- (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along
- because; owing to; on account of
- ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
- see 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4]
- 成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- 丁 Dīng: 丁 Ding1: surname Ding丁 dīng: 丁 ding1: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl丁 zhēng: 丁 zheng1: used in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]
- jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- (old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone
- 刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- 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)
- youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- to shake; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; shock
- huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
- lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); fig. lesson learned from past mistakes or failures
- to take sth as a warning (idiom); to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
- 步 bù: 步 bu4: a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation步 Bù: 步 Bu4: surname Bu
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- the latter
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
- 王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 俊 jùn: 俊 jun4: smart; eminent; handsome; talented俊 zùn: 俊 zun4: (dialectal pronunciation of 俊[jun4]); cool; neat
- as; as if; such as
- cause; reason; because
- to lose favor; in disfavor; disgraced
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- historical name of Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
- secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
- 冠 Guàn: 冠 Guan4: surname Guan冠 guān: 冠 guan1: hat; crown; crest; cap冠 guàn: 冠 guan4: to put on a hat; to be first; to dub
- 连 lián: 连 lian2: to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)连 Lián: 连 Lian2: surname Lian
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters