- eighteen; 18
- to beat the gong to clear the way; (fig.) to pave the way for sth
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district
- not a soul in sight (idiom)
- ostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style; red tape
- to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip)
- to differ
- ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
- sedan chair; palanquin; litter
- atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
- to gasp; to pant; asthma
- to beat a gong
- directly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face
- to advance bravely
- (idiom) to stamp with fury; to fly into a rage
- to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant
- princess (in Europe)
- in full swing (idiom); (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity
- to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
- to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth)
- lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom); fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
- to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- imperial orders
- life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living
- old man; husband's father; father-in-law; court eunuch
- to hurl abuse; to deride; to call sb names
- 舌 jī: 舌 ji1: used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"舌 shé: 舌 she2: tongue
- first offender; first offense
- to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
- (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly
- disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
- corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption
- aphrodisiac
- to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- supreme; paramount; unsurpassed
- to permeate
- (idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes
- indirect
- to dote on and trust
- pure; unadulterated; (of motives etc) honest
- to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
- grind; sandstone
- wonderful; marvelous; brilliant