Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- imperial notice (announcement in the form of a notice posted with the authority of the emperor)
- (used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
- ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel
- to massacre; to die out
- Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- (fig.) the whole world
- to learn to read; able to read; literate
- peddler; hawker
- heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]
- mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- tyrant; despot
- tyrannical; brutal (regime)
- harsh; severe; demanding
- 吾 wú: 吾 wu2: (old) I; my吾 Wú: 吾 Wu2: surname Wu
- 陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- (literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern
- uprising; insurrection; revolt
- Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
- 榜 bǎng: 榜 bang3: notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees榜 bàng: 榜 bang4: (literary) oar; (metonym) boat; (literary) to whip; to flog; Taiwan pr. [beng4]
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- not to allow; must not; can't
- diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
- etiquette; ceremonial rites
- to be lost; to be ruined; to perish; to wither away
- all the people
- to revere; highly esteemed
- fire beacon (to give alarm)
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
- antique; old relic; (fig.) old-fashioned person or thing; old fogey
- Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
- to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
- to surrender
- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- people
- (emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
- Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
- to grant; to bestow
- offspring; posterity
- sleeve of a robe