Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- to behead
- official; scholar (old)
- Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
- to travel far away from home
- 周济 Zhōu Jì: 周济 Zhou1 Ji4: Zhou Ji (1781-1839), Qing writer and poet周济 zhōu jì: 周济 zhou1 ji4: help to the needy; emergency relief; charity; to give to poorer relative; (also 賙濟|赒济)
- to go abroad (old)
- to study abroad
- (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding
- ravings; delirious utterances; kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
- interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating
- to realize only then
- 周游 zhōu yóu: 周游 zhou1 you2: to travel around; to tour; to cross周游 zhōu yóu: 周游 zhou1 you2: to travel around
- in a state of war
- monster; devil
- at leisure; idle; to have nothing to do
- Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty
- Song dynasty (960-1279)
- 名家 Míng jiā: 名家 Ming2 jia1: School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names名家 míng jiā: 名家 ming2 jia1: renowned expert; master (of an art or craft)
- to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into
- history book
- deputy
- royal; imperial household
- blessing; the throne
- the Qing court (as government of China)
- handwritten copy
- Mercury in traditional Chinese astronomy; see also 水星[shui3 xing1]
- blemish; flaw; defect
- (of doors, windows etc) to fit snugly when closed; to close nicely