- to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
- lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
- 施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- evil plan; evil schemes
- to imprison; captivity
- extortion and blackmail (idiom)
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
- 须 xū: 须 xu1: must; to have to; to wait须 xū: 须 xu1: beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- to punish severely
- to disobey; to defy an edict; to violate; to go against; to run counter to
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
- all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people
- to disturb; to perturb; to harass
- laws and discipline of imperial court
- 耍 shuǎ: 耍 shua3: to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)耍 Shuǎ: 耍 Shua3: surname Shua
- 弄 nòng: 弄 nong4: to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with弄 lòng: 弄 long4: lane; alley
- power; authority
- to get promoted
- to feign; to pretend
- to fall ill
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 力 lì: 力 li4: power; force; strength; ability; strenuously力 Lì: 力 Li4: surname Li
- 压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]
- imperial censor
- to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down
- to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
- imperial concubine
- exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
- smooth and evasive; slick and sly
- to employ; to recruit (talented personnel); to gather together (a team)
- henchmen
- lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb); fig. the more people, the more strength
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- to observe and make sure; to check
- to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
- officialdom; bureaucracy