- northern extremity
- pond; pool; sink; washbasin
- limpid; crystal clear
- if
- fairyland; wonderland; paradise
- not a soul in sight (idiom)
- lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom); intoxicated by sth; obsessed with; mad about sth; also written 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[ru2 chi1 ru2 zui4]
- to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle
- kingdom; realm
- Catholicism
- monarch; sovereign
- change of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new
- country with an ancient history
- one layer; one level
- gorgeous; magnificent
- (literary) despondent; upset; (literary) hazy; indistinct
- to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)
- foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
- Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet; given name Li Yu 李煜
- the sky; the heavens; (fig.) imperial court
- radish
- weapons of war; arms
- prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
- to take leave of; to leave; separation
- to shed tears
- Hugo (name); Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
- Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
- lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
- accusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
- history book
- most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
- (of property) to change owners; (of sovereignty, political power etc) to change hands
- impair, damage
- to encourage; to foster; to foment
- trend; tendency