- footstep; step
- light and quick; brisk; spry; lively; effortless; relaxed; agile; blithe
- to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- each; respective; apiece
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- several kinds
- to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- in (sb's) eyes
- initial; preliminary; tentative
- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to lose
- imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
- reason; sense
- (idiom) to do whatever one pleases
- desire; longing; appetite; craving
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- to offer; to give (as tribute); to devote (one's life); to sacrifice (oneself)
- plan; project; program; to plan; to map out; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- imperial physician
- good doctor; skilled doctor
- illustrious; prominent; prestigious; well-known
- Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)
- to recommend
- healing efficacy; healing effect
- to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent)
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
- politics; government affairs
- to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices
- early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
- call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
- Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
- 尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History
- to assist; to help sb do sth; to cooperate in doing sth
- to discuss official business
- to finish; to end; to complete