- lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush
- to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry
- high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
- master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- those
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- to guide; to lead
- to serve; to wait upon
- Empress Dowager
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- moody; gloomy
- true; real
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
- finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling
- to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
- deliberately; on purpose
- sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- with this; thereby; thus; because of this
- to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out
- to arrive; to come
- courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant
- very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- to tell; to instruct; to command
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- imperial physician
- 给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide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)
- to feel the pulse (TCM); Taiwan pr. [zhen3 mo4]
- to take medicine
- to feign illness; to malinger
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- appearance; manner; pattern; model
- dizzy
- to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]
- to think to oneself; to think
- to fall ill
- indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)