//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/25 words - 2 min
明朝[明朝]	ming2 zhao1	tomorrow morning; the following morning	42
初年[初年]	chu1 nian2	early years	1
太祖[太祖]	tai4 zu3	Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)	9
朱元璋[朱元璋]	Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1	Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]	5
彻底[徹底]	che4 di3	thorough; thoroughly; complete	4
除[除]	chu2	to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including	13
北[北]	bei3	north; to be defeated (classical)	77
元[元]	yuan2	currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon	140
残[殘]	can2	to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus	7
馀[餘]	yu2	variant of 餘|余[yu2], remainder	56
势力[勢力]	shi4 li5	power; (ability to) influence	2
多次[多次]	duo1 ci4	many times; repeatedly	1
派遣[派遣]	pai4 qian3	to send (on a mission); to dispatch	3
大军[大軍]	da4 jun1	army; main forces	68
讨伐[討伐]	tao3 fa2	to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against; to crusade against	5
漠北[漠北]	Mo4 bei3	Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)	58
史[史]	shi3	history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China	22
称[稱]	cheng1	to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise	12
洪武[洪武]	Hong2 wu3	Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, Temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]	46
北征[北征]	bei3 zheng1	punitive expedition to the north	25
小祖宗[小祖宗]	xiao3 zu3 zong1	brat; little devil	8
抓住[抓住]	zhua1 zhu4	to grab; to capture	4
跟上[跟上]	gen1 shang4	to catch up with; to keep pace with	4
鸟窝[鳥窩]	niao3 wo1	bird's nest	1
哎[哎]	ai1	hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/50 words - 7 min
爬[爬]	pa2	to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up	2
这儿[這兒]	zhe4 r5	here	91
师父[師父]	shi1 fu5	used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker	14
徐[徐]	xu2	slowly; gently	159
达[達]	da2	to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent	41
爹[爹]	die1	dad	93
大姐[大姐]	da4 jie3	big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)	87
鹅[鵝]	e2	goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	33
妳[妳]	ni3	you (female); variant of 你[ni3]	329
瞎[瞎]	xia1	blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose	9
起哄[起鬨]	qi3 hong4	to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance	2
姐[姐]	jie3	older sister	3
吃完[吃完]	chi1 wan2	to finish eating	4
着呢[著呢]	zhe5 ne5	comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather	7
不许[不許]	bu4 xu3	not to allow; must not; can't	26
挨骂[挨罵]	ai2 ma4	to receive a scolding	1
本事[本事]	ben3 shi5	ability; skill	13
柴[柴]	chai2	firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)	4
房[房]	fang2	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)	14
大夫[大夫]	dai4 fu5	doctor; physician	12
丫头[丫頭]	ya1 tou5	girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)	19
懂事[懂事]	dong3 shi4	sensible; thoughtful; intelligent	7
老糊涂[老糊塗]	lao3 hu2 tu5	dotard	3
妙[妙]	miao4	clever; wonderful	67
锦[錦]	jin3	brocade; embroidered work; bright	116
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/75 words - 9 min
端[端]	duan1	end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular	8
增[增]	zeng1	to increase; to expand; to add	28
寿[壽]	shou4	long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary	32
讨[討]	tao3	to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study	17
憋闷[憋悶]	bie1 men5	to feel oppressed; to be depressed; to feel dejected	1
陛下[陛下]	bi4 xia4	Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty	1249
扫[掃]	sao3	to sweep	10
扫[掃]	sao4	broom	10
主帅[主帥]	zhu3 shuai4	(military) commander-in-chief; (sports) team manager; coach	8
身子[身子]	shen1 zi5	body; pregnancy; health	14
便[便]	bian4	plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards	196
痛快[痛快]	tong4 kuai4	delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]	1
论[論]	lun4	opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)	28
职[職]	zhi2	office; duty	14
司[司]	si1	to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)	117
右[右]	you4	right (-hand); the Right (politics); west (old)	31
爵位[爵位]	jue2 wei4	order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]	12
咱们[咱們]	zan2 men5	we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [za2 men5]	107
封[封]	feng1	to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters	50
公爵[公爵]	gong1 jue2	duke; dukedom	12
凡事[凡事]	fan2 shi4	everything	2
预留[預留]	yu4 liu2	to set aside; to reserve	1
地步[地步]	di4 bu4	stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); situation; leeway	15
浅显[淺顯]	qian3 xian3	plain; clear; obvious	2
心事[心事]	xin1 shi4	a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]	8
曹[曹]	cao2	class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)	39
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/100 words - 10 min
国[國]	guo2	country; nation; state; national; CL:個|个[ge4]	205
公府[公府]	gong1 fu3	government post in Han dynasty	30
李[李]	li3	plum	119
景[景]	jing3	bright; circumstance; scenery	59
隆[隆]	long2	grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge	59
随[隨]	sui2	to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently	64
军[軍]	jun1	army; military; arms; CL:個|个[ge4]	610
塞外[塞外]	sai4 wai4	beyond the Great Wall	15
眼睁睁[眼睜睜]	yan3 zheng1 zheng1	to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly	4
允[允]	yun3	just; fair; to permit; to allow	102
恭[恭]	gong1	respectful	69
自家人[自家人]	zi4 jia1 ren2	sb with whom one is on familiar terms; sb from the same place (same house, same town etc); one of us	8
自家[自家]	zi4 jia1	oneself; one's own family	6
公[公]	gong1	public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)	312
外甥[外甥]	wai4 sheng1	sister's son; wife's sibling's son	3
弓箭[弓箭]	gong1 jian4	bow and arrow	3
燕[燕]	yan4	swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴[yan4]	646
堂[堂]	tang2	(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture	27
子弟[子弟]	zi3 di4	child; the younger generation	16
城[城]	cheng2	city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]	160
猎[獵]	lie4	hunting	1
义父[義父]	yi4 fu4	adoptive father	22
土[土]	tu3	earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	16
剌[剌]	la4	perverse; unreasonable; absurd	14
河[河]	he2	river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]	34
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/125 words - 13 min
六十[六十]	liu4 shi2	sixty; 60	17
里[里]	li3	li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels	47
众[眾]	zhong4	many; numerous; crowd; multitude	37
儿[兒]	er2	child; son	313
郎[郎]	lang2	(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth	58
娘[娘]	niang2	mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate	69
王妃[王妃]	wang2 fei1	princess (in Europe)	264
撤[撤]	che4	to remove; to take away; to withdraw	7
后边[後邊]	hou4 bian5	back; rear; behind	1
将军[將軍]	jiang1 jun1	general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot	268
瞧[瞧]	qiao2	to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit	19
魏国[魏國]	Wei4 guo2	Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms	92
帐[帳]	zhang4	covering veil; canopy; screen; tent; variant of 賬|账[zhang4]	53
扩[擴]	kuo4	to enlarge	51
廓[廓]	kuo4	big; empty; open	52
家眷[家眷]	jia1 juan4	one's wife and children	9
开口[開口]	kai1 kou3	to open one's mouth; to start to talk	4
大将军[大將軍]	da4 jiang1 jun1	important general; generalissimo	260
令[令]	ling4	to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old)	106
尔[爾]	er3	thus; so; like that; you; thou	30
再不[再不]	zai4 bu4	if not, then; otherwise	2
招供[招供]	zhao1 gong4	to confess	4
全体[全體]	quan2 ti3	all; entire	1
坑杀[坑殺]	keng1 sha1	to bury alive; to ensnare	2
金印[金印]	jin1 yin4	golden seal; characters tattooed on a convict's face	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/150 words - 16 min
兽[獸]	shou4	beast; animal; beastly; bestial	3
纽[紐]	niu3	to turn; to wrench; button; nu (Greek letter Νν)	1
兵马[兵馬]	bing1 ma3	troops and horses; military forces	49
步兵[步兵]	bu4 bing1	infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier	1
骑兵[騎兵]	qi2 bing1	cavalry	43
卒[卒]	zu2	soldier; servant; to finish; to die; finally; at last; pawn in Chinese chess	32
粮草[糧草]	liang2 cao3	army provisions; rations and fodder	16
妹妹[妹妹]	mei4 mei5	younger sister; young woman; CL:個|个[ge4]	31
秦[秦]	Qin2	surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; abbr. for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]	82
纳[納]	na4	to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing	15
妃[妃]	fei1	imperial concubine	71
兵[兵]	bing1	soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]	246
特意[特意]	te4 yi4	specially; intentionally	4
万万[萬萬]	wan4 wan4	absolutely; wholly	27
为难[為難]	wei2 nan2	to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)	26
耿[耿]	geng3	bright; honest; upright	43
皇上[皇上]	huang2 shang5	the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty	25
太子[太子]	tai4 zi3	crown prince	297
不得[不得]	bu4 de2	must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot	49
打仗[打仗]	da3 zhang4	to fight a battle; to go to war	25
死人[死人]	si3 ren2	dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen	5
要死[要死]	yao4 si3	extremely; awfully	3
过失[過失]	guo4 shi1	error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency	2
功[功]	gong1	meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)	59
补[補]	bu3	to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	16
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/175 words - 19 min
说实话[說實話]	shuo1 shi2 hua4	to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly	7
哪儿[哪兒]	na3 r5	where?; wherever; anywhere	63
小姑[小姑]	xiao3 gu1	husband's younger sister; sister-in-law	1
装聋作哑[裝聾作啞]	zhuang1 long2 zuo4 ya3	to play deaf-mute	1
额吉[額吉]	e2 ji2	mother (Mongolian)	10
营[營]	ying2	camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for	94
汉[漢]	han4	man	10
蹲下[蹲下]	dun1 xia4	to squat down; to crouch	7
世[世]	shi4	life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble	60
冲动[衝動]	chong1 dong4	to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge	1
铅[鉛]	qian1	lead (chemistry)	1
弹[彈]	dan4	crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball	3
弹[彈]	tan2	to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)	3
取出[取出]	qu3 chu1	to take out; to extract; to draw out	2
熬[熬]	ao2	to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure	7
今晚[今晚]	jin1 wan3	tonight	9
造化[造化]	zao4 hua4	good luck; Nature (as the mother of all things)	2
报仇[報仇]	bao4 chou2	to take revenge; to avenge	5
下令[下令]	xia4 ling4	to give an order; to command	18
放肆[放肆]	fang4 si4	wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent	14
报[報]	bao4	to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]	50
左营[左營]	Zuo3 ying2	Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan	4
旗[旗]	qi2	banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]	29
朱[朱]	zhu1	vermilion	206
参见[參見]	can1 jian4	to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to	143
宣[宣]	xuan1	to declare (publicly); to announce	37
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/200 words - 21 min
标[標]	biao1	mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units	74
紧急[緊急]	jin3 ji2	urgent; emergency	2
军情[軍情]	jun1 qing2	military situation; military intelligence	3
呈献[呈獻]	cheng2 xian4	to present respectfully	1
师[師]	shi1	teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops	40
出发[出發]	chu1 fa1	to set off; to start (on a journey)	13
游[遊]	you2	to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel	6
骑[騎]	qi2	to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses	69
队[隊]	dui4	squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4]	17
户[戶]	hu4	a household; door; family	92
二十[二十]	er4 shi2	twenty; 20	100
弟兄[弟兄]	di4 xiong5	brothers; comrade	7
前后[前後]	qian2 hou4	around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear	2
派出[派出]	pai4 chu1	to send; to dispatch	5
信使[信使]	xin4 shi3	messenger; courier	8
剩[剩]	sheng4	to remain; to be left; to have as remainder	4
晋[晉]	jin4	to move forward; to promote; to advance	75
会合[會合]	hui4 he2	to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence	6
拉鲁[拉魯]	La1 lu3	Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name; Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician; Lhalu suburb of Lhasa	4
浑河[渾河]	Hun2 He2	Hun River	4
获[獲]	huo4	to catch; to obtain; to capture	5
器[器]	qi4	device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]	5
甚[甚]	shen2	variant of 什[shen2]	36
甚[甚]	shen4	what; very; extremely; any	36
何不[何不]	he2 bu4	why not?; why not do (sth)?	5
就地[就地]	jiu4 di4	locally; on the spot	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/225 words - 22 min
坚守[堅守]	jian1 shou3	to hold fast to; to stick to	2
奔袭[奔襲]	ben1 xi2	long-range raid	2
早已[早已]	zao3 yi3	long ago; for a long time	8
人困马乏[人困馬乏]	ren2 kun4 ma3 fa2	riders tired and horses weary (idiom); worn out; exhausted; spent; fatigued	1
数万[數萬]	shu4 wan4	several tens of thousands; many thousand	13
虽[雖]	sui1	although; even though	46
恶战[惡戰]	e4 zhan4	hard fighting; fierce battle	1
却是[卻是]	que4 shi4	nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...	20
胜[勝]	sheng4	victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)	38
内外[內外]	nei4 wai4	inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about	4
到处[到處]	dao4 chu4	everywhere	5
闪开[閃開]	shan3 kai1	to get out of the way	3
加急[加急]	jia1 ji2	to become more urgent; more rapid; urgent; to handle a matter urgently	10
败绩[敗績]	bai4 ji4	to be utterly defeated; to be routed	1
猖獗[猖獗]	chang1 jue2	to be rampant; to run wild	1
臣[臣]	chen2	state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131	843
举荐[舉薦]	ju3 jian4	to recommend	6
丞[丞]	cheng2	deputy	26
征[征]	zheng1	journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack	29
统[統]	tong3	to gather; to unite; to unify; whole	11
塞[塞]	sai1	to stop up; to squeeze in; to stuff; cork; stopper	19
膺[膺]	ying1	breast; receive	1
惩[懲]	cheng2	to punish; to reprimand; to warn	1
彰[彰]	zhang1	clear; conspicuous; manifest	7
天朝[天朝]	Tian1 chao2	Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/250 words - 24 min
声威[聲威]	sheng1 wei1	prestige; renown; influence	2
合[合]	he2	to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒[he2]	12
圣人[聖人]	sheng4 ren2	saint; sage; refers to Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]; the current reigning Emperor	11
附议[附議]	fu4 yi4	to second a motion	28
七十[七十]	qi1 shi2	seventy; 70	7
争[爭]	zheng1	to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)	19
利[利]	li4	sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit	12
则[則]	ze2	(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; standard; norm; principle; to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items	39
擒[擒]	qin2	to capture	3
三军[三軍]	san1 jun1	(in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force	11
五十[五十]	wu3 shi2	fifty	36
上将[上將]	shang4 jiang4	general; admiral; air chief marshal	3
表哥[表哥]	biao3 ge1	older male cousin via female line	15
蓝[藍]	lan2	blue; indigo plant	118
玉[玉]	yu4	jade	162
殿下[殿下]	dian4 xia4	Your Majesty (honorific); His or Her Highness	1774
王爷[王爺]	wang2 ye5	prince; marquis; nobleman	8
调皮[調皮]	tiao2 pi2	naughty; mischievous; unruly	2
看书[看書]	kan4 shu1	to read; to study	4
赶紧[趕緊]	gan3 jin3	hurriedly; without delay	30
保[保]	bao3	to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)	89
嫂[嫂]	sao3	older brother's wife; sister-in-law	9
大哥[大哥]	da4 ge1	eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss	247
胡说[胡說]	hu2 shuo1	to talk nonsense; drivel	18
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/275 words - 26 min
嫂子[嫂子]	sao3 zi5	(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law; CL:個|个[ge4]	8
父[父]	fu4	father	446
皇[皇]	huang2	emperor; old variant of 惶[huang2]	600
北边[北邊]	bei3 bian1	north; north side; northern part; to the north of	9
奇[奇]	qi2	strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually	6
男子[男子]	nan2 zi3	a man; a male	6
草原[草原]	cao3 yuan2	grassland; prairie; CL:片[pian4]	54
名将[名將]	ming2 jiang4	famous general	9
叔叔[叔叔]	shu1 shu5	father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	47
端菜[端菜]	duan1 cai4	to serve food	1
膳[膳]	shan4	meals	5
没用[沒用]	mei2 yong4	useless	7
粥[粥]	zhou1	congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]	4
饱[飽]	bao3	to eat till full; satisfied	7
咱[咱]	zan2	I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)	45
历练[歷練]	li4 lian4	to learn through experience; experience; practiced; experienced	10
承[承]	cheng2	to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive	15
自打[自打]	zi4 da3	(coll.) since	6
吴[吳]	Wu2	surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in Southern China at different historical periods	8
刘[劉]	Liu2	surname Liu	44
夫子[夫子]	fu1 zi3	Master; (old form of address for teachers, scholars); pedant	36
胡[胡]	hu2	non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])	160
惟[惟]	wei2	-ism; only	67
庸[庸]	yong1	ordinary; to use	92
几次三番[幾次三番]	ji3 ci4 san1 fan1	lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/300 words - 27 min
某[某]	mou3	some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such	29
武将[武將]	wu3 jiang4	general; military leader; fierce man	10
掌[掌]	zhang3	palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield	21
兵权[兵權]	bing1 quan2	military leadership; military power	15
德[德]	de2	virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind	100
卸[卸]	xie4	to unload; to unhitch; to remove or strip; to get rid of	4
差事[差事]	chai1 shi5	errand; assignment; job; commission; CL:件[jian4]; see also 差使[chai1 shi5]	24
调[調]	diao4	to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody	46
调[調]	tiao2	to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite	46
省[省]	sheng3	to save; to economize; to do without; to omit; to leave out; province; (archaic) central government department	47
省[省]	xing3	to inspect; to examine; to be aware; to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)	47
保全[保全]	bao3 quan2	to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard	12
领[領]	ling3	neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc	60
得胜[得勝]	de2 sheng4	to triumph over an opponent	4
朝[朝]	chao2	imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards	73
朝[朝]	zhao1	morning	73
封王[封王]	feng1 wang2	to win the championship; (of an emperor) to bestow the title of king on a subject	7
异[異]	yi4	different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate	4
过得去[過得去]	guo4 de2 qu4	lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life?	2
好事[好事]	hao3 shi4	good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead	17
赏[賞]	shang3	to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)	58
结[結]	jie2	knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)	15
老大[老大]	lao3 da4	old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang	69
子曰[子曰]	zi3 yue1	Confucius says:	9
诗[詩]	shi1	poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse	10
一言以蔽之[一言以蔽之]	yi1 yan2 yi3 bi4 zhi1	one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short; in a nutshell	2
思[思]	si1	to think; to consider	35
邪[邪]	xie2	demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/325 words - 28 min
无邪[無邪]	wu2 xie2	without guilt	4
吾[吾]	wu2	I; my (old)	12
志[志]	zhi4	aspiration; ambition; the will	8
曰[曰]	yue1	to speak; to say	34
三十而立[三十而立]	san1 shi2 er2 li4	thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)	2
四十[四十]	si4 shi2	forty; 40	27
不惑[不惑]	bu4 huo4	without doubt; with full self-confidence; forty years of age	3
老师[老師]	lao3 shi1	teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	10
右手[右手]	you4 shou3	right hand; right-hand side	2
左手[左手]	zuo3 shou3	left hand; left-hand side	2
老子[老子]	lao3 zi5	father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)	60
匹夫[匹夫]	pi3 fu1	ordinary man; ignorant person; coarse fellow	3
或[或]	huo4	maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or	6
谓[謂]	wei4	to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense	3
孔子[孔子]	Kong3 zi3	Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]	1
奚[奚]	xi1	(literary) what?; where?; why?	2
政[政]	zheng4	political; politics; government	49
云[雲]	yun2	cloud; CL:朵[duo3]	57
孝[孝]	xiao4	filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel	45
尽孝[盡孝]	jin4 xiao4	to do one's filial duty	1
友[友]	you3	friend	24
施[施]	shi1	to grant; to give; to bestow; to act; to carry out	3
亦[亦]	yi4	also	22
其[其]	qi2	his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	112
非[非]	fei1	to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; to reproach or blame; (colloquial) to insist on; simply must	25
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/350 words - 32 min
祭[祭]	ji4	to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield	6
谄[諂]	chan3	to flatter; to cajole	1
义[義]	yi4	justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship	13
勇[勇]	yong3	brave	10
禀[稟]	bing3	to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow; to receive; petition	64
弟[弟]	di4	younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)	130
背书[背書]	bei4 shu1	to repeat a lesson; to learn by heart; to endorse a check	6
外边[外邊]	wai4 bian5	outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home	2
朕[朕]	zhen4	I; we (imperial use); subtle	751
罢[罷]	ba4	to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish	12
收拾[收拾]	shou1 shi5	to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb	13
譬如[譬如]	pi4 ru2	for example; for instance; such as	1
北辰[北辰]	Bei3 chen2	Polaris; North Star	1
居[居]	ju1	to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms	11
星[星]	xing1	star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount	4
拱[拱]	gong3	to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched	1
避[避]	bi4	to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from	14
脑瓜[腦瓜]	nao3 gua1	skull; brain; head; mind; mentality; ideas	2
兔崽子[兔崽子]	tu4 zai3 zi5	brat; bastard	15
算计[算計]	suan4 ji5	to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme	5
君[君]	jun1	monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	66
戏言[戲言]	xi4 yan2	joking matter; to go back on one's words	4
无可[無可]	wu2 ke3	can't	4
早晚[早晚]	zao3 wan3	morning and evening; sooner or later	1
打折[打折]	da3 zhe2	to give a discount	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/375 words - 33 min
腿[腿]	tui3	leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]	11
主意[主意]	zhu3 yi5	plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]	39
弟弟[弟弟]	di4 di5	younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	62
当中[當中]	dang1 zhong1	among; in the middle; in the center	11
一共[一共]	yi1 gong4	altogether	7
小女[小女]	xiao3 nu:3	my daughter (humble)	3
尚[尚]	shang4	still; yet; to value; to esteem	30
幼[幼]	you4	young	9
龄[齡]	ling2	age; length of experience, membership etc	2
合适[合適]	he2 shi4	suitable; fitting; appropriate	8
诸位[諸位]	zhu1 wei4	(pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs	27
顽劣[頑劣]	wan2 lie4	stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous	5
花样[花樣]	hua1 yang4	pattern; way of doing sth; trick; (sports) fancy-style (as figure skating etc)	2
脾气[脾氣]	pi2 qi5	character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:個|个[ge4]	16
倔[倔]	jue2	crabby; tough	2
治[治]	zhi4	to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research	35
不住[不住]	bu4 zhu4	repeatedly; continuously; constantly; unable to (resist, conceal etc)	24
调教[調教]	tiao2 jiao4	to instruct; to teach; to train; to raise (livestock)	4
笔[筆]	bi3	pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]	17
买卖[買賣]	mai3 mai4	buying and selling; business; business transactions; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]	5
稳[穩]	wen3	settled; steady; stable	8
赚[賺]	zhuan4	to earn; to make a profit	1
赔[賠]	pei2	to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss	5
使不得[使不得]	shi3 bu5 de5	cannot be used; must not (do sth); unacceptable	11
折煞[折煞]	zhe2 sha1	variant of 折殺|折杀[zhe2 sha1]	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/400 words - 34 min
今儿[今兒]	jin1 r5	(coll.) today	10
宴[宴]	yan4	feast; repose	6
侄子[姪子]	zhi2 zi5	brother's son; nephew	4
咧[咧]	lie5	modal particle expressing exclamation	6
叔[叔]	shu1	uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]	62
京师[京師]	jing1 shi1	capital of a country (literary)	79
遥[遙]	yao2	distant; remote; far; far away	1
北平[北平]	Bei3 ping2	Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)	236
诸[諸]	zhu1	all; various	88
卫[衛]	wei4	to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet	218
调遣[調遣]	diao4 qian3	to dispatch; to assign; a dispatch	1
军士[軍士]	jun1 shi4	soldier; noncommssioned officer (NCO)	12
最少[最少]	zui4 shao3	at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal	6
半个[半個]	ban4 ge5	half of sth	11
文[文]	wen2	language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67	70
忠[忠]	zhong1	loyal; devoted; honest	37
大宁[大寧]	Da4 ning2	Daning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi	50
沿边[沿邊]	yan2 bian1	close to the border; along the border	15
精兵[精兵]	jing1 bing1	elite troops	18
旨[旨]	zhi3	imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose	94
大都[大都]	da4 du1	for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan	43
督[督]	du1	to supervise and direct; army title (archaic)	42
府[府]	fu3	seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)	174
行文[行文]	xing2 wen2	writing style (formal); to send an official written communication	3
强健[強健]	qiang2 jian4	sturdy	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/425 words - 36 min
善[善]	shan4	good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect	36
射[射]	she4	to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)	3
者[者]	zhe3	(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this	106
赴[赴]	fu4	to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)	21
败[敗]	bai4	to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither	21
元气[元氣]	yuan2 qi4	strength; vigor; vitality; (TCM) vital energy	8
未[未]	wei4	not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°	44
损[損]	sun3	to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to speak sarcastically; to deride; caustic; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)	13
加上[加上]	jia1 shang4	plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that	18
相持[相持]	xiang1 chi2	locked in a stalemate; to confront one another	8
此[此]	ci3	this; these	188
战[戰]	zhan4	to fight; fight; war; battle	84
先机[先機]	xian1 ji1	key moment; decisive opportunity	2
失[失]	shi1	to lose; to miss; to fail	30
瞒[瞞]	man2	to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark	24
陛[陛]	bi4	the steps to the throne	11
依[依]	yi1	to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of	25
将士[將士]	jiang4 shi4	officers and soldiers	33
专门[專門]	zhuan1 men2	specialist; specialized; customized	2
一口[一口]	yi1 kou3	readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite	9
承蒙[承蒙]	cheng2 meng2	to be indebted (to sb)	2
赐[賜]	ci4	to confer; to bestow; to grant	31
不知[不知]	bu4 zhi1	not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)	39
皇后[皇后]	huang2 hou4	empress; imperial consort	57
娘娘[娘娘]	niang2 niang5	queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt	174
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/450 words - 36 min
亲手[親手]	qin1 shou3	personally; with one's own hands	5
至[至]	zhi4	to arrive; most; to; until	41
十七[十七]	shi2 qi1	seventeen; 17	19
陈[陳]	chen2	to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale	53
谅[諒]	liang4	to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect	5
进犯[進犯]	jin4 fan4	to invade	4
应[應]	ying1	to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall	21
应[應]	ying4	to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with	21
开平[開平]	Kai1 ping2	Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong; Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei	10
九华山[九華山]	Jiu3 hua2 shan1	Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏	2
设伏[設伏]	she4 fu2	to prepare an ambush; to waylay	2
送行[送行]	song4 xing2	to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party	1
之际[之際]	zhi1 ji4	during; at the time of	5
谕[諭]	yu4	order (from above)	22
役[役]	yi4	forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle	13
九死一生[九死一生]	jiu3 si3 yi1 sheng1	nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life	1
带兵[帶兵]	dai4 bing1	to lead troops	9
伐[伐]	fa2	to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast; Taiwan pr. [fa1]	11
士[士]	shi4	member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker	44
诚[誠]	cheng2	sincere; authentic; really; truly	9
若[若]	ruo4	to seem; like; as; if	144
江南[江南]	Jiang1 nan2	south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)	27
从此[從此]	cong2 ci3	from now on; since then; henceforth	9
定[定]	ding4	to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order	105
矣[矣]	yi3	classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]	14
元年[元年]	yuan2 nian2	first year of an emperor's reign	8
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/475 words - 38 min
率[率]	lu:4	rate; frequency	48
率[率]	shuai4	to lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually	48
如今[如今]	ru2 jin1	nowadays; now	107
北伐[北伐]	Bei3 fa2	the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords	15
昨日[昨日]	zuo2 ri4	yesterday	10
议定[議定]	yi4 ding4	to reach an agreement; to agree upon	3
坐下[坐下]	zuo4 xia5	to sit down	5
成亲[成親]	cheng2 qin1	to get married	8
读[讀]	du2	to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]	35
大姑[大姑]	da4 gu1	father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law	4
闺[閨]	gui1	small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; by ext. women	1
名叫[名叫]	ming2 jiao4	called; named	1
诸生[諸生]	zhu1 sheng1	Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards	7
难得[難得]	nan2 de2	seldom; rare; hard to come by	8
一向[一向]	yi1 xiang4	always (previously); a period of time in the recent past	4
端方[端方]	duan1 fang1	upright; honest; proper; correct	1
守[守]	shou3	to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining	58
礼[禮]	li3	gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy	58
般配[般配]	ban1 pei4	to be well matched; to suit	2
结亲[結親]	jie2 qin1	to marry	3
闺女[閨女]	gui1 nu:3	maiden; unmarried woman; daughter	13
如花似玉[如花似玉]	ru2 hua1 si4 yu4	delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom); (of a woman) exquisite	1
调皮捣蛋[調皮搗蛋]	tiao2 pi2 dao3 dan4	naughty; mischievous; to act up	1
名声[名聲]	ming2 sheng1	reputation	10
村里[村里]	cun1 li3	village; hamlet	1
不少[不少]	bu4 shao3	many; a lot; not few	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/500 words - 40 min
朵[朵]	duo3	flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc	11
鲜花[鮮花]	xian1 hua1	flower; fresh flowers; CL:朵[duo3]	2
插[插]	cha1	to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	6
说到[說到]	shuo1 dao4	to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for	10
好些[好些]	hao3 xie1	a good deal of; quite a lot	5
评[評]	ping2	to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)	2
评理[評理]	ping2 li3	to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out	4
揭[揭]	jie1	to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask	1
山上[山上]	Shan1 shang4	Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	2
牛[牛]	niu2	ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome	10
隔三差五[隔三差五]	ge2 san1 cha4 wu3	every few days (idiom)	2
裤子[褲子]	ku4 zi5	trousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
屎[屎]	shi3	stool; feces; ear wax; nasal mucus	2
当着[當著]	dang1 zhe5	in front of; in the presence of	9
确实[確實]	que4 shi2	indeed; really; reliable; real; true	19
淘气[淘氣]	tao2 qi4	naughty; mischievous	1
亲事[親事]	qin1 shi4	marriage; CL:門|门[men2]	8
恨不得[恨不得]	hen4 bu5 de5	wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth	3
娶[娶]	qu3	to take a wife; to marry (a woman)	28
乐意[樂意]	le4 yi4	to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied	2
不愿[不願]	bu4 yuan4	unwilling; unwillingness	5
一遍[一遍]	yi1 bian4	one time (all the way through); once through	12
旨意[旨意]	zhi3 yi4	decree; order	9
做主[做主]	zuo4 zhu3	see 作主[zuo4 zhu3]	10
指[指]	zhi3	finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep01/503 words - 40 min
轻[輕]	qing1	light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage	20
脚下[腳下]	jiao3 xia4	under the foot	1
抬[抬]	tai2	to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/25 words - 3 min
搭把手[搭把手]	da1 ba3 shou3	to help out	4
搁[擱]	ge1	to place; to put aside; to shelve	5
那儿[那兒]	na4 r5	there	38
仔细[仔細]	zi3 xi4	careful; attentive; cautious	10
箱子[箱子]	xiang1 zi5	suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]	2
马车[馬車]	ma3 che1	cart; chariot; carriage; buggy	4
福寿[福壽]	fu2 shou4	happiness and longevity	2
羊[羊]	yang2	sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]	5
皮[皮]	pi2	leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhang1]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty	3
袄[襖]	ao3	coat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe	1
老爷[老爺]	lao3 ye5	(respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather	38
带上[帶上]	dai4 shang4	to take along with one	10
用得上[用得上]	yong4 de5 shang4	needed; to come in useful	1
玲[玲]	ling2	(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants	1
胃[胃]	wei4	stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
常用[常用]	chang2 yong4	in common usage	1
方子[方子]	fang1 zi5	prescription (of medicine)	2
抄[抄]	chao1	to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms	23
服药[服藥]	fu2 yao4	to take medicine	2
盔甲[盔甲]	kui1 jia3	armor; body armor and helmet	5
备[備]	bei4	to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip	29
甲[甲]	jia3	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°	9
叶子[葉子]	ye4 zi5	foliage; leaf; CL:片[pian4]	2
麻利[麻利]	ma2 li5	swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial)	3
宫[宮]	gong1	palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale	146
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/50 words - 5 min
咱家[咱家]	zan2 jia1	I; me; we; my home; our house	8
嗯[嗯]	en5	interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	7
看上[看上]	kan4 shang4	to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for	7
果然[果然]	guo3 ran2	really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed	4
自个儿[自個兒]	zi4 ge3 r5	(dialect) oneself; by oneself	10
家当[家當]	jia1 dang4	familial property; belongings	4
上门[上門]	shang4 men2	to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family	7
女婿[女婿]	nu:3 xu5	daughter's husband; son-in-law	8
否则[否則]	fou3 ze2	if not; otherwise; else; or else	5
免[免]	mian3	to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited	20
出征[出征]	chu1 zheng1	to go into battle; to campaign (military)	20
作保[作保]	zuo4 bao3	to act as surety for sb; to be sb's guarantor; to stand bail for sb	1
嘴唇[嘴唇]	zui3 chun2	lip; CL:片[pian4]	2
天底下[天底下]	tian1 di3 xia5	in this world; under the sun	5
老到[老到]	lao3 dao5	experienced and careful	2
蹭[蹭]	ceng4	to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload	2
别管[別管]	bie2 guan3	no matter (who, what etc)	3
小子[小子]	xiao3 zi5	(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow	36
嫁人[嫁人]	jia4 ren2	to get married (of woman)	2
书房[書房]	shu1 fang2	study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]	8
书桌[書桌]	shu1 zhuo1	desk; CL:張|张[zhang1]	1
睡着[睡著]	shui4 zhao2	to fall asleep	4
偷听[偷聽]	tou1 ting1	to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)	1
说起[說起]	shuo1 qi3	to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for	2
皇子[皇子]	huang2 zi3	prince	40
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/75 words - 7 min
出息[出息]	chu1 xi5	future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow up	8
折腾[折騰]	zhe1 teng5	to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)	13
两回事[兩回事]	liang3 hui2 shi4	two quite different things; two unrelated matters	1
炆[炆]	wen2	(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire	63
雄[雄]	xiong2	male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence	58
英[英]	ying1	hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom	78
父亲[父親]	fu4 qin1	father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	68
臣妾[臣妾]	chen2 qie4	(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler)	104
描红[描紅]	miao2 hong2	to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)	1
完了[完了]	wan2 le5	to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no	9
吕[呂]	lu:3	pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system	41
氏[氏]	shi4	clan name; maiden name	30
拘束[拘束]	ju1 shu4	to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent	2
琢[琢]	zhuo2	to cut (gems)	3
成器[成器]	cheng2 qi4	to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect	6
民间[民間]	min2 jian1	among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments	6
言[言]	yan2	words; speech; to say; to talk	60
血[血]	xue4	blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]	14
胤[胤]	yin4	descendant; heir; offspring; posterity; to inherit	5
身为[身為]	shen1 wei2	in the capacity of; as	11
生母[生母]	sheng1 mu3	natural mother; birth mother	1
放纵[放縱]	fang4 zong4	to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish	2
告退[告退]	gao4 tui4	to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused	30
