Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
- fourth period; quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
- myriad; multitudinous; multifarious
- (railway) carriage
- to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy
- Imperial bodyguard
- to pursue closely; to press; to demand (payment); to extort (a concession)
- to attract people's affection; charming; delightful
- to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies
- to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate; to captivate; to enchant
- austere; stern; harsh; somber and desolate (autumn or winter)
- to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition
- endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)
- shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the harness to the vehicle body
- couch
- culprit
- desk-mate; seat-mate
- to pass away; to die
- to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate
- grease; oil; fat
- to puff hard (e.g. after running)
- Rolls-Royce
- shirt (loanword)
- to draw a circle; cliques; circles
- to bring disaster on oneself
- punitive expedition to the south
- fuel oil
- (of an aircraft) to be grounded
- immunity
- outside (a country's) borders
- to take a breath (in swimming); to ventilate