- public square; plaza
- fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
- to change one's tune; to modify one's previous remark; to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
- sack; burlap bag
- blood smears; bloodstains
- openly; publicly; undisguised
- west; west side; western part; to the west of
- to get; to obtain
- deceased father; my late father
- to violate; to offend
- official ranking; titles and honors
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- just; fair; to permit; to allow
- (bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
- indignant; feel hurt
- 信义 xìn yì: 信义 xin4 yi4: good faith; honor; trust and justice信义 Xìn yì: 信义 Xin4 yi4: Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
- to abandon; to desert; to renounce
- engagement; wedding contract
- to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
- to cast sidelong glances at sb
- to have an audience (with the Emperor)
- to lie prostrate
- to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster
- rich and powerful
- to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc); to reveal
- the entire sum; the whole amount
- to check sth and accept it
- to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbor
- enough; sufficient
- to have enough food and warm clothes; adequately provided
- servant
- silk