严[嚴]	yan2	tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father	23
十二[十二]	shi2 er4	twelve; 12	49
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/100 words - 10 min
一手[一手]	yi1 shou3	a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help	8
罚[罰]	fa2	to punish; to penalize	21
若是[若是]	ruo4 shi4	if	116
带坏[帶壞]	dai4 huai4	to lead astray	1
揍[揍]	zou4	to beat up; to break to pieces	5
听话[聽話]	ting1 hua4	to do what one is told; obedient	7
似的[似的]	shi4 de5	seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]	2
喽[嘍]	lou5	(final particle equivalent to 了[le5]); (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)	13
马[馬]	ma3	horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess	184
他人[他人]	ta1 ren2	another; sb else; other people	4
奴才[奴才]	nu2 cai5	slave; fig. flunkey	1
天哪[天哪]	tian1 na5	Good gracious!; For goodness sake!	1
怎么着[怎麼著]	zen3 me5 zhao1	what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]	8
启[啟]	qi3	to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform	7
公公[公公]	gong1 gong5	husband's father; grandpa; eunuch	12
殿[殿]	dian4	palace hall	62
坊[坊]	fang2	workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fang1]	4
瞪[瞪]	deng4	to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at	1
长得[長得]	zhang3 de5	to look (pretty, the same etc)	3
各处[各處]	ge4 chu4	every place	3
寻[尋]	xun2	to search; to look for; to seek	10
遍[遍]	bian4	everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time	12
都尉[都尉]	du1 wei4	military rank	15
都护[都護]	du1 hu4	(old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march	1
韩国[韓國]	Han2 guo2	South Korea (Republic of Korea); Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2]; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897	38
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/125 words - 11 min
散[散]	san3	scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine	13
散[散]	san4	to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack	13
足足[足足]	zu2 zu2	fully; no less than; as much as; extremely	8
平时[平時]	ping2 shi2	ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime	5
时辰[時辰]	shi2 chen5	time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day	26
上位[上位]	shang4 wei4	seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic	1
便是[便是]	bian4 shi4	(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as	83
家事[家事]	jia1 shi4	family matters; domestic affairs; housework	3
即便[即便]	ji2 bian4	even if; even though; right away; immediately	28
置喙[置喙]	zhi4 hui4	to offer an opinion; to comment (on the issue); to have a say (in the matter)	3
封闭[封閉]	feng1 bi4	to seal; to close; to confine; to seal off; to close down; sealed; confined; closed; unreceptive	6
全城[全城]	quan2 cheng2	whole city	3
索[索]	suo3	to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated	3
拖[拖]	tuo1	to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on	20
不快[不快]	bu4 kuai4	unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp	10
动静[動靜]	dong4 jing4	(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness	1
护[護]	hu4	to protect	11
驾[駕]	jia4	to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞)	23
侍[侍]	shi4	to serve; to attend upon	10
京[京]	jing1	capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)	67
留守[留守]	liu2 shou3	to stay behind to take care of things	12
服[服]	fu2	clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes	13
色[色]	se4	color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex	11
班[班]	ban1	team; class; squad; work shift; ranking; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups	4
昼夜[晝夜]	zhou4 ye4	day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop	1
把守[把守]	ba3 shou3	to guard	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/150 words - 12 min
南京[南京]	Nan2 jing1	Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods	40
拘拿[拘拿]	ju1 na2	to arrest	2
典礼[典禮]	dian3 li3	celebration; ceremony	1
纪[紀]	ji4	order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle	2
察[察]	cha2	to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evident	30
晓谕[曉諭]	xiao3 yu4	variant of 曉喻|晓喻[xiao3 yu4]	6
后宫[後宮]	hou4 gong1	harem; chambers of imperial concubines	5
妄言[妄言]	wang4 yan2	lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature)	8
杖[杖]	zhang4	a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)	12
责[責]	ze2	duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame	7
九[九]	jiu3	nine; 9	36
禁[禁]	jin1	to endure	15
禁[禁]	jin4	to prohibit; to forbid	15
庄[莊]	zhuang1	farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)	1
竹篱笆[竹籬笆]	zhu2 li2 ba1	fence	1
墙[牆]	qiang2	wall; CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]	10
结实[結實]	jie1 shi5	rugged; sturdy; strong; durable; buff (physique)	3
铁[鐵]	tie3	iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)	119
门槛[門檻]	men2 kan3	doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)	1
纸[紙]	zhi3	paper; CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]; classifier for documents, letter etc	8
裤[褲]	ku4	underpants; trousers; pants	1
裆[襠]	dang1	crotch; seat of a pair of trousers	1
屁话[屁話]	pi4 hua4	shit; nonsense	2
正是[正是]	zheng4 shi4	(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as	31
堵[堵]	du3	to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)	3
拦[攔]	lan2	to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/175 words - 12 min
也罢[也罷]	ye3 ba4	(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)	11
臣子[臣子]	chen2 zi3	official in feudal court; subject	14
法[法]	fa3	law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist	34
当耳旁风[當耳旁風]	dang4 er3 pang2 feng1	lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear; fig. to completely disregard	1
要强[要強]	yao4 qiang2	eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded	2
河南[河南]	He2 nan2	Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]	18
按察[按察]	an4 cha2	to investigate (old)	9
使[使]	shi3	to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger	110
涂[涂]	tu2	variant of 途[tu2]	31
节[節]	jie2	festival; holiday; node; joint; section; segment; part; to economize; to save; to abridge; moral integrity; classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses; CL:個|个[ge4]	24
密[密]	mi4	secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	9
奏[奏]	zou4	to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)	83
侯[侯]	hou2	marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman or high official	152
纵容[縱容]	zong4 rong2	to indulge; to connive at	9
家属[家屬]	jia1 shu3	family member; (family) dependent	1
侵[侵]	qin1	to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach	8
民[民]	min2	the people; nationality; citizen	46
田[田]	tian2	field; farm; CL:片[pian4]	40
干[干]	gan1	to concern; to interfere; shield; stem	30
不法[不法]	bu4 fa3	lawless; illegal; unlawful	18
加派[加派]	jia1 pai4	to reinforce; to dispatch troops	1
人手[人手]	ren2 shou3	manpower; staff; human hand	2
尽快[儘快]	jin3 kuai4	as quickly as possible; as soon as possible; with all speed	5
嚼舌头[嚼舌頭]	jiao2 she2 tou2	to gossip; to argue unnecessarily	1
削[削]	xiao1	to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)	39
削[削]	xue1	to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]	39
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/200 words - 14 min
夺[奪]	duo2	to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose	9
弟兄们[弟兄們]	di4 xiong1 men5	brothers; comrades; men; brethren	22
手里[手裡]	shou3 li3	in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands	18
戍边[戍邊]	shu4 bian1	to garrison the border; to guard the frontier; exile to a border garrison post	4
贼[賊]	zei2	thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely	17
领情[領情]	ling3 qing2	to feel grateful to sb; to appreciate the kindness	1
数年[數年]	shu4 nian2	several years; many years	5
封地[封地]	feng1 di4	feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment	3
一旦[一旦]	yi1 dan4	in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day	10
御史[御史]	yu4 shi3	imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)	18
言官[言官]	yan2 guan1	imperial censor	2
揪住[揪住]	jiu1 zhu4	to grab	1
单[單]	dan1	bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]	12
轻浮[輕浮]	qing1 fu2	frivolous; careless; giddy	1
孟浪[孟浪]	meng4 lang4	hasty; rash; impetuous	1
甭[甭]	beng2	contraction of 不用; need not; please don't	10
牵连[牽連]	qian1 lian2	to implicate; implicated; to link together	8
苗头[苗頭]	miao2 tou5	first signs; development (of a situation)	2
伯伯[伯伯]	bo2 bo5	father's elder brother; uncle	6
扔[扔]	reng1	to throw; to throw away	5
私[私]	si1	personal; private; selfish	19
横行[橫行]	heng2 xing2	to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck	6
罪名[罪名]	zui4 ming2	criminal charge; accusation	2
这样一来[這樣一來]	zhe4 yang4 yi1 lai2	thus; if this happens then	2
叔伯[叔伯]	shu1 bai5	(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/225 words - 16 min
颁[頒]	ban1	to promulgate; to send out; to issue; to grant or confer	12
丹[丹]	dan1	red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	5
券[券]	quan4	bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate	12
许[許]	xu3	to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps	11
律[律]	lu:4	law	17
人情[人情]	ren2 qing2	human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn	6
留给[留給]	liu2 gei3	to set aside for	4
长辈[長輩]	zhang3 bei4	one's elders; older generation	9
总得[總得]	zong3 dei3	must; have to; be bound to	8
赵匡胤[趙匡胤]	Zhao4 Kuang1 yin4	Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)	2
杯酒释兵权[杯酒釋兵權]	bei1 jiu3 shi4 bing1 quan2	to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups; cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces	1
刘邦[劉邦]	Liu2 Bang1	Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)	6
打天下[打天下]	da3 tian1 xia4	to seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business; to carve out a career for oneself	3
萧何[蕭何]	Xiao1 He2	Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]	7
落得[落得]	luo4 de5	ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total	1
下场[下場]	xia4 chang5	the end; to conclude	4
慌慌张张[慌慌張張]	huang1 huang1 zhang1 zhang1	helter-skelter	3
二哥[二哥]	er4 ge1	second brother	36
听见[聽見]	ting1 jian4	to hear	15
逃婚[逃婚]	tao2 hun1	to flee to avoid an arranged marriage	3
请教[請教]	qing3 jiao4	to ask for guidance; to consult	1
傅[傅]	fu4	tutor	25
示[示]	shi4	to show; to reveal	19
亥时[亥時]	hai4 shi2	9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	3
那时[那時]	na4 shi2	then; at that time; in those days	11
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/250 words - 17 min
讬[託]	tuo1	variant of 託|托[tuo1]	15
规矩[規矩]	gui1 ju5	lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved	37
戌时[戌時]	xu1 shi2	7-9 pm	1
刻[刻]	ke4	quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals	8
钥[鑰]	yue4	key; also pr. [yao4]	3
也就是说[也就是說]	ye3 jiu4 shi4 shuo1	in other words; that is to say; so; thus	4
闭锁[閉鎖]	bi4 suo3	to lock	2
开启[開啟]	kai1 qi3	to open; to start; (computing) to enable	2
钻[鑽]	zuan1	to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain	2
钻[鑽]	zuan4	an auger; diamond	2
皇城[皇城]	Huang2 cheng2	Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center	9
一身[一身]	yi1 shen1	whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes	5
京城[京城]	jing1 cheng2	capital of a country	14
寸步难行[寸步難行]	cun4 bu4 nan2 xing2	unable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation	1
改易[改易]	gai3 yi4	to change; to modify	1
私下[私下]	si1 xia4	in private	15
递[遞]	di4	to hand over; to pass on sth; to gradually increase or decrease; progressively	26
昨晚[昨晚]	zuo2 wan3	yesterday evening; last night	2
究竟[究竟]	jiu1 jing4	to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result	13
哪些[哪些]	na3 xie1	which ones?; who?; what?	7
找不着[找不著]	zhao3 bu5 zhao2	to be unable to find	3
惦记[惦記]	dian4 ji4	to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about	2
外头[外頭]	wai4 tou5	outside; out	7
打尖[打尖]	da3 jian1	to stop for a snack while traveling	3
盘缠[盤纏]	pan2 chan2	to twine; to coil	1
嫔妃[嬪妃]	pin2 fei1	imperial concubine	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/275 words - 21 min
几分[幾分]	ji3 fen1	somewhat; a bit	10
例[例]	li4	example; precedent; rule; case; instance	11
夹带[夾帶]	jia1 dai4	to carry within it; to be mixed in; to slip sth in; to intersperse; (hydrology etc) to entrain; to smuggle; notes smuggled into an exam	4
细软[細軟]	xi4 ruan3	fine and soft; valuables	1
物[物]	wu4	thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理	9
当铺[當舖]	dang4 pu4	pawn shop; CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1]	1
委屈[委屈]	wei3 qu5	to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance	33
逃[逃]	tao2	to escape; to run away; to flee	25
跪下[跪下]	gui4 xia5	to kneel down	9
龙[龍]	long2	dragon; CL:條|条[tiao2]; imperial	8
鱼[魚]	yu2	fish; CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]	4
虾[蝦]	xia1	shrimp; prawn	1
可欺[可欺]	ke3 qi1	gullible; easily bullied; weak	1
冒冒失失[冒冒失失]	mao4 mao4 shi1 shi1	bold; forthright	3
护卫[護衛]	hu4 wei4	to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)	30
万一[萬一]	wan4 yi1	just in case; if by any chance; contingency	13
奉[奉]	feng4	to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)	34
祖宗[祖宗]	zu3 zong1	ancestor; forebear	5
跪[跪]	gui4	to kneel	25
足[足]	zu2	foot; to be sufficient; ample	8
活蹦乱跳[活蹦亂跳]	huo2 beng4 luan4 tiao4	to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active	1
大不了[大不了]	da4 bu4 liao3	at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming	4
扶[扶]	fu2	to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help	8
烂泥[爛泥]	lan4 ni2	mud; mire	2
里边[裡邊]	li3 bian5	inside	12
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/300 words - 24 min
绑[綁]	bang3	to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap	9
拜堂[拜堂]	bai4 tang2	ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地	1
平民[平民]	ping2 min2	ordinary people; commoner; civilian	2
百姓[百姓]	bai3 xing4	common people	78
大多[大多]	da4 duo1	for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly	10
投[投]	tou2	to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of	13
访[訪]	fang3	to visit; to call on; to seek; to inquire; to investigate	2
出走[出走]	chu1 zou3	to leave home; to go off; to run away	1
站住[站住]	zhan4 zhu4	to stand	9
上午[上午]	shang4 wu3	morning; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
省心[省心]	sheng3 xin1	to cause no trouble; to be spared worry; worry-free	3
乌兰[烏蘭]	Wu1 lan2	Wulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai	7
图[圖]	tu2	diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek	32
雅[雅]	ya3	elegant	34
公主[公主]	gong1 zhu3	princess	111
皇帝[皇帝]	huang2 di4	emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]	140
轻骑[輕騎]	qing1 qi2	light cavalry; light motorcycle; moped	5
落[落]	luo4	to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement	15
后头[後頭]	hou4 tou5	behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future	3
歇息[歇息]	xie1 xi5	to have a rest; to stay for the night; to go to bed; to sleep	8
要末[要末]	yao4 me5	variant of 要麼|要么[yao4 me5]	3
转告[轉告]	zhuan3 gao4	to pass on; to communicate; to transmit	14
乔装[喬裝]	qiao2 zhuang1	to pretend; to feign; to disguise oneself	1
王府[王府]	wang2 fu3	prince's mansion	41
死缠烂打[死纏爛打]	si3 chan2 lan4 da3	(coll.) to pester; to harass	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/325 words - 27 min
腰[腰]	yao1	waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins	2
牌[牌]	pai2	mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal; CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]	5
打听[打聽]	da3 ting5	to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around	4
许久[許久]	xu3 jiu3	for a long time; for ages	1
帖[帖]	tie1	fitting snugly; appropriate; suitable; variant of 貼|贴[tie1]; to paste; to obey	8
木[木]	mu4	tree; wood; coffin; wooden; simple; numb; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	36
乃是[乃是]	nai3 shi4	equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]	30
妹子[妹子]	mei4 zi5	(dialect) younger sister; girl	23
名册[名冊]	ming2 ce4	roll (of names); register; CL:本[ben3]	2
造[造]	zao4	to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops	20
呈[呈]	cheng2	to present to a superior; memorial; petition; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)	17
参[參]	can1	to take part in; to participate; to join; to attend; to counsel; unequal; varied; irregular; uneven; not uniform; abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House	10
投军[投軍]	tou2 jun1	to join up; to enlist (e.g. in the military)	8
兵卒[兵卒]	bing1 zu2	soldiers; troops	2
愿[願]	yuan4	to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing	28
追随[追隨]	zhui1 sui2	to follow; to accompany	11
明[明]	ming2	bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods	213
当真[當真]	dang4 zhen1	to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!	21
千真万确[千真萬確]	qian1 zhen1 wan4 que4	absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view	1
寻常[尋常]	xun2 chang2	usual; common; ordinary	13
士卒[士卒]	shi4 zu2	soldier; private (army)	26
自有[自有]	zi4 you3	to possess; to own; to have	11
打扮[打扮]	da3 ban5	to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress	1
紫[紫]	zi3	purple; violet	3
罩[罩]	zhao4	cover; fish trap (basket); shade	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/350 words - 31 min
以上[以上]	yi3 shang4	that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.	12
费事[費事]	fei4 shi4	troublesome; to take a lot of trouble to do sth	1
冒用[冒用]	mao4 yong4	to falsely use (sb's identity etc)	1
乃[乃]	nai3	to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	73
罪[罪]	zui4	guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	78
死罪[死罪]	si3 zui4	mortal crime; capital offense	1
活罪[活罪]	huo2 zui4	suffering; hardship; living hell	1
饶[饒]	rao2	rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although	19
棍[棍]	gun4	stick; rod; truncheon	23
帅[帥]	shuai4	handsome; graceful; smart; commander in chief; (coll.) cool!; sweet!	22
爹爹[爹爹]	die1 die5	daddy; granddad	3
打的[打的]	da3 di1	(coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi	12
进宫[進宮]	jin4 gong1	to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail	36
报信[報信]	bao4 xin4	to notify; to inform	1
送信[送信]	song4 xin4	to send word; to deliver a letter	1
愣[愣]	leng4	to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly	9
军营[軍營]	jun1 ying2	barracks; army camp	5
怪罪[怪罪]	guai4 zui4	to blame	5
不该[不該]	bu4 gai1	should not; to owe nothing	12
来得及[來得及]	lai2 de5 ji2	there's still time; able to do sth in time	10
坤[坤]	kun1	one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)	3
宁[寧]	ning2	peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)	35
宁[寧]	ning4	would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]	35
御[御]	yu4	to resist; imperial; (classical) to drive (a chariot); to manage; to govern	29
三十[三十]	san1 shi2	thirty; 30	44
息[息]	xi1	breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	7
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/375 words - 33 min
怒[怒]	nu4	anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous	7
闯[闖]	chuang3	to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)	4
祸[禍]	huo4	disaster; misfortune; calamity	10
了事[了事]	liao3 shi4	to dispose of a matter; to be done with it	5
宰[宰]	zai3	to slaughter livestock; to govern or rule; to cheat customers; imperial official in dynastic China	2
发火[發火]	fa1 huo3	to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry	1
剑[劍]	jian4	double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword	6
造反[造反]	zao4 fan3	to rebel; to revolt	6
动不动[動不動]	dong4 bu5 dong4	(typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat	1
不争气[不爭氣]	bu4 zheng1 qi4	to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations	4
念叨[念叨]	nian4 dao5	to talk about often; to reminisce about; to keep repeating; to keep harping on; to discuss	1
汤[湯]	tang1	soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled	19
财主[財主]	cai2 zhu3	rich man; moneybags	6
小牛[小牛]	xiao3 niu2	calf; (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini	2
偷偷[偷偷]	tou1 tou1	stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly	2
肉[肉]	rou4	meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130	13
一味[一味]	yi1 wei4	blindly; invariably	8
宠[寵]	chong3	to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor	4
惯[慣]	guan4	accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)	5
虽说[雖說]	sui1 shuo1	though; although	6
翁婿[翁婿]	weng1 xu4	father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law	1
相看[相看]	xiang1 kan4	to look at one another; to take a good look at; to look upon	1
父子[父子]	fu4 zi3	father and son	15
抱怨[抱怨]	bao4 yuan4	to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied	2
活该[活該]	huo2 gai1	(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/400 words - 36 min
惹[惹]	re3	to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)	4
接着[接著]	jie1 zhe5	to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn	24
韶[韶]	shao2	(music); excellent; harmonious	5
这就[這就]	zhe4 jiu4	immediately; at once	27
心疼[心疼]	xin1 teng2	to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed	12
夥计[夥計]	huo3 ji5	variant of 伙計|伙计[huo3 ji5]	1
琢磨[琢磨]	zuo2 mo5	to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]	8
直[直]	zhi2	straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters	27
兜圈子[兜圈子]	dou1 quan1 zi5	to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush	1
婚[婚]	hun1	to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	6
联姻[聯姻]	lian2 yin1	related by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units)	2
就此[就此]	jiu4 ci3	at this point; thus; from then on	4
作罢[作罷]	zuo4 ba4	to drop (subject etc)	3
仪[儀]	yi2	apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony	6
鸾[鸞]	luan2	mythical bird related to phoenix	2
司马[司馬]	Si1 ma3	Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima	4
一块儿[一塊兒]	yi1 kuai4 r5	erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]	12
玄[玄]	xuan2	black; mysterious	3
武[武]	wu3	martial; military	105
湖[湖]	hu2	lake; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]	8
左[左]	zuo3	left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]	46
暹[暹]	xian1	sunrise	12
永嘉[永嘉]	Yong3 jia1	Yongjia county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang; reign name 307-313 of Jin Emperor Huai 晋怀帝	29
祖[祖]	zu3	ancestor; forefather; grandparents	71
面熟[面熟]	mian4 shu2	to look familiar; familiar-looking	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/425 words - 38 min
功臣[功臣]	gong1 chen2	minister who has given outstanding service	29
提起[提起]	ti2 qi3	to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)	4
蜀[蜀]	Shu3	short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the fall of the Han dynasty	4
当值[當值]	dang1 zhi2	to be on duty	7
去年[去年]	qu4 nian2	last year	7
召[召]	zhao4	to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)	26
大内[大內]	Da4 nei4	Tanei township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	3
扈[扈]	hu4	retinue	3
淮[淮]	Huai2	name of a river	32
西[西]	xi1	west	29
本分[本分]	ben3 fen4	(to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role	9
归[歸]	gui1	to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor	55
降[降]	jiang4	to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend	52
降[降]	xiang2	to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tame	52
曾[曾]	ceng2	once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)	51
世世[世世]	shi4 shi4	from age to age	2
甘[甘]	gan1	sweet; willing	3
犬[犬]	quan3	dog; Kangxi radical 94	5
举[舉]	ju3	to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed	28
恩[恩]	en1	favor; grace; kindness	46
戮[戮]	lu4	to kill	4
力[力]	li4	power; force; strength; ability; strenuously	25
报效[報效]	bao4 xiao4	render service to repay kindness	1
肝脑涂地[肝腦塗地]	gan1 nao3 tu2 di4	to offer one's life in sacrifice	2
在所不辞[在所不辭]	zai4 suo3 bu4 ci2	not to refuse to (idiom); not to hesitate to	2
迎[迎]	ying2	to welcome; to meet; to face; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)	13
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep02/446 words - 43 min
圣躬[聖躬]	sheng4 gong1	the Emperor's body; Holy body; the current reigning Emperor	5
万安[萬安]	wan4 an1	completely secure; a sure thing; rest assured	4
平身[平身]	ping2 shen1	(old) to stand up (after kowtowing); You may rise.	10
手下留情[手下留情]	shou3 xia4 liu2 qing2	lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; Do not judge me too harshly.; Look favorably on my humble efforts.	1
皮肉[皮肉]	pi2 rou4	skin and flesh; superficial; physical (suffering); bodily	3
碍事[礙事]	ai4 shi4	(usu used in the negative) to be of importance or to matter; to be in the way; to be a hindrance	7
请罪[請罪]	qing3 zui4	to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness	7
要么[要麼]	yao4 me5	or; either one or the other	3
校[校]	jiao4	to proofread; to check; to compare	1
校[校]	xiao4	school; military officer; CL:所[suo3]	1
迎娶[迎娶]	ying2 qu3	(of a groom) to escort the bride to the wedding ceremony; fig. to take as one's wife; to marry	2
跟随[跟隨]	gen1 sui2	to follow	7
遂[遂]	sui4	to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach	4
准[准]	zhun3	to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of	13
嬉皮笑脸[嬉皮笑臉]	xi1 pi2 xiao4 lian3	all smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly	1
不用谢[不用謝]	bu4 yong4 xie4	You're welcome; Don't mention it	1
老丈人[老丈人]	lao3 zhang4 ren5	(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)	3
媳妇[媳婦]	xi2 fu4	daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman	42
疼死[疼死]	teng2 si3	to really hurt	1
照看[照看]	zhao4 kan4	to look after; to attend to; to have in care	3
亲家[親家]	qing4 jia5	parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage	3
效力[效力]	xiao4 li4	effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/25 words - 3 min
国家[國家]	guo2 jia1	country; nation; state; CL:個|个[ge4]	20
大将[大將]	da4 jiang4	a general or admiral	3
提携[提攜]	ti2 xie2	to lead by the hand; to guide; to support	2
跟前[跟前]	gen1 qian2	the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date)	1
从军[從軍]	cong2 jun1	to enlist; to serve in the army	3
功名[功名]	gong1 ming2	scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory	3
刀[刀]	dao1	knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs	28
枪[槍]	qiang1	gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots	17
挣[掙]	zheng4	to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)	4
其中[其中]	qi2 zhong1	among; in; included among these	12
任[任]	ren4	to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)	20
出家[出家]	chu1 jia1	to leave home (to become a Buddhist monk or nun)	1
姑子[姑子]	gu1 zi5	husband's sister; (coll.) Buddhist nun	2
性格[性格]	xing4 ge2	nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
符合[符合]	fu2 he2	in keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle	1
性子[性子]	xing4 zi5	temper	9
终身大事[終身大事]	zhong1 shen1 da4 shi4	major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)	2
没错[沒錯]	mei2 cuo4	that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong	16
关乎[關乎]	guan1 hu1	to relate to; concerning; about	1
日后[日後]	ri4 hou4	sometime; someday (in the future)	6
得力[得力]	de2 li4	able; capable; competent; efficient	3
臂[臂]	bi4	arm	3
助[助]	zhu4	to help; to assist	3
传旨[傳旨]	chuan2 zhi3	issue a decree	27
指挥[指揮]	zhi3 hui1	to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra); CL:個|个[ge4]	65
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/50 words - 6 min
侦[偵]	zhen1	to scout; to spy; to detect	11
粪[糞]	fen4	manure; dung	3
咋[咋]	za3	dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]	3
老弟[老弟]	lao3 di4	(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal	2
用得着[用得著]	yong4 de5 zhao2	to be able to use; useable; to have a use for sth; (in interrogative sentence) to be necessary to	8
黄豆[黃豆]	huang2 dou4	soybean	1
哄抢[哄搶]	hong1 qiang3	looting	1
粮食[糧食]	liang2 shi5	foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]	56
出租车[出租車]	chu1 zu1 che1	taxi; (Tw) rental car	8
弹压[彈壓]	tan2 ya1	to suppress; to quell (a disturbance); repression	2
十五[十五]	shi2 wu3	fifteen; 15	16
突围[突圍]	tu1 wei2	to break a siege; to break out of an enclosure	15
断粮[斷糧]	duan4 liang2	to run out of food	3
困[困]	kun4	to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute	4
屠[屠]	tu2	to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre	2
营帐[營帳]	ying2 zhang4	tent; camp	3
最多[最多]	zui4 duo1	at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal	12
斥候[斥候]	chi4 hou4	to reconnoiter; to scout; scout	9
寨[寨]	zhai4	stronghold; stockade; camp; (stockaded) village	10
攻[攻]	gong1	to attack; to accuse; to study	15
踏[踏]	ta4	to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal; to investigate on the spot	8
平[平]	ping2	flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]	32
困兽犹斗[困獸猶鬥]	kun4 shou4 you2 dou4	a cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay	2
伤亡[傷亡]	shang1 wang2	casualties; injuries and deaths	5
必[必]	bi4	certainly; must; will; necessarily	32
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/75 words - 8 min
围[圍]	wei2	to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)	5
宽[寬]	kuan1	lenient; wide; broad	21
摆[擺]	bai3	to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum	5
渴[渴]	ke3	thirsty	5
将令[將令]	jiang4 ling4	(old) (military) a command; an order	7
精[精]	jing1	essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)	21
四面[四面]	si4 mian4	all sides	1
千金[千金]	qian1 jin1	thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter	6
躯[軀]	qu1	human body	4
天明[天明]	tian1 ming2	dawn; daybreak	1
死定[死定]	si3 ding4	to be screwed; to be toast	1
门外[門外]	men2 wai4	outside the door	2
枢密院[樞密院]	shu1 mi4 yuan4	privy council	2
院[院]	yuan4	courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]	27
佥[僉]	qian1	all	14
盛[盛]	sheng4	flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively	51
齐[齊]	qi2	neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out	119
大王[大王]	da4 wang2	king; magnate; person having expert skill in something	48
不甘[不甘]	bu4 gan1	unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling	3
辱[辱]	ru3	disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating; Taiwan pr. [ru4]	13
饮[飲]	yin3	to drink	3
末[末]	mo4	tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man	132
负[負]	fu4	to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)	14
刑戮[刑戮]	xing2 lu4	executed; to suffer corporal punishment or execution	1
诛[誅]	zhu1	to put (a criminal) to death; to punish	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/100 words - 10 min
獠[獠]	liao2	fierce; hunt; name of a tribe	1
传令[傳令]	chuan2 ling4	to transmit an order	23
倘若[倘若]	tang3 ruo4	provided that; supposing that; if	4
此时[此時]	ci3 shi2	now; this moment	17
恐怕[恐怕]	kong3 pa4	fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe	28
辜负[辜負]	gu1 fu4	to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint	3
符[符]	fu2	mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond to; tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide	12
苦心[苦心]	ku3 xin1	painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains	1
海[海]	hai3	ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous	69
仍然[仍然]	reng2 ran2	still; yet	1
生命[生命]	sheng1 ming4	life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature; CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]	1
郎君[郎君]	lang2 jun1	my husband and master (archaic); playboy of rich family; pimp	1
性命[性命]	xing4 ming4	life	23
要挟[要挾]	yao1 xie2	to threaten; to blackmail	1
捎[捎]	shao1	to bring sth to sb; to deliver	4
生路[生路]	sheng1 lu4	a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament	4
做人[做人]	zuo4 ren2	to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity	2
质[質]	zhi4	character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]	3
俘虏[俘虜]	fu2 lu3	captive	6
换取[換取]	huan4 qu3	to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)	3
网开一面[網開一面]	wang3 kai1 yi1 mian4	open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment	8
想必[想必]	xiang3 bi4	presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely	9
族[族]	zu2	race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)	4
自尽[自盡]	zi4 jin4	to kill oneself; suicide	7
挥[揮]	hui1	to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/125 words - 16 min
相比[相比]	xiang1 bi3	to compare	3
炳文[炳文]	bing3 wen2	luminous style	32
今日[今日]	jin1 ri4	today	72
酉时[酉時]	you3 shi2	5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	1
交换[交換]	jiao1 huan4	to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute	3
看不见[看不見]	kan4 bu5 jian4	unseen; to be invisible	1
族人[族人]	zu2 ren2	clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority	4
鸡[雞]	ji1	fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute	3
明日[明日]	ming2 ri4	tomorrow	25
辰时[辰時]	chen2 shi2	7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	3
南方[南方]	nan2 fang1	south; the southern part of the country; the South	9
奸细[奸細]	jian1 xi5	a spy; a crafty person	2
尸[屍]	shi1	corpse	8
手段[手段]	shou3 duan4	method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
狗贼[狗賊]	gou3 zei2	(insult) brigand; swindler	1
出卖[出賣]	chu1 mai4	to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out or betray	3
足下[足下]	zu2 xia4	you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation); below the foot	4
言而无信[言而無信]	yan2 er2 wu2 xin4	to go back on one's word; to break one's promise; to be unfaithful; to be untrustworthy	1
让路[讓路]	rang4 lu4	to make way (for sth)	1
誊[謄]	teng2	to transcribe; to copy out; (free word)	4
武官[武官]	wu3 guan1	military official; military attaché	8
底[底]	di3	background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base	7
档[檔]	dang4	official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dang3]	6
几年[幾年]	ji3 nian2	a few years; several years; how many years	37
在外[在外]	zai4 wai4	outer; excluded	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/150 words - 18 min
领军[領軍]	ling3 jun1	to lead troups; (fig.) to lead; leading	6
事务[事務]	shi4 wu4	(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)	5
宋[宋]	Song4	surname Song; the Song dynasty (960-1279); also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)	47
冯[馮]	ping2	to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great; old variant of 憑|凭[ping2]	14
制[制]	zhi4	system; to control; to regulate; variant of 製|制[zhi4]	25
难为[難為]	nan2 wei5	to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)	7
操心[操心]	cao1 xin1	to worry about	4
排[排]	pai2	a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc	4
耍[耍]	shua3	to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)	5
心眼[心眼]	xin1 yan3	heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance	1
侍卫[侍衛]	shi4 wei4	Imperial bodyguard	4
母[母]	mu3	mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female	99
后[后]	hou4	empress; queen	68
妻[妻]	qi1	wife	16
夫[夫]	fu1	husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)	25
体[體]	ti3	body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)	13
天子[天子]	tian1 zi3	the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)	44
庶[庶]	shu4	numerous; common people (or populace); born of a concubine	47
即[即]	ji2	namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near	21
婚姻[婚姻]	hun1 yin1	matrimony; wedding; marriage; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]	4
自此[自此]	zi4 ci3	since then; henceforth	4
敌[敵]	di2	enemy; to be a match for; to rival; to resist; to withstand	29
自省[自省]	zi4 xing3	to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism	2
稍[稍]	shao1	somewhat; a little	10
怨怼[怨懟]	yuan4 dui4	resentment; grudge	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/175 words - 19 min
冲[沖]	chong1	(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with	2
银[銀]	yin2	silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency	8
作[作]	zuo4	to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works	16
局[局]	ju2	office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc	9
取[取]	qu3	to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	36
上好[上好]	shang4 hao3	first-rate; top-notch	6
首饰[首飾]	shou3 shi4	jewelry; head ornament	4
不当[不當]	bu4 dang4	unsuitable; improper; inappropriate	9
辞[辭]	ci2	to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre); variant of 詞|词[ci2]	13
素来[素來]	su4 lai2	consistently; always (in the past and now)	6
节俭[節儉]	jie2 jian3	frugal; economical	2
有损[有損]	you3 sun3	to be harmful (to)	1
一家人[一家人]	yi1 jia1 ren2	household; the whole family	12
赏赐[賞賜]	shang3 ci4	to bestow; to confer (a reward for service); a reward	8
斗胆[斗膽]	dou3 dan3	(courteous) to be so bold as to	26
十几[十幾]	shi2 ji3	more than ten; a dozen or more	11
收养[收養]	shou1 yang3	to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption	1
遗孤[遺孤]	yi2 gu1	orphan	2
婚配[婚配]	hun1 pei4	to marry	1
谋[謀]	mou2	to plan; to seek; scheme	18
营生[營生]	ying2 sheng1	to earn a living	2
代代[代代]	dai4 dai4	from generation to generation; generation after generation	1
庄子[莊子]	Zhuang1 zi3	Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author	1
农活[農活]	nong2 huo2	farm work	2
个别[個別]	ge4 bie2	individual; specific; respective; just one or two	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/200 words - 21 min
脑袋[腦袋]	nao3 dai4	head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]	8
