Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- deliberately
- to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side
- to withdraw
- lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn
- strictly speaking
- real power; genuine power
- taxation
- to have no right; to have no authority
- to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go
- to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble
- lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope; light at the end of the tunnel
- to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
- to defeat; to beat
- after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- 当天 dàng tiān: 当天 dang4 tian1: the same day当天 dāng tiān: 当天 dang1 tian1: on that day
- noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 大意 dà yi: 大意 da4 yi5: careless大意 dà yì: 大意 da4 yi4: general idea; main idea
- extremely grateful; very thankful
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- to apologize
- from beginning to end; all along
- to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- to sit down; to take a seat
- to rush out
- minced meat sauce; (fig.) mincemeat; a person cut to pieces
- intestines