- external; outside; outward appearance
- action; conduct; behavior; activity
- psychology; mentality
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- to guess; to conjecture
- therefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ...
- discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
- to resemble one another; to be alike; similar
- not only (... but also ...)
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 夸 kuā: 夸 kua1: used in transliteration夸 kuā: 夸 kua1: to boast; to exaggerate; to praise
- clever (child); smart; lovable; cute
- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- imperial palace
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
- (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
- to gamble
- to play (as children do); to amuse oneself
- to understand; to know; to comprehend
- 摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: hem (at the bottom of a garment)
- 庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang
- to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign
- the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct
- to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate
- to consider; to turn over in one's mind
- stratagem; method; approach; (martial arts) movement; social connections; (sb's) background story
- at this time; at this moment
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent
- loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
- to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares); to denounce loudly; to shout slogans
- 啦 lā: 啦 la1: (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat啦 la: 啦 la5: sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- to think over; to consider; consideration
- very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- resentful; angry; to enrage sb
- soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- to denounce; to condemn; to call to account; to punish