灵光[靈光]	ling2 guang1	divine light (around the Buddha); a halo; a miraculous column of light; (slang) jolly good!	2
蒙[蒙]	meng2	to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat	4
伍[伍]	wu3	squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	6
赶鸭子上架[趕鴨子上架]	gan3 ya1 zi5 shang4 jia4	lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom); fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability	1
陋[陋]	lou4	low; humble; plain; ugly; mean; vulgar	3
俗[俗]	su2	custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular	5
大都会[大都會]	da4 du1 hui4	major city; metropolis; metropolitan	1
主将[主將]	zhu3 jiang4	commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization)	6
充[充]	chong1	to fill; to satisfy; to fulfill; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full	4
爪牙[爪牙]	zhao3 ya2	pawn; lackey; accomplice (in crime); collaborator; henchman; claws and teeth	2
有名[有名]	you3 ming2	famous; well-known	6
义子[義子]	yi4 zi3	adopted son	5
不下[不下]	bu4 xia4	to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)	12
确[確]	que4	authenticated; solid; firm; real; true	3
大抵[大抵]	da4 di3	generally speaking; by and large; for the most part	1
周[周]	zhou1	to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially	18
舍[舍]	she4	residence	3
原本[原本]	yuan2 ben3	originally; original	17
宗[宗]	zong1	school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs	50
照样[照樣]	zhao4 yang4	as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless	2
云南[雲南]	Yun2 nan2	Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[dian1] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明	5
德才[德才]	de2 cai2	ethics and ability; virtuous and talented	1
计较[計較]	ji4 jiao4	to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem	13
谕旨[諭旨]	yu4 zhi3	imperial edict	14
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/225 words - 23 min
颁发[頒發]	ban1 fa1	to issue; to promulgate; to award	1
难不成[難不成]	nan2 bu4 cheng2	Is it possible that ... ?	4
几岁[幾歲]	ji3 sui4	how old are you? (familiar, or to a child)	3
啥[啥]	sha2	dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]	4
女孩[女孩]	nu:3 hai2	girl; lass	3
一体[一體]	yi1 ti3	an integral whole; all concerned; everybody	7
儿媳妇[兒媳婦]	er2 xi2 fu5	daughter-in-law	6
总算[總算]	zong3 suan4	at long last; finally; on the whole	11
碰上[碰上]	peng4 shang4	to run into; to come upon; to meet	2
刑部[刑部]	Xing2 bu4	Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)	19
岳丈[岳丈]	yue4 zhang4	father-in-law (wife's father)	10
熟知[熟知]	shu2 zhi1	to be well acquainted with	3
方[方]	fang1	square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter	49
人尽其才[人盡其才]	ren2 jin4 qi2 cai2	employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best	1
染上[染上]	ran3 shang4	to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)	2
一套[一套]	yi1 tao4	suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior	2
酸[酸]	suan1	sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid	1
臭气[臭氣]	chou4 qi4	stench	1
戚[戚]	qi1	relative; parent; grief; sorrow; battle-axe	6
拟[擬]	ni3	to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-	14
吏[吏]	li4	minor government official or functionary (old)	16
尚书[尚書]	shang4 shu1	high official; government minister	40
母亲[母親]	mu3 qin1	mother; also pr. [mu3 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	12
一早[一早]	yi1 zao3	early in the morning; at dawn	3
归宁[歸寧]	gui1 ning2	(literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/250 words - 26 min
医院[醫院]	yi1 yuan4	hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]	6
太医[太醫]	tai4 yi1	imperial physician	26
一道[一道]	yi1 dao4	together	10
遇[遇]	yu4	to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance	37
禀报[稟報]	bing3 bao4	to report (to one's superior)	5
叨[叨]	dao1	garrulous	6
扰[擾]	rao3	to disturb	11
识[識]	shi2	to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]	11
大体[大體]	da4 ti3	in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; (Tw) remains (of a dead person)	8
都督[都督]	du1 du1	(army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)	21
北大[北大]	Bei3 Da4	Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)	3
拜见[拜見]	bai4 jian4	to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior	29
治罪[治罪]	zhi4 zui4	to punish sb (for a crime)	3
战事[戰事]	zhan4 shi4	war; hostilities; fighting	5
细说[細說]	xi4 shuo1	to tell in detail	1
估计[估計]	gu1 ji4	to estimate; to reckon; CL:個|个[ge4]; (coll.) to suppose	3
沿着[沿著]	yan2 zhe5	to go along; to follow	1
水源[水源]	shui3 yuan2	water source; water supply; headwaters of a river	7
行军[行軍]	xing2 jun1	a march (army); to march	8
勒[勒]	le4	to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux	4
格[格]	ge2	square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively	2
巴彦[巴彥]	Ba1 yan4	Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang	1
戒备[戒備]	jie4 bei4	to take precautions; to guard against (emergency)	11
真切[真切]	zhen1 qie4	vivid; distinct; clear; sincere; honest	2
汗毛[汗毛]	han4 mao2	hair; soft hair; down	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/275 words - 30 min
铁骑[鐵騎]	tie3 qi2	armored horses; crack horsemen	2
金陵[金陵]	Jin1 ling2	pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name	8
允准[允准]	yun3 zhun3	to approve; to permit; approval; permission	8
何等[何等]	he2 deng3	what kind?; how, what; somewhat	9
身份[身份]	shen1 fen4	identity; status; capacity; dignity; position; rank	2
身处[身處]	shen1 chu3	in (some place); to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc); to find oneself in; placed in; surrounded by	1
险境[險境]	xian3 jing4	critical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone	1
沙场[沙場]	sha1 chang3	sandpit; battleground; battlefield	8
木剑[木劍]	mu4 jian4	wooden sword	1
比划[比劃]	bi3 hua5	to gesture; to gesticulate; to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher; to fight; to come to blows	3
皇宫[皇宮]	huang2 gong1	imperial palace	5
演武[演武]	yan3 wu3	arms drill; to practice martial arts	13
胡思乱想[胡思亂想]	hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3	to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild	2
一边[一邊]	yi1 bian1	one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while	8
上阵[上陣]	shang4 zhen4	to go into battle	6
学会[學會]	xue2 hui4	to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association	8
军人[軍人]	jun1 ren2	serviceman; soldier; military personnel	2
列[列]	lie4	to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row	14
阵[陣]	zhen4	disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration	23
出击[出擊]	chu1 ji1	to sally; to attack	6
来得[來得]	lai2 de5	to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to	9
简直[簡直]	jian3 zhi2	simply; at all; practically	3
泥鳅[泥鰍]	ni2 qiu5	loach; mud fish; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
砍[砍]	kan3	to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb	13
吱[吱]	zi1	(onom.) to squeak (of mice); to chirp or peep (of small birds)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/300 words - 35 min
溜[溜]	liu1	to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate	2
气死[氣死]	qi4 si3	to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger	1
喝茶[喝茶]	he1 cha2	(fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")	3
烫[燙]	tang4	to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot	5
干脆[乾脆]	gan1 cui4	straightforward; clear-cut; blunt (e.g. statement); you might as well; simply	6
屡屡[屢屢]	lu:3 lu:3	again and again; repeatedly	2
遭到[遭到]	zao1 dao4	to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)	1
邀击[邀擊]	yao1 ji1	to intercept; to waylay; to ambush	5
之外[之外]	zhi1 wai4	outside; excluding	9
局势[局勢]	ju2 shi4	situation; state (of affairs)	6
知晓[知曉]	zhi1 xiao3	to know; to understand	4
对付[對付]	dui4 fu5	to handle; to deal with; to cope; to get by with	11
人头[人頭]	ren2 tou2	person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)	7
铳[銃]	chong4	ancient firearm; gun	7
是的[是的]	shi4 de5	yes, that's right; variant of 似的[shi4 de5]	7
弹丸[彈丸]	dan4 wan2	pellet	1
好家伙[好家伙]	hao3 jia1 huo5	my God!; oh boy!; man!	2
命根[命根]	ming4 gen1	lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)	1
行刺[行刺]	xing2 ci4	to assassinate; to commit a murder	3
住手[住手]	zhu4 shou3	to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand	5
嫡[嫡]	di2	first wife; son of first wife	8
伯[伯]	bo2	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]	27
伦[倫]	lun2	human relationship; order; coherence	6
兹事体大[茲事體大]	zi1 shi4 ti3 da4	this is no small thing (idiom); to have a serious matter at hand	3
擅[擅]	shan4	without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at	17
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/325 words - 37 min
专[專]	zhuan1	for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized	5
处置[處置]	chu3 zhi4	to handle; to take care of; to punish	26
定夺[定奪]	ding4 duo2	to make a decision; to determine	1
刺杀[刺殺]	ci4 sha1	to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)	1
刺客[刺客]	ci4 ke4	assassin	2
自称[自稱]	zi4 cheng1	to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title	1
以礼相待[以禮相待]	yi3 li3 xiang1 dai4	to treat sb with due respect (idiom)	1
不料[不料]	bu4 liao4	unexpectedly; to one's surprise	1
阴险[陰險]	yin1 xian3	treacherous; sinister	2
竟[竟]	jing4	unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed	32
暗算[暗算]	an4 suan4	to plot against	1
天网恢恢[天網恢恢]	tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1	lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law	1
斩[斬]	zhan3	to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop	36
小卒[小卒]	xiao3 zu2	foot soldier; minor figure; a nobody; (chess) pawn	3
置[置]	zhi4	to install; to place; to put; to buy	18
喙[喙]	hui4	beak; snout; mouth; to pant	4
大事[大事]	da4 shi4	major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]	16
控告[控告]	kong4 gao4	to accuse; to charge; to indict	2
侮辱[侮辱]	wu3 ru3	to insult; to humiliate; dishonor	4
民女[民女]	min2 nu:3	woman from an ordinary family	2
结案[結案]	jie2 an4	to conclude a case; to wind up	7
证人[證人]	zheng4 ren2	witness	3
害死[害死]	hai4 si3	to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death	3
事实[事實]	shi4 shi2	fact; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
闻[聞]	wen2	to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at	17
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/350 words - 40 min
疗伤[療傷]	liao2 shang1	healing; to heal; to make healthy again	1
照应[照應]	zhao4 ying4	to correlate with; to correspond to	7
照应[照應]	zhao4 ying5	to look after; to take care of; to attend to	7
领命[領命]	ling3 ming4	to accept an order	22
拨[撥]	bo1	to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch	5
顶[頂]	ding3	apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc	5
帐篷[帳篷]	zhang4 peng5	tent; CL:頂|顶[ding3],座[zuo4]	1
日常[日常]	ri4 chang2	daily; everyday	5
饮食[飲食]	yin3 shi2	food and drink; diet	2
供应[供應]	gong1 ying4	to supply; to provide; to offer	3
胆敢[膽敢]	dan3 gan3	to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)	3
立[立]	li4	to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately	58
拿下[拿下]	na2 xia4	to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc)	13
违[違]	wei2	to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against	8
以下犯上[以下犯上]	yi3 xia4 fan4 shang4	to disrespect one's superiors; to offend one's elders	2
救命[救命]	jiu4 ming4	to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!	3
滥杀无辜[濫殺無辜]	lan4 sha1 wu2 gu1	willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)	1
欺凌[欺凌]	qi1 ling2	to bully and humiliate	4
弱[弱]	ruo4	weak; feeble; young; inferior; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than	12
视[視]	shi4	to look at; to regard; to inspect	9
国法[國法]	guo2 fa3	national law	5
无物[無物]	wu2 wu4	nothing; empty	1
大嫂[大嫂]	da4 sao3	older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)	2
亲戚[親戚]	qin1 qi5	a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	9
诏[詔]	zhao4	imperial order	44
即刻[即刻]	ji2 ke4	immediately; instant; instantly	9
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/375 words - 42 min
锁[鎖]	suo3	to lock up; to lock; lock; CL:把[ba3]	3
回京[回京]	hui2 Jing1	to return to the capital	32
提交[提交]	ti2 jiao1	to submit (a report etc); to refer (a problem) to sb	1
议[議]	yi4	to comment on; to discuss; to suggest	23
议政[議政]	yi4 zheng4	to discuss politics	2
起码[起碼]	qi3 ma3	at the minimum; at the very least	2
占[占]	zhan4	to take possession of; to occupy; to take up	12
四条[四條]	si4 tiao2	four of a kind; quads (poker)	1
龙凤[龍鳳]	long2 feng4	dragon and phoenix	4
渡[渡]	du4	to cross; to pass through; to ferry	9
江[江]	jiang1	river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]	25
杀伤[殺傷]	sha1 shang1	to kill or injure	1
掳掠[擄掠]	lu3 lu:e4	to loot; to pillage; to sack	1
妇[婦]	fu4	woman	6
皆[皆]	jie1	all; each and every; in all cases	62
樊[樊]	fan2	cage; fence	1
犯法[犯法]	fan4 fa3	to break the law	3
为何[為何]	wei4 he2	why	49
表[表]	biao3	exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)	58
弹劾[彈劾]	tan2 he2	to accuse of misconduct (in official task); to impeach	15
军法[軍法]	jun1 fa3	martial law	4
春[春]	chun1	spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	25
不光[不光]	bu4 guang1	not the only one; not only	6
嫡亲[嫡親]	di2 qin1	closely related by blood	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep03/381 words - 42 min
舅舅[舅舅]	jiu4 jiu5	mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal); CL:個|个[ge4]	22
夫妻[夫妻]	fu1 qi1	husband and wife; married couple	7
亲人[親人]	qin1 ren2	one's close relatives	6
情分[情分]	qing2 fen4	mutual affection; friendship	4
不顾[不顧]	bu4 gu4	in spite of; regardless of	5
顾及[顧及]	gu4 ji2	to take into consideration; to attend to	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/25 words - 5 min
写字[寫字]	xie3 zi4	to write characters	1
戒[戒]	jie4	to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)	4
尺[尺]	chi3	a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]	3
姐姐[姐姐]	jie3 jie5	older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]	71
奴婢[奴婢]	nu2 bi4	slave servant	50
告[告]	gao4	to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue	23
监[監]	jian1	to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison	14
运[運]	yun4	to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate	24
护送[護送]	hu4 song4	to escort; to accompany	7
前辈[前輩]	qian2 bei4	senior; older generation; precursor	1
花甲[花甲]	hua1 jia3	complete sexagenary cycle; a 60 year-old person; passage of time	2
劳动[勞動]	lao2 dong4	work; toil; physical labor; CL:次[ci4]	4
不安[不安]	bu4 an1	unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried	3
赏罚[賞罰]	shang3 fa2	reward and punishment	1
分明[分明]	fen1 ming2	clear; distinct; evidently; clearly	4
纵[縱]	zong4	warp (the vertical threads in weaving); vertical; longitudinal; north-south (lines of longitude); lengthwise; to release; to indulge; even if	15
天下[天下]	tian1 xia4	land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule	103
臣民[臣民]	chen2 min2	subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)	4
糊涂[糊塗]	hu2 tu5	muddled; silly; confused	9
印[印]	yin4	to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image	17
兼[兼]	jian1	double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	11
人选[人選]	ren2 xuan3	choice of person; candidate	7
刘基[劉基]	Liu2 Ji1	Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius	12
刘伯温[劉伯溫]	Liu2 Bo2 wen1	Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius; also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基	4
事先[事先]	shi4 xian1	in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/50 words - 7 min
颍[潁]	ying3	grain husk; tip of sth short and slender	36
川[川]	chuan1	river; creek; plain; an area of level country	18
蜀锦[蜀錦]	Shu3 jin3	brocade from Sichuan	1
匹[匹]	pi3	classifier for horses, mules etc; Taiwan pr. [pi1]; ordinary person; classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower	12
翡翠[翡翠]	fei3 cui4	jadeite; tree kingfisher	1
玉器[玉器]	yu4 qi4	jade artifact	1
吉安[吉安]	Ji2 an1	Ji'an prefecture-level city in Jiangxi; also Ji'an County; Ji'an or Chi'an township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], east Taiwan	3
弥勒佛[彌勒佛]	Mi2 le4 fo2	Maitreya; the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha	1
尊[尊]	zun1	senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel	6
平凉[平涼]	Ping2 liang2	Pingliang prefecture level city in Gansu	1
镶金[鑲金]	xiang1 jin1	gilded; inlaid with gold	1
犀[犀]	xi1	rhinoceros; sharp	1
角[角]	jiao3	angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
角[角]	jue2	role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scale	1
篦[篦]	bi4	fine-toothed comb; to comb	1
枚[枚]	mei2	classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)	1
法子[法子]	fa3 zi5	way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]	16
想来[想來]	xiang3 lai2	it may be assumed that	3
见识[見識]	jian4 shi5	to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight	7
女流[女流]	nu:3 liu2	(derog.) woman	2
既[既]	ji4	already; since; both... (and...)	44
婚事[婚事]	hun1 shi4	wedding; marriage; CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1]	12
贺礼[賀禮]	he4 li3	congratulatory gift	6
半点[半點]	ban4 dian3	the least bit	13
干系[干係]	gan1 xi4	responsibility	12
搬出去[搬出去]	ban1 chu1 qu4	to move out (vacate); to shift sth out	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/75 words - 9 min
免得[免得]	mian3 de5	so as not to; so as to avoid	3
分家[分家]	fen1 jia1	to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups	2
单过[單過]	dan1 guo4	to live independently; to live on one's own	1
只怕[只怕]	zhi3 pa4	I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely	13
府邸[府邸]	fu3 di3	mansion house; official residence	6
营造[營造]	ying2 zao4	to build (housing); to construct; to make	2
不妨[不妨]	bu4 fang2	there is no harm in; might as well	3
缓[緩]	huan3	slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate	3
库房[庫房]	ku4 fang2	storeroom; warehouse	2
体己[體己]	ti1 ji5	intimate; private saving of family members	2
省钱[省錢]	sheng3 qian2	to save money	2
建[建]	jian4	to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	18
精明[精明]	jing1 ming2	astute; shrewd	5
这不[這不]	zhe4 bu5	(coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted)	8
仅仅[僅僅]	jin3 jin3	barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)	2
想想看[想想看]	xiang3 xiang3 kan4	to think about it	4
主见[主見]	zhu3 jian4	one's own view; having definite opinions	1
惧[懼]	ju4	to fear	5
可不是[可不是]	ke3 bu5 shi4	that's just the way it is; exactly!	9
儿媳[兒媳]	er2 xi2	daughter-in-law	8
弟妹[弟妹]	di4 mei4	younger sibling; younger brother's wife	10
结了[結了]	jie2 le5	that's that; that's it; that will do	4
福[福]	fu2	good fortune; happiness; luck	22
笨手笨脚[笨手笨腳]	ben4 shou3 ben4 jiao3	clumsy; all thumbs	1
粗[粗]	cu1	coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/100 words - 12 min
手脚[手腳]	shou3 jiao3	hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure (CL: 道[dao4])	2
穷[窮]	qiong2	poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly	11
童养媳[童養媳]	tong2 yang3 xi2	child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law	2
仗[仗]	zhang4	weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle	53
赏钱[賞錢]	shang3 qian5	tip; gratuity; monetary reward; bonus	2
圆房[圓房]	yuan2 fang2	(of a child bride) to consummate marriage	1
胖[胖]	pang4	fat; plump	3
一头[一頭]	yi1 tou2	one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously	3
亩[畝]	mu3	classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare	10
完美[完美]	wan2 mei3	perfect; perfection; perfectly	1
两句[兩句]	liang3 ju4	(say) a few words	2
无赖[無賴]	wu2 lai4	hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly	2
属下[屬下]	shu3 xia4	subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary	8
额[額]	e2	forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount	3
吉[吉]	ji2	lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)	30
伸张[伸張]	shen1 zhang1	to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote	1
公道[公道]	gong1 dao4	justice; fairness; public highway	7
心安理得[心安理得]	xin1 an1 li3 de2	to have a clear conscience; to have no qualms about sth	1
瞑目[瞑目]	ming2 mu4	close one's eyes in death and die contentedly	1
恩情[恩情]	en1 qing2	kindness; affection; grace; favor	4
心甘情愿[心甘情願]	xin1 gan1 qing2 yuan4	delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do	2
伺候[伺候]	ci4 hou4	to serve; to wait upon	16
销假[銷假]	xiao1 jia4	to report back after a period of absence	1
挨[挨]	ai1	in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to	10
挨[挨]	ai2	to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle	10
主张[主張]	zhu3 zhang1	to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/125 words - 14 min
惩罚[懲罰]	cheng2 fa2	penalty; punishment; to punish	2
疑心[疑心]	yi2 xin1	suspicion; to suspect	3
这时[這時]	zhe4 shi2	at this time; at this moment	5
候[候]	hou4	to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days	12
身分[身分]	shen1 fen4	variant of 身份; identity; status; capacity; dignity; position; rank	3
败露[敗露]	bai4 lu4	(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed	1
女眷[女眷]	nu:3 juan4	the females in a family; womenfolk	3
妥当[妥當]	tuo3 dang5	appropriate; proper; ready	3
之内[之內]	zhi1 nei4	inside; within	14
品[品]	pin3	article; commodity; product; goods; kind; grade; rank; character; disposition; nature; temperament; variety; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)	20
文武[文武]	wen2 wu3	civil and military	21
官员[官員]	guan1 yuan2	official (in an organization or government); administrator	61
年长[年長]	nian2 zhang3	senior	8
王子[王子]	wang2 zi3	prince; son of a king	8
亲王[親王]	qin1 wang2	prince	54
阵势[陣勢]	zhen4 shi4	battle array; disposition of forces; situation; circumstance	1
麻[麻]	ma2	generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb	3
贵人多忘事[貴人多忘事]	gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4 shi4	see 貴人多忘|贵人多忘[gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4]	1
日军[日軍]	Ri4 jun1	Japanese army; Japanese troops	1
舅[舅]	jiu4	maternal uncle	12
兄[兄]	xiong1	elder brother	42
求情[求情]	qiu2 qing2	to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor	3
侄女[姪女]	zhi2 nu:3	niece; brother's daughter	4
屋[屋]	wu1	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]	7
天气[天氣]	tian1 qi4	weather	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/150 words - 19 min
炎热[炎熱]	yan2 re4	blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)	1
诚意[誠意]	cheng2 yi4	sincerity; good faith	4
宰相[宰相]	zai3 xiang4	prime minister (in feudal China)	10
传出[傳出]	chuan2 chu1	to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve)	3
区区[區區]	qu1 qu1	insignificant; trifling; merely	8
相位[相位]	xiang4 wei4	phase (waves)	1
相国[相國]	xiang4 guo2	prime minister (in ancient China)	32
念旧[念舊]	nian4 jiu4	to remember old friends; to cherish old friendships; for old time's sake	1
老夫[老夫]	lao3 fu1	I (spoken by an old man)	36
侯爵[侯爵]	hou2 jue2	marquis	12
写信[寫信]	xie3 xin4	to write a letter	6
诸侯[諸侯]	zhu1 hou2	feudal vassal; feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC; subordinate warlord; local official	1
约束[約束]	yue1 shu4	to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint	3
除非[除非]	chu2 fei1	only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless	5
粮[糧]	liang2	grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain	53
道喜[道喜]	dao4 xi3	to congratulate	2
敲打[敲打]	qiao1 da3	to beat sb; to beat (a drum)	9
褒[褒]	bao1	to praise; to commend; to honor; (of clothes) large or loose	4
奖[獎]	jiang3	prize; award; encouragement; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
官[官]	guan1	government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]	168
没齿不忘[沒齒不忘]	mo4 chi3 bu4 wang4	lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out; to remember as long as one lives; unforgettable (idiom)	1
今[今]	jin1	today; modern; present; current; this; now	33
唯[唯]	wei2	-ism; only; alone	14
马首是瞻[馬首是瞻]	ma3 shou3 shi4 zhan1	to follow blindly (idiom); to take as one's only guide	3
头上[頭上]	tou2 shang4	overhead; above	10
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/175 words - 19 min
谨记[謹記]	jin3 ji4	to remember with reverence; to bear in mind; to keep in mind	7
奉天[奉天]	Feng4 tian1	old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province	28
承运[承運]	cheng2 yun4	to provide transport; to accept the Mandate of Heaven; to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor	14
致[致]	zhi4	to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	5
辅[輔]	fu3	to assist; to complement; auxiliary	15
三台[三台]	San1 tai2	Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan	1
九鼎[九鼎]	Jiu3 Ding3	the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty	1
眷[眷]	juan4	concern; wife and children	1
予[予]	yu3	to give	5
良[良]	liang2	good; very; very much	11
弼[弼]	bi4	to assist	11
雅量[雅量]	ya3 liang4	magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking	1
工[工]	gong1	work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor	8
茂[茂]	mao4	luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene	3
秉[秉]	bing3	to grasp; to hold; to maintain	2
忠义[忠義]	zhong1 yi4	loyal and righteous; fealty; loyalty	6
规[規]	gui1	compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme	2
靡[靡]	mi3	extravagant; go with fashion; not	1
惮[憚]	dan4	dread; fear; dislike	1
艰险[艱險]	jian1 xian3	difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils	2
松[松]	song1	pine; CL:棵[ke1]	27
筠[筠]	yun2	skin of bamboo	1
操[操]	cao1	to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)	7
移[移]	yi2	to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	9
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/200 words - 22 min
寒[寒]	han2	cold; poor; to tremble	5
宜[宜]	yi2	proper; should; suitable; appropriate	6
荣[榮]	rong2	glory; honor; thriving	30
式[式]	shi4	type; form; pattern; style	1
济[濟]	ji4	to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help	12
望[望]	wang4	full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards	25
钦[欽]	qin1	to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself	14
哉[哉]	zai1	(exclamatory or interrogative particle)	16
谢恩[謝恩]	xie4 en1	to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official)	9
车马[車馬]	che1 ma3	vehicles and horses	2
不必[不必]	bu4 bi4	need not; does not have to; not necessarily	28
多礼[多禮]	duo1 li3	too polite; overcourteous	2
莫[莫]	mo4	do not; there is none who	25
挂怀[掛懷]	gua4 huai2	concerned; troubled; having sth on one's mind	1
大战[大戰]	da4 zhan4	war; to wage war	5
期间[期間]	qi1 jian1	period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
安抚[安撫]	an1 fu3	to placate; to pacify; to appease	5
罢了[罷了]	ba4 le5	a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)	26
迟早[遲早]	chi2 zao3	sooner or later	9
多谢[多謝]	duo1 xie4	many thanks; thanks a lot	26
恕[恕]	shu4	to forgive	7
直言[直言]	zhi2 yan2	to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly	7
棺材[棺材]	guan1 cai5	coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]	7
见驾[見駕]	jian4 jia4	to have an audience (with the emperor)	1
招呼[招呼]	zhao1 hu5	to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/225 words - 26 min
资历[資歷]	zi1 li4	qualifications; experience; seniority	3
浅[淺]	qian3	shallow; light (color)	4
论功[論功]	lun4 gong1	to evaluate the merit of sth	3
功劳[功勞]	gong1 lao2	contribution; meritorious service; credit	13
不畏[不畏]	bu4 wei4	unafraid; to defy	1
权贵[權貴]	quan2 gui4	influential officials; bigwigs	5
经常[經常]	jing1 chang2	frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily	10
想起[想起]	xiang3 qi3	to recall; to think of; to call to mind	5
老人[老人]	lao3 ren2	old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents	9
逊[遜]	xun4	to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck	1
登基[登基]	deng1 ji1	to ascend the throne	21
投奔[投奔]	tou2 ben4	to seek shelter; to seek asylum	4
浙[浙]	Zhe4	abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China	3
叶[葉]	ye4	leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats	14
琛[琛]	chen1	precious stone; gem	2
背叛[背叛]	bei4 pan4	to betray	1
几次[幾次]	ji3 ci4	several times	8
首都[首都]	shou3 du1	capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
究[究]	jiu1	after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4]	2
好听[好聽]	hao3 ting1	pleasant to hear	5
难听[難聽]	nan2 ting1	unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful	1
狗嘴里吐不出象牙[狗嘴裏吐不出象牙]	gou3 zui3 li5 tu3 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2	no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom); no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel	2
座[座]	zuo4	seat; base; stand; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects	8
庙[廟]	miao4	temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial	5
不稳[不穩]	bu4 wen3	unstable; unsteady	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/250 words - 29 min
古今[古今]	gu3 jin1	then and now; ancient and modern	1
措置[措置]	cuo4 zhi4	to handle; to arrange	3
袭[襲]	xi2	to attack; to inherit; classifier for suits (esp. of funeral robes)	10
万户[萬戶]	wan4 hu4	ten thousand houses or households	1
奴[奴]	nu2	slave	6
大胆[大膽]	da4 dan3	brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless	5
成交[成交]	cheng2 jiao1	to complete a contract; to reach a deal	2
半月[半月]	ban4 yue4	half-moon; fortnight	1
提出[提出]	ti2 chu1	to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)	4
换人[換人]	huan4 ren2	to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution	2
反复无常[反覆無常]	fan3 fu4 wu2 chang2	unstable; erratic; changeable; fickle	1
轻信[輕信]	qing1 xin4	to easily trust; gullible; naïve	2
俘[俘]	fu2	to take prisoner; prisoner of war	13
算盘[算盤]	suan4 pan2	abacus; CL:把[ba3]; plan; scheme	1
偏偏[偏偏]	pian1 pian1	(indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people	4
必然[必然]	bi4 ran2	inevitable; certain; necessity	9
蹊跷[蹊蹺]	qi1 qiao1	odd; queer; strange; fishy; Taiwan pr. [xi1 qiao1]	7
军势[軍勢]	jun1 shi4	army strength; military prowess or potential	2
派兵[派兵]	pai4 bing1	to dispatch troops	2
集中[集中]	ji2 zhong1	to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together	5
兵力[兵力]	bing1 li4	military strength; armed forces; troops	5
偏师[偏師]	pian1 shi1	military auxiliaries (archaic)	2
择[擇]	ze2	to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]	13
击[擊]	ji1	to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]	8
无非[無非]	wu2 fei1	only; nothing else	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/275 words - 34 min
白跑一趟[白跑一趟]	bai2 pao3 yi1 tang4	to go on an errand for nothing; to go on a wild-goose chase	2
客[客]	ke4	customer; visitor; guest	9
速[速]	su4	fast; rapid; quick; velocity	14
做客[做客]	zuo4 ke4	to be a guest or visitor	1
着急[著急]	zhao2 ji2	to worry; to feel anxious; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 ji2]	14
干么[幹麼]	gan4 ma2	see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]	35
天后[天后]	Tian1 hou4	Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)	3
寅[寅]	yin2	3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°	2
卯[卯]	mao3	mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east); variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]; to exert one's strength	4
初[初]	chu1	at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic	16
元军[元軍]	Yuan2 jun1	Mongol army; army of Yuan dynasty	3
磨[磨]	mo2	to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist	11
走去[走去]	zou3 qu4	to walk over (to)	1
动身[動身]	dong4 shen1	to go on a journey; to leave	1
姑姑[姑姑]	gu1 gu5	paternal aunt; CL:個|个[ge4]	9
后会有期[後會有期]	hou4 hui4 you3 qi1	I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again.	1
岂[豈]	qi3	how? (emphatic question)	24
五七[五七]	wu3 qi1	memorial activity 35 days after a person's death	7
纛[纛]	dao4	big banner; feather banner or fan	3
定能[定能]	ding4 neng2	to be definitely able (to do sth)	1
首级[首級]	shou3 ji2	severed head	1
把酒[把酒]	ba3 jiu3	to raise one's wine cup	5
醉[醉]	zui4	intoxicated	5
实[實]	shi2	real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely	17
今生[今生]	jin1 sheng1	this life	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/300 words - 38 min
憾事[憾事]	han4 shi4	a matter for regret; sth that is a (great) pity	3
看不出[看不出]	kan4 bu5 chu1	can't see; can't make out; unable to tell	1
破绽[破綻]	po4 zhan4	hole or tear in cloth; mistake or gap in a speech or theory	3
拢[攏]	long3	to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)	1
溃[潰]	kui4	to be dispersed; to break down; to fester; to ulcerate	2
撤军[撤軍]	che4 jun1	to withdraw troops; to retreat	6
管家[管家]	guan3 jia1	housekeeper; butler; manage one's household	1
一路[一路]	yi1 lu4	the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind	22
心意[心意]	xin1 yi4	regard; kindly feelings; intention	5
工程[工程]	gong1 cheng2	engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]	2
进行[進行]	jin4 xing2	to advance; to conduct; underway; in progress; to do; to carry out; to carry on; to execute	3
桩[樁]	zhuang1	stump; stake; pile; classifier for items	20
了结[了結]	liao3 jie2	to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up	1
骂娘[罵娘]	ma4 niang2	to curse (at sb); to call sb names	2
毛病[毛病]	mao2 bing4	fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
便宜[便宜]	pian2 yi5	cheap; inexpensive; small advantages; to let sb off lightly	6
厮杀[廝殺]	si1 sha1	to fight at close quarters; hand-to-hand	3
芥蒂[芥蒂]	jie4 di4	an obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling; grudge	2
惠[惠]	hui4	favor; benefit; to bestow; (literary) benevolence; (honorific)	7
在位[在位]	zai4 wei4	on the throne; reigning (monarch)	2
顺[順]	shun4	to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable	7
帝[帝]	di4	emperor	23
拥[擁]	yong1	to hold; to embrace; to wrap around; to gather around (sb); to throng; to swarm; to support; Taiwan pr. [yong3]	11
途中[途中]	tu2 zhong1	en route	3
唐肃宗[唐肅宗]	Tang2 Su4 zong1	Emperor Suzong of Tang (711-762), reign name of eighth Tang emperor Li Heng 李亨[Li3 Heng1], reigned 756-762	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/325 words - 42 min
移位[移位]	yi2 wei4	to shift; shift; translocation; displacement; (medicine) dislocation	1
辽东[遼東]	Liao2 dong1	Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea; east and south of Liaoning province; east of Liao river 遼河|辽河	13
开元[開元]	Kai1 yuan2	Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity	5
不和[不和]	bu4 he2	not to get along well; to be on bad terms; to be at odds; discord	3
复[覆]	fu4	variant of 復|复[fu4]; to reply to a letter	8
巢[巢]	chao2	nest	1
之下[之下]	zhi1 xia4	under; beneath; less than	15
卵[卵]	luan3	egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking	3
以邻为壑[以鄰為壑]	yi3 lin2 wei2 he4	to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)	1
哈[哈]	ha1	(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1 shi4 qi2], husky (dog)	35
狼崽[狼崽]	lang2 zai3	wolf cub	1
庭[庭]	ting2	main hall; front courtyard; law court	6
身后[身後]	shen1 hou4	posthumous; one's social background; behind the body	5
朝廷[朝廷]	chao2 ting2	court; imperial household; dynasty	206
复兴[復興]	fu4 xing1	to revive; to rejuvenate	5
放在心上[放在心上]	fang4 zai4 xin1 shang4	to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart	3
一半[一半]	yi1 ban4	half	15
投降[投降]	tou2 xiang2	to surrender; surrender	6
另[另]	ling4	other; another; separate; separately	13
富贵[富貴]	fu4 gui4	riches and honor	7
前线[前線]	qian2 xian4	front line; military front; workface; cutting edge	2
好歹[好歹]	hao3 dai3	good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever	2
中原[中原]	Zhong1 yuan2	Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei	4
上都[上都]	Shang4 du1	Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)	3
人们[人們]	ren2 men5	people	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep04/337 words - 42 min
激起[激起]	ji1 qi3	to arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir up	1
战斗[戰鬥]	zhan4 dou4	to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]	1
勇气[勇氣]	yong3 qi4	courage; valor	2
野战[野戰]	ye3 zhan4	battlefield operation; paintball	11
击败[擊敗]	ji1 bai4	to defeat; to beat	3
长城[長城]	Chang2 cheng2	the Great Wall	3
悔[悔]	hui3	to regret	1
怜惜[憐惜]	lian2 xi1	to take pity on; to feel tenderness toward	1
那时候[那時候]	na4 shi2 hou5	at that time	13
舍[捨]	she3	to give up; to abandon; to give alms	1
艰难[艱難]	jian1 nan2	difficult; hard; challenging	1
世上[世上]	shi4 shang4	on earth	7
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/25 words - 2 min
军粮[軍糧]	jun1 liang2	army provisions	11
长期[長期]	chang2 qi1	long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)	1
不利[不利]	bu4 li4	unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental	11
补给[補給]	bu3 ji3	supply; replenishment; to replenish	4
困难[困難]	kun4 nan5	difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation	2
苦苦[苦苦]	ku3 ku3	strenuously; persistently; hard; painful	3
支撑[支撐]	zhi1 cheng1	to prop up; to support; strut; brace	4
时机[時機]	shi2 ji1	fortunate timing; occasion; opportunity	4
班师[班師]	ban1 shi1	to withdraw troops from the front; to return in triumph	20
混杂[混雜]	hun4 za2	to mix; to mingle	1
难免[難免]	nan2 mian3	hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably	8
脱节[脫節]	tuo1 jie2	to come apart	1
灵动[靈動]	ling2 dong4	to be quick-witted	3
麾下[麾下]	hui1 xia4	troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general)	21
措手不及[措手不及]	cuo4 shou3 bu4 ji2	no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared	2
险[險]	xian3	danger; dangerous; rugged	17
偏[偏]	pian1	to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations; left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical	3
