Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- (historical) consort kin
- Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
- different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- brother's son; nephew
- to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award
- clever (child); smart; lovable; cute
- to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- thin, tough silk fabric
- 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)
- accomplished; elegant
- to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely
- 捷 jié: 捷 jie2: quick; nimble捷 jié: 捷 jie2: victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt捷 Jié: 捷 Jie2: Czech; Czech Republic; abbr. for 捷克[Jie2 ke4]
- Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3]
- to cremate
- supernatural beings
- to pray for blessings
- just now; a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular)
- alternately; repeatedly
- child of an official; palace bodyguard
- to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival
- to perform sacrifice
- court examination, the top grade imperial exam
- to visit in person; to personally attend
- palace hall
- to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- to be generally referred to (as); generic term
- candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination; see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
- candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
- central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- official institution; state bureau
- (Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption
- senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; CL:位[wei4]; sir (term of address for senior officer)
- to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- official document