- to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
- Summer Palace in Beijing
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or