厘清[釐清]	li2 qing1	to clarify (the facts); clarification	1
名单[名單]	ming2 dan1	list of names	8
疾[疾]	ji2	sickness; disease; hate; envy; swift	7
请功[請功]	qing3 gong1	to request recognition for sb's merits; to recommend sb for promotion or an award	2
发文[發文]	fa1 wen2	to issue a document; document issued by an authority; outgoing messages; (Internet) to post an article online	1
出兵[出兵]	chu1 bing1	to send troops	9
骚扰[騷擾]	sao1 rao3	to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass	2
调动[調動]	diao4 dong4	to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/50 words - 7 min
需[需]	xu1	to require; to need; to want; necessity; need	12
有所[有所]	you3 suo3	somewhat; to some extent	12
斩首[斬首]	zhan3 shou3	to behead	9
小事[小事]	xiao3 shi4	trifle; trivial matter; CL:點|点[dian3]	5
胡闹[胡鬧]	hu2 nao4	to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble	6
念[念]	nian4	to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)	18
初犯[初犯]	chu1 fan4	first offender; first offense	8
噎[噎]	ye1	to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate	3
晋升[晉升]	jin4 sheng1	to promote to a higher position	1
功过[功過]	gong1 guo4	merits and demerits; contributions and errors	3
相抵[相抵]	xiang1 di3	to balance up; to offset; to counterbalance	3
柳[柳]	liu3	willow	5
知情[知情]	zhi1 qing2	to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation	1
一下子[一下子]	yi1 xia4 zi5	in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden	7
十八[十八]	shi2 ba1	eighteen; 18	22
好玩[好玩]	hao3 wan2	amusing; fun; interesting	2
眼巴巴[眼巴巴]	yan3 ba1 ba1	waiting anxiously; impatient	1
盼[盼]	pan4	to hope for; to long for; to expect	6
婆娘[婆娘]	po2 niang2	woman (derog.)	8
老二[老二]	lao3 er4	second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis	16
转转[轉轉]	zhuan4 zhuan5	to stroll	2
妯娌[妯娌]	zhou2 li5	wives of brothers; sisters-in-law	3
两边[兩邊]	liang3 bian5	either side; both sides	2
多事[多事]	duo1 shi4	meddlesome; eventful	4
独处[獨處]	du2 chu3	to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/75 words - 10 min
瞅[瞅]	chou3	(dialect) to look at	1
低头[低頭]	di1 tou2	to bow the head; to yield; to give in	2
抬头[抬頭]	tai2 tou2	to raise one's head; to gain ground; account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc	1
周到[周到]	zhou1 dao4	thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhou1 dao5]	1
往后[往後]	wang3 hou4	from now on; in the future; time to come	12
一级[一級]	yi1 ji2	first class; category A	1
虽是[雖是]	sui1 shi4	although; even though; even if	1
藩[藩]	fan1	fence; hedge; screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]	97
刀子[刀子]	dao1 zi5	knife; CL:把[ba3]	3
按照[按照]	an4 zhao4	according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of	7
制度[制度]	zhi4 du4	system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]	16
设[設]	she4	to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display	28
左右[左右]	zuo3 you4	left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence	7
前卫[前衛]	qian2 wei4	advanced guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (soccer position)	1
中卫[中衛]	Zhong1 wei4	Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia	1
凡[凡]	fan2	ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale	17
均[均]	jun1	equal; even; all; uniform	5
永[永]	yong3	forever; always; perpetual	4
定制[定製]	ding4 zhi4	custom-made; made-to-order; to have something custom made	3
商议[商議]	shang1 yi4	to negotiate; discussion; proposal	4
专擅[專擅]	zhuan1 shan4	without authorization; to act on one's own initiative	1
失言[失言]	shi1 yan2	slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret	3
霸[霸]	ba4	hegemon; tyrant; lord; feudal chief; to rule by force; to usurp; (in modern advertising) master	2
田产[田產]	tian2 chan3	estate; lands	2
御[禦]	yu4	to defend; to resist	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/100 words - 15 min
不尽[不盡]	bu4 jin4	not completely; endlessly	1
一概[一概]	yi1 gai4	all; without any exceptions; categorically	12
知会[知會]	zhi1 hui4	to inform; to tell; to notify; notification	6
顾[顧]	gu4	to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to	31
慢走[慢走]	man4 zou3	Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care!	5
可否[可否]	ke3 fou3	is it possible or not?	4
番[番]	fan1	foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort	21
好意[好意]	hao3 yi4	good intention; kindness	2
开封[開封]	Kai1 feng1	Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan; old name Bianliang 汴梁	22
探[探]	tan4	to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward	26
联络[聯絡]	lian2 luo4	to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection	5
工部[工部]	Gong1 Bu4	Ministry of Works (in imperial China)	16
堆[堆]	dui1	to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount	2
诛戮[誅戮]	zhu1 lu4	to put to death	3
送礼[送禮]	song4 li3	to give a present	1
污[污]	wu1	dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth	5
保住[保住]	bao3 zhu4	to preserve; to save	5
极[極]	ji2	extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top	14
多亏[多虧]	duo1 kui1	thanks to; luckily	1
姑娘[姑娘]	gu1 niang5	girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]	10
果断[果斷]	guo3 duan4	firm; decisive	1
收场[收場]	shou1 chang3	the end; an ending; to wind down; to conclude	3
把柄[把柄]	ba3 bing3	handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb	1
一一[一一]	yi1 yi1	one by one; one after another	8
开解[開解]	kai1 jie3	to straighten out; to explain; to ease sb's anxiety	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/125 words - 17 min
回事[回事]	hui2 shi4	(old) to report to one's master	6
牵扯[牽扯]	qian1 che3	to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated	7
亏得[虧得]	kui1 de5	fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!	2
想出[想出]	xiang3 chu1	to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc)	1
揽[攬]	lan3	to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass	1
苦[苦]	ku3	bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly	28
算不得[算不得]	suan4 bu4 de2	not count as	3
贪心[貪心]	tan1 xin1	greedy	1
小气[小氣]	xiao3 qi4	stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty	1
女子[女子]	nu:3 zi3	woman; female	6
小人[小人]	xiao3 ren2	person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character	17
相互[相互]	xiang1 hu4	each other; mutual	3
拂[拂]	fu2	to brush away	12
微[微]	wei1	tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]	5
不济[不濟]	bu4 ji4	not good; of no use	3
说说[說說]	shuo1 shuo5	to say sth	24
干杯[乾杯]	gan1 bei1	to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup	7
凡是[凡是]	fan2 shi4	each and every; every; all; any	4
坛[罈]	tan2	earthen jar	4
捞[撈]	lao1	to fish up; to dredge up	3
伙[伙]	huo3	meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2]); variant of 夥|伙[huo3]	1
良心[良心]	liang2 xin1	conscience	3
小小[小小]	xiao3 xiao3	very small; very few; very minor	7
夥[夥]	huo3	many; numerous	2
说得过去[說得過去]	shuo1 de5 guo4 qu4	acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/150 words - 20 min
撂[撂]	liao4	to put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down; to abandon or discard	3
在座[在座]	zai4 zuo4	to be present	1
证[證]	zheng4	certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm; variant of 症[zheng4]	4
稀罕[稀罕]	xi1 han5	rare; uncommon; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xi1 han3]	2
江湖[江湖]	jiang1 hu2	rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld	2
九江[九江]	Jiu3 jiang1	Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi; also Jiujiang county	16
小将[小將]	xiao3 jiang4	(in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age; (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard; (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc)	2
就是说[就是說]	jiu4 shi4 shuo1	in other words; that is	2
公家[公家]	gong1 jia1	the public; the state; society; the public purse	1
世子[世子]	shi4 zi3	crown prince; heir of a noble house	70
少年[少年]	shao4 nian2	early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man	5
发配[發配]	fa1 pei4	to send away to serve a penal sentence	2
念书[念書]	nian4 shu1	to read; to study	1
遍地[遍地]	bian4 di4	everywhere; all over	1
揪[揪]	jiu1	to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull	3
耳朵[耳朵]	er3 duo5	ear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]; handle (on a cup)	10
赵括[趙括]	Zhao4 Kuo4	Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子	3
谡[謖]	su4	composed; rise; to begin	2
仇人[仇人]	chou2 ren2	foe; one's personal enemy	2
用心良苦[用心良苦]	yong4 xin1 liang2 ku3	to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth	1
别扭[彆扭]	bie4 niu5	awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche	4
茬[茬]	cha2	stubble land after crop has been taken; a second crop obtained by rotation of land; an opportunity	1
踢[踢]	ti1	to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)	2
升[升]	sheng1	to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]	18
少将[少將]	shao4 jiang4	major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal	15
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/175 words - 22 min
存[存]	cun2	to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive	6
现下[現下]	xian4 xia4	now; at this moment	1
合营[合營]	he2 ying2	to operate jointly; a joint venture; cooperative	4
张嘴[張嘴]	zhang1 zui3	to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape	4
每人[每人]	mei3 ren2	each person; everybody; per person	3
每日[每日]	mei3 ri4	daily; (soup etc) of the day	8
耗[耗]	hao4	to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally	4
重伤[重傷]	zhong4 shang1	seriously hurt; serious injury	4
不治[不治]	bu4 zhi4	to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help	1
底下[底下]	di3 xia5	the location below sth; afterwards	13
弄错[弄錯]	nong4 cuo4	to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand	1
定然[定然]	ding4 ran2	certainly; of course	6
糙米[糙米]	cao1 mi3	brown rice	1
精米[精米]	jing1 mi3	refined rice	1
算法[算法]	suan4 fa3	arithmetic; algorithm; method of calculation	1
用度[用度]	yong4 du4	expense	2
匿[匿]	ni4	to hide	1
石[石]	shi2	rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	92
饶命[饒命]	rao2 ming4	to spare sb's life	21
猪油[豬油]	zhu1 you2	lard	1
主管[主管]	zhu3 guan3	in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager	2
钱粮[錢糧]	qian2 liang2	land tax; money and grain (given as tax or tribute)	14
虚报[虛報]	xu1 bao4	to misreport; fraudulent report	1
结怨[結怨]	jie2 yuan4	to arouse dislike; to incur hatred	2
弊[弊]	bi4	detriment; fraud; harm; defeat	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/200 words - 25 min
未时[未時]	wei4 shi2	1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	2
上路[上路]	shang4 lu4	to start on a journey; to be on one's way	10
磨叽[磨嘰]	mo4 ji5	(dialect) to dawdle; to waste time; also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5]	1
前往[前往]	qian2 wang3	to leave for; to proceed towards; to go	6
有劳[有勞]	you3 lao2	(polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one)	8
完璧归赵[完璧歸趙]	wan2 bi4 gui1 Zhao4	lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner	1
眉[眉]	mei2	eyebrow; upper margin	1
翠[翠]	cui4	bluish-green; green jade	1
羽[羽]	yu3	feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale	2
肌[肌]	ji1	flesh; muscle	1
白雪[白雪]	bai2 xue3	snow	1
束[束]	shu4	to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control	1
素[素]	su4	raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever	10
齿[齒]	chi3	tooth; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	4
含[含]	han2	to keep; to contain; to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)	1
贝[貝]	bei4	cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)	1
嫣然一笑[嫣然一笑]	yan1 ran2 yi1 xiao4	to smile sweetly	1
惑[惑]	huo4	to confuse; to be puzzled	2
阳城[陽城]	Yang2 cheng2	Yangcheng county in Jincheng 晉城|晋城[Jin4 cheng2], Shanxi	1
迷[迷]	mi2	to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	1
蔡[蔡]	Cai4	surname Cai	2
只不过[只不過]	zhi3 bu5 guo4	only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...	10
了不起[了不起]	liao3 bu5 qi3	amazing; terrific; extraordinary	2
官位[官位]	guan1 wei4	official post	1
死不了[死不了]	si3 bu4 liao3	Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/225 words - 28 min
慎言[慎言]	shen4 yan2	to speak cautiously; to guard one's tongue	10
周旋[周旋]	zhou1 xuan2	to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend	2
再三[再三]	zai4 san1	over and over again; again and again	2
切[切]	qie1	to cut; to slice; tangent (math)	3
切[切]	qie4	definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; close to; eager; to correspond to; see also 反切[fan3 qie4]	3
枝[枝]	zhi1	branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc	5
指望[指望]	zhi3 wang4	to hope for sth; to count on; hope	11
辩解[辯解]	bian4 jie3	to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself	2
亲亲[親親]	qin1 qin1	dear one; to kiss; friendly	2
隐[隱]	yin3	secret; hidden; concealed; (prefix) crypto-	2
孤[孤]	gu1	lone; lonely	95
招致[招致]	zhao1 zhi4	to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc); to incur; to lead to	1
大祸[大禍]	da4 huo4	disaster; calamity	3
连累[連累]	lian2 lei3	to involve; to implicate sb; to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc)	2
亲族[親族]	qin1 zu2	relatives; members of the same family, clan, tribe etc	1
代[代]	dai4	to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon	30
故去[故去]	gu4 qu4	to die; death	2
教训[教訓]	jiao4 xun5	lesson; moral; to chide sb; to lecture sb	13
反[反]	fan3	contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system	11
押[押]	ya1	to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign	6
八十[八十]	ba1 shi2	eighty; 80	15
狠狠[狠狠]	hen3 hen3	resolutely; firmly; ferociously; ruthlessly	2
芙[芙]	fu2	see 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus	5
让开[讓開]	rang4 kai1	to get out of the way; to step aside	19
受刑[受刑]	shou4 xing2	beaten; tortured; executed	1
长孙[長孫]	zhang3 sun1	eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son	29
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/250 words - 30 min
妇人[婦人]	fu4 ren2	married woman	2
慈[慈]	ci2	compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	3
退下[退下]	tui4 xia4	to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down	9
寺[寺]	si4	Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)	25
看一看[看一看]	kan4 yi1 kan4	to have a look	12
扫兴[掃興]	sao3 xing4	to have one's spirits dampened; to feel disappointed	1
阿弥陀佛[阿彌陀佛]	E1 mi2 tuo2 Fo2	Amitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!; merciful Buddha!	16
施主[施主]	shi1 zhu3	benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson); donor (semiconductor)	6
大师[大師]	da4 shi1	great master; master	118
师兄[師兄]	shi1 xiong1	senior male fellow student or apprentice; son (older than oneself) of one's teacher	1
僧[僧]	seng1	monk; Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order	4
敕封[敕封]	chi4 feng1	to appoint sb to a post or confer a title on sb by imperial order	2
并非[並非]	bing4 fei1	really isn't	6
佛寺[佛寺]	Fo2 si4	Buddhist temple	1
可比[可比]	ke3 bi3	comparable	8
从不[從不]	cong2 bu4	never	2
接收[接收]	jie1 shou1	reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate	1
和尚[和尚]	he2 shang5	Buddhist monk	21
释[釋]	shi4	to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism	3
门口[門口]	men2 kou3	doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
南开[南開]	Nan2 kai1	Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]	1
佛[佛]	Fo2	Buddha; Buddhism	5
通融[通融]	tong1 rong2	flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan	2
当今[當今]	dang1 jin1	current; present; now; nowadays	7
御赐[御賜]	yu4 ci4	to be bestowed, conferred, or granted by the emperor	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/275 words - 32 min
亵渎[褻瀆]	xie4 du2	to blaspheme; to profane	1
老头子[老頭子]	lao3 tou2 zi5	(coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man	1
作践[作踐]	zuo4 jian4	to ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade; to ruin; also pr. [zuo2 jian4]	1
死去[死去]	si3 qu4	to die	2
华[華]	hua2	magnificent; splendid; flowery	6
云龙[雲龍]	Yun2 long2	Yunlong district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu; Yunlong county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan	2
多半[多半]	duo1 ban4	most; mostly; most likely	1
长兴[長興]	Chang2 xing1	Changxing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang	22
奉上[奉上]	feng4 shang4	to offer	1
食[食]	shi2	to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse	19
禄[祿]	lu4	good fortune; official salary	5
次之[次之]	ci4 zhi1	second (in a competition); occupying second place	1
计算[計算]	ji4 suan4	to count; to calculate; to compute; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
折算[折算]	zhe2 suan4	to convert (between currencies)	1
值[值]	zhi2	value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty	5
搭[搭]	da1	to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡[da1]	4
裹[裹]	guo3	to bind; to wrap; a bundle; a parcel	1
嚼[嚼]	jiao2	to chew; also pr. [jue2]	2
追究[追究]	zhui1 jiu1	to investigate; to look into	3
丧[喪]	sang1	mourning; funeral; (old) corpse	12
丧[喪]	sang4	to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged	12
嫁娶[嫁娶]	jia4 qu3	marriage	2
聘金[聘金]	pin4 jin1	betrothal money (given to the bride's family)	1
涂[塗]	tu2	to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street	2
行动[行動]	xing2 dong4	operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile	1
案子[案子]	an4 zi5	long table; counter; case; law case; legal case; judicial case	27
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/300 words - 36 min
眉目[眉目]	mei2 mu4	general facial appearance; features; arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing); rough sketch or general idea of things	1
眉目[眉目]	mei2 mu5	progress; prospect of solution; sign of positive outcome	1
过年[過年]	guo4 nian2	to celebrate the Chinese New Year	2
绘[繪]	hui4	to draw; to paint	1
影[影]	ying3	picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace	1
图形[圖形]	tu2 xing2	picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical	1
嫌犯[嫌犯]	xian2 fan4	criminal suspect	1
圆[圓]	yuan2	circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)	3
扁[扁]	bian3	flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up; old variant of 匾[bian3]	1
臬台[臬臺]	nie4 tai2	provincial judge (in imperial China)	1
衙门[衙門]	ya2 men5	government office in feudal China; yamen	20
丹青[丹青]	dan1 qing1	painting	1
目[目]	mu4	eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	10
上下[上下]	shang4 xia4	up and down; top and bottom; old and new; length; about	10
中等[中等]	zhong1 deng3	medium	2
身材[身材]	shen1 cai2	stature; build (height and weight); figure	1
邓州[鄧州]	Deng4 zhou1	Dengzhou county level city in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[Nan2 yang2], Henan	1
口音[口音]	kou3 yin5	voice; accent	1
捕[捕]	bu3	to catch; to seize; to capture	5
文书[文書]	wen2 shu1	document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat	4
回头[回頭]	hui2 tou2	to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by	2
认字[認字]	ren4 zi4	literate; knowing how to read	2
衲[衲]	na4	cassock; to line	34
厢[廂]	xiang1	box (in theater); side room; side	1
证物[證物]	zheng4 wu4	exhibit (law)	1
贫僧[貧僧]	pin2 seng1	poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/325 words - 37 min
观[觀]	guan1	to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook	9
学生[學生]	xue2 sheng5	student; schoolchild	42
这天[這天]	zhe4 tian1	today; this day	14
得罪[得罪]	de2 zui5	to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 得罪[de2 zui4]	11
例子[例子]	li4 zi5	case; (for) instance; example; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
好比[好比]	hao3 bi3	to be just like; can be compared to	1
说出[說出]	shuo1 chu1	to speak out; to declare (one's view)	4
租[租]	zu1	to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax	3
至多[至多]	zhi4 duo1	up to the maximum; upper limit; at most	4
骑马[騎馬]	qi2 ma3	to ride a horse	18
驾车[駕車]	jia4 che1	to drive a vehicle	1
下马[下馬]	xia4 ma3	to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)	3
老爷子[老爺子]	lao3 ye2 zi5	my (you etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male	1
出身[出身]	chu1 shen1	to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin	9
好不容易[好不容易]	hao3 bu4 rong2 yi4	with great difficulty; very difficult	4
攒[攢]	zan3	to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save	2
家底[家底]	jia1 di3	family property; patrimony	3
子孙[子孫]	zi3 sun1	offspring; posterity	12
不肖[不肖]	bu4 xiao4	(literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy	2
败落[敗落]	bai4 luo4	(of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated; run-down; (of plants) to wilt	1
布[布]	bu4	cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known	27
何[何]	he2	what; how; why; which; carry	69
润[潤]	run4	to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; moist; glossy; sleek	2
一会儿[一會兒]	yi1 hui4 r5	a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]	15
人事[人事]	ren2 shi4	personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/350 words - 39 min
一方[一方]	yi1 fang1	a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region	3
久等[久等]	jiu3 deng3	to wait for a long time	3
先行[先行]	xian1 xing2	to precede others; in advance	10
告辞[告辭]	gao4 ci2	to say goodbye; to take one's leave	8
情形[情形]	qing2 xing5	circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
暗[暗]	an4	dark; gloomy; hidden; secret; muddled; obscure; in the dark	5
盘查[盤查]	pan2 cha2	to interrogate; to question (at a roadblock)	1
遇见[遇見]	yu4 jian4	to meet	2
国族[國族]	guo2 zu2	people of a country; nation	1
尾巴[尾巴]	wei3 ba5	tail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]	1
显眼[顯眼]	xian3 yan3	conspicuous; eye-catching; glamorous	1
贴[貼]	tie1	to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip	6
公文[公文]	gong1 wen2	document	3
探子[探子]	tan4 zi5	intelligence gatherer; spy; detective; scout; sound (medical instrument); long and narrow probing and sampling utensil	9
地盘[地盤]	di4 pan2	domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth	1
稳妥[穩妥]	wen3 tuo3	dependable	1
节外生枝[節外生枝]	jie2 wai4 sheng1 zhi1	a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising	2
越[越]	yue4	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more	15
市[市]	shi4	market; city; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
大白天[大白天]	da4 bai2 tian1	broad daylight	2
弟子[弟子]	di4 zi3	disciple; follower	7
法号[法號]	fa3 hao4	name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery)	2
昊[昊]	hao4	vast and limitless; the vast sky	3
嫡传[嫡傳]	di2 chuan2	handed down in a direct line from the founder	1
哑巴[啞巴]	ya3 ba5	mute; muted; a dumb person; to be dumb	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/375 words - 41 min
昔日[昔日]	xi1 ri4	formerly; in olden days	7
慧[慧]	hui4	intelligent	1
迷人[迷人]	mi2 ren2	fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting	1
是非[是非]	shi4 fei1	right and wrong; quarrel	4
长短[長短]	chang2 duan3	length; duration; accident; right and wrong; good and bad; long and short	1
好恶[好惡]	hao4 wu4	lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste	1
悖[悖]	bei4	to go against; to be contrary to; perverse; rebellious	4
净[淨]	jing4	clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role	12
障[障]	zhang4	to block; to hinder; to obstruct	1
了却[了卻]	liao3 que4	to resolve; to settle	1
孽[孽]	nie4	son born of a concubine; disaster; sin; evil	4
何况[何況]	he2 kuang4	let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more	17
专心[專心]	zhuan1 xin1	to concentrate; absorption; concentration; engrossed	1
唇齿[唇齒]	chun2 chi3	lit. lips and teeth (idiom); fig. close partners; interdependent	1
真理[真理]	zhen1 li3	truth; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
受教[受教]	shou4 jiao4	to receive instruction; to benefit from advice	11
诵经[誦經]	song4 jing1	to chant the sutras	2
念佛[念佛]	nian4 fo2	to pray to Buddha; to chant the names of Buddha	1
早饭[早飯]	zao3 fan4	breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]	2
屋子[屋子]	wu1 zi5	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]	1
臭屁[臭屁]	chou4 pi4	(coll.) self-important; puffed up	1
正经[正經]	zheng4 jing1	decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards	1
赖[賴]	lai4	to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on	3
呗[唄]	bei5	modal particle indicating indicating lack of enthusiasm; modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way	6
进京[進京]	jin4 Jing1	to enter the capital; to go to Beijing	12
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep05/388 words - 42 min
师徒[師徒]	shi1 tu2	master and disciple	1
世道[世道]	shi4 dao4	the ways of the world; the morals of the time	2
宣布[宣布]	xuan1 bu4	to declare; to announce; to proclaim	4
接风[接風]	jie1 feng1	to hold a welcoming dinner or reception	2
尘[塵]	chen2	dust; dirt; earth	3
严守[嚴守]	yan2 shou3	to strictly maintain	1
长出[長出]	zhang3 chu1	to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)	1
翅膀[翅膀]	chi4 bang3	wing; CL:個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]	1
非同小可[非同小可]	fei1 tong2 xiao3 ke3	extremely important; no small matter	1
贵人[貴人]	gui4 ren2	nobility; person of high rank	5
差池[差池]	cha1 chi2	mistake; error; mishap	3
检校[檢校]	jian3 jiao4	to check; to verify; to proof-read	13
丰[豐]	feng1	abundant; plentiful; fertile; plump; great	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/25 words - 5 min
回禀[回稟]	hui2 bing3	to report back to one's superior	5
一同[一同]	yi1 tong2	along; together	4
赴宴[赴宴]	fu4 yan4	to attend a banquet	2
请帖[請帖]	qing3 tie3	invitation card; written invitation	2
无人[無人]	wu2 ren2	unmanned; uninhabited	5
主持[主持]	zhu3 chi2	to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor	18
平起平坐[平起平坐]	ping2 qi3 ping2 zuo4	to be on an equal footing	1
远房[遠房]	yuan3 fang2	distantly related; a distant relative	1
钟[鐘]	zhong1	clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell; CL:架[jia4],座[zuo4]	2
喧哗[喧嘩]	xuan1 hua2	hubbub; clamor; to make a racket	1
明令[明令]	ming2 ling4	to decree	2
驿[驛]	yi4	post horse; relay station	6
馆[館]	guan3	building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]	4
晚辈[晚輩]	wan3 bei4	the younger generation; those who come after	3
担[擔]	dan1	to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility	11
英雄[英雄]	ying1 xiong2	hero; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
霍[霍]	huo4	suddenly	1
冠军[冠軍]	guan4 jun1	champion; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
绢[絹]	juan4	thin, tough silk fabric	1
铉[鉉]	xuan4	stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron; commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"	59
身价[身價]	shen1 jia4	social status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc); worth; value (of stocks, valuables etc)	1
玉佩[玉佩]	yu4 pei4	jade pendant; jade ornament	7
酒钱[酒錢]	jiu3 qian2	tip	1
良辰美景[良辰美景]	liang2 chen2 mei3 jing3	fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely	2
切莫[切莫]	qie4 mo4	you must not; Please don't...; be sure not to; on no account (do it)	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/50 words - 8 min
徒[徒]	tu2	disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare or empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence	10
糖葫芦[糖葫蘆]	tang2 hu2 lu5	sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick; tanghulu	1
冰糖葫芦[冰糖葫蘆]	bing1 tang2 hu2 lu5	tanghulu; candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack	2
夜市[夜市]	ye4 shi4	night market	1
大街[大街]	da4 jie1	street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
热闹[熱鬧]	re4 nao5	bustling with noise and excitement; lively	6
往前[往前]	wang3 qian2	to move forwards	2
拐[拐]	guai3	to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; walking stick; crutch; seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1])	1
街[街]	jie1	street; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
旁人[旁人]	pang2 ren2	other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders	4
而言[而言]	er2 yan2	with regard to (preceding phrase)	2
北京[北京]	Bei3 jing1	Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government	24
此地[此地]	ci3 di4	here; this place	7
祖父[祖父]	zu3 fu4	father's father; paternal grandfather	65
罕[罕]	han3	rare	3
帖木儿[帖木兒]	Tie1 mu4 er2	Timur or Tamerlane (1336-1405), Mongol emperor and conqueror	2
驻节[駐節]	zhu4 jie2	resident; permanently stationed	2
一点一滴[一點一滴]	yi1 dian3 yi1 di1	bit by bit; every little bit	1
草[草]	cao3	grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]	7
敬[敬]	jing4	to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	18
即使[即使]	ji2 shi3	even if; even though	6
献[獻]	xian4	to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)	8
烦请[煩請]	fan2 qing3	(courteous) would you please ...	7
通报[通報]	tong1 bao4	to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal	3
说道[說道]	shuo1 dao4	to state; to say (the quoted words)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/75 words - 9 min
衍[衍]	yan3	to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous	13
正要[正要]	zheng4 yao4	to be just about to; to be on the point of	1
酒宴[酒宴]	jiu3 yan4	feast; repose	3
花销[花銷]	hua1 xiao1	to spend (money); expenses	1
俸禄[俸祿]	feng4 lu4	official's salary (in feudal times)	12
帑[帑]	tang3	state treasury; public funds	2
喝醉[喝醉]	he1 zui4	to get drunk	1
刑[刑]	xing2	punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment	21
纠[糾]	jiu1	to gather together; to investigate; to entangle; to correct	11
劾[劾]	he2	to impeach	13
风纪[風紀]	feng1 ji4	standard of behavior; moral standards; discipline	1
职责[職責]	zhi2 ze2	duty; responsibility; obligation	2
所在[所在]	suo3 zai4	place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located	9
家父[家父]	jia1 fu4	(polite) my father	4
嘱咐[囑咐]	zhu3 fu4	to tell; to exhort; injunction	1
开封府[開封府]	Kai1 feng1 fu3	Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty	1
属吏[屬吏]	shu3 li4	(old) subordinate; underling	2
旧部[舊部]	jiu4 bu4	one's former subordinates	5
务必[務必]	wu4 bi4	must; to need to; to be sure to	5
探望[探望]	tan4 wang4	to visit; to call on sb; to look around	4
设在[設在]	she4 zai4	located at; set up in a particular location	4
衙[衙]	ya2	office; yamen 衙門|衙门	14
资费[資費]	zi1 fei4	(postal, telecom etc) service charge	1
无关[無關]	wu2 guan1	unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)	5
使得[使得]	shi3 de5	usable; workable; feasible; doable; to make; to cause	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/100 words - 16 min
孙[孫]	sun1	grandson; descendant	143
客人[客人]	ke4 ren2	visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]	2
点心[點心]	dian3 xin5	light refreshments; pastry; dimsum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert	1
垫[墊]	dian4	pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money)	2
饥[饑]	ji1	variant of 飢|饥[ji1]	4
对了[對了]	dui4 le5	Correct!; Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way, ...	2
化缘[化緣]	hua4 yuan2	(of a monk) to beg	1
有两下子[有兩下子]	you3 liang3 xia4 zi5	to have real skill; to know one's stuff	1
舞[舞]	wu3	to dance; to wield; to brandish	3
看不懂[看不懂]	kan4 bu5 dong3	unable to make sense of what one is looking at	1
胭脂[胭脂]	yan1 zhi1	rouge	1
沙弥[沙彌]	sha1 mi2	novice Buddhist monk	2
色目[色目]	Se4 mu4	Semu	1
名刺[名刺]	ming2 ci4	visiting card; name card	1
唯独[唯獨]	wei2 du2	only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique	3
振[振]	zhen4	to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself	2
恭候[恭候]	gong1 hou4	to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully	1
硬[硬]	ying4	hard; stiff; strong; firm; resolutely; doggedly; good (quality); able (person)	3
前厅[前廳]	qian2 ting1	anteroom; vestibule; lobby (of a hotel etc)	1
等候[等候]	deng3 hou4	to wait; to wait for	2
帖子[帖子]	tie3 zi5	card; invitation; message; (forum) post	1
临[臨]	lin2	to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	8
毛[毛]	mao2	hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])	5
躁[躁]	zao4	hot-tempered; impatient	4
何干[何干]	he2 gan1	what business?	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/125 words - 20 min
要不[要不]	yao4 bu4	otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...)	7
凤[鳳]	feng4	phoenix	2
冠[冠]	guan1	hat; crown; crest; cap	5
霞[霞]	xia2	rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset	1
帔[帔]	pei4	cape	1
杀人[殺人]	sha1 ren2	homicide; to murder; to kill (a person)	6
厨房[廚房]	chu2 fang2	kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]	3
胃口[胃口]	wei4 kou3	appetite; liking	1
师傅[師傅]	shi1 fu5	master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	5
颂[頌]	song4	ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)	2
劳[勞]	lao2	to toil; labor; laborer; to put sb to trouble (of doing sth); meritorious deed; to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)	12
可知[可知]	ke3 zhi1	evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable	4
疾苦[疾苦]	ji2 ku3	pain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)	4
凤阳[鳳陽]	Feng4 yang2	Fengyang county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui	82
花鼓[花鼓]	hua1 gu3	flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum; folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze; (bicycle wheel) hub	1
词[詞]	ci2	word; statement; speech; lyrics; CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2]; CL:首[shou3]	2
荒[荒]	huang1	desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect	4
国子监[國子監]	Guo2 zi3 jian4	Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in imperial China	3
年前[年前]	nian2 qian2	before the end of the year; before the new year	17
同侪[同儕]	tong2 chai2	peer; member of the same class, generation or social group	3
奉命[奉命]	feng4 ming4	to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders	2
实习[實習]	shi2 xi2	to practice; field work; to intern; internship	1
历[曆]	li4	calendar	3
所见所闻[所見所聞]	suo3 jian4 suo3 wen2	what one hears and sees (idiom)	1
触目惊心[觸目驚心]	chu4 mu4 jing1 xin1	lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/150 words - 21 min
伯爵[伯爵]	bo2 jue2	earl; count; earldom or countship (old)	2
定数[定數]	ding4 shu4	constant (math.); quota; fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus); fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck); destiny	1
然[然]	ran2	correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly	18
亲眼[親眼]	qin1 yan3	with one's own eyes; personally	4
奴仆[奴僕]	nu2 pu2	servant	2
倚[倚]	yi3	to lean on; to rely upon	1
势[勢]	shi4	power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals	7
据[據]	ju4	according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy	4
产[產]	chan3	to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property	3
不满[不滿]	bu4 man3	resentful; discontented; dissatisfied	2
鞭笞[鞭笞]	bian1 chi1	to flog; to lash; to whip; to urge or goad along	1
毁[毀]	hui3	to destroy; to damage; to ruin; to defame; to slander	4
各地[各地]	ge4 di4	in all parts of (a country); various regions	16
高年[高年]	gao1 nian2	old; aged	1
公正[公正]	gong1 zheng4	just; fair; equitable	1
任事[任事]	ren4 shi4	appointment to an important post	1
且[且]	qie3	and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)	16
乡里[鄉里]	xiang1 li3	one's home town or village	5
本乡[本鄉]	ben3 xiang1	home village; one's native place	2
民众[民眾]	min2 zhong4	populace; masses; the people	1
举发[舉發]	ju3 fa1	to expose (e.g., wrongdoing); to accuse (in court); to impeach; to denounce	9
家丁[家丁]	jia1 ding1	(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc	2
拦路[攔路]	lan2 lu4	to block sb's path; to waylay	1
截[截]	jie2	to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length	4
横[橫]	heng2	horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/175 words - 26 min
途[途]	tu2	way; route; road	4
不知凡几[不知凡幾]	bu4 zhi1 fan2 ji3	one can't tell how many; numerous similar cases	1
不忍[不忍]	bu4 ren3	cannot bear to; disturbed	4
荼毒[荼毒]	tu2 du2	torment; cruelty; great suffering	1
相约[相約]	xiang1 yue1	to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment	1
诬[誣]	wu1	to accuse falsely	1
捕杀[捕殺]	bu3 sha1	to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)	3
无奈[無奈]	wu2 nai4	helpless; without choice; for lack of better option; grudgingly; willy-nilly; nolens volens; abbr. for 無可奈何|无可奈何[wu2 ke3 nai4 he2]	1
只得[只得]	zhi3 de2	to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to	1
扮[扮]	ban4	to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression)	2
乞讨[乞討]	qi3 tao3	to beg; to go begging	1
苍天[蒼天]	cang1 tian1	firmament	1
数百[數百]	shu4 bai3	several hundred	3
签字[簽字]	qian1 zi4	to sign (one's name); signature	2
画押[畫押]	hua4 ya1	to sign; to make one's mark	2
诉状[訴狀]	su4 zhuang4	indictment; plea; complaint	1
涉嫌[涉嫌]	she4 xian2	to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of	1
人证[人證]	ren2 zheng4	witness testimony	3
人犯[人犯]	ren2 fan4	criminal; culprit; suspect (old)	3
好生[好生]	hao3 sheng1	(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly	3
差错[差錯]	cha1 cuo4	mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap	2
废话[廢話]	fei4 hua4	nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)	3
实诚[實誠]	shi2 cheng2	sincere; honest	1
汉子[漢子]	han4 zi5	man; fellow; (dialect) husband	6
编入[編入]	bian1 ru4	to include (in a list etc); to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/200 words - 31 min
打探[打探]	da3 tan4	to make discreet inquiries; to scout out	11
引见[引見]	yin3 jian4	to introduce (sb); (esp.) to present to the emperor	1
撞见[撞見]	zhuang4 jian4	to meet by accident	2
僧人[僧人]	seng1 ren2	monk	3
太过[太過]	tai4 guo4	excessively; too	8
势利[勢利]	shi4 li4	snobbish	1
同行[同行]	tong2 hang2	person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry	2
