Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- diarrhea; to have the runs
- 夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
- to sleep soundly
- Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
- can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
- Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet
- (onom.) to sigh; to sob
- (of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
- to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
- (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
- magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent
- gifted scholar
- to wield (power etc)
- November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- monarch; sovereign
- graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
- to take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc); to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc); (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)
- crown
- sad; wretched; miserable
- pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
- to bare
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- country's territory; national land
- subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
- 赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- to crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
- wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance; love affair; romance is in the air; dissipated life
- (bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
- 周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
- dust
- pearl; jewel (of great value)
- 乘 shèng: 乘 sheng4: (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books乘 Chéng: 乘 Cheng2: surname Cheng乘 chéng: 乘 cheng2: to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed
- boat
- to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
- see 姑蘇區|姑苏区[Gu1 su1 Qu1]
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)