- Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
- to consult; to talk over; to discuss
- to punish; to handle; to deal with (literary)
- 溜 līu: 溜 liu1: to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate溜 lìu: 溜 liu4: swift current; rapids; (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy; (bound form) rain runoff from a roof; (bound form) roof gutter; classifier for rows, lines etc; surroundings; neighborhood; (dialect) to practice; (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
- corridor; veranda; porch
- to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
- to hear
- wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
- (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
- 历数 lì shù: 历数 li4 shu4: (literary) movements of celestial bodies; destiny; calendar system历数 lì shǔ: 历数 li4 shu3: to enumerate; to count (one by one)
- charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense
- to handle (affairs); to work
- to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- to injure; injury; wound
- I; me; my
- Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- tradition; traditional
- to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution; to carry out the law on the spot
- aside; to the side of
- small; tiny; few; young
- (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- nowadays; now
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
- disaster; calamity
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- advocate strongly
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- backbone; mainstay; pillar; definite view; one's own judgment
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to agree; to consent; to approve
- immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment
- to take up one's pen; to start to write
- 拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: doubtful; suspicious; to emulate; to imitate拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-
- imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
- to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
- outer; excluded
- lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone
- 结果 jié gǔo: 结果 jie2 guo3: outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch结果 jiē gǔo: 结果 jie1 guo3: to bear fruit
- to turn back; to reverse
- 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