破烂[破爛]	po4 lan4	worn-out; rotten; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; rubbish; junk	1
烂[爛]	lan4	soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad	4
功课[功課]	gong1 ke4	homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study; CL:門|门[men2]	3
落下[落下]	luo4 xia4	to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)	2
乱跑[亂跑]	luan4 pao3	to run around all over the place	2
读书[讀書]	du2 shu1	to read a book; to study; to attend school	27
野[野]	ye3	field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral	4
逃课[逃課]	tao2 ke4	to skip class	3
插手[插手]	cha1 shou3	to get involved in; to meddle; interference	1
丢人[丟人]	diu1 ren2	to lose face	2
过门[過門]	guo4 men2	to pass through a doorway; (of a woman) to marry; orchestral music interlude in an opera	3
大名鼎鼎[大名鼎鼎]	da4 ming2 ding3 ding3	grand reputation; renowned; famous	1
起头[起頭]	qi3 tou2	to start; at first; beginning	1
万无一失[萬無一失]	wan4 wu2 yi1 shi1	surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)	4
员[員]	yuan2	person; employee; member	10
眼皮子[眼皮子]	yan3 pi2 zi5	eyelid	2
活人[活人]	huo2 ren2	living person	2
息怒[息怒]	xi1 nu4	to calm down; to quell one's anger	20
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/225 words - 33 min
至此[至此]	zhi4 ci3	up until now; so far	5
补救[補救]	bu3 jiu4	to remedy	1
小儿[小兒]	xiao3 er2	young child; (humble) my son	4
看管[看管]	kan1 guan3	to look after	3
休[休]	xiu1	to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't	3
心思[心思]	xin1 si5	mind; thoughts; inclination; mood	19
令郎[令郎]	ling4 lang2	your esteemed son (honorific)	4
一层[一層]	yi1 ceng2	layer	3
抵[抵]	di3	to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to equal; to balance; to make up for; to mortgage; to arrive at; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)	4
谢罪[謝罪]	xie4 zui4	to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault	2
门生[門生]	men2 sheng1	disciple; student (of a famous master)	4
辜[辜]	gu1	crime; sin	2
勾结[勾結]	gou1 jie2	to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with	1
登[登]	deng1	to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)	7
鼓[鼓]	gu3	drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell	3
易[易]	yi4	easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"	7
虐[虐]	nu:e4	oppressive; tyrannical	3
上天[上天]	shang4 tian1	Heaven; Providence; God; the day before; the sky above; to fly to the sky; to take off and fly into space; to die; to pass away	5
欺[欺]	qi1	to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat	6
不能不[不能不]	bu4 neng2 bu4	have to; cannot but	7
何以[何以]	he2 yi3	(literary) why; how	6
万民[萬民]	wan4 min2	all the people	1
前朝[前朝]	qian2 chao2	the previous dynasty	7
斋[齋]	zhai1	to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)	1
耗子[耗子]	hao4 zi5	(dialect) mouse; rat	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/250 words - 35 min
猫[貓]	mao1	cat; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem	1
吃素[吃素]	chi1 su4	to be a vegetarian	1
大理[大理]	da4 li3	judicial officer; justice of the peace (old)	5
口渴[口渴]	kou3 ke3	thirsty	1
心急[心急]	xin1 ji2	anxious; impatient	3
爷[爺]	ye2	grandpa; old gentleman	23
开国[開國]	kai1 guo2	to found a state; to open a closed country	17
邓[鄧]	Deng4	surname Deng	1
愈[愈]	yu4	the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better	1
几乎[幾乎]	ji1 hu1	almost; nearly; practically	3
全都[全都]	quan2 dou1	all; without exception	17
建国[建國]	jian4 guo2	to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949	1
以来[以來]	yi3 lai2	since (a previous event)	27
文章[文章]	wen2 zhang1	article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]	14
战场[戰場]	zhan4 chang3	battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
凶险[兇險]	xiong1 xian3	dangerous; ruthless; treacherous	5
舍不得[捨不得]	she3 bu5 de5	to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge	8
游水[游水]	you2 shui3	to swim	1
打死[打死]	da3 si3	to kill; to beat to death	3
踹[踹]	chuai4	to kick; to trample; to tread on	1
水塘[水塘]	shui3 tang2	pool	1
淹[淹]	yan1	to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay	1
半死[半死]	ban4 si3	half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb	1
倚重[倚重]	yi3 zhong4	to rely heavily upon	2
应对[應對]	ying4 dui4	response; to answer; to reply	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/275 words - 41 min
误打误撞[誤打誤撞]	wu4 da3 wu4 zhuang4	accidentally; to act before thinking	1
掀起[掀起]	xian1 qi3	to lift; to raise in height; to begin; upsurge; to set off (a campaign)	1
到家[到家]	dao4 jia1	perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree	1
匕首[匕首]	bi3 shou3	dagger	1
收下[收下]	shou1 xia4	to accept; to receive	2
仇[仇]	chou2	hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)	4
赠[贈]	zeng4	to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)	3
台阶[臺階]	tai2 jie1	steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)	3
长处[長處]	chang2 chu4	good aspects; strong points	2
老婆[老婆]	lao3 po2	(coll.) wife	1
良辰吉日[良辰吉日]	liang2 chen2 ji2 ri4	fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity	1
亲口[親口]	qin1 kou3	one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally	5
风光[風光]	feng1 guang1	scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect)	4
媒妁[媒妁]	mei2 shuo4	matchmaker; go-between (marital)	1
戴上[戴上]	dai4 shang5	to put on (hat etc)	1
王家[王家]	wang2 jia1	princely	2
人才[人才]	ren2 cai2	talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks	10
世间[世間]	shi4 jian1	world; earth	3
罕有[罕有]	han3 you3	to rarely have; rare	1
容貌[容貌]	rong2 mao4	one's appearance; one's aspect; looks; features	2
胜过[勝過]	sheng4 guo4	to excel; to surpass	1
十倍[十倍]	shi2 bei4	tenfold; ten times (sth)	4
作为[作為]	zuo4 wei2	one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be	9
子女[子女]	zi3 nu:3	children; sons and daughters	2
宁国[寧國]	Ning2 guo2	Ningguo county level city in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1 cheng2], Anhui	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep06/284 words - 42 min
焉[焉]	yan1	where; how	6
叟[叟]	sou3	old gentleman; old man	1
猪[豬]	zhu1	hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]	3
脑子[腦子]	nao3 zi5	brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
歇[歇]	xie1	to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while	18
课[課]	ke4	subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination	1
天天[天天]	tian1 tian1	every day	3
顶嘴[頂嘴]	ding3 zui3	to talk back; to answer back	1
孔圣人[孔聖人]	Kong3 sheng4 ren2	the Sage Confucius	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/25 words - 10 min
打交道[打交道]	da3 jiao1 dao4	to come into contact with; to have dealings	1
猜中[猜中]	cai1 zhong4	to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer	1
较量[較量]	jiao4 liang4	to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble	2
马术[馬術]	ma3 shu4	equestrianism; horsemanship	2
大夥[大夥]	da4 huo3	variant of 大伙[da4 huo3]	1
妹[妹]	mei4	younger sister	14
规定[規定]	gui1 ding4	provision; to fix; to set; to formulate; to stipulate; to provide; regulation; rule; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
圈[圈]	quan1	circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to surround; to circle	13
追上[追上]	zhui1 shang4	to overtake	1
骑术[騎術]	qi2 shu4	equestrianism; horsemanship	1
心服口服[心服口服]	xin1 fu2 kou3 fu2	to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over	2
娆[嬈]	rao2	graceful	3
一来[一來]	yi1 lai2	firstly, ...	4
二来[二來]	er4 lai2	secondly, ...	1
圣[聖]	sheng4	holy; sacred; saint; sage	18
胸襟[胸襟]	xiong1 jin1	lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision	2
说辞[說辭]	shuo1 ci2	excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments	1
错爱[錯愛]	cuo4 ai4	misplaced kindness; humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.	2
出入[出入]	chu1 ru4	to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent	6
不便[不便]	bu4 bian4	inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash	8
代劳[代勞]	dai4 lao2	to do sth in place of sb else	1
开蒙[開蒙]	kai1 meng2	(old) (of a child) to begin schooling	4
宵[宵]	xiao1	night	3
使者[使者]	shi3 zhe3	emissary; envoy	11
算数[算數]	suan4 shu4	to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/50 words - 14 min
长女[長女]	zhang3 nu:3	eldest daughter	3
筹备[籌備]	chou2 bei4	preparations; to get ready for sth	1
之中[之中]	zhi1 zhong1	inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during	9
善待[善待]	shan4 dai4	to treat well	3
羁[羈]	ji1	bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn	3
縻[縻]	mi2	to tie up	3
平息[平息]	ping2 xi1	to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress	1
十有八九[十有八九]	shi2 you3 ba1 jiu3	most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority	1
塌[塌]	ta1	to collapse; to droop; to settle down	2
黄河[黃河]	Huang2 He2	Yellow River or Huang He	2
进城[進城]	jin4 cheng2	to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work)	5
接到[接到]	jie1 dao4	to receive (letter etc)	5
密报[密報]	mi4 bao4	secret report	3
上报[上報]	shang4 bao4	to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter	2
郑[鄭]	Zheng4	Zheng state during the Warring States period; surname Zheng; abbr. for 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]	18
良田[良田]	liang2 tian2	good agricultural land; fertile land	4
证据[證據]	zheng4 ju4	evidence; proof; testimony	6
确凿[確鑿]	que4 zao2	definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [que4 zuo4]	4
鉴[鑒]	jian4	variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]	1
前方[前方]	qian2 fang1	ahead; the front	6
不宜[不宜]	bu4 yi2	not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate	6
骤[驟]	zhou4	sudden; unexpected; abrupt; suddenly; Taiwan pr. [zou4]	2
兴[興]	xing1	to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)	48
兴[興]	xing4	feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement	48
大狱[大獄]	da4 yu4	jail; prison	3
重大[重大]	zhong4 da4	great; important; major; significant	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/75 words - 17 min
要紧[要緊]	yao4 jin3	important; urgent	9
禀告[稟告]	bing3 gao4	to report (to one's superior)	3
所部[所部]	suo3 bu4	troops under one's command	10
攻势[攻勢]	gong1 shi4	(military) offensive	1
牵制[牽制]	qian1 zhi4	to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)	8
前来[前來]	qian2 lai2	to come (formal); before; previously	11
将领[將領]	jiang4 ling3	high-ranking military officer	33
先锋[先鋒]	xian1 feng1	vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde	4
主子[主子]	zhu3 zi5	Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)	3
手下[手下]	shou3 xia4	under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; to take action	9
精锐[精銳]	jing1 rui4	elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel	12
偏将[偏將]	pian1 jiang4	deputy general	1
绰[綽]	chuo4	generous; ample; wide; spacious; well-off; to grip	5
一句话[一句話]	yi1 ju4 hua4	in a word; in short	9
翌日[翌日]	yi4 ri4	next day	2
所为[所為]	suo3 wei2	what one does; doings	9
数不清[數不清]	shu3 bu4 qing1	countless; innumerable	1
城墙[城牆]	cheng2 qiang2	city wall	8
壮丁[壯丁]	zhuang4 ding1	able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)	1
牲口[牲口]	sheng1 kou5	animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden	2
配种[配種]	pei4 zhong3	to breed; mating	1
放牧[放牧]	fang4 mu4	to graze (livestock); to herd (livestock)	5
杆[桿]	gan3	stick; pole; lever; classifier for long objects such as guns	1
毡子[氈子]	zhan1 zi5	felt (fabric)	2
挤[擠]	ji3	to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/100 words - 23 min
牛奶[牛奶]	niu2 nai3	cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]	1
马驹[馬駒]	ma3 ju1	young horse (colt or filly)	1
动气[動氣]	dong4 qi4	to get angry	1
要好[要好]	yao4 hao3	to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement	2
放手[放手]	fang4 shou3	to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand	4
胆子[膽子]	dan3 zi5	courage; nerve; guts	4
懂得[懂得]	dong3 de5	to understand; to know; to comprehend	3
狡辩[狡辯]	jiao3 bian4	to quibble	1
磕[磕]	ke1	to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)	4
个头[個頭]	ge4 tou2	size; height	2
拜师[拜師]	bai4 shi1	to formally become an apprentice to a master	1
贪玩[貪玩]	tan1 wan2	to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline	1
厌[厭]	yan4	to loathe	1
忧虑[憂慮]	you1 lu:4	to worry; anxiety (about)	2
伤心[傷心]	shang1 xin1	to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt	5
无辜[無辜]	wu2 gu1	innocent; innocence; not guilty (law)	3
侍奉[侍奉]	shi4 feng4	to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs	7
上课[上課]	shang4 ke4	to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class	1
觐[覲]	jin4	(history) to have an audience with the Emperor	5
闷[悶]	men4	bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed	2
御用[御用]	yu4 yong4	for use by the emperor; imperial; (derog.) in the pay of the ruler	1
冰[冰]	bing1	ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine	2
男女[男女]	nan2 nu:3	male-female; male and female	2
有别[有別]	you3 bie2	different; distinct; unequal; variable	3
自重[自重]	zi4 zhong4	to conduct oneself with dignity; to be dignified; deadweight	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/125 words - 26 min
听闻[聽聞]	ting1 wen2	to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard	8
不日[不日]	bu4 ri4	within the next few days; in a few days time	3
老东西[老東西]	lao3 dong1 xi5	(derog.) old fool; old bastard	1
着想[著想]	zhuo2 xiang3	to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]	4
飞扬[飛揚]	fei1 yang2	to rise; to fly upward	1
脱[脫]	tuo1	to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from	9
江山[江山]	jiang1 shan1	rivers and mountains; landscape; country	16
正事[正事]	zheng4 shi4	one's proper business	5
案[案]	an4	(legal) case; incident; record; file; table	38
不值[不值]	bu4 zhi2	not worth	2
及[及]	ji2	and; to reach; up to; in time for	34
极好[極好]	ji2 hao3	fabulous; superb; excellent	8
戳破[戳破]	chuo1 po4	puncture; to expose	1
脓[膿]	nong2	pus	1
疮[瘡]	chuang1	sore; skin ulcer	1
薄[薄]	bo2	meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near	5
惩处[懲處]	cheng2 chu3	to punish; to administer justice	3
绝非[絕非]	jue2 fei1	absolutely not	8
猜忌[猜忌]	cai1 ji4	to be suspicious and jealous of	2
严苛[嚴苛]	yan2 ke1	severe; harsh	1
严惩[嚴懲]	yan2 cheng2	to punish severely	5
难辞其咎[難辭其咎]	nan2 ci2 qi2 jiu4	cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame	1
首相[首相]	shou3 xiang4	prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)	2
伯乐[伯樂]	Bo2 Le4	Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period); a good judge of talent; talent scout	1
计策[計策]	ji4 ce4	stratagem	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/150 words - 27 min
颜面[顏面]	yan2 mian4	face; prestige	2
实则[實則]	shi2 ze2	actually; in fact	3
铺[鋪]	pu1	to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker	5
铺[鋪]	pu4	plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station	5
能干[能幹]	neng2 gan4	capable; competent	5
大用[大用]	da4 yong4	to put sb in powerful position; to empower	2
向来[向來]	xiang4 lai2	always (previously)	4
随意[隨意]	sui2 yi4	as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious	5
学问[學問]	xue2 wen4	learning; knowledge; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
操守[操守]	cao1 shou3	personal integrity	2
礼部[禮部]	Li3 bu4	Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)	11
吏部[吏部]	Li4 bu4	Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)	25
考[考]	kao3	to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father	20
郎中[郎中]	lang2 zhong1	doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful)	6
尚可[尚可]	shang4 ke3	not bad; satisfactory	2
勉为其难[勉為其難]	mian3 wei2 qi2 nan2	to tackle a difficult job (idiom); to do sth reluctantly	1
天地[天地]	tian1 di4	heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity	7
黄[黃]	huang2	yellow; pornographic; to fall through	64
宇宙[宇宙]	yu3 zhou4	universe; cosmos	2
洪[洪]	hong2	flood; big; great	2
盈[盈]	ying2	full; filled; surplus	5
昃[昃]	ze4	afternoon; decline	2
辰[辰]	chen2	5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°	1
宿[宿]	su4	lodge for the night; old; former	10
暑[暑]	shu3	heat; hot weather; summer heat	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/175 words - 32 min
秋收[秋收]	qiu1 shou1	fall harvest; to reap	1
冬[冬]	dong1	winter	6
闰[閏]	run4	intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)	5
阳[陽]	yang2	positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]	3
驰援[馳援]	chi2 yuan2	to rush to the rescue	3
正面[正面]	zheng4 mian4	front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open	3
异动[異動]	yi4 dong4	to shift; to alter; unusual change; abnormal move	2
困守[困守]	kun4 shou3	to stand a siege; trapped in a besieged city	2
周围[周圍]	zhou1 wei2	surroundings; environment; to encompass	13
来回[來回]	lai2 hui2	to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly	2
打转[打轉]	da3 zhuan4	to spin; to rotate; to revolve	1
撤走[撤走]	che4 zou3	to retire; to remove; to withdraw; to evacuate	1
虚张声势[虛張聲勢]	xu1 zhang1 sheng1 shi4	(false) bravado; to bluff	1
上当[上當]	shang4 dang4	taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped	3
坛子[罈子]	tan2 zi5	jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)	1
戏[戲]	xi4	trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]	1
召回[召回]	zhao4 hui2	to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)	6
可喜可贺[可喜可賀]	ke3 xi3 ke3 he4	worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!	3
大胜[大勝]	da4 sheng4	to defeat decisively; to win decisively; great victory; triumph	2
凯旋[凱旋]	kai3 xuan2	to return in triumph; to return victorious	12
贺[賀]	he4	to congratulate	39
虚[虛]	xu1	emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain	10
大小姐[大小姐]	da4 xiao3 jie5	eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty	5
新任[新任]	xin1 ren4	newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office)	4
典[典]	dian3	canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn	15
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/200 words - 37 min
极了[極了]	ji2 le5	extremely; exceedingly	2
按理[按理]	an4 li3	according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally	1
新娘子[新娘子]	xin1 niang2 zi5	see 新娘[xin1 niang2]	1
不合[不合]	bu4 he2	to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out	4
衣[衣]	yi1	clothes; CL:件[jian4]; Kangxi radical 145	112
害羞[害羞]	hai4 xiu1	shy; embarrassed; bashful	1
不久[不久]	bu4 jiu3	not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after	1
操持[操持]	cao1 chi5	to manage; to handle	1
身孕[身孕]	shen1 yun4	pregnancy; pregnant	2
望族[望族]	wang4 zu2	distinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old)	1
有序[有序]	you3 xu4	regular; orderly; successive; in order	2
侧[側]	ce4	the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side	7
静候[靜候]	jing4 hou4	to quietly wait	1
佳[佳]	jia1	beautiful; fine; good	3
音[音]	yin1	sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)	1
克[克]	ke4	to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares	11
捷[捷]	jie2	victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt	19
氛[氛]	fen1	miasma; vapor	2
祲[祲]	jin1	evil force	1
仁德[仁德]	ren2 de2	benevolent integrity; high mindedness	2
包容[包容]	bao1 rong2	to pardon; to forgive; to show tolerance; to contain; to hold; inclusive	2
启奏[啟奏]	qi3 zou4	to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king	8
议事[議事]	yi4 shi4	to discuss official business	6
舟[舟]	zhou1	boat	5
忧[憂]	you1	to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning	12
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/225 words - 40 min
大喜[大喜]	da4 xi3	exultation	3
一时[一時]	yi1 shi2	a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time	22
危言耸听[危言聳聽]	wei1 yan2 song3 ting1	frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds	3
近日[近日]	jin4 ri4	in the past few days; recently; in the last few days	7
一带[一帶]	yi1 dai4	region; district	3
侵吞[侵吞]	qin1 tun1	to annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle	6
顷[頃]	qing3	unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares; a short while; a little while ago; circa. (for approximate dates)	3
嗜[嗜]	shi4	addicted to; fond of; stem corresponding to -phil or -phile	2
妄[妄]	wang4	absurd; fantastic; presumptuous; rash	9
法度[法度]	fa3 du4	(a) law	9
婢[婢]	bi4	slave girl; maid servant	4
废[廢]	fei4	to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste	14
怨声载道[怨聲載道]	yuan4 sheng1 zai4 dao4	lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced	2
汉武帝[漢武帝]	Han4 Wu3 di4	Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)	4
独夫[獨夫]	du2 fu1	sole ruler; dictator	4
用不着[用不著]	yong4 bu5 zhao2	not need; have no use for	4
偃[偃]	yan3	to lie supine; to stop; to fall down	8
言重[言重]	yan2 zhong4	to speak seriously; to exaggerate	3
此次[此次]	ci3 ci4	this time	25
知遇之恩[知遇之恩]	zhi1 yu4 zhi1 en1	lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection	1
西文[西文]	Xi1 wen2	Spanish; Western language; foreign languages (in Qing times)	4
体面[體面]	ti3 mian4	dignity; face (as in "losing face"); honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable	2
出路[出路]	chu1 lu4	a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)	1
坊间[坊間]	fang1 jian1	street stalls; bookshops; in the streets	6
风传[風傳]	feng1 chuan2	it is rumored that	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep07/243 words - 42 min
沙[沙]	sha1	granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia	1
弥[彌]	mi2	full; to fill; completely; more	2
带回[帶回]	dai4 hui2	to bring back	2
祈福[祈福]	qi2 fu2	to pray for blessings	10
祈求[祈求]	qi2 qiu2	to pray for; to appeal	1
国泰民安[國泰民安]	guo2 tai4 min2 an1	the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity	1
太平[太平]	tai4 ping2	peace and security	5
再生[再生]	zai4 sheng1	to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration	3
事端[事端]	shi4 duan1	disturbance; incident	1
娶亲[娶親]	qu3 qin1	to take a wife	4
好笑[好笑]	hao3 xiao4	laughable; funny; ridiculous	3
略知一二[略知一二]	lu:e4 zhi1 yi1 er4	slight knowledge of sth; to know very little about a subject; a smattering	4
绝不[絕不]	jue2 bu4	in no way; not in the least; absolutely not	17
池[池]	chi2	pond; reservoir; moat	4
胎[胎]	tai1	fetus; litter; tire; abbr. of 輪胎|轮胎	2
笨[笨]	ben4	stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy	3
习[習]	xi2	to practice; to study; habit	11
饿死[餓死]	e4 si3	to starve to death; to be very hungry	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/25 words - 8 min
精明强干[精明強幹]	jing1 ming2 qiang2 gan4	intelligent and capable (idiom)	1
堪[堪]	kan1	to endure; may; can	2
继承人[繼承人]	ji4 cheng2 ren2	heir; successor	1
家族[家族]	jia1 zu2	family; clan	3
宿命[宿命]	su4 ming4	predestination; karma	1
来信[來信]	lai2 xin4	incoming letter; send a letter here	3
不再[不再]	bu4 zai4	no more; no longer	7
尤其[尤其]	you2 qi2	especially; particularly	2
妮子[妮子]	ni1 zi5	(coll.) lass; (dialect) little girl	1
来访[來訪]	lai2 fang3	to pay a visit	1
指明[指明]	zhi3 ming2	to show clearly; to designate; to indicate	1
扇[扇]	shan1	to fan; to slap sb on the face	1
扇[扇]	shan4	fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc	1
屏风[屏風]	ping2 feng1	screen	1
阖[闔]	he2	door; to close; whole	5
外传[外傳]	wai4 chuan2	to tell others (a secret); to divulge to an outsider; to be rumored	3
外传[外傳]	wai4 zhuan4	unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)	3
欺人太甚[欺人太甚]	qi1 ren2 tai4 shen4	to bully intolerably (idiom)	1
大度[大度]	da4 du4	magnanimous; generous (in spirit)	1
口气[口氣]	kou3 qi4	tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone	4
鞭[鞭]	bian1	whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)	8
十三[十三]	shi2 san1	thirteen; 13	19
住嘴[住嘴]	zhu4 zui3	to hold one's tongue; Shut up!	3
十四[十四]	shi2 si4	fourteen; 14	3
十六[十六]	shi2 liu4	sixteen; 16	7
毕[畢]	bi4	the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished	4
无私[無私]	wu2 si1	selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/50 words - 14 min
一言一行[一言一行]	yi1 yan2 yi1 xing2	every word and action (idiom)	1
一举一动[一舉一動]	yi1 ju3 yi1 dong4	every movement; each and every move	1
胡来[胡來]	hu2 lai2	to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble	4
命运[命運]	ming4 yun4	fate; destiny; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
起开[起開]	qi3 kai5	(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!	1
听得懂[聽得懂]	ting1 de5 dong3	to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)	1
外伤[外傷]	wai4 shang1	injury; wound; trauma	1
自幼[自幼]	zi4 you4	since childhood	4
喜好[喜好]	xi3 hao4	to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference	1
弓[弓]	gong1	a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)	5
筋骨[筋骨]	jin1 gu3	muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage	3
药用[藥用]	yao4 yong4	medicinal use; pharmaceutical	1
文火[文火]	wen2 huo3	small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)	1
病理[病理]	bing4 li3	pathology	1
碍[礙]	ai4	to hinder; to obstruct; to block	6
时日[時日]	shi2 ri4	time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day	10
下手[下手]	xia4 shou3	to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest	4
狠[狠]	hen3	ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很[hen3]	4
口口声声[口口聲聲]	kou3 kou5 sheng1 sheng1	to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again	3
锺[鍾]	zhong1	variant of 鍾|钟[zhong1]	2
长兄[長兄]	zhang3 xiong1	eldest brother	4
期望[期望]	qi1 wang4	to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope	2
之上[之上]	zhi1 shang4	above	3
责罚[責罰]	ze2 fa2	to punish; to chastise	6
奉旨[奉旨]	feng4 zhi3	on imperial orders	7
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/75 words - 16 min
进入[進入]	jin4 ru4	to enter; to join; to go into	3
来往[來往]	lai2 wang3	to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with	9
交情[交情]	jiao1 qing5	friendship; friendly relations	3
掐死[掐死]	qia1 si3	to throttle; to choke to death	1
有理[有理]	you3 li3	reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational	1
小妹[小妹]	xiao3 mei4	little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)	5
禁足[禁足]	jin4 zu2	to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat	2
卑[卑]	bei1	low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble	5
疏[疏]	shu1	to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation	8
韩[韓]	Han2	Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han	15
读懂[讀懂]	du2 dong3	to read and understand	4
嫌弃[嫌棄]	xian2 qi4	to avoid sb (out of dislike); to turn one's back on sb; to ignore	4
掺[摻]	shan3	to grasp	6
亏[虧]	kui1	deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that...	4
轮[輪]	lun2	wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; by turn; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn	7
想不开[想不開]	xiang3 bu5 kai1	cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be depressed; to fret over trifles	1
一言不发[一言不發]	yi1 yan2 bu4 fa1	to not say a word (idiom)	4
火急[火急]	huo3 ji2	extremely urgent	1
燎[燎]	liao2	to burn; to set afire	1
转圜[轉圜]	zhuan3 huan2	to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede	2
疼爱[疼愛]	teng2 ai4	to love dearly	2
幸好[幸好]	xing4 hao3	fortunately	2
回折[回折]	hui2 zhe2	diffraction (physics)	1
腾[騰]	teng2	to soar; to gallop; to prance; to turn over; to vacate; to clear	3
执[執]	zhi2	to execute (a plan); to grasp	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/100 words - 21 min
气量[氣量]	qi4 liang4	(lit. quantity of spirit); moral character; degree of forbearance; broad-mindedness or otherwise; tolerance; magnanimity	1
狭隘[狹隘]	xia2 ai4	narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience	1
容[容]	rong2	to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance	16
八字[八字]	ba1 zi4	the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling	1
嘲[嘲]	chao2	to ridicule; to mock	1
语[語]	yu3	dialect; language; speech	5
平日[平日]	ping2 ri4	ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually	7
切记[切記]	qie4 ji4	remember at all costs	2
得饶人处且饶人[得饒人處且饒人]	de2 rao2 ren2 chu4 qie3 rao2 ren2	where it is possible to let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible	1
卷[卷]	juan3	to roll up; roll; classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)	3
卷[卷]	juan4	scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll	3
徙[徙]	xi3	(literary) to change one's residence	4
南昌[南昌]	Nan2 chang1	Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China; also Nanchang county	4
开课[開課]	kai1 ke4	school begins; give a course; teach a subject	1
閒[閒]	jian1	variant of 間|间[jian1]	6
暇[暇]	xia2	leisure	1
侍候[侍候]	shi4 hou4	to serve; to wait upon	1
打发[打發]	da3 fa5	to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)	3
胜仗[勝仗]	sheng4 zhang4	victory; victorious battle	4
郊[郊]	jiao1	suburbs; outskirts	2
威风[威風]	wei1 feng1	might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive	1
畜牲[畜牲]	chu4 sheng1	variant of 畜生[chu4 sheng5]	2
冲撞[衝撞]	chong1 zhuang4	to collide; jerking motion; to impinge; to offend; to provoke	1
肚[肚]	du4	belly	1
撑[撐]	cheng1	to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support	11
船[船]	chuan2	boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]	9
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/125 words - 24 min
介[介]	jie4	to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor	5
怨[怨]	yuan4	to blame; to complain	5
胯[胯]	kua4	crotch; groin; hip	1
话说[話說]	hua4 shuo1	It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount	5
屁[屁]	pi4	fart; flatulence; nonsense; (usu. in the negative) what; (not) a damn thing	4
折[折]	zhe2	to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book	18
煞[煞]	sha1	to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of 殺|杀[sha1]	1
与时消息[與時消息]	yu3 shi2 xiao1 xi5	variable with the times; transient; impermanent	1
况[況]	kuang4	moreover; situation	3
乎[乎]	hu1	(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)	6
始[始]	shi3	to begin; to start; then; only then	8
不易[不易]	bu4 yi4	not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging	4
终[終]	zhong1	end; finish	21
尤[尤]	you2	outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against	7
千古[千古]	qian1 gu3	for all eternity; throughout all ages	7
鬼鬼祟祟[鬼鬼祟祟]	gui3 gui3 sui4 sui4	sneaky; secretive; furtive	2
身子骨[身子骨]	shen1 zi5 gu3	posture; upright posture	8
斤[斤]	jin1	catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g	7
老酒[老酒]	lao3 jiu3	wine, esp. Shaoxing wine	1
沾[沾]	zhan1	to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch	1
卫国[衛國]	wei4 guo2	to defend one's country	1
永平[永平]	Yong3 ping2	Yongping county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan	2
终身[終身]	zhong1 shen1	lifelong; all one's life; marriage	1
这般[這般]	zhe4 ban1	like this; this way	14
属[屬]	shu3	category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute	16
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/150 words - 26 min
秉性[秉性]	bing3 xing4	innate character; natural disposition; attitude	1
老爹[老爹]	lao3 die1	(dialect) father; old man; sir	3
患难[患難]	huan4 nan4	trials and tribulations	1
郭[郭]	guo1	outer city wall	5
冤枉[冤枉]	yuan1 wang5	to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile	26
丢掉[丟掉]	diu1 diao4	to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away	1
腾出[騰出]	teng2 chu1	to make (some time or space) available (for sb)	2
总要[總要]	zong3 yao4	nevertheless	4
答复[答覆]	da2 fu4	to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)	2
全身而退[全身而退]	quan2 shen1 er2 tui4	to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece	3
本身[本身]	ben3 shen1	itself; in itself; per se	3
整治[整治]	zheng3 zhi4	to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc)	1
好处[好處]	hao3 chu5	benefit; advantage; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3 chu4]; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
临阵[臨陣]	lin2 zhen4	just before the battle; to approach the front line	1
机[機]	ji1	machine; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point; flexible (quick-witted); organic; CL:臺|台[tai2]	9
从容[從容]	cong2 rong2	to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]	3
消[消]	xiao1	to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate; to spend (time); have to; need	2
遁[遁]	dun4	to evade; to flee; to escape	5
耗费[耗費]	hao4 fei4	to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander	6
无数[無數]	wu2 shu4	countless; numberless; innumerable	2
未能[未能]	wei4 neng2	cannot; to fail to; unable to	3
犁[犁]	li2	plow	1
穴[穴]	xue2	cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]	3
胜败[勝敗]	sheng4 bai4	victory or defeat; result	4
家常[家常]	jia1 chang2	the daily life of a family	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/175 words - 29 min
卿[卿]	qing1	high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)	86
战败[戰敗]	zhan4 bai4	to lose a war	2
虞[虞]	yu2	to expect; to anticipate; to worry; to cheat	2
治国[治國]	zhi4 guo2	to rule a country	2
为重[為重]	wei2 zhong4	to attach most importance to	10
庸才[庸才]	yong1 cai2	mediocrity	2
赏识[賞識]	shang3 shi2	to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation	2
委[委]	wei3	to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly	3
重任[重任]	zhong4 ren4	heavy responsibility	1
本应[本應]	ben3 ying1	should have; ought to have	3
缴[繳]	jiao3	to hand in; to hand over; to seize	2
思过[思過]	si1 guo4	to reflect on one's past errors	2
许多[許多]	xu3 duo1	many; a lot of; much	9
厚[厚]	hou4	thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress	13
竟敢[竟敢]	jing4 gan3	to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to	4
家奴[家奴]	jia1 nu2	domestic slave; slave servant	1
冒犯[冒犯]	mao4 fan4	to offend	2
榜[榜]	bang3	notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees	11
申明[申明]	shen1 ming2	to declare; to aver; to state formally	1
谨[謹]	jin3	cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)	10
训[訓]	xun4	to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule	16
始终[始終]	shi3 zhong1	from beginning to end; all along	2
意[意]	yi4	idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate	13
其一[其一]	qi2 yi1	one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly	5
镇[鎮]	zhen4	to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)	13
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/200 words - 30 min
抚[撫]	fu3	to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor	5
帛[帛]	bo2	silk	2
衣物[衣物]	yi1 wu4	clothing; clothing and other personal items	1
钱物[錢物]	qian2 wu4	money and things of value	1
海南[海南]	Hai3 nan2	Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qiong2], capital Haikou 海口; Hainan Island; Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia; Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai	3
充军[充軍]	chong1 jun1	to banish (to an army post, as a punishment)	2
再犯[再犯]	zai4 fan4	to repeat a crime; persistent offender	4
处死[處死]	chu3 si3	an execution; to put sb to death	2
附[附]	fu4	to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached	8
征讨[征討]	zheng1 tao3	to go on a punitive expedition	5
限[限]	xian4	limit; bound; to set a limit (on)	2
朦胧[朦朧]	meng2 long2	hazy	1
物业[物業]	wu4 ye4	property; real estate; abbr. for 物業管理|物业管理[wu4 ye4 guan3 li3], property management	1
违者[違者]	wei2 zhe3	violator	1
俸[俸]	feng4	salary	2
一次性[一次性]	yi1 ci4 xing4	one-off (offer); one-time; single-use; disposable (goods)	1
话说回来[話說回來]	hua4 shuo1 hui2 lai5	returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow	1
韬[韜]	tao1	bow case or scabbard; to hide; military strategy	2
晦[晦]	hui4	last day of a lunar month; dark; night	2
露出[露出]	lu4 chu1	to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]	2
功高不赏[功高不賞]	gong1 gao1 bu4 shang3	high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements	1
怨气[怨氣]	yuan4 qi4	grievance; resentment; complaint	3
拔[拔]	ba2	to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize	5
彩头[彩頭]	cai3 tou2	good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)	1
众矢之的[眾矢之的]	zhong4 shi3 zhi1 di4	lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism; attacked on all sides	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/225 words - 34 min
自作聪明[自作聰明]	zi4 zuo4 cong1 ming2	to think oneself clever (idiom)	1
偷袭[偷襲]	tou1 xi2	to mount a sneak attack; to raid	4
粮道[糧道]	liang2 dao4	route for providing foodstuff	10
表面[表面]	biao3 mian4	surface; face; outside; appearance	2
佯[佯]	yang2	to feign; to pretend	2
奇袭[奇襲]	qi2 xi2	surprise attack; raid	1
顷刻间[頃刻間]	qing3 ke4 jian1	in an instant	1
弃[棄]	qi4	to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away	11
险胜[險勝]	xian3 sheng4	to win by a narrow margin; to barely win; narrow victory	1
多么[多麼]	duo1 me5	how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent	1
果敢[果敢]	guo3 gan3	courageous; resolute and daring	1
决绝[決絕]	jue2 jue2	to sever all relations with sb; determined; decisive	1
愚鲁[愚魯]	yu2 lu3	dull-witted; foolish	1
责骂[責罵]	ze2 ma4	to scold	1
相公[相公]	xiang4 gong5	lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband	7
贪嘴[貪嘴]	tan1 zui3	gluttonous	2
田土[田土]	tian2 tu3	farmland	5
老百姓[老百姓]	lao3 bai3 xing4	ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]	13
巧立名目[巧立名目]	qiao3 li4 ming2 mu4	to fabricate excuses (idiom); to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)	3
百般[百般]	bai3 ban1	in hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means	1
盘剥[盤剝]	pan2 bo1	to exploit; to practice usury	3
二话[二話]	er4 hua4	objection; differing opinion	1
今后[今後]	jin1 hou4	hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on	17
好奇[好奇]	hao4 qi2	inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity	1
待人[待人]	dai4 ren2	to treat people (politely, harshly etc)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/250 words - 37 min
温润[溫潤]	wen1 run4	gentle; kindly; mild and humid (climate)	1
细[細]	xi4	thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal	2
发[髮]	fa4	hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]	1
大智若愚[大智若愚]	da4 zhi4 ruo4 yu2	great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)	1
人物[人物]	ren2 wu4	person; character (in a play, novel etc); protagonist; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
妃嫔[妃嬪]	fei1 pin2	imperial concubine	1
不足[不足]	bu4 zu2	insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not	17
现[現]	xian4	to appear; present; now; existing; current	9
一口气[一口氣]	yi1 kou3 qi4	one breath; in one breath; at a stretch	3
贬斥[貶斥]	bian3 chi4	to demote; to denounce	1
致仕[致仕]	zhi4 shi4	to retire from a government post (old)	5
位列[位列]	wei4 lie4	to rank	1
吐故纳新[吐故納新]	tu3 gu4 na4 xin1	lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new	1
对头[對頭]	dui4 tou2	correct; normal; to be on good terms with; on the right track; right	3
对头[對頭]	dui4 tou5	(longstanding) opponent; enemy; inimical; adversary; opponent	3
由头[由頭]	you2 tou5	pretext; excuse; justification; reason	3
交卸[交卸]	jiao1 xie4	to hand over to a successor; to relinquish one's office	3
衔[銜]	xian2	bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title	2
日日[日日]	ri4 ri4	every day	3
紧闭[緊閉]	jin3 bi4	to close securely; tightly closed; secure	3
朝中[朝中]	Chao2 Zhong1	North Korea-China	19
佐[佐]	zuo3	to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany	5
照准[照準]	zhao4 zhun3	request granted (formal usage in old document); to aim (gun)	2
有趣[有趣]	you3 qu4	interesting; fascinating; amusing	1
命令[命令]	ming4 ling4	order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]	3
理事[理事]	li3 shi4	member of council	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/275 words - 39 min
无故[無故]	wu2 gu4	without cause or reason	5
擅闯[擅闖]	shan4 chuang3	to enter without permission; to trespass	1
拔擢[拔擢]	ba2 zhuo2	select the best people for promotion	5
十足[十足]	shi2 zu2	ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)	2
卖主[賣主]	mai4 zhu3	seller	1
摇[搖]	yao2	to shake; to rock; to row; to crank	2
尾[尾]	wei3	tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish	2
乞怜[乞憐]	qi3 lian2	to beg for pity	1
压根儿[壓根兒]	ya4 gen1 r5	erhua variant of 壓根|压根[ya4 gen1]	1
魏[魏]	wei4	tower over a palace gateway (old)	6
诏令[詔令]	zhao4 ling4	imperial order	9
兴师问罪[興師問罪]	xing1 shi1 wen4 zui4	to send punitive forces against; (fig.) to criticize violently	1
嫉[嫉]	ji2	jealousy; to be jealous of	1
恶[惡]	e4	evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm	5
恶[惡]	wu4	to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander	5
行侠仗义[行俠仗義]	xing2 xia2 zhang4 yi4	to be chivalrous	1
坏事[壞事]	huai4 shi4	bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things	5
眼下[眼下]	yan3 xia4	now; at present; subocular (medicine)	35
外间[外間]	wai4 jian1	outer room; the external world; outside	1
刚正不阿[剛正不阿]	gang1 zheng4 bu4 e1	upright and plainspoken	1
执法[執法]	zhi2 fa3	to enforce a law; law enforcement	1
望风[望風]	wang4 feng1	to be on the lookout; to keep watch	1
披靡[披靡]	pi1 mi3	to be swept by the wind; to be blown about by the wind; to be routed (in battle etc)	1
裁撤[裁撤]	cai2 che4	to dissolve an organisation	9
仓促[倉促]	cang1 cu4	all of a sudden; hurriedly	1
重设[重設]	chong2 she4	to reset	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep08/299 words - 42 min
窥探[窺探]	kui1 tan4	to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into; to peer; to get a glimpse of	3
武则天[武則天]	Wu3 Ze2 tian1	Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705	1
总有[總有]	zong3 you3	inevitably there will be	4
书卷[書卷]	shu1 juan4	volume; scroll	1
好过[好過]	hao3 guo4	to have an easy time; (feel) well	6
没心没肺[沒心沒肺]	mei2 xin1 mei2 fei4	simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted	1
自古[自古]	zi4 gu3	(since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial	4
受命[受命]	shou4 ming4	ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel	5
中兴[中興]	zhong1 xing1	resurgence; recovery; restoration	1
尝[嘗]	chang2	to taste; to try; to experience; already; ever; once	3
贤人[賢人]	xian2 ren2	great person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good	1
君子[君子]	jun1 zi3	nobleman; person of noble character	5
共[共]	gong4	common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party	18
及其[及其]	ji2 qi2	(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...	5
贤[賢]	xian2	worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation	9
褐[褐]	he4	brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth; Taiwan pr. [he2]	1
怀[懷]	huai2	bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)	8
钓[釣]	diao4	to fish with a hook and bait	2
渭滨[渭濱]	Wei4 bin1	Weibin District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi	1
盗[盜]	dao4	to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber	1
无知[無知]	wu2 zhi1	ignorant; ignorance	4
不论[不論]	bu4 lun4	whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss	11
德行[德行]	de2 xing2	morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4]	3
认同[認同]	ren4 tong2	to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/25 words - 3 min
未必[未必]	wei4 bi4	not necessarily; maybe not	7
进取[進取]	jin4 qu3	to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda	3
笃行[篤行]	du3 xing2	to carry out (obligation) conscientiously; to behave sincerely	1
苏秦[蘇秦]	Su1 Qin2	Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)	1
守信[守信]	shou3 xin4	to keep promises	1
平定[平定]	ping2 ding4	to pacify	1
业[業]	ye4	line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already	5
苏[蘇]	su1	Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration	32
生日[生日]	sheng1 ri4	birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
分担[分擔]	fen1 dan1	to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)	2
用人[用人]	yong4 ren2	servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff	7
首重[首重]	shou3 zhong4	to emphasize; to give the most weight to; to rank first	2
做事[做事]	zuo4 shi4	to work; to handle matters; to have a job	4
人心难测[人心難測]	ren2 xin1 nan2 ce4	hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)	1
奸[奸]	jian1	wicked; crafty; traitor; variant of 姦|奸[jian1]	6
挖[挖]	wa1	to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	6
不成[不成]	bu4 cheng2	won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?	16
躬[躬]	gong1	body; oneself; personally; to bow	6
有罪[有罪]	you3 zui4	guilty	11
千千万万[千千萬萬]	qian1 qian1 wan4 wan4	lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands	1
翻[翻]	fan1	to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross	10
三代[三代]	san1 dai4	three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)	4
一代[一代]	yi1 dai4	generation	4
夜不闭户[夜不閉戶]	ye4 bu4 bi4 hu4	lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society	1
路不拾遗[路不拾遺]	lu4 bu4 shi2 yi2	lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom); fig. honesty prevails throughout society	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/50 words - 6 min
话虽如此[話雖如此]	hua4 sui1 ru2 ci3	be that as it may	3
勉力[勉力]	mian3 li4	to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself	2
哪怕[哪怕]	na3 pa4	even; even if; even though; no matter how	4
打断[打斷]	da3 duan4	to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)	1
脊[脊]	ji3	spine; back; ridge; Taiwan pr. [ji2] or [ji3]	1
粱[粱]	liang2	sorghum	1
骨[骨]	gu3	bone	5
膏[膏]	gao1	ointment; paste; CL:帖[tie3]	1
腴[腴]	yu2	fat on belly; fertile; rich	1
逍遥[逍遙]	xiao1 yao2	free and unfettered	1
戍守[戍守]	shu4 shou3	to guard	4
边疆[邊疆]	bian1 jiang1	border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region	4
何去何从[何去何從]	he2 qu4 he2 cong2	what course to follow; what path to take	1
册[冊]	ce4	book; booklet; classifier for books	26
持[持]	chi2	to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control	6
俯伏[俯伏]	fu3 fu2	to lie prostrate	1
帝王[帝王]	di4 wang2	regent; monarch	2
慎[慎]	shen4	careful; cautious	6
简[簡]	jian3	simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)	4
淑[淑]	shu1	warm and virtuous; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]	2
襄[襄]	xiang1	to help; to assist; mutual assistance; to rush into or up; to raise or hold up; high; tall; old variant of 欀; chariot horse (old); change (old)	3
内政[內政]	nei4 zheng4	internal affairs (of a country)	1
谘[諮]	zi1	variant of 咨[zi1]	2
孝敬[孝敬]	xiao4 jing4	to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents	3
宝[寶]	bao3	jewel; gem; treasure; precious	8
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/75 words - 10 min
弘[弘]	hong2	great; liberal	5
资[資]	zi1	resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense	10
赞[贊]	zan4	to patronize; to support; to praise; (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)	2
勤[勤]	qin2	diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant	10
奕[奕]	yi4	abundant; graceful	1
宗庙[宗廟]	zong1 miao4	temple; ancestral shrine	4
维[維]	wei2	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])	61
馨[馨]	xin1	fragrant	1
祀[祀]	si4	to sacrifice; to offer libation to	2
授[授]	shou4	to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	6
客官[客官]	ke4 guan1	(polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)	4
兑现[兌現]	dui4 xian4	(of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment	2
勿[勿]	wu4	do not	10
低[低]	di1	low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline	2
本相[本相]	ben3 xiang4	original form	11
落座[落座]	luo4 zuo4	to sit down; to take a seat	4
南边[南邊]	nan2 bian5	south; south side; southern part; to the south of	7
西边[西邊]	xi1 bian1	west; west side; western part; to the west of	2
挟[挾]	xie2	to clasp under the arm; to coerce	1
自傲[自傲]	zi4 ao4	arrogance; proud of sth	1
藐视[藐視]	miao3 shi4	to despise; to look down on	1
朝纲[朝綱]	chao2 gang1	laws and discipline of imperial court	1
砸[砸]	za2	to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle	1
砖[磚]	zhuan1	brick; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	2
离不开[離不開]	li2 bu5 kai1	inseparable; inevitably linked to	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/100 words - 13 min
赌[賭]	du3	to bet; to gamble	1
接掌[接掌]	jie1 zhang3	to take over; to take control	4
军务[軍務]	jun1 wu4	military affairs	18
王侯[王侯]	wang2 hou2	aristocracy	1
抬起[抬起]	tai2 qi3	to lift up	1
轻轻[輕輕]	qing1 qing1	lightly; softly	5
楚[楚]	chu3	distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)	6
白白[白白]	bai2 bai2	in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white	2
爵[爵]	jue2	ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility	7
流放[流放]	liu2 fang4	banishment; exile	3
杀头[殺頭]	sha1 tou2	to behead	1
王公[王公]	wang2 gong1	princes and dukes; aristocrat	2
仁[仁]	ren2	humane; kernel	26
虎[虎]	hu3	tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	8
府上[府上]	fu3 shang4	(polite) your home; residence	12
试探[試探]	shi4 tan4	to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out	3
还愿[還願]	huan2 yuan4	to redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfill a promise; votive	1
暂时[暫時]	zan4 shi2	temporary; provisional; for the time being	2
动手[動手]	dong4 shou3	to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch	8
更加[更加]	geng4 jia1	more (than sth else); even more	3
团[團]	tuan2	round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)	3
上船[上船]	shang4 chuan2	to get on the boat	1
唯有[唯有]	wei2 you3	only	9
投鼠忌器[投鼠忌器]	tou2 shu3 ji4 qi4	lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom); to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents	1
苟安[苟安]	gou3 an1	see 苟且偷安[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/125 words - 18 min
蹚[蹚]	tang1	to wade; to trample	1
浑[渾]	hun2	muddy; to mix	1
自保[自保]	zi4 bao3	to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation	6
何尝[何嘗]	he2 chang2	(rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...	2
用力[用力]	yong4 li4	to exert oneself physically	28
灯[燈]	deng1	lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]	4
辂[輅]	lu4	chariot	1
复位[復位]	fu4 wei4	to restore sb or sth to its original position; to regain the throne; to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc); reset	1
姑[姑]	gu1	paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)	2
枣[棗]	zao3	jujube; dates	2
栗[栗]	li4	chestnut	1
平平[平平]	ping2 ping2	average; mediocre	1
看好[看好]	kan4 hao3	optimistic (about the outcome); bullish; to think highly of; to support	3
缠[纏]	chan2	to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy	1
不等[不等]	bu4 deng3	unequal; varied	3
完毕[完畢]	wan2 bi4	to finish; to end; to complete	5
闯进[闖進]	chuang3 jin4	to burst in	2
同一[同一]	tong2 yi1	identical; the same	1
想见[想見]	xiang3 jian4	to infer; to gather	2
年年[年年]	nian2 nian2	year after year; yearly; every year; annually	5
金子[金子]	jin1 zi5	gold	3
采[採]	cai3	to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	1
老家[老家]	lao3 jia1	native place; place of origin; home state or region	5
外地[外地]	wai4 di4	parts of the country other than where one is	2
开荒[開荒]	kai1 huang1	to open up land (for agriculture)	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/150 words - 21 min
寻思[尋思]	xun2 si1	to consider; to ponder	1
租子[租子]	zu1 zi5	rent (payment)	2
直到[直到]	zhi2 dao4	until	5
逃荒[逃荒]	tao2 huang1	to escape from a famine; to get away from a famine-stricken region	2
荒地[荒地]	huang1 di4	wasteland; uncultivated land	2
爷爷[爺爺]	ye2 ye5	(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather; CL:個|个[ge4]	21
奶奶[奶奶]	nai3 nai5	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts	7
忙碌[忙碌]	mang2 lu4	busy; bustling	1
家门[家門]	jia1 men2	house door; family clan	1
整整[整整]	zheng3 zheng3	whole; full	3
安身[安身]	an1 shen1	to make one's home; to take shelter	1
大户[大戶]	da4 hu4	great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer	3
佃户[佃戶]	dian4 hu4	tenant farmer	6
劳累[勞累]	lao2 lei4	tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil	1
吃不上[吃不上]	chi1 bu5 shang4	unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal	3
埋[埋]	mai2	to bury	5
埋[埋]	man2	to blame	5
骨头[骨頭]	gu3 tou5	bone; CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4]; moral character; bitterness	2
买不起[買不起]	mai3 bu5 qi3	cannot afford; can't afford buying	1
一家[一家]	yi1 jia1	the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group	5
历代[歷代]	li4 dai4	successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties	4
数数[數數]	shu3 shu4	to count; to reckon	1
改朝换代[改朝換代]	gai3 chao2 huan4 dai4	to transition to a new dynasty or regime	1
活路[活路]	huo2 lu4	through road; way out; way to survive; means of subsistence	4
守业[守業]	shou3 ye4	to preserve one's heritage; to defend the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work; to keep one's business going	2
守成[守成]	shou3 cheng2	to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/175 words - 28 min
个把[個把]	ge4 ba3	one or two; a couple of	1
洞房[洞房]	dong4 fang2	secret inner room; bridal room	2
枕头[枕頭]	zhen3 tou5	pillow	2
被子[被子]	bei4 zi5	quilt; CL:床[chuang2]	2
寝[寢]	qin3	to lie down	5
地上[地上]	di4 shang5	on the ground; on the floor	3
周公[周公]	Zhou1 gong1	Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"	3
结发[結髮]	jie2 fa4	(in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age	1
当日[當日]	dang1 ri4	on that day	2
拒[拒]	ju4	to resist; to repel; to refuse	1
选定[選定]	xuan3 ding4	to select; to choose; to settle on	1
当成[當成]	dang4 cheng2	to consider as; to take to be	6
妻子[妻子]	qi1 zi5	wife; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
丈夫[丈夫]	zhang4 fu5	husband; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
何时[何時]	he2 shi2	when	5
枕席[枕席]	zhen3 xi2	pillow mat; pillow and mat; bed	2
看错[看錯]	kan4 cuo4	to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document)	3
毫无[毫無]	hao2 wu2	not in the least; to completely lack	3
威武不屈[威武不屈]	wei1 wu3 bu4 qu1	not to submit to force	1
扯平[扯平]	che3 ping2	to make even; to balance; (fig.) to be even; to call it quits	1
冒名[冒名]	mao4 ming2	an impostor; to impersonate	1
不敢当[不敢當]	bu4 gan3 dang1	lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me	2
劳烦[勞煩]	lao2 fan2	to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request)	3
摘[摘]	zhai1	to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)	8
朝见[朝見]	chao2 jian4	to have an audience (with the Emperor)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/200 words - 31 min
更衣[更衣]	geng1 yi1	to change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism)	5
觊觎[覬覦]	ji4 yu2	to covet; to long for; to lust after	1
朔[朔]	shuo4	beginning; first day of lunar month; north	1
锁钥[鎖鑰]	suo3 yue4	key and lock; (fig.) strategic place	3
兵家[兵家]	bing1 jia1	military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier	2
择日[擇日]	ze2 ri4	to fix a date (for an event); to select an auspicious date	1
启程[啟程]	qi3 cheng2	to set out on a journey	2
哀鸿遍野[哀鴻遍野]	ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3	lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land	1
缠绵[纏綿]	chan2 mian2	touching (emotions); lingering (illness)	1
病榻[病榻]	bing4 ta4	sickbed	1
分忧[分憂]	fen1 you1	to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties	9
不孝[不孝]	bu4 xiao4	unfilial	2
兰[蘭]	lan2	orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)	10
要津[要津]	yao4 jin1	key post	1
悬[懸]	xuan2	to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation	3
故[故]	gu4	happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead	15
请辞[請辭]	qing3 ci2	to ask sb to resign from a post	6
还乡[還鄉]	huan2 xiang1	to return home; fig. to retire from public life	10
倾[傾]	qing1	to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out	3
招揽[招攬]	zhao1 lan3	to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)	2
章[章]	zhang1	chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order	14
溢[溢]	yi4	to overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 鎰|镒[yi4]	1
去世[去世]	qu4 shi4	to pass away; to die	2
宋濂[宋濂]	Song4 Lian2	Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician	2
养老[養老]	yang3 lao3	to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/225 words - 35 min
乡[鄉]	xiang1	country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)	7
煎[煎]	jian1	to pan fry; to sauté	1
恭敬[恭敬]	gong1 jing4	deferential; respectful	1
安心[安心]	an1 xin1	at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth	2
复[復]	fu4	to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out	6
真知[真知]	zhen1 zhi1	real knowledge	2
肺腑[肺腑]	fei4 fu3	bottom of the heart (fig.)	2
感恩[感恩]	gan3 en1	to be grateful	1
下面[下面]	xia4 mian4	below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]	2
读书人[讀書人]	du2 shu1 ren2	scholar; intellectual	9
衣冠[衣冠]	yi1 guan1	hat and clothes; attire	2
南[南]	nan2	south	49
得以[得以]	de2 yi3	able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view	3
半壁江山[半壁江山]	ban4 bi4 jiang1 shan1	half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory	1
赵[趙]	zhao4	to surpass (old)	11
百年[百年]	bai3 nian2	hundred years; century; lifetime	4
靖[靖]	jing4	quiet; peaceful; to make tranquil; to pacify	12
康[康]	kang1	healthy; peaceful; abundant	2
脉[脈]	mai4	arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)	2
延续[延續]	yan2 xu4	to continue; to go on; to last	1
士大夫[士大夫]	shi4 da4 fu1	scholar officials	8
鸟[鳥]	niao3	bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddam	3
天下太平[天下太平]	tian1 xia4 tai4 ping2	the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity	1
辞去[辭去]	ci2 qu4	to resign; to quit	1
后继有人[後繼有人]	hou4 ji4 you3 ren2	to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/250 words - 42 min
听懂[聽懂]	ting1 dong3	to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)	4
二十多[二十多]	er4 shi2 duo1	over 20	4
辅佐[輔佐]	fu3 zuo3	to assist (usually a ruler)	7
荣归故里[榮歸故里]	rong2 gui1 gu4 li3	to return home with honor	1
君臣[君臣]	jun1 chen2	a ruler and his ministers (old)	15
政务[政務]	zheng4 wu4	government affairs	9
心肝[心肝]	xin1 gan1	darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity	2
擢[擢]	zhuo2	to pull out; to select; to promote	1
田亩[田畝]	tian2 mu3	field	7
忌惮[忌憚]	ji4 dan4	to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear	2
所谓[所謂]	suo3 wei4	so-called; what is called	3
恰恰[恰恰]	qia4 qia4	exactly; just; precisely	4
出口[出口]	chu1 kou3	an exit; CL:個|个[ge4]; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port	3
差点[差點]	cha4 dian3	almost; nearly	4
开春[開春]	kai1 chun1	beginning of spring; the lunar New Year	2
踏青[踏青]	ta4 qing1	lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green); spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April	4
不谢[不謝]	bu4 xie4	don't mention it; not at all	1
并且[並且]	bing4 qie3	and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition	1
生性[生性]	sheng1 xing4	natural disposition	1
喜[喜]	xi3	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	5
熟悉[熟悉]	shu2 xi1	to be familiar with; to know well	3
遛[遛]	liu4	to stroll; to walk (an animal)	1
叽[嘰]	ji1	grumble	2
争强好胜[爭強好勝]	zheng1 qiang2 hao4 sheng4	competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others	1
苗[苗]	miao2	sprout	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep09/258 words - 42 min
锄[鋤]	chu2	a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; to get rid of	1
禾[禾]	he2	cereal; grain	2
午[午]	wu3	7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)	2
汗[汗]	han4	perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)	25
滴[滴]	di1	a drop; to drip	1
盘[盤]	pan2	plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess	4
中餐[中餐]	Zhong1 can1	Chinese meal; Chinese food; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]	1
粒[粒]	li4	grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/25 words - 7 min
青田[青田]	Qing1 tian2	Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3], Zhejiang	2
经[經]	jing1	classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]	21
觉[覺]	jiao4	a nap; a sleep; CL:場|场[chang2]	2
觉[覺]	jue2	to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware	2
修[修]	xiu1	to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)	15
不死心[不死心]	bu4 si3 xin1	unwilling to give up; unresigned	1
不动[不動]	bu4 dong4	motionless	6
心想[心想]	xin1 xiang3	to think to oneself; to think; to assume	1
多多[多多]	duo1 duo1	many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more	4
保重[保重]	bao3 zhong4	to take care of oneself	11
告别[告別]	gao4 bie2	to leave; to bid farewell to; to say good-bye to	1
洗手[洗手]	xi3 shou3	to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet	1
麻油[麻油]	ma2 you2	sesame oil	1
豆腐[豆腐]	dou4 fu5	tofu; bean curd	1
粗茶淡饭[粗茶淡飯]	cu1 cha2 dan4 fan4	plain tea and simple food; (fig.) bread and water	1
岳父[岳父]	yue4 fu4	wife's father, father-in-law	6
下同[下同]	xia4 tong2	similarly hereinafter	2
屯[屯]	tun2	to station (soldiers); to store up; village	27
不得已[不得已]	bu4 de2 yi3	to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must	2
苦衷[苦衷]	ku3 zhong1	secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties	3
仍[仍]	reng2	still; yet; to remain	20
视作[視作]	shi4 zuo4	to regard as; to treat as	4
外人[外人]	wai4 ren2	outsider; foreigner; stranger	3
铭[銘]	ming2	to engrave; inscribed motto	3
感[感]	gan3	to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~	4
初来乍到[初來乍到]	chu1 lai2 zha4 dao4	to be a newcomer; just off the boat	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/50 words - 9 min
兄台[兄臺]	xiong1 tai2	brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)	1
怀远县[懷遠縣]	Huai2 yuan3 xian4	Huaiyuan county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui	2
知县[知縣]	zhi1 xian4	county head magistrate (old)	16
帆[帆]	fan1	sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas	1
对策[對策]	dui4 ce4	countermeasure for dealing with a situation	1
抓紧[抓緊]	zhua1 jin3	to grasp firmly; to pay special attention to; to rush in; to make the most of	3
连日[連日]	lian2 ri4	day after day; for several days running	2
大雨[大雨]	da4 yu3	heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]	3
土坝[土壩]	tu3 ba4	earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)	1
塌陷[塌陷]	ta1 xian4	to subside; to sink; to cave in	1
河道[河道]	he2 dao4	river course; river channel	10
从速[從速]	cong2 su4	(to do sth) with dispatch; as soon as possible	3
疏浚[疏浚]	shu1 jun4	to dredge	18
误[誤]	wu4	mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly	6
期[期]	qi1	a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]	2
须[須]	xu1	must; to have to; to wait	2
征[徵]	zheng1	to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence	5
募[募]	mu4	canvass for contributions; to recruit; to collect; to raise	3
淤[淤]	yu1	silt; river sludge; to silt up; choked with silt; variant of 瘀[yu1]	3
今年[今年]	jin1 nian2	this year	26
劲[勁]	jin4	strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]	16
批[批]	pi1	to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)	18
库[庫]	ku4	warehouse; storehouse; (file) library	2
冬天[冬天]	dong1 tian1	winter; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
愁[愁]	chou2	to worry about	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/75 words - 13 min
召集[召集]	zhao4 ji2	to convene; to gather	12
丁[丁]	ding1	fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fourth in order; letter "D" or Roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; butyl; cubes (of food)	2
壮[壯]	zhuang4	to strengthen; strong; robust	5
编成[編成]	bian1 cheng2	to organize; to put together; to edit	1
收割[收割]	shou1 ge1	to harvest; to reap; to gather in crops	1
尽数[盡數]	jin4 shu4	everything	11
焚毁[焚毀]	fen2 hui3	to burn down; to destroy with fire	2
戒严[戒嚴]	jie4 yan2	to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures	2
城门[城門]	cheng2 men2	city gate	12
各个[各個]	ge4 ge4	every; various; separately, one by one	2
要道[要道]	yao4 dao4	major road; thoroughfare; main road	1
口令[口令]	kou3 ling4	oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry)	1
擅自[擅自]	shan4 zi4	without permission	2
闯入[闖入]	chuang3 ru4	to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash	1
俱[俱]	ju4	entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together; to be alike	10
戍[戍]	shu4	garrison	2
狼[狼]	lang2	wolf; CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]	2
牙[牙]	ya2	tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	3
箭[箭]	jian4	arrow; CL:支[zhi1]	7
贴身[貼身]	tie1 shen1	worn next to the skin; close-fitting; personal (servant etc)	1
参政[參政]	can1 zheng4	to be involved in politics; participation in politics	4
免礼[免禮]	mian3 li3	(formal) you may dispense with curtseying	1
三分[三分]	san1 fen1	somewhat; to some degree	2
六月[六月]	Liu4 yue4	June; sixth month (of the lunar year)	3
改为[改為]	gai3 wei2	to change into	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/100 words - 15 min
戍卒[戍卒]	shu4 zu2	garrison soldier	1
衣食[衣食]	yi1 shi2	clothes and food	2
战时[戰時]	zhan4 shi2	wartime	1
备用[備用]	bei4 yong4	reserve; spare; alternate; backup	1
漕[漕]	cao2	transport by water; watercourse; canal	1
仓廪[倉廩]	cang1 lin3	(literary) granary	4
粮仓[糧倉]	liang2 cang1	granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)	3
打扫[打掃]	da3 sao3	to clean; to sweep	2
维护[維護]	wei2 hu4	to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain	1
养护[養護]	yang3 hu4	to maintain; to conserve; curing (concrete etc)	1
荒废[荒廢]	huang1 fei4	to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)	2
纰漏[紕漏]	pi1 lou4	careless mistake; slip-up	2
漕运[漕運]	cao2 yun4	(old) to transport by water; to ship grain as tax	13
陆路[陸路]	lu4 lu4	land route; to go by surface transport	4
水路[水路]	shui3 lu4	waterway	2
损耗[損耗]	sun3 hao4	wear and tear	4
晾[晾]	liang4	to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder	2
晒[曬]	shai4	(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to	3
不问[不問]	bu4 wen4	to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off	5
下诏[下詔]	xia4 zhao4	to hand down an imperial edict	5
山东[山東]	Shan1 dong1	Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lu3], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2]	20
这边儿[這邊兒]	zhe4 bian1 r5	erhua variant of 這邊|这边[zhe4 bian1]	1
吹[吹]	chui1	to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through	4
牛皮[牛皮]	niu2 pi2	cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk	3
求救[求救]	qiu2 jiu4	to cry for help	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/125 words - 18 min
空口[空口]	kong1 kou3	incomplete meal of a single dish; meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine; rice without meat or vegetables	1
大饼[大餅]	da4 bing3	large flat bread	1
扯[扯]	che3	to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey	2
缺粮[缺糧]	que1 liang2	to lack food supplies	2
案头[案頭]	an4 tou2	on one's desk	1
底细[底細]	di3 xi4	inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up	2
虚实[虛實]	xu1 shi2	what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation	1
了如指掌[瞭如指掌]	liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3	variant of 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]	1
经历[經歷]	jing1 li4	experience; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; to experience; to go through	4
亏空[虧空]	kui1 kong1	in debt; in the red; in deficit	3
当地[當地]	dang1 di4	local	7
豁免[豁免]	huo4 mian3	to exempt; exemption	4
户部[戶部]	Hu4 bu4	Ministry of Revenue in imperial China	50
所见[所見]	suo3 jian4	seen; what one sees	1
国库[國庫]	guo2 ku4	public purse; state treasury; national exchequer	3
仓[倉]	cang1	barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)	2
一时半会儿[一時半會兒]	yi1 shi2 ban4 hui4 r5	a short time; a little while	2
财赋[財賦]	cai2 fu4	government revenue; tributary goods and finances; finances and taxes; wealth; property; belongings	3
税赋[稅賦]	shui4 fu4	tax liability	4
支应[支應]	zhi1 ying4	to deal with; to wait on; to provide for	4
军需[軍需]	jun1 xu1	military supplies	3
旧地[舊地]	jiu4 di4	once familiar places; former haunts	1
赋[賦]	fu4	poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with	5
运河[運河]	yun4 he2	canal	15
淤塞[淤塞]	yu1 se4	choked with silt; silted up	7
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/150 words - 20 min
日前[日前]	ri4 qian2	the other day; a few days ago	6
赈[賑]	zhen4	to provide relief; to aid	2
募集[募集]	mu4 ji2	to raise; to collect	2
民工[民工]	min2 gong1	migrant worker; temporary worker enlisted on a public project	1
米[米]	mi3	rice; CL:粒[li4]; meter (classifier)	9
炊[炊]	chui1	to cook food	2
铜[銅]	tong2	copper (chemistry); see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	2
镜[鏡]	jing4	mirror; lens	2
留心[留心]	liu2 xin1	to be careful; to pay attention to	1
品鉴[品鑒]	pin3 jian4	to judge; to examine; to evaluate	1
心血[心血]	xin1 xue4	heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care	2
白费[白費]	bai2 fei4	to waste (one's energy etc)	1
挥师[揮師]	hui1 shi1	in command of the army	2
南下[南下]	nan2 xia4	to go down south	16
所向披靡[所向披靡]	suo3 xiang4 pi1 mi3	to sweep everything before one; to be invincible (idiom)	1
兄长[兄長]	xiong1 zhang3	elder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age	6
聚[聚]	ju4	to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize	12
陆[陸]	lu4	shore; land; continent	9
仲[仲]	zhong4	second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers	7
亨[亨]	heng1	prosperous; henry (unit of inductance)	25
近来[近來]	jin4 lai2	recently; lately	7
面孔[面孔]	mian4 kong3	face	1
眼线[眼線]	yan3 xian4	informer; snitch; spy; scout; (cosmetics) eye line	1
神通广大[神通廣大]	shen2 tong1 guang3 da4	to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities	1
逻[邏]	luo2	patrol	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/175 words - 22 min
走马[走馬]	zou3 ma3	to ride (a horse); to go on horseback	1
承受[承受]	cheng2 shou4	to bear; to support; to inherit	1
行事[行事]	xing2 shi4	to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct	11
南朝[南朝]	Nan2 Chao2	Southern Dynasties (420-589)	4
京畿[京畿]	jing1 ji1	capital city and its surrounding area	2
遭[遭]	zao1	to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident	5
诟病[詬病]	gou4 bing4	to denounce; to castigate	1
刺探[刺探]	ci4 tan4	to pry into; to spy on; to probe into	2
监察[監察]	jian1 cha2	to supervise; to control	1
权柄[權柄]	quan2 bing3	authority	3
臣僚[臣僚]	chen2 liao2	court official (in former times)	2
侧目[側目]	ce4 mu4	to raise eyebrows; to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation); shocked; surprised	1
广[廣]	guang3	wide; numerous; to spread	15
耳目[耳目]	er3 mu4	eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies	2
群雄[群雄]	qun2 xiong2	outstanding heroes; warlords vying for supremacy (in former times); stars (of sports or pop music)	1
窥视[窺視]	kui1 shi4	to peep at; to spy on; to peek	1
阴私[陰私]	yin1 si1	shameful secret	1
赐死[賜死]	ci4 si3	to commit suicide on the orders of a sovereign (old)	1
杨[楊]	yang2	poplar	23
宪[憲]	xian4	statute; constitution	5
首脑[首腦]	shou3 nao3	head (of state); summit (meeting); leader	3
在乎[在乎]	zai4 hu5	to care about; equivalent of 在於|在于[zai4 yu2]	2
欺瞒[欺瞞]	qi1 man2	to fool; to hoodwink; to dupe	5
糜烂[糜爛]	mi2 lan4	dissipated; rotten; decaying	1
从未[從未]	cong2 wei4	never	8
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/200 words - 23 min
懦弱[懦弱]	nuo4 ruo4	cowardly; weak	1
尚且[尚且]	shang4 qie3	(not) even; yet; still	2
大臣[大臣]	da4 chen2	chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister	13
疥[疥]	jie4	scabies	1
癣[癬]	xuan3	ringworm; Taiwan pr. [xian3]	1
危[危]	wei1	danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]	11
蹇[蹇]	jian3	lame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse	2
疑[疑]	yi2	to doubt; to suspect	7
种子[種子]	zhong3 zi5	seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]	3
不但[不但]	bu4 dan4	not only (... but also...)	7
时常[時常]	shi2 chang2	often; frequently	3
松[鬆]	song1	loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)	7
浇[澆]	jiao1	to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold	4
浇水[澆水]	jiao1 shui3	to water (plants etc)	3
早些[早些]	zao3 xie1	a bit earlier	3
抽[抽]	chou1	to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash	2
芽[芽]	ya2	bud; sprout	1
纵然[縱然]	zong4 ran2	even if; even though	4
有心[有心]	you3 xin1	to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate	1
难以[難以]	nan2 yi3	hard to (predict, imagine etc)	6
施展[施展]	shi1 zhan3	to use fully; to put to use	1
参赞[參贊]	can1 zan4	diplomatic officer; attache	3
线[線]	xian4	thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)	17
务[務]	wu4	affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means	19
鹰[鷹]	ying1	eagle; falcon; hawk	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/225 words - 27 min
黄羊[黃羊]	huang2 yang2	Mongolian gazelle; Procapra gutturosa	1
心中[心中]	xin1 zhong1	central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart	10
惦念[惦念]	dian4 nian4	to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind	1
按捺不住[按捺不住]	an4 na4 bu5 zhu4	to be unable to hold back	1
莫不是[莫不是]	mo4 bu4 shi4	probably; perhaps; could it be that...?	2
偶[偶]	ou3	accidental; image; pair; mate	3
染[染]	ran3	to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting	12
微恙[微恙]	wei1 yang4	slight illness; indisposition	1
不像话[不像話]	bu4 xiang4 hua4	unreasonable; shocking; outrageous	3
皇家[皇家]	huang2 jia1	royal; imperial household	3
子嗣[子嗣]	zi3 si4	son; heir	3
公认[公認]	gong1 ren4	publicly known (to be); accepted (as)	1
新一代[新一代]	xin1 yi1 dai4	new generation	1
兵法[兵法]	bing1 fa3	art of war; military strategy and tactics	4
鸳鸯[鴛鴦]	yuan1 yang1	(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple	2
谱[譜]	pu3	chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music	1
古[古]	gu3	ancient; old; paleo-	10
尤为[尤為]	you2 wei2	especially	1
学业[學業]	xue2 ye4	studies; schoolwork	2
偏置[偏置]	pian1 zhi4	offset; biasing (electronics); bias voltage	1
特[特]	te4	special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex	5
正色[正色]	zheng4 se4	stern; grim; resolute; firm; unflinching; fundamental colors	1
善言[善言]	shan4 yan2	good words	1
恪[恪]	ke4	respectful; scrupulous	1
硕[碩]	shuo4	large; big	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/250 words - 31 min
精彩[精彩]	jing1 cai3	wonderful; marvelous; brilliant	1
今儿个[今兒個]	jin1 r5 ge5	(coll.) today	1
卢[盧]	lu2	(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 廬|庐[lu2]; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy	7
么[麼]	me5	suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc	4
梦话[夢話]	meng4 hua4	talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep; fig. speech bearing no relation to reality; delusions	1
波折[波折]	bo1 zhe2	twists and turns	1
占地[占地]	zhan4 di4	to take up space; to occupy (space)	1
气不过[氣不過]	qi4 bu5 guo4	so angry it's unbearable; bitter about unbearable grievances	1
状[狀]	zhuang4	accusation; suit; state; condition; strong; great; -shaped	2
半路[半路]	ban4 lu4	halfway; midway; on the way	1
田地[田地]	tian2 di4	field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent	2
肥田[肥田]	fei2 tian2	fertile land; to fertilize (soil)	2
有情[有情]	you3 qing2	to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism)	1
有意[有意]	you3 yi4	to intend; intentionally; interested in	4
陇[隴]	Long3	short name for Gansu province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]	2
堿[堿]	jian3	variant of 鹼|碱[jian3]; base; soda	1
邱[邱]	qiu1	mound	1
代理[代理]	dai4 li3	to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy	1
耧[耬]	lou2	drill for sowing grain	1
耕犁[耕犁]	geng1 li2	plow	1
悉数[悉數]	xi1 shu3	to enumerate in detail; to explain clearly	3
悉数[悉數]	xi1 shu4	all; every single one; the entire sum	3
耕[耕]	geng1	to plow; to till	4
黄牛[黃牛]	huang2 niu2	ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; to fail to show up; to break a promise	1
挑选[挑選]	tiao1 xuan3	to choose; to select	5
草民[草民]	cao3 min2	the grass roots; the hoi polloi	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/275 words - 36 min
单据[單據]	dan1 ju4	receipts; invoices; transaction records	1
原[原]	yuan2	former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	32
移民[移民]	yi2 min2	to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant	3
屯垦[屯墾]	tun2 ken3	to open up land for cultivation; to garrison troops to open up land	1
税[稅]	shui4	taxes; duties	14
补足[補足]	bu3 zu2	to bring up to full strength; to make up a deficiency; to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)	1
家乡[家鄉]	jia1 xiang1	hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
布告[佈告]	bu4 gao4	posting on a bulletin board; notice; bulletin; to announce	2
中外[中外]	zhong1 wai4	Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad	4
咸[咸]	xian2	all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious	2
万岁[萬歲]	wan4 sui4	Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty	15
南安[南安]	Nan2 an1	Nan'an county level city in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian	1
各种[各種]	ge4 zhong3	every kind of; all kinds of; various kinds	1
旗号[旗號]	qi2 hao4	military banner; flag signal; (fig.) banner (i.e. false pretenses)	1
暗地里[暗地裡]	an4 di4 li5	secretly; inwardly; on the sly	1
产业[產業]	chan3 ye4	industry; estate; property; industrial	1
娈童[孌童]	luan2 tong2	catamite (boy as homosexual partner); kept man; gigolo	1
撤掉[撤掉]	che4 diao4	to cut; to throw out; to depose (from office); to tear off	1
礼制[禮制]	li3 zhi4	etiquette; system of rites	2
私通[私通]	si1 tong1	to have secret ties with; to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc); to engage in an illicit sexual relationship; adultery	2
无用[無用]	wu2 yong4	useless; worthless	2
策[策]	ce4	policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy	19
解[解]	jie3	to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection	15
燃眉之急[燃眉之急]	ran2 mei2 zhi1 ji2	lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency	3
盐[鹽]	yan2	salt; CL:粒[li4]	26
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/300 words - 39 min
商人[商人]	shang1 ren2	merchant; businessman	1
引[引]	yin3	to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters	17
听上去[聽上去]	ting1 shang4 qu5	to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc); to seem	1
天灾[天災]	tian1 zai1	natural disaster	1
边塞[邊塞]	bian1 sai4	frontier fortress	4
拎[拎]	lin1	to lift; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. [ling1]	1
拼杀[拼殺]	pin1 sha1	to grapple (with the enemy); to fight at the risk of one's life	1
饿肚子[餓肚子]	e4 du4 zi5	to go hungry; to starve	1
乡亲[鄉親]	xiang1 qin1	fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home	2
中法[中法]	Zhong1 Fa3	China-France (cooperation); Sino-French	4
拦住[攔住]	lan2 zhu4	to stop; to bar the way	2
夫人[夫人]	fu1 ren5	lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]	4
没法[沒法]	mei2 fa3	at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice	7
北疆[北疆]	Bei3 Jiang1	North of Xinjiang	1
得不偿失[得不償失]	de2 bu4 chang2 shi1	the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)	1
岁入[歲入]	sui4 ru4	annual revenue; annual income	1
光是[光是]	guang1 shi4	solely; just	1
进项[進項]	jin4 xiang5	income; receipts; earnings; revenue	1
利弊[利弊]	li4 bi4	pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages	1
共存[共存]	gong4 cun2	to coexist	1
权衡[權衡]	quan2 heng2	to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)	2
得失[得失]	de2 shi1	gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits	2
即可[即可]	ji2 ke3	equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth); (do sth) and that will suffice	3
通过[通過]	tong1 guo4	by means of; through; via; to pass through; to get through; to adopt; to pass (a bill or inspection etc); to switch over	2
充足[充足]	chong1 zu2	adequate; sufficient; abundant	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep10/325 words - 41 min
断言[斷言]	duan4 yan2	to assert; assertion	2
不消[不消]	bu4 xiao1	to not need; needless (to say)	1
必得[必得]	bi4 dei3	must; have to	2
精通[精通]	jing1 tong1	to be proficient in; to master (a subject)	1
货[貨]	huo4	goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
术[術]	shu4	method; technique	3
剃[剃]	ti4	to shave	1
秃子[禿子]	tu1 zi5	bald-headed person; baldy	1
照葫芦画瓢[照葫蘆畫瓢]	zhao4 hu2 lu5 hua4 piao2	lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly	1
念经[念經]	nian4 jing1	to recite or chant Buddhist scripture	1
下属[下屬]	xia4 shu3	subordinate; underling	2
市集[市集]	shi4 ji2	fair; market (in a public place); small town	1
低声[低聲]	di1 sheng1	in a low voice; softly	1
求人[求人]	qiu2 ren2	to ask for help; to ask a favor; to recruit talented people	2
兵书[兵書]	bing1 shu1	a book on the art of war	3
吮[吮]	shun3	to suck	2
痈[癰]	yong1	carbuncle	1
典故[典故]	dian3 gu4	classical story or quote from the literature	2
妾[妾]	qie4	concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)	7
有何贵干[有何貴幹]	you3 he2 gui4 gan4	What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you?	1
街上[街上]	jie1 shang5	on the street; in town	2
惊马[驚馬]	jing1 ma3	startled horse	1
上官[上官]	shang4 guan1	high-ranking official; superior	1
恕罪[恕罪]	shu4 zui4	please forgive me	8
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/25 words - 6 min
摔[摔]	shuai1	to throw down; to fall; to drop and break	18
样[樣]	yang4	manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type	4
店家[店家]	dian4 jia1	proprietor of a shop or restaurant; landlord; shop	1
后院[後院]	hou4 yuan4	rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)	2
昨儿[昨兒]	zuo2 r5	(coll.) yesterday	1
相扑[相撲]	xiang1 pu1	sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]	2
傻子[傻子]	sha3 zi5	idiot; fool	1
酒吧[酒吧]	jiu3 ba1	bar; pub; saloon; CL:家[jia1]	1
底朝天[底朝天]	di3 chao2 tian1	upside down; upturned	1
喝酒[喝酒]	he1 jiu3	to drink (alcohol)	9
蛮力[蠻力]	man2 li4	brute force	1
要饭[要飯]	yao4 fan4	to beg (for food or money)	1
滚蛋[滾蛋]	gun3 dan4	get out of here!; beat it!	3
浑蛋[渾蛋]	hun2 dan4	variant of 混蛋[hun2 dan4]	1
官差[官差]	guan1 chai1	official business; government workmen; odd-job men	6
斗[鬥]	dou4	to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together	4
挨打[挨打]	ai2 da3	to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack	2
更有甚者[更有甚者]	geng4 you3 shen4 zhe3	furthermore (idiom)	2
老娘[老娘]	lao3 niang2	my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife	1
娘子[娘子]	niang2 zi3	(dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman	2
王法[王法]	wang2 fa3	the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion	9
解开[解開]	jie3 kai1	to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)	2
干嘛[幹嘛]	gan4 ma2	what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?	6
卢氏[盧氏]	Lu2 shi4	Lushi county in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan	2
嫁妆[嫁妝]	jia4 zhuang5	dowry	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/50 words - 8 min
薄田[薄田]	bo2 tian2	barren field; poor land	1
官府[官府]	guan1 fu3	authorities; feudal official	5
斗[斗]	dou3	dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡[dou3]	13
不只[不只]	bu4 zhi3	not only; not merely	2
憨[憨]	han1	silly; simple-minded; foolish; naive; sturdy; tough; heavy (of rope)	1
调戏[調戲]	tiao2 xi4	to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities	1
盏[盞]	zhan3	a small cup; classifier for lamps	2
工夫[工夫]	gong1 fu5	period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort	6
县[縣]	xian4	county	22
灭[滅]	mie4	to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown	4
县令[縣令]	xian4 ling4	county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)	3
官官相护[官官相護]	guan1 guan1 xiang1 hu4	officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up	1
袒护[袒護]	tan3 hu4	to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side	1
惩治[懲治]	cheng2 zhi4	to punish	4
衙役[衙役]	ya2 yi4	bailiff of feudal yamen	1
考绩[考績]	kao3 ji4	to check up on sb's achievements	3
搞不好[搞不好]	gao3 bu5 hao3	(coll.) maybe; perhaps	1
保不住[保不住]	bao3 bu5 zhu4	cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well	2
破家[破家]	po4 jia1	to destroy one's family	1
尹[尹]	yin3	to administer; to oversee; to run; magistrate (old)	2
中都[中都]	Zhong1 du1	Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing	13
人证物证[人證物證]	ren2 zheng4 wu4 zheng4	human testimony and material evidence	2
徇私枉法[徇私枉法]	xun4 si1 wang3 fa3	to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)	2
行宫[行宮]	xing2 gong1	temporary imperial residence	3
农具[農具]	nong2 ju4	farm implements; farm tools	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/75 words - 12 min
明年[明年]	ming2 nian2	next year	6
闹事[鬧事]	nao4 shi4	to cause trouble; to create a disturbance	7
何人[何人]	he2 ren2	who	5
聚众[聚眾]	ju4 zhong4	to gather a crowd; to muster	2
殴[毆]	ou1	to beat up; to hit sb	1
冥顽[冥頑]	ming2 wan2	stupid; stubborn	1
本土[本土]	ben3 tu3	one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory	1
担保[擔保]	dan1 bao3	to guarantee; to vouch for	1
胁[脅]	xie2	flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten	2
威武[威武]	wei1 wu3	might; formidable	5
俺[俺]	an3	I (northern dialects)	2
放屁[放屁]	fang4 pi4	to fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense; Utter rubbish!	2
怀远[懷遠]	Huai2 yuan3	Huaiyuan county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui	3
隐情[隱情]	yin3 qing2	sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided	1
结论[結論]	jie2 lun4	conclusion; verdict; CL:個|个[ge4]; to conclude; to reach a verdict	1
优[優]	you1	excellent; superior	4
农户[農戶]	nong2 hu4	peasant household	4
冒[冒]	mao4	to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover	5
纳税[納稅]	na4 shui4	to pay taxes	1
凑[湊]	cou4	to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity	1
煌[煌]	huang2	brilliant	6
为此[為此]	wei4 ci3	for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end	2
辈[輩]	bei4	lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people	5
严惩不贷[嚴懲不貸]	yan2 cheng2 bu4 dai4	to punish severely (idiom)	2
枷[枷]	jia1	cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/100 words - 20 min
下狱[下獄]	xia4 yu4	to imprison	4
听候[聽候]	ting1 hou4	to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)	1
发落[發落]	fa1 luo4	to deal with (an offender)	3
旧识[舊識]	jiu4 shi2	former acquaintance; old friend	1
本人[本人]	ben3 ren2	the person himself; I (humble form used in speeches); oneself; myself; in person; personal	2
范[范]	Fan4	surname Fan	3
是否[是否]	shi4 fou3	whether (or not); if; is or isn't	5
且慢[且慢]	qie3 man4	to wait a moment; do not go too soon	3
礼法[禮法]	li3 fa3	etiquette; ceremonial rites	2
理应[理應]	li3 ying1	should; ought to	2
上马[上馬]	shang4 ma3	to get on a horse; to mount	7
更为[更為]	geng4 wei2	even more	1
法制[法制]	fa3 zhi4	legal system and institutions	1
私情[私情]	si1 qing2	personal considerations; love affair	2
以往[以往]	yi3 wang3	in the past; formerly	4
大闹[大鬧]	da4 nao4	to cause havoc; to run amok	2
捆[捆]	kun3	a bunch; to tie together; bundle	1
不用说[不用說]	bu4 yong4 shuo1	needless to say; it goes without saying	3
吐口[吐口]	tu3 kou3	to spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)	1
潜[潛]	qian2	hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive	1
法案[法案]	fa3 an4	bill; proposed law	1
捅[捅]	tong3	to stab; to poke; to prod; to nudge; to disclose	2
明儿[明兒]	ming2 r5	(coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day	2
弥缝[彌縫]	mi2 feng2	to cover up mistakes or crimes; to stitch up; to fix	2
青山[青山]	qing1 shan1	green hills; (the good) life	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/125 words - 23 min
家居[家居]	jia1 ju1	home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)	1
旺[旺]	wang4	prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring	1
四时[四時]	si4 shi2	the four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬	1
里头[裡頭]	li3 tou5	inside; interior	8
留步[留步]	liu2 bu4	(said by departing guest) no need to see me out	4
之所以[之所以]	zhi1 suo3 yi3	the reason why	11
纵横[縱橫]	zong4 heng2	lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)	4
大漠[大漠]	da4 mo4	desert	11
军力[軍力]	jun1 li4	military power	3
百倍[百倍]	bai3 bei4	a hundredfold; a hundred times	1
犹[猶]	you2	as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet	2
屹立[屹立]	yi4 li4	to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)	1
掳[擄]	lu3	to capture; to seize	2
掠[掠]	lu:e4	to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep	1
牧民[牧民]	mu4 min2	herdsman	12
其二[其二]	qi2 er4	secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second	5
爱抚[愛撫]	ai4 fu3	to caress; to fondle; to look after (tenderly); affectionate care	1
无论[無論]	wu2 lun4	no matter what or how; regardless of whether...	8
大旗[大旗]	da4 qi2	banner	1
依然[依然]	yi1 ran2	still; as before	2
熟人[熟人]	shu2 ren2	acquaintance; friend	1
逾[逾]	yu2	to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over	5
曾子[曾子]	Zeng1 zi3	Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]	1
母子[母子]	mu3 zi3	mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest	5
三次[三次]	san1 ci4	third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/150 words - 27 min
精诚[精誠]	jing1 cheng2	sincerity; absolute good faith	3
心机[心機]	xin1 ji1	thinking; scheme	1
谋害[謀害]	mou2 hai4	to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life	6
嚷嚷[嚷嚷]	rang1 rang5	to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach	2
聋[聾]	long2	deaf	4
福分[福分]	fu2 fen5	one's happy lot; good fortune	3
起誓[起誓]	qi3 shi4	to vow; to swear an oath	3
兵器[兵器]	bing1 qi4	weaponry; weapons; arms	3
校场[校場]	jiao4 chang3	military drill ground	3
俨然[儼然]	yan3 ran2	just like; solemn; dignified; neatly laid out	1
不止一次[不止一次]	bu4 zhi3 yi1 ci4	many times; on more than one occasion	2
平生[平生]	ping2 sheng1	all one's life	1
之一[之一]	zhi1 yi1	one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)	2
烈[烈]	lie4	ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements	6
美的[美的]	Mei3 di2	Midea (brand)	2
对手[對手]	dui4 shou3	opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match	3
打架[打架]	da3 jia4	to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows; CL:場|场[chang2]	1
拳头[拳頭]	quan2 tou5	fist; clenched fist; CL:個|个[ge4]; competitive (product)	1
比试[比試]	bi3 shi4	to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring	4
贪[貪]	tan1	to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt	14
赃[贓]	zang1	stolen goods; booty; spoils	2
纳贿[納賄]	na4 hui4	bribery; to give or accept bribes	1
安定[安定]	an1 ding4	stable; quiet; settled; stabilize; maintain; stabilized; calm and orderly	1
疲[疲]	pi2	weary	3
态[態]	tai4	(bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/175 words - 30 min
显[顯]	xian3	to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-	1
苦水[苦水]	ku3 shui3	bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates); suffering; digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth; fig. bitter complaint	1
咽下[嚥下]	yan4 xia4	to swallow; to suppress	1
难题[難題]	nan2 ti2	difficult problem	1
少来[少來]	shao3 lai2	refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it!	1
几时[幾時]	ji3 shi2	what time?; when?	1
丝毫[絲毫]	si1 hao2	the slightest amount or degree; a bit	2
放在眼里[放在眼裡]	fang4 zai4 yan3 li3	to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to	1
彬[彬]	bin1	ornamental; refined	5
心肠[心腸]	xin1 chang2	heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood	1
官场[官場]	guan1 chang3	officialdom; bureaucracy	3
缸[缸]	gang1	jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry; CL:口[kou3]	1
浸[浸]	jin4	to immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually	1
丝[絲]	si1	silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; CL:條|条[tiao2]; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc	1
清明[清明]	qing1 ming2	clear and bright; sober and calm; (of a government or administration) well ordered	1
题目[題目]	ti2 mu4	subject; title; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
答[答]	da2	reply; answer; return; respond; echo	4
吏治[吏治]	li4 zhi4	style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office	2
篇[篇]	pian1	sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article	11
绝[絕]	jue2	to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	16
秦汉[秦漢]	Qin2 Han4	the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties	1
历[歷]	li4	to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history	6
衰败[衰敗]	shuai1 bai4	to decline; to wane; to decay; to deteriorate	1
丞相[丞相]	cheng2 xiang4	the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles); prime minister	12
卓异[卓異]	zhuo2 yi4	(of talent) outstanding; exceptional	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/200 words - 33 min
贪官[貪官]	tan1 guan1	corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin	4
财[財]	cai2	money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	8
枉法[枉法]	wang3 fa3	to circumvent the law	1
贯[貫]	guan4	to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash	5
绞[絞]	jiao3	to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn	4
监守自盗[監守自盜]	jian1 shou3 zi4 dao4	to embezzle	1
仅[僅]	jin3	barely; only; merely	8
压[壓]	ya1	to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure	9
十万[十萬]	shi2 wan4	hundred thousand	14
可解[可解]	ke3 jie3	soluble (i.e. can be solved)	1
谙[諳]	an1	to be versed in; to know well	4
军事[軍事]	jun1 shi4	military affairs; military matters; military	4
国力[國力]	guo2 li4	a nation's power	3
逮[逮]	dai4	(literary) to arrest; to seize; to overtake; until	1
顶多[頂多]	ding3 duo1	at most; at best	1
分身乏术[分身乏術]	fen1 shen1 fa2 shu4	to be up to one's ears in work (idiom); to be unable to attend to other things at the same time	3
聪[聰]	cong1	quick at hearing; wise; clever; sharp-witted; intelligent; acute	2
赦[赦]	she4	to pardon (a convict)	15
明察秋毫[明察秋毫]	ming2 cha2 qiu1 hao2	lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. perceptive of even the finest detail	1
地位[地位]	di4 wei4	position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
万物[萬物]	wan4 wu4	all living things	1
育[育]	yu4	to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate	1
谋划[謀劃]	mou2 hua4	to scheme; to plot; conspiracy	1
长治久安[長治久安]	chang2 zhi4 jiu3 an1	long-term peace and stability (of governments)	3
临安[臨安]	Lin2 an1	Lin'an county level city in Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1], Zhejiang	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/225 words - 35 min
文山[文山]	Wen2 shan1	Wenshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan; Wenshan district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan	1
东江[東江]	Dong1 jiang1	Dongjiang River	3
崖[崖]	ya2	precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]	1
山[山]	shan1	mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座[zuo4]; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable	13
军民[軍民]	jun1 min2	army-civilian; military-masses; military-civilian	4
蹈[蹈]	dao3	to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dao4]	1
膻[膻]	shan1	rank odor (of sheep or goats)	2
腥[腥]	xing1	fishy (smell)	2
科[科]	ke1	branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]	22
科举[科舉]	ke1 ju3	imperial examination	7
辟[辟]	bi4	king; monarch; to enlist; to repel; to avoid	7
推荐[推薦]	tui1 jian4	to recommend; recommendation	1
激[激]	ji1	to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent	1
涕[涕]	ti4	tears; nasal mucus	1
零[零]	ling2	zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither	7
形势[形勢]	xing2 shi4	circumstances; situation; terrain; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
习气[習氣]	xi2 qi4	custom; practice (usually a regrettable one)	1
殿试[殿試]	dian4 shi4	court examination, the top grade imperial exam	3
进士[進士]	jin4 shi4	successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate	12
籍贯[籍貫]	ji2 guan4	one's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace	1
几何[幾何]	ji3 he2	geometry; (literary) how much	3
江浙[江浙]	Jiang1 Zhe4	abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1] and Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]	3
彀[彀]	gou4	to draw a bow to the full; the range of a bow and arrow; old variant of 夠|够[gou4], enough	3
北方[北方]	bei3 fang1	north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River	2
屡遭[屢遭]	lu:3 zao1	to suffer repeatedly	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/250 words - 39 min
战火[戰火]	zhan4 huo3	conflagration; the fire of war	1
人文[人文]	ren2 wen2	humanities; human affairs; culture	1
荟萃[薈萃]	hui4 cui4	collecting together (of distinguished people or exquisite objects); to gather; to assemble	1
出自[出自]	chu1 zi4	to come from	2
圈子[圈子]	quan1 zi5	circle; ring; (social) circle	3
文教[文教]	wen2 jiao4	culture and education	4
种地[種地]	zhong4 di4	to farm; to work the land	1
亲身[親身]	qin1 shen1	personal; oneself	2
掉书袋[掉書袋]	diao4 shu1 dai4	lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom); fig. to show off one's erudition; a person who does so	1
功不可没[功不可沒]	gong1 bu4 ke3 mo4	one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)	1
初三[初三]	chu1 san1	third year in junior middle school	1
杰[傑]	jie2	hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished	2
居首[居首]	ju1 shou3	leading; in first place; top of the list	1
供给[供給]	gong1 ji3	to furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand)	12
运筹帷幄[運籌帷幄]	yun4 chou2 wei2 wo4	lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies	1
想头[想頭]	xiang3 tou5	(coll.) idea; hope	3
晋中[晉中]	Jin4 zhong1	Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西	1
独[獨]	du2	alone; independent; single; sole; only	6
昔年[昔年]	xi1 nian2	former years; previous years	4
隋[隋]	Sui2	the Sui dynasty (581-617 AD); surname Sui	2
权[權]	quan2	authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary	21
柄[柄]	bing3	handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades	2
分权[分權]	fen1 quan2	separation of powers	1
仆[僕]	pu2	servant	1
秩[秩]	zhi4	order; orderliness; (classifier) ten years	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/275 words - 40 min
权重[權重]	quan2 zhong4	weight (i.e. importance attached to sth)	2
年头[年頭]	nian2 tou2	start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest	2
揆[揆]	kui2	consider; estimate	1
综理[綜理]	zong1 li3	to be in overall charge; to oversee	1
斯[斯]	si1	(phonetic); this	7
攸[攸]	you1	distant, far; adverbial prefix	1
寄[寄]	ji4	to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc)	6
量[量]	liang2	to measure	3
量[量]	liang4	capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word	3
宏[宏]	hong2	great; magnificent; macro (computing); macro-	2
神情[神情]	shen2 qing2	look; expression	1
警[警]	jing3	to alert; to warn; police	3
搢[搢]	jin4	shake; stick into; strike	1
绅[紳]	shen1	member of gentry	1
樽[樽]	zun1	goblet; bottle; wine-jar	1
俎[俎]	zu3	a stand for food at sacrifice	1
电[電]	dian4	electric; electricity; electrical	2
驰[馳]	chi2	to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread	1
干戈[干戈]	gan1 ge1	weapons of war; arms	1
所指[所指]	suo3 zhi3	the objects indicated; as pointed out	2
销[銷]	xiao1	to melt (metal); to cancel or annul; to sell; to spend; to fasten with a bolt; bolt or pin	1
雾[霧]	wu4	fog; mist; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]	1
澈[澈]	che4	clear (water); thorough	1
畿[畿]	ji1	territory around the capital	4
固[固]	gu4	hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly	5
灵[靈]	ling2	quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep11/297 words - 42 min
阙[闕]	que4	Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency	9
穆[穆]	mu4	solemn; reverent; calm; burial position in an ancestral tomb (old); old variant of 默	1
彝[彞]	yi2	ancient wine vessel; ancient sacrificial vessel; Yi ethnic group; normal nature of man; laws and rules	1
厘[釐]	li2	one hundredth; centi-	1
升任[升任]	sheng1 ren4	to be promoted to	4
公事[公事]	gong1 shi4	work-related matters; documents	3
邸[邸]	di3	residence of a high-ranking official; lodging-house	2
私事[私事]	si1 shi4	personal matters	1
特来[特來]	te4 lai2	to come with a specific purpose in mind	1
拜访[拜訪]	bai4 fang3	to pay a visit; to call on	2
亲朋[親朋]	qin1 peng2	relatives and friends	1
故交[故交]	gu4 jiao1	former acquaintance; old friend	1
登门[登門]	deng1 men2	to visit sb at home	3
造访[造訪]	zao4 fang3	to visit; to pay a visit	1
一律[一律]	yi1 lu:4	same; uniformly; all; without exception	8
登记[登記]	deng1 ji4	to register (one's name)	6
等值[等值]	deng3 zhi2	of equal value	1
银钱[銀錢]	yin2 qian2	silver money (in former times)	1
回礼[回禮]	hui2 li3	to return a greeting; to send a gift in return	1
成全[成全]	cheng2 quan2	to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off	3
言而有信[言而有信]	yan2 er2 you3 xin4	to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word	1
隔墙有耳[隔牆有耳]	ge2 qiang2 you3 er3	the walls have ears (idiom)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/25 words - 6 min
统领[統領]	tong3 ling3	to lead; to command; commander; officer	2
驶[駛]	shi3	to gallop; speedily; to proceed to; to pilot (ship, plane etc); to sail	2
不识抬举[不識抬舉]	bu4 shi2 tai2 ju3	fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors	1
承诺[承諾]	cheng2 nuo4	to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment	1
心里有数[心裡有數]	xin1 li3 you3 shu4	to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation	3
本朝[本朝]	ben3 chao2	the current dynasty	1
过于[過於]	guo4 yu2	too much; excessively	4
腹[腹]	fu4	abdomen; stomach; belly	4
安放[安放]	an1 fang4	to lay; to place; to put in a certain place	1
信任[信任]	xin4 ren4	to trust; to have confidence in	2
于[于]	yu2	to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 於|于[yu2]	7
唐宋[唐宋]	Tang2 Song4	the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties	2
翊[翊]	yi4	assist; ready to fly; respect	1
贞[貞]	zhen1	chaste	1
房玄龄[房玄齡]	Fang2 Xuan2 ling2	Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书	2
廉[廉]	lian2	incorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)	1
少府[少府]	shao4 fu3	Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]	1
窦[竇]	dou4	hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus	1
北门[北門]	Bei3 men2	Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	2
缮[繕]	shan4	to repair; to mend; to rewrite; to transcribe	3
政事[政事]	zheng4 shi4	politics; government affairs	1
预[預]	yu4	to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare	2
所能[所能]	suo3 neng2	according to one's capabilities; what sb is capable of	2
唐[唐]	tang2	to exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗[tang2]	18
南北[南北]	nan2 bei3	north and south; north to south	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/50 words - 8 min
羽林[羽林]	yu3 lin2	armed escort	2
以南[以南]	yi3 nan2	to the south of (suffix)	1
团结[團結]	tuan2 jie2	to unite; unity; solidarity; united	1
国朝[國朝]	guo2 chao2	the current dynasty	3
肇建[肈建]	zhao4 jian4	to build (for the first time); to create (a building)	1
诸事[諸事]	zhu1 shi4	everything; every matter	3
烽火[烽火]	feng1 huo3	fire beacon (to give alarm)	3
熄[熄]	xi1	to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	1
戎[戎]	rong2	generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs	4
万事[萬事]	wan4 shi4	all things	6
仿[仿]	fang3	to imitate; to copy	1
旧制[舊制]	jiu4 zhi4	old system; weights and measures of former times	1
恢复[恢復]	hui1 fu4	to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate	4
遵[遵]	zun1	to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with	19
哲[哲]	zhe2	wise; a sage	2
分封[分封]	fen1 feng1	to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)	2
屏[屏]	ping2	(standing) screen	5
恳请[懇請]	ken3 qing3	to request earnestly	10
有意思[有意思]	you3 yi4 si5	interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun	3
透[透]	tou4	to penetrate; to pass through; thoroughly; completely; transparent; to appear; to show	4
资治通鉴[資治通鑒]	Zi1 zhi4 Tong1 jian4	A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls	1
唐太宗[唐太宗]	Tang2 Tai4 zong1	Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民[Li3 Shi4 min2] (599-649), reigned 626-649	7
魏征[魏徵]	Wei4 Zheng1	Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书	4
谏言[諫言]	jian4 yan2	advice; to advise	5
说一不二[說一不二]	shuo1 yi1 bu4 er4	to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/75 words - 14 min
事事[事事]	shi4 shi4	everything	2
处处[處處]	chu4 chu4	everywhere; in all respects	2
顺着[順著]	shun4 zhe5	to follow; following; along	3
大一[大一]	da4 yi1	first-year university student	3
索性[索性]	suo3 xing4	you might as well (do it); simply; just	2
十一[十一]	shi2 yi1	eleven; 11	8
万里江山[萬里江山]	wan4 li3 jiang1 shan1	lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; a vast territory (idiom)	1
自己人[自己人]	zi4 ji3 ren2	those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us	2
眼前[眼前]	yan3 qian2	before one's eyes; now; at present	5
健[健]	jian4	healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in	2
顾不上[顧不上]	gu4 bu5 shang4	cannot attend to or manage	4
廷[廷]	ting2	palace courtyard	20
辈出[輩出]	bei4 chu1	to come forth in large numbers	1
情势[情勢]	qing2 shi4	situation; circumstance	3
老虎[老虎]	lao3 hu3	tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
造就[造就]	zao4 jiu4	to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people)	1
局面[局面]	ju2 mian4	aspect; phase; situation	5
枉费[枉費]	wang3 fei4	to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain	1
功夫[功夫]	gong1 fu5	skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort	2
西安[西安]	Xi1 an1	Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] in northwest China; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 qu1]	18
成色[成色]	cheng2 se4	relative purity of silver or gold; purity in carat weight; quality; fineness	1
时刻[時刻]	shi2 ke4	time; juncture; moment; period of time; CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]; constantly; always	2
无事生非[無事生非]	wu2 shi4 sheng1 fei1	to make trouble out of nothing	3
害得[害得]	hai4 de5	to cause or lead to sth bad	1
安宁[安寧]	an1 ning2	peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/100 words - 20 min
进门[進門]	jin4 men2	to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage	1
履[履]	lu:3	shoe; to tread on	2
作数[作數]	zuo4 shu4	valid; counting (as valid)	4
郡[郡]	jun4	canton; county; region	9
职衔[職銜]	zhi2 xian2	title (position within an organization)	1
抽调[抽調]	chou1 diao4	to transfer (personnel or material)	5
上心[上心]	shang4 xin1	carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth	2
水田[水田]	shui3 tian2	paddy field; rice paddy	1
插秧[插秧]	cha1 yang1	to transplant rice seedlings	1
操练[操練]	cao1 lian4	drill; practice	2
新军[新軍]	Xin1 jun1	New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)	1
农田[農田]	nong2 tian2	farmland; cultivated land	1
牢骚[牢騷]	lao2 sao1	discontent; complaint; to complain	1
上菜[上菜]	shang4 cai4	to serve, also to put on plate	1
耙子[耙子]	pa2 zi5	a rake	1
父老[父老]	fu4 lao3	elders	4
纳入[納入]	na4 ru4	to bring into; to channel into; to integrate into; to incorporate	3
典当[典當]	dian3 dang4	to pawn; pawnshop	1
男丁[男丁]	nan2 ding1	adult male	2
务农[務農]	wu4 nong2	farming; to work the land	1
操演[操演]	cao1 yan3	drill; exercise; demonstration; to demonstrate	4
全家[全家]	quan2 jia1	whole family	3
籍[籍]	ji2	book or record; registry; roll; place of one's family or ancestral records; membership	3
接纳[接納]	jie1 na4	to admit (to membership)	1
婶[嬸]	shen3	wife of father's younger brother	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/125 words - 34 min
加油[加油]	jia1 you2	to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on	2
身先士卒[身先士卒]	shen1 xian1 shi4 zu2	to fight at the head of one's troops; (fig.) to take the lead	3
带领[帶領]	dai4 ling3	to guide; to lead	2
肃杀[肅殺]	su4 sha1	austere; stern; harsh; somber and desolate (autumn or winter)	1
全盘[全盤]	quan2 pan2	overall; comprehensive	1
危难[危難]	wei1 nan4	calamity	1
诸君[諸君]	zhu1 jun1	Gentlemen! (start of a speech); Ladies and Gentlemen!	6
猛将[猛將]	meng3 jiang4	fierce general; valiant military leader; fig. brave individual	1
举杯[舉杯]	ju3 bei1	to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast	1
搭理[搭理]	da1 li5	variant of 答理[da1 li5]	1
慰[慰]	wei4	to comfort; to console; to reassure	6
秦军[秦軍]	Qin2 jun1	the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors)	1
年幼[年幼]	nian2 you4	young; underage	6
循[循]	xun2	to follow; to adhere to; to abide by	4
颇[頗]	po1	rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]	3
股[股]	gu3	thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions	5
人心[人心]	ren2 xin1	popular feeling; the will of the people	13
矢[矢]	shi3	arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear; old variant of 屎[shi3]	4
无不[無不]	wu2 bu4	none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception	1
凛遵[凜遵]	lin3 zun1	to strictly abide by	2
蹦跶[蹦躂]	beng4 da5	to bounce; to jump; to hop; also variant of 蹦達|蹦达[beng4 da2]	1
盅[盅]	zhong1	handleless cup; goblet	1
用膳[用膳]	yong4 shan4	to dine	1
废物[廢物]	fei4 wu4	rubbish; waste material; useless person	6
心高气傲[心高氣傲]	xin1 gao1 qi4 ao4	proud and arrogant	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/150 words - 37 min
自诩[自詡]	zi4 xu3	to pose as; to flaunt oneself as; to boast of; to brag	1
具[具]	ju4	tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies	11
风头[風頭]	feng1 tou2	wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight	1
卯时[卯時]	mao3 shi2	5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	4
气头上[氣頭上]	qi4 tou2 shang4	in a fit of anger (idiom); in a temper	1
利落[利落]	li4 luo5	agile; nimble; all settled; in order	1
不愧[不愧]	bu4 kui4	to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be	1
乃东[乃東]	Nai3 dong1	Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet	1
架势[架勢]	jia4 shi5	attitude; position (on an issue etc)	2
收成[收成]	shou1 cheng2	harvest	2
老天[老天]	lao3 tian1	God; Heavens	5
开眼[開眼]	kai1 yan3	to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons	1
刮[刮]	gua1	to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort	1
大风[大風]	da4 feng1	gale; CL:場|场[chang2]	1
暴雨[暴雨]	bao4 yu3	torrential rain; rainstorm; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]	1
蝗[蝗]	huang2	locust	2
灾[災]	zai1	disaster; calamity	4
缴纳[繳納]	jiao3 na4	to pay (taxes etc)	4
田赋[田賦]	tian2 fu4	land tax	1
运气[運氣]	yun4 qi5	luck (good or bad)	1
往年[往年]	wang3 nian2	in former years; in previous years	5
扛[扛]	kang2	to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)	7
立夏[立夏]	Li4 xia4	Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May	1
稼穑[稼穡]	jia4 se4	(literary) sowing and reaping; farm work	2
都城[都城]	du1 cheng2	capital city	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/175 words - 39 min
青[青]	qing1	green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)	6
绿[綠]	lu:4	green	1
瓦[瓦]	wa3	roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]	8
屋顶[屋頂]	wu1 ding3	roof; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
直奔[直奔]	zhi2 ben4	to go straight to; to make a beeline for	2
陵[陵]	ling2	mound; tomb; hill; mountain	8
上高[上高]	Shang4 gao1	Shanggao county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi	1
轩[軒]	xuan1	pavilion with a view; high; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)	1
厦[廈]	sha4	tall building; mansion; rear annex; lean-to; also pr. [xia4]	1
气象[氣象]	qi4 xiang4	meteorological feature; CL:個|个[ge4]; meteorology; atmosphere; ambience; scene	3
耗尽[耗盡]	hao4 jin4	to exhaust; to use up; to deplete; to drain	2
积蓄[積蓄]	ji1 xu4	to save; to put aside; savings	2
迁徙[遷徙]	qian1 xi3	to migrate; to move	1
富户[富戶]	fu4 hu4	rich family; large landlord	1
里子[裡子]	li3 zi5	lining; (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)	3
光鲜[光鮮]	guang1 xian1	bright and neat	1
亮丽[亮麗]	liang4 li4	bright and beautiful	1
四方[四方]	si4 fang1	four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere	4
来朝[來朝]	lai2 zhao1	(literary) tomorrow (morning)	2
如斯[如斯]	ru2 si1	(literary) in this way; so	1
民生[民生]	min2 sheng1	people's livelihood; people's welfare	1
邦国[邦國]	bang1 guo2	country; state	2
抚慰[撫慰]	fu3 wei4	to console; to comfort; to soothe	1
犒劳[犒勞]	kao4 lao2	to reward with food and drink; to feast (sb); presents of food etc made to troops; Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]	1
效法[效法]	xiao4 fa3	to imitate; to follow the example of	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep12/195 words - 42 min
孤身[孤身]	gu1 shen1	alone; lonely	4
柱[柱]	zhu4	pillar; CL:根[gen1]	1
农忙[農忙]	nong2 mang2	busy farming season	1
泡汤[泡湯]	pao4 tang1	to dawdle; to go slow deliberately; to fizzle out; to have all one's hopes dashed; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring	1
创[創]	chuang4	to begin; to initiate; to inaugurate; to start; to create	2
财力[財力]	cai2 li4	financial resources; financial ability	1
植[植]	zhi2	to plant	2
安养[安養]	an1 yang3	to foster; to provide care (esp. for the elderly)	3
生息[生息]	sheng1 xi1	to inhabit; to live (in a habitat)	8
贪官污吏[貪官污吏]	tan1 guan1 wu1 li4	grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption	1
横行霸道[橫行霸道]	heng2 xing2 ba4 dao4	to oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize	1
苛[苛]	ke1	severe; exacting	10
猛[猛]	meng3	ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome	4
苛政猛于虎[苛政猛於虎]	ke1 zheng4 meng3 yu2 hu3	tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom)	3
急着[急著]	ji2 zhe5	urgently	1
巡视[巡視]	xun2 shi4	to patrol; to make a tour; to inspect; to scan with one's eyes	3
饕餮[饕餮]	tao1 tie4	ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes; gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet)	1
手艺[手藝]	shou3 yi4	craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade	1
孙子[孫子]	sun1 zi5	grandson; son's son	17
踩[踩]	cai3	to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/25 words - 6 min
当政[當政]	dang1 zheng4	to come to power; to hold power; in office	1
