- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
- I; me; my
- official in feudal court; subject
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- cold; to shiver with cold; to tremble with fear; afraid; apprehensive; strict; stern; severe; austere; awe-inspiring; imposing; majestic
- to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
- secret; classified; classified information; secret
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
- inside source; mole; insider; inside information; insider connections; (military) interior lines; internal telephone line
- alone; by oneself; on one's own
- call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- to take note of; to pay attention to
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap
- so long as; provided; if
- there
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- disparaging remarks; unkind things said about sb
- disaster; calamity
- to (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 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
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- secretly; inwardly; on the sly
- to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance
- trend; tendency
- at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- 汇报 hùi bào: 汇报 hui4 bao4: to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back汇报 hùi bào: 汇报 hui4 bao4: to report; to give an account of; report
- (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- main; principal; major; primary
- years of age; age
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- small; tiny; few; young
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or