- to rush to conclude a matter; to end up abruptly
- twenty; 20
- ten; 10
- to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate
- lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive
- magnanimous; generous (in spirit)
- to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- to conduct; to hold (an event)
- large; large-scale
- to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
- to arrange; to make preparations
- 好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- these
- 当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
- to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- (lit. and fig.) to open a door; to open for business
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- imperial edict
- Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- to receive a promotion; to rise in rank
- brilliancy (of gems)
- precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- imperial concubine
- imperial concubine
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- 加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- precedent
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to have all to oneself; to monopolize
- literary excellence; flirtatious behavior
- title of honor; term of respect
- 端 duān: 端 duan1: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out端 duān: 端 duan1: start; origin
- (bound form) to bless; to protect