家给人足[家給人足]	jia1 ji3 ren2 zu2	lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off	2
小康[小康]	xiao3 kang1	moderately affluent; well-off; a period of peace and prosperity	2
拍马[拍馬]	pai1 ma3	to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady	1
灯笼[燈籠]	deng1 long2	lantern	1
山西[山西]	Shan1 xi1	Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原	4
陕西[陝西]	Shan3 xi1	Shaanxi (formerly Shensi), province in northwest China, abbr. 陝|陕[Shan3], capital Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]	9
太原[太原]	Tai4 yuan2	Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 in central north China	6
州[州]	zhou1	prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)	28
初一[初一]	chu1 yi1	first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school	1
觐见[覲見]	jin4 jian4	to have an audience (with the Emperor)	12
及早[及早]	ji2 zao3	at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible	1
事关[事關]	shi4 guan1	to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for	1
防[防]	fang2	to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent	6
兵部[兵部]	Bing1 bu4	Ministry of War (in imperial China)	24
拿出[拿出]	na2 chu1	to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)	1
盯住[盯住]	ding1 zhu4	to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports)	1
单单[單單]	dan1 dan1	only; merely; just	1
有加[有加]	you3 jia1	extremely (placed after verb or adjective)	1
大庭广众[大庭廣眾]	da4 ting2 guang3 zhong4	public place with numerous people	2
大张旗鼓[大張旗鼓]	da4 zhang1 qi2 gu3	with great fanfare	2
惩办[懲辦]	cheng2 ban4	to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone)	1
行家[行家]	hang2 jia1	connoisseur; expert; veteran	1
狂[狂]	kuang2	mad; wild; violent	3
莫过于[莫過於]	mo4 guo4 yu2	nothing can surpass	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/50 words - 16 min
召见[召見]	zhao4 jian4	call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview	1
利害[利害]	li4 hai5	terrible; formidable; serious; devastating; tough; capable; sharp; severe; fierce	2
相连[相連]	xiang1 lian2	to link; to join; link; connection	3
燕麦[燕麥]	yan4 mai4	oats	1
面[麵]	mian4	flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless	3
糠[糠]	kang1	husk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)	2
村子[村子]	cun1 zi5	village	1
家家户户[家家戶戶]	jia1 jia1 hu4 hu4	each and every family (idiom); every household	1
捏[捏]	nie1	to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up	4
叫作[叫作]	jiao4 zuo4	to call; to be called	2
勾当[勾當]	gou4 dang4	shady business	1
箱[箱]	xiang1	box; trunk; chest	4
伪朝[偽朝]	wei3 chao2	bogus dynasty; pretender	1
劳什子[勞什子]	lao2 shi2 zi5	(dialect) nuisance; pain	1
有朝一日[有朝一日]	you3 zhao1 yi1 ri4	one day; sometime in the future	1
事到临头[事到臨頭]	shi4 dao4 lin2 tou2	when things come to a head (idiom)	1
信得过[信得過]	xin4 de5 guo4	trustworthy; reliable	8
扒拉[扒拉]	ba1 la1	to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of	2
使唤[使喚]	shi3 huan4	to order sb about; to use sb	1
龌龊[齷齪]	wo4 chuo4	dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; narrow-minded; petty	1
口粮[口糧]	kou3 liang2	ration	5
三分之一[三分之一]	san1 fen1 zhi1 yi1	one third	1
分量[分量]	fen4 liang5	quantity; weight; measure	4
元朝[元朝]	Yuan2 chao2	Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)	2
铁证[鐵證]	tie3 zheng4	ironclad evidence; conclusive proof	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/75 words - 18 min
远远[遠遠]	yuan3 yuan3	distant; by far	4
塘[塘]	tang2	dyke; embankment; pool or pond; hot-water bathing pool	2
看护[看護]	kan1 hu4	to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse	1
浆[漿]	jiang1	broth; serum; to starch	1
战栗[戰慄]	zhan4 li4	to tremble; shudder	1
不已[不已]	bu4 yi3	endlessly; incessantly	1
恩典[恩典]	en1 dian3	favor; grace	6
布衣[布衣]	bu4 yi1	plain cotton clothing; (literary) the common people	1
垂[垂]	chui2	to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	3
肇[肇]	zhao4	at first; devise; originate	1
夙夜匪懈[夙夜匪懈]	su4 ye4 fei3 xie4	to work from morning to night (idiom)	3
唯恐[唯恐]	wei2 kong3	for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐	2
黎民[黎民]	li2 min2	the common people; the great unwashed	2
正当[正當]	zheng4 dang1	timely; just (when needed)	2
一心[一心]	yi1 xin1	wholeheartedly; heart and soul	1
纲[綱]	gang1	head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program	4
奈何[奈何]	nai4 he2	to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail	4
奢靡[奢靡]	she1 mi2	extravagant	1
泛起[泛起]	fan4 qi3	to appear; to emerge; to surface	1
贪渎[貪瀆]	tan1 du2	(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty	1
渐[漸]	jian4	gradual; gradually	4
岂非[豈非]	qi3 fei1	wouldn't it be ... ?	2
重蹈[重蹈]	chong2 dao3	to repeat; to follow the same road as	1
辙[轍]	che4	to remove; to withdraw	1
有失[有失]	you3 shi1	to fail or lose (used in fixed expressions)	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/100 words - 21 min
咎[咎]	jiu4	fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune	2
巨细[巨細]	ju4 xi4	big and small	1
巡查[巡查]	xun2 cha2	to patrol	3
缉捕[緝捕]	ji1 bu3	to seize; to apprehend; an arrest	2
诏狱[詔獄]	zhao4 yu4	imperial prison	9
不轨[不軌]	bu4 gui3	errant	4
验[驗]	yan4	to examine; to test; to check	1
谭[譚]	tan2	variant of 談|谈[tan2]	17
渊[淵]	yuan1	deep pool; deep; profound	19
薛[薛]	xue1	wormwood like grass (classical)	2
归案[歸案]	gui1 an4	to bring to justice; to file away (a document)	2
缉拿[緝拿]	ji1 na2	to arrest; to seize	3
无须[無須]	wu2 xu1	need not; not obliged to; not necessarily	2
三法司[三法司]	san1 fa3 si1	the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China)	2
便宜行事[便宜行事]	bian4 yi2 xing2 shi4	act at one's discretion; act as one sees fit	4
复命[復命]	fu4 ming4	to report on completion of a mission; debriefing	5
借[藉]	jie4	variant of 借[jie4]	7
倒卖[倒賣]	dao3 mai4	to resell at a profit; to speculate	1
捕拿[捕拿]	bu3 na2	to arrest; to capture; to catch	13
宿娼[宿娼]	su4 chang1	to visit a prostitute	1
狎妓[狎妓]	xia2 ji4	(old) to visit prostitutes	1
即日[即日]	ji2 ri4	this or that very day; in the next few days	3
收押[收押]	shou1 ya1	in custody; to keep sb in detention	2
泰[泰]	tai4	safe; peaceful; most; grand	35
收受[收受]	shou1 shou4	to receive; to accept	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/125 words - 24 min
贿赂[賄賂]	hui4 lu4	to bribe; a bribe	1
罪犯[罪犯]	zui4 fan4	criminal	2
行刑[行刑]	xing2 xing2	to carry out a (death) sentence; execution	2
跋扈[跋扈]	ba2 hu4	domineering; bossy	3
礼数[禮數]	li3 shu4	etiquette; (old) gradation of etiquette with social status	2
周全[周全]	zhou1 quan2	thorough; to bring one's help; to assist	3
孤儿[孤兒]	gu1 er2	orphan	1
烈士[烈士]	lie4 shi4	martyr	1
户籍[戶籍]	hu4 ji2	census register; household register	1
良家[良家]	liang2 jia1	good family; innocent people	1
天府[天府]	Tian1 fu3	Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty	3
验明正身[驗明正身]	yan4 ming2 zheng4 shen1	to identify; to verify sb's identity; identification	1
交兵[交兵]	jiao1 bing1	in a state of war	1
查验[查驗]	cha2 yan4	inspection; to examine	2
出面[出面]	chu1 mian4	to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up	2
亲自[親自]	qin1 zi4	personally; in person; oneself	10
遴选[遴選]	lin2 xuan3	to pick; to choose; to select	2
针[針]	zhen1	needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]	1
泼[潑]	po1	to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish	1
制[製]	zhi4	to manufacture; to make	1
不比[不比]	bu4 bi3	unlike	4
秋[秋]	qiu1	autumn; fall; harvest time	4
依着[依著]	yi1 zhe5	in accordance with	1
一个个[一個個]	yi1 ge4 ge4	each and every one	4
乏[乏]	fa2	short of; tired	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/150 words - 30 min
不在乎[不在乎]	bu4 zai4 hu5	not to care	4
催[催]	cui1	to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite	2
英武[英武]	ying1 wu3	soldierly; martial (appearance)	5
黏糊[黏糊]	nian2 hu5	sticky; glutinous; slow-moving	1
禀性[稟性]	bing3 xing4	natural disposition	1
天大[天大]	tian1 da4	gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous	3
福气[福氣]	fu2 qi5	good fortune; a blessing	7
娘家[娘家]	niang2 jia5	married woman's parents' home	2
短少[短少]	duan3 shao3	to be short of the full amount	1
伴[伴]	ban4	partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany	1
彼此[彼此]	bi3 ci3	each other; one another	6
来势[來勢]	lai2 shi4	momentum of sth approaching	2
一线[一線]	yi1 xian4	front line	4
虏[虜]	lu3	prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave	6
出没[出沒]	chu1 mo4	to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set	3
会议[會議]	hui4 yi4	meeting; conference; CL:場|场[chang3],屆|届[jie4]	2
节制[節制]	jie2 zhi4	to control; to restrict; to moderate; to temper; moderation; sobriety; to administer	28
对调[對調]	dui4 diao4	to swap places; to exchange roles	2
不妥[不妥]	bu4 tuo3	not proper; inappropriate	7
岳[岳]	yue4	wife's parents and paternal uncles	3
丈[丈]	zhang4	measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male	6
客套[客套]	ke4 tao4	polite greeting; civilities; to exchange pleasantries	2
相宜[相宜]	xiang1 yi2	to be suitable or appropriate	1
各自[各自]	ge4 zi4	each; respective; apiece	15
短板[短板]	duan3 ban3	short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); (fig.) shortcoming; weak point	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/175 words - 36 min
夸[誇]	kua1	to boast; to exaggerate; to praise	2
为人[為人]	wei2 ren2	to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character	2
专断[專斷]	zhuan1 duan4	to act arbitrarily; to make decisions without consulting others	1
持重[持重]	chi2 zhong4	prudent; cautious; to be in charge of ritual ceremonies; to hold an important office	8
谨慎[謹慎]	jin3 shen4	cautious; prudent	7
心态[心態]	xin1 tai4	attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality	1
大功[大功]	da4 gong1	great merit; great service	2
大错[大錯]	da4 cuo4	blunder	1
驾驭[駕馭]	jia4 yu4	to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate	1
于是[於是]	yu2 shi4	thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence	1
副将[副將]	fu4 jiang4	deputy general	4
统帅[統帥]	tong3 shuai4	command; commander-in-chief	1
材料[材料]	cai2 liao4	material; data; makings; stuff; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]	4
效仿[傚仿]	xiao4 fang3	see 仿傚|仿效[fang3 xiao4]	3
李靖[李靖]	Li3 Jing4	Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]	1
全权[全權]	quan2 quan2	full powers; total authority; plenipotentiary powers	2
长进[長進]	zhang3 jin4	to make progress; progress	3
揣摩[揣摩]	chuai3 mo2	to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom	1
进攻[進攻]	jin4 gong1	to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports)	2
个个[個個]	ge4 ge4	each one individually; each and every	2
遵旨[遵旨]	zun1 zhi3	to obey the Emperor's decree; at your Imperial majesty's command	10
掌管[掌管]	zhang3 guan3	in charge of; to control	3
或许[或許]	huo4 xu3	perhaps; maybe	2
花布[花布]	hua1 bu4	printed cloth; calico	3
俊[俊]	jun4	smart; eminent; handsome; talented	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep13/193 words - 41 min
酷[酷]	ku4	ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool; hip	8
晕倒[暈倒]	yun1 dao3	to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious	2
有喜[有喜]	you3 xi3	to be expecting; to be with child	3
姐夫[姐夫]	jie3 fu5	(coll.) older sister's husband	20
爹娘[爹娘]	die1 niang2	(dialect) parents	1
尽管[儘管]	jin3 guan3	despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating	4
侍女[侍女]	shi4 nu:3	maid	1
门前[門前]	men2 qian2	in front of the door	1
准[準]	zhun3	accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-	1
摽[摽]	biao4	to bind tightly; to link (arms); to hang around with; to stick close to (sb); to compete; (literary) to beat	1
梅[梅]	mei2	plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)	1
相中[相中]	xiang1 zhong4	to find to one's taste; to pick (after looking at); Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4]	1
英年[英年]	ying1 nian2	the prime of one's life; youthful years	1
使劲[使勁]	shi3 jin4	to exert all one's strength	11
毛巾[毛巾]	mao2 jin1	towel; CL:條|条[tiao2]	2
挺住[挺住]	ting3 zhu4	to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)	12
劲儿[勁兒]	jin4 r5	erhua variant of 勁|劲[jin4]	2
使劲儿[使勁兒]	shi3 jin4 r5	erhua variant of 使勁|使劲[shi3 jin4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep14/25 words - 10 min
礼节[禮節]	li3 jie2	etiquette	1
等不及[等不及]	deng3 bu4 ji2	can't wait	2
眉眼[眉眼]	mei2 yan3	brows and eyes; appearance; looks; countenance	1
一模一样[一模一樣]	yi1 mu2 yi1 yang4	exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4]	2
炽[熾]	chi4	to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious	62
姓名[姓名]	xing4 ming2	surname and given name; full name	2
外孙子[外孫子]	wai4 sun1 zi5	(coll.) daughter's son; grandson	1
外公[外公]	wai4 gong1	(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather	2
显摆[顯擺]	xian3 bai5	(coll.) to show off	1
信不过[信不過]	xin4 bu4 guo4	to distrust; to be suspicious	4
查办[查辦]	cha2 ban4	to investigate and handle (a criminal case)	1
高地[高地]	gao1 di4	highland; upland	1
不知进退[不知進退]	bu4 zhi1 jin4 tui4	not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety	2
恩义[恩義]	en1 yi4	feelings of gratitude and loyalty	2
首肯[首肯]	shou3 ken3	to give a nod of approval	1
公子[公子]	gong1 zi3	son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific)	1
当面[當面]	dang1 mian4	to sb's face; in sb's presence	2
院子[院子]	yuan4 zi5	courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant	2
拖家带口[拖家帶口]	tuo1 jia1 dai4 kou3	dragged down by having a family to feed	1
房子[房子]	fang2 zi5	house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]	3
忠心[忠心]	zhong1 xin1	good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication	4
妻儿[妻兒]	qi1 er2	wife and child	5
接过[接過]	jie1 guo4	to take (sth proffered)	2
若非[若非]	ruo4 fei1	were it not for; if not for	2
诱[誘]	you4	to entice; to tempt	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep14/50 words - 18 min
晓[曉]	xiao3	dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit	2
有缘[有緣]	you3 yuan2	related; brought together by fate	2
囚[囚]	qiu2	prisoner	1
分内[分內]	fen4 nei4	one's job or duty; within one's remit	6
领教[領教]	ling3 jiao4	much obliged; thank you; to ask advice; (ironically or humorously) to experience; to taste	2
调度[調度]	diao4 du4	to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler	2
心腹[心腹]	xin1 fu4	trusted aide; confidant; reliable agent; to confide	2
地势[地勢]	di4 shi4	terrain; topography relief	3
大局[大局]	da4 ju2	general situation; present conditions	5
居中[居中]	ju1 zhong1	positioned between (two parties); to mediate between	1
涉险[涉險]	she4 xian3	to take risks; involved in adventure	4
家燕[家燕]	jia1 yan4	(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)	2
献殷勤[獻殷勤]	xian4 yin1 qin2	to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to ingratiate oneself	2
通州[通州]	Tong1 zhou1	Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county; Tongzhou county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu	7
军队[軍隊]	jun1 dui4	army; troops; CL:支[zhi1],個|个[ge4]	3
东边[東邊]	dong1 bian5	east; east side; eastern part; to the east of	2
奶妈[奶媽]	nai3 ma1	wet nurse	1
杂[雜]	za2	mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix	4
嫌疑[嫌疑]	xian2 yi2	suspicion; to have suspicions	5
页[頁]	ye4	page; leaf	1
重返[重返]	chong2 fan3	to return to	1
查出[查出]	cha2 chu1	to find out; to discover	2
旧都[舊都]	jiu4 du1	old capital	1
七月[七月]	Qi1 yue4	July; seventh month (of the lunar year)	4
收取[收取]	shou1 qu3	to receive; to collect	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep14/75 words - 20 min
留用[留用]	liu2 yong4	to keep for use; to retain sth; to keep sb in his job	2
故吏[故吏]	gu4 li4	(literary) former subordinate	1
查勘[查勘]	cha2 kan1	to investigate	3
垛[垛]	duo3	battlement; target	1
集[集]	ji2	to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode	7
收编[收編]	shou1 bian1	to incorporate into one's troops; to weave in	1
尽忠[盡忠]	jin4 zhong1	to display utter loyalty; to be loyal to the end	1
职守[職守]	zhi2 shou3	duty; responsibility; post	1
网罗[網羅]	wang3 luo2	net for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare (a valuable new team member etc); to bring together under the one umbrella	1
滥[濫]	lan4	overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate	3
抽丝剥茧[抽絲剝繭]	chou1 si1 bao1 jian3	lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)	1
形胜[形勝]	xing2 sheng4	advantageous; strategic (position)	1
经营[經營]	jing1 ying2	to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate	4
名不虚传[名不虛傳]	ming2 bu4 xu1 chuan2	lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation	1
大举[大舉]	da4 ju3	(do sth) on a large scale	12
来犯[來犯]	lai2 fan4	to invade one's territory	4
居庸关[居庸關]	Ju1 yong1 guan1	Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]	3
紫荆[紫荊]	zi3 jing1	Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)	1
破关[破關]	po4 guan1	to solve or overcome (a difficult problem); to beat (a video game)	3
当机立断[當機立斷]	dang1 ji1 li4 duan4	to make prompt decisions (idiom)	1
周边[周邊]	zhou1 bian1	periphery; rim; surroundings; all around; perimeter; peripheral (computing); spin-offs	3
蓟[薊]	ji4	cirsium; thistle	1
密云[密雲]	Mi4 yun2	Miyun town and county in Beijing	5
怀来[懷來]	Huai2 lai2	Huailai county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei	5
遵化[遵化]	Zun1 hua4	Zunhua county level city in Tangshan 唐山[Tang2 shan1], Hebei	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep14/100 words - 22 min
城垣[城垣]	cheng2 yuan2	city wall	2
矮小[矮小]	ai3 xiao3	short and small; low and small; undersized	2
据守[據守]	ju4 shou3	to guard; to hold a fortified position; entrenched	1
坐以待毙[坐以待斃]	zuo4 yi3 dai4 bi4	to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate	3
固守[固守]	gu4 shou3	to strongly defend one's position; to be entrenched; to cling to	3
亭[亭]	ting2	pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect	15
卢沟桥[盧溝橋]	Lu2 gou1 Qiao2	Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]	6
必经[必經]	bi4 jing1	unavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc)	3
北上[北上]	bei3 shang4	to go up north	4
咽喉[咽喉]	yan1 hou2	throat	2
支援[支援]	zhi1 yuan2	to provide assistance; to support; to back	2
永定[永定]	Yong3 ding4	Yongding county level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian; Yongding district of Zhangjiajie city 張家界市|张家界市[Zhang1 jia1 jie4 shi4], Hunan	1
河畔[河畔]	he2 pan4	riverside; river plain	1
望洋兴叹[望洋興嘆]	wang4 yang2 xing1 tan4	lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom); fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)	1
桥[橋]	qiao2	bridge; CL:座[zuo4]	3
坚[堅]	jian1	strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute	6
婴[嬰]	ying1	infant; baby	3
呆[呆]	dai1	foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay	2
死战[死戰]	si3 zhan4	fight to the death; desperate struggle	3
任人[任人]	ren4 ren2	to appoint (sb to a post)	2
援兵[援兵]	yuan2 bing1	reinforcement	7
让步[讓步]	rang4 bu4	to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive	2
全数[全數]	quan2 shu4	the entire sum; the whole amount	4
城外[城外]	cheng2 wai4	outside of a city	15
游弋[遊弋]	you2 yi4	to cruise	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep14/125 words - 24 min
伺机[伺機]	si4 ji1	to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance	3
啃[啃]	ken3	to gnaw; to nibble; to bite	1
攻城[攻城]	gong1 cheng2	to besiege (a town)	6
得分[得分]	de2 fen1	to score	1
谙熟[諳熟]	an1 shu2	to be proficient in	3
地形[地形]	di4 xing2	topography; terrain; landform	1
每月[每月]	mei3 yue4	each month	1
深入[深入]	shen1 ru4	to penetrate deeply; thorough	22
敌营[敵營]	di2 ying2	enemy camp	4
能否[能否]	neng2 fou3	whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?	4
允许[允許]	yun3 xu3	to permit; to allow	3
省亲[省親]	xing3 qin1	to visit one's parents	1
轻举妄动[輕舉妄動]	qing1 ju3 wang4 dong4	to act blindly without thinking (idiom)	3
北面[北面]	bei3 mian4	northern side; north	3
管辖[管轄]	guan3 xia2	to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)	1
二房[二房]	er4 fang2	second branch of an extended family; concubine	1
互[互]	hu4	mutual	2
统属[統屬]	tong3 shu3	subordination; line of command	2
死绝[死絕]	si3 jue2	to die out; to be exterminated; to become extinct	1
出手[出手]	chu1 shou3	to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task	2
相助[相助]	xiang1 zhu4	to help one another; to come to sb's help	1
圈套[圈套]	quan1 tao4	trap; snare; trick	5
自投罗网[自投羅網]	zi4 tou2 luo2 wang3	to walk right into the trap	2
干活[幹活]	gan4 huo2	to work; to be employed	2
青菜[青菜]	qing1 cai4	green vegetables; Chinese cabbage	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep14/150 words - 36 min
新鲜[新鮮]	xin1 xian1	fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon	4
像样[像樣]	xiang4 yang4	presentable; decent; up to par	1
颜色[顏色]	yan2 se4	color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff	1
味儿[味兒]	wei4 r5	taste	1
闻到[聞到]	wen2 dao4	to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling	1
味[味]	wei4	taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)	1
口水[口水]	kou3 shui3	saliva	1
理会[理會]	li3 hui4	to understand; to pay attention to; to take notice of	3
惨[慘]	can3	miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy	1
好不[好不]	hao3 bu4	not at all ...; how very ...	1
有请[有請]	you3 qing3	to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)	3
游击[游擊]	you2 ji1	guerrilla warfare	1
来着[來著]	lai2 zhe5	auxiliary showing sth happened in the past	2
全力[全力]	quan2 li4	with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support)	1
起泡[起泡]	qi3 pao4	to bubble; to foam; to blister; to sprout boils (on one's body); sparkling (wine etc)	1
疽[疽]	ju1	gangrene	1
层[層]	ceng2	layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.)	2
撕[撕]	si1	to tear	3
大约[大約]	da4 yue1	approximately; probably	1
备战[備戰]	bei4 zhan4	prepared against war; to prepare for war; warmongering	1
大量[大量]	da4 liang4	great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous	2
了解[瞭解]	liao3 jie3	to understand; to realize; to find out	2
活着[活著]	huo2 zhe5	alive	5
主菜[主菜]	zhu3 cai4	main course	1
瞎说[瞎說]	xia1 shuo1	to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep14/172 words - 42 min
有份[有份]	you3 fen4	to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved	1
出[齣]	chu1	variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)	2
惧内[懼內]	ju4 nei4	henpecked	1
米饭[米飯]	mi3 fan4	(cooked) rice	1
专司[專司]	zhuan1 si1	specialist (responsible some task)	2
事宜[事宜]	shi4 yi2	matters; arrangements	4
查封[查封]	cha2 feng1	to sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down	1
何处[何處]	he2 chu4	whence; where	3
过目[過目]	guo4 mu4	to look over	2
囚犯[囚犯]	qiu2 fan4	prisoner; convict	1
一并[一併]	yi1 bing4	to lump together; to treat along with all the others	10
检[檢]	jian3	to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint	1
涉[涉]	she4	to wade; to be involved; to concern; to experience; to enter (classical)	7
行踪[行蹤]	xing2 zong1	whereabouts; (lose) track (of)	2
蒙在鼓里[蒙在鼓裡]	meng2 zai4 gu3 li3	lit. kept inside a drum (idiom); fig. completely in the dark	2
擦[擦]	ca1	to wipe; to erase; rubbing (brush stroke in painting); to clean; to polish	1
留宿[留宿]	liu2 su4	to put up a guest; to stay overnight	2
驿站[驛站]	yi4 zhan4	relay station for post horses (old)	2
票[票]	piao4	ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions	1
查看[查看]	cha2 kan4	to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out	4
调阅[調閱]	diao4 yue4	to access (a document); to consult	2
驻[駐]	zhu4	to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep15/25 words - 7 min
济南[濟南]	Ji3 nan2	Jinan, subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China	23
楼上[樓上]	lou2 shang4	upstairs	1
行李[行李]	xing2 li5	luggage; CL:件[jian4]	2
做生意[做生意]	zuo4 sheng1 yi4	to do business	3
不测[不測]	bu4 ce4	unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap	3
历年[歷年]	li4 nian2	over the years; bygone years	1
文字[文字]	wen2 zi4	character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
斡[斡]	wo4	to turn	2
罗[羅]	luo2	gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift	2
达鲁花赤[達魯花赤]	da2 lu3 hua1 chi4	Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times	1
兀[兀]	wu4	cut off the feet; rising to a height; towering; bald	5
台大[臺大]	Tai2 Da4	abbr. for 臺灣大學|台湾大学[Tai2 wan1 Da4 xue2]	1
西征[西征]	xi1 zheng1	punitive expedition to the west	1
立马[立馬]	li4 ma3	at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly	1
沉得住气[沉得住氣]	chen2 de5 zhu4 qi4	to stay calm; to keep one's composure	2
心急火燎[心急火燎]	xin1 ji2 huo3 liao3	to burn with anxiety	2
得出[得出]	de2 chu1	to obtain (results); to arrive at (a conclusion)	2
口供[口供]	kou3 gong4	oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement; deposition	2
漏[漏]	lou4	to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)	3
未免[未免]	wei4 mian3	unavoidably; can't help; really; rather	4
骇人听闻[駭人聽聞]	hai4 ren2 ting1 wen2	shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible	1
冒充[冒充]	mao4 chong1	to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as	1
换成[換成]	huan4 cheng2	to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into	2
牟利[牟利]	mou2 li4	to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation	3
一本万利[一本萬利]	yi1 ben3 wan4 li4	small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep15/50 words - 12 min
姑且[姑且]	gu1 qie3	for the time being; tentatively	2
做买卖[做買賣]	zuo4 mai3 mai4	to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal	1
中间[中間]	zhong1 jian1	between; intermediate; mid; middle	1
臬[臬]	nie4	guidepost; rule; standard; limit; target (old)	2
以及[以及]	yi3 ji2	as well as; too; and	4
朋比为奸[朋比為奸]	peng2 bi3 wei2 jian1	to conspire; to gang up	1
沆瀣一气[沆瀣一氣]	hang4 xie4 yi1 qi4	to act in collusion (idiom); in cahoots with; villains will look after one another	1
戕害[戕害]	qiang1 hai4	to injure	2
帐目[帳目]	zhang4 mu4	account	3
核对[核對]	he2 dui4	to check; to verify; to audit; to examine	1
库存[庫存]	ku4 cun2	property or cash held in reserve; stock	1
分毫[分毫]	fen1 hao2	fraction; slightest difference; hairsbreadth	1
名义[名義]	ming2 yi4	name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose	3
糙[糙]	cao1	rough; coarse (in texture)	1
沿途[沿途]	yan2 tu2	along the sides of the road; by the wayside	6
倍[倍]	bei4	(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply	3
焚[焚]	fen2	to burn	4
文案[文案]	wen2 an4	(newspapers etc) copy; copywriter; (office etc) paperwork; (old) secretary; clerk	1
滴水不漏[滴水不漏]	di1 shui3 bu4 lou4	lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)	1
中枢[中樞]	zhong1 shu1	center; backbone; hub (e.g. of transport network); the central administration	5
宁愿[寧願]	ning4 yuan4	would rather; better	1
反间计[反間計]	fan3 jian4 ji4	stratagem of sowing dissension; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
故人[故人]	gu4 ren2	old friend; the deceased	4
走动[走動]	zou3 dong4	to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to pay a visit (go to the toilet)	1
理所当然[理所當然]	li3 suo3 dang1 ran2	as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep15/75 words - 17 min
朱棣[朱棣]	Zhu1 Di4	Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]	23
老毛病[老毛病]	lao3 mao2 bing4	chronic illness; old weakness; chronic problem	4
名讳[名諱]	ming2 hui4	taboo name (e.g. of emperor)	1
握[握]	wo4	to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); to master; classifier: a handful	6
汪[汪]	wang1	expanse of water; ooze; (onom.) bark; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle	1
清水[清水]	qing1 shui3	fresh water; drinking water; clear water	1
泛[泛]	fan4	to float; to be suffused with; general; extensive; non-specific; flood; pan- (prefix)	1
自乱阵脚[自亂陣腳]	zi4 luan4 zhen4 jiao3	(idiom) to lose one's head; to panic; to go to pieces	1
布置[佈置]	bu4 zhi4	to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy	4
抵押[抵押]	di3 ya1	to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral	2
富人[富人]	fu4 ren2	rich person; the rich	1
贷[貸]	dai4	to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency; to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive	1
撒尿[撒尿]	sa1 niao4	to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee	1
泥巴[泥巴]	ni2 ba1	mud	1
每年[每年]	mei3 nian2	every year; each year; yearly	7
恺[愷]	kai3	joyful; kind	5
什么的[什麼的]	shen2 me5 de5	and so on; and what not	1
今夜[今夜]	jin1 ye4	tonight; this evening	4
玉石[玉石]	yu4 shi2	precious stones; jade and stone	3
房契[房契]	fang2 qi4	deed (for a house); CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]	1
珠子[珠子]	zhu1 zi5	pearl; bead; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]	1
年俸[年俸]	nian2 feng4	yearly salary	1
搜[搜]	sou1	to search	5
大半夜[大半夜]	da4 ban4 ye4	the middle of the night	2
知府[知府]	zhi1 fu3	prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep15/100 words - 21 min
全尸[全屍]	quan2 shi1	intact corpse; dead body with no parts missing	3
招认[招認]	zhao1 ren4	to confess	2
合谋[合謀]	he2 mou2	to conspire; to plot together	1
贿[賄]	hui4	bribe; bribery	1
从犯[從犯]	cong2 fan4	accessory to a crime; accomplice	1
查清[查清]	cha2 qing1	to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify	2
大不相同[大不相同]	da4 bu4 xiang1 tong2	not at all the same; substantially different	1
枉[枉]	wang3	to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain	4
断案[斷案]	duan4 an4	to judge a case	1
刑讯[刑訊]	xing2 xun4	interrogation under torture; inquisition	1
全无[全無]	quan2 wu2	none; completely without	2
顾忌[顧忌]	gu4 ji4	to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple	1
僚[僚]	liao2	bureaucrat; colleague	1
黎庶[黎庶]	li2 shu4	populace; masses; the people	2
与否[與否]	yu3 fou3	whether or not (at the end of a phrase)	1
拷问[拷問]	kao3 wen4	to question via torture	1
锻炼[鍛鍊]	duan4 lian4	to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself	2
狱[獄]	yu4	prison	12
利刃[利刃]	li4 ren4	sharp blade	1
可疑[可疑]	ke3 yi2	suspicious; dubious	3
查探[查探]	cha2 tan4	to check; to investigate; to probe (into)	2
人人[人人]	ren2 ren2	everyone; every person	5
满意[滿意]	man3 yi4	satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction	4
耽搁[耽擱]	dan1 ge5	to tarry; to delay; to stop over	6
风寒[風寒]	feng1 han2	wind chill; cold weather; common cold (medicine)	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep15/125 words - 34 min
主人[主人]	zhu3 ren2	master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
暂且[暫且]	zan4 qie3	for now; for the time being; temporarily	2
石头[石頭]	shi2 tou5	stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	1
清静[清靜]	qing1 jing4	quiet; peaceful and quiet	1
颐养天年[頤養天年]	yi2 yang3 tian1 nian2	lit. to nurture one's years (idiom); fig. to enjoy one's later years	1
诏书[詔書]	zhao4 shu1	edict; written imperial order	8
何苦[何苦]	he2 ku3	why bother?; is it worth the trouble?	2
资质[資質]	zi1 zhi4	aptitude; natural endowments	1
最佳[最佳]	zui4 jia1	optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc)	2
不明不白[不明不白]	bu4 ming2 bu4 bai2	obscure; dubious; shady	1
拙劣[拙劣]	zhuo1 lie4	clumsy; botched	1
蠢[蠢]	chun3	stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion	1
怪不得[怪不得]	guai4 bu5 de5	no wonder!; so that's why!	4
心迹[心跡]	xin1 ji4	true motive; true feelings	1
吐[吐]	tu4	to vomit; to throw up	1
沿[沿]	yan2	along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge	9
眼看[眼看]	yan3 kan4	soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens	1
不可收拾[不可收拾]	bu4 ke3 shou1 shi2	irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless	2
明哲保身[明哲保身]	ming2 zhe2 bao3 shen1	a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom); to put one's own safety before matters of principle	1
看重[看重]	kan4 zhong4	to regard as important; to care about	4
不仅[不僅]	bu4 jin3	not only (this one); not just (...) but also	4
储君[儲君]	chu3 jun1	heir apparent to a throne	7
言行[言行]	yan2 xing2	words and actions; what one says and what one does	4
无状[無狀]	wu2 zhuang4	insolence; insolent; ill-mannered	1
涵[涵]	han2	to contain; to include; culvert	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep15/150 words - 40 min
洞见[洞見]	dong4 jian4	insight; to see clearly	1
摔跤[摔跤]	shuai1 jiao1	to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports)	1
赎[贖]	shu2	to redeem; to ransom	1
转手[轉手]	zhuan3 shou3	to pass on; to resell; to change hands	1
看中[看中]	kan4 zhong4	to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on	1
担待[擔待]	dan1 dai4	to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility	4
看顾[看顧]	kan4 gu4	to watch over	2
攀[攀]	pan1	to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status	5
咬[咬]	yao3	to bite; to nip	5
入狱[入獄]	ru4 yu4	to go to jail; to be sent to prison	2
无罪[無罪]	wu2 zui4	innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)	5
获刑[獲刑]	huo4 xing2	to be punished	1
物证[物證]	wu4 zheng4	material evidence	1
三五[三五]	san1 wu3	several; three or five	1
供词[供詞]	gong4 ci2	confession; statement; Taiwan pr. [gong1 ci2]	1
构[構]	gou4	to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)	2
瓜[瓜]	gua1	melon; gourd; squash	9
蔓[蔓]	man4	creeper; to spread	3
整肃[整肅]	zheng3 su4	strict; serious; solemn; dignified; to tidy up; to clean up; to purge; to adjust	1
纲纪[綱紀]	gang1 ji4	law and order	1
导[導]	dao3	to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct	4
定律[定律]	ding4 lu:4	scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy); (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")	1
绳[繩]	sheng2	rope; CL:根[gen1]	1
顽[頑]	wan2	mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty	1
矫[矯]	jiao3	to correct; to rectify; to redress; strong; brave; to pretend; to feign; affectation	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep15/156 words - 41 min
不得不[不得不]	bu4 de2 bu4	have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid	6
溺职[溺職]	ni4 zhi2	to neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty	1
何必[何必]	he2 bi4	there is no need; why should	10
设立[設立]	she4 li4	to set up; to establish	4
须知[須知]	xu1 zhi1	key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind	1
哦[哦]	o5	sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy; may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep16/25 words - 6 min
桀[桀]	jie2	(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel	1
纣[紂]	zhou4	saddle crupper (harness strap on horse's back)	1
思量[思量]	si1 liang5	to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind	1
反倒[反倒]	fan3 dao4	but on the contrary; but expectedly	3
振振有词[振振有詞]	zhen4 zhen4 you3 ci2	to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions	1
治理[治理]	zhi4 li3	to govern; to administer; to manage; to control; governance	3
孟[孟]	meng4	first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers	2
甫[甫]	fu3	(classical) barely; just; just now	1
擅长[擅長]	shan4 chang2	to be good at; to be expert in	4
诊治[診治]	zhen3 zhi4	to diagnose and treat	5
染病[染病]	ran3 bing4	to catch an illness; to get infected with a disease	2
奔波[奔波]	ben1 bo1	to rush about; to be constantly on the move	2
无碍[無礙]	wu2 ai4	without inconvenience; unimpeded; unhindered; unobstructed; unfettered; unhampered	4
体质[體質]	ti3 zhi4	constitution	1
常人[常人]	chang2 ren2	ordinary person	1
照料[照料]	zhao4 liao4	to tend; to take care of sb	2
医[醫]	yi1	medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat	15
黄金[黃金]	huang2 jin1	gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)	2
开方[開方]	kai1 fang1	to extract a square root	1
非要[非要]	fei1 yao4	to want absolutely; to insist on (doing something)	5
少不了[少不了]	shao3 bu5 liao3	cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many	1
就寝[就寢]	jiu4 qin3	to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)	1
缇[緹]	ti2	orange-red silk; orange-red colored	1
惶惶[惶惶]	huang2 huang2	alarmed; anxious	4
任由[任由]	ren4 you2	to let (sb do sth); to allow; regardless of	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep16/50 words - 13 min
戒惧[戒懼]	jie4 ju4	wary	1
坏处[壞處]	huai4 chu5	harm; troubles; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
好久不见[好久不見]	hao3 jiu3 bu5 jian4	long time no see	1
不曾[不曾]	bu4 ceng2	hasn't yet; hasn't ever	1
夤[夤]	yin2	late at night	1
周年[週年]	zhou1 nian2	anniversary; annual	1
重典[重典]	zhong4 dian3	important classic text; cruel torture; severe punishment	1
讦[訐]	jie2	to accuse; to pry	1
不外乎[不外乎]	bu4 wai4 hu1	nothing else but	1
言中[言中]	yan2 zhong4	to have one's words prove to be prophetic	1
不善[不善]	bu4 shan4	bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive	2
打招呼[打招呼]	da3 zhao1 hu5	to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice	2
自身[自身]	zi4 shen1	itself; oneself; one's own	3
奸人[奸人]	jian1 ren2	crafty scoundrel; villain	1
冤[冤]	yuan1	injustice; grievance; wrong	5
诉[訴]	su4	to complain; to sue; to tell	2
朗[朗]	lang3	clear; bright	4
乾坤[乾坤]	qian2 kun1	yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe	3
无处[無處]	wu2 chu4	nowhere	2
诉说[訴說]	su4 shuo1	to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)	1
冤屈[冤屈]	yuan1 qu1	to receive unjust treatment; injustice	4
肆意妄为[肆意妄為]	si4 yi4 wang4 wei2	see 恣意妄為|恣意妄为[zi4 yi4 wang4 wei2]	2
意气用事[意氣用事]	yi4 qi4 yong4 shi4	to let emotions affect one's decisions	2
从长计议[從長計議]	cong2 chang2 ji4 yi4	to take one's time making a decision (idiom); to consider at length	3
诉冤[訴冤]	su4 yuan1	to complain; to vent one's grievances	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep16/75 words - 21 min
与其[與其]	yu3 qi2	rather than...; 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] A 不如[bu4 ru2] B (rather than A, better to B)	4
自行[自行]	zi4 xing2	voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-	3
了断[了斷]	liao3 duan4	to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem)	1
昭[昭]	zhao1	bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly	13
天门[天門]	Tian1 men2	Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei	5
叩[叩]	kou4	to knock; to kowtow	6
鸣[鳴]	ming