- one's wife and children
- Chongwenmen gate in Beijing
- slave girl; maid servant
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
- (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
- (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
- (idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
- to lecture; to teach
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- happy expression; cheerful look
- just now; a moment ago
- (of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
- 劳 Láo: 劳 Lao2: surname Lao劳 láo: 劳 lao2: (bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed; (bound form) fatigue; to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth); (bound form) to express appreciation for sb's efforts (Taiwan pr. [lao4])
- resentful; angry; to enrage sb
- the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian
- (bound form) to regret; to repent
- to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)
- remains (of a dead person)
- to bury (the dead)
- court official (in former times)
- to send (sb) away; to change the subject; to open (an umbrella etc)
- to ask for instructions
- admittedly (it's true that...)
- open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
- magnanimous; generous (in spirit)
- substantive; substantial; material; considerable
- to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble
- Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
- farce; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1],幕[mu4]
- to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
- to panic; to be alarmed
- to capture
- to invite a snub; to court a rebuff