Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- highest virtue; illustrious virtue
- downstairs
- gauze hat; (fig.) job as an official
- garment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
- to recall; to think of; to call to mind
- 林 lín: 林 lin2: (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)林 Lín: 林 Lin2: surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi
- at first; devise; originate
- 潘 pān: 潘 pan1: (archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Tw) kitchen waste; food scraps (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phun])潘 Pān: 潘 Pan1: surname Pan; Pan (Greek god)
- (bound form) to bless; to protect
- alone; independent; single; sole; only
- to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear
- to bellow; to rave; to snarl
- peerless; unmatched in his generation; incomparable (talent, beauty)
- yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world; all-powerful
- strength of character; vigorous style (of calligraphy)
- (used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
- mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- to get lost; to lose one's bearings
- temporarily; for the time being
- to cover up one's embarrassment; to hush up a scandal
- beautiful; wonderful; splendid
- unlimited; unbounded
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- 机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji
- 药 yào: 药 yao4: leaf of the iris药 yào: 药 yao4: medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics
- small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
- last night
- famous general; (sports) renowned athlete
- filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- 丧 sāng: 丧 sang1: mourning; funeral; (old) corpse丧 sàng: 丧 sang4: to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
- arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear
- arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
- to die for one's country
- (bound form) posthumous name or title; (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title
- 肃 Sù: 肃 Su4: surname Su肃 sù: 肃 su4: respectful; solemn; to eliminate; to clean up
- to die or be martyred for a noble cause; to be faithful unto death
- (bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid; (bound form) to praise; to laud
- to defend one's property to the death; to cling obstinately to old habits; die-hard
- see 揚州市|扬州市[Yang2 zhou1 Shi4]
- the Qing court (as government of China)