- wantonly; recklessly; willfully
- to meddle; to intervene; intervention
- politics; government affairs
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- harem; chambers of imperial concubines
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- bottom of one's heart
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- muddled; silly; confused
- to order; to enjoin; to charge; to instruct sb to finish sth
- immediately
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract
- to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- to suffer; fig. reluctantly
- 作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- 起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- brows
- to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold
- after this; afterwards; hereafter
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to regard as; to look upon as
- one's close relatives
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- to see; to catch sight of
- incomparable; matchless
- since (a time); ever since
- Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
- 十一 Shí Yī: 十一 Shi2 Yi1: PRC National Day (October 1st)十一 shí yī: 十一 shi2 yi1: eleven; 11
- to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
- fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
- coup d'état
- after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 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便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
- especially; particularly
- reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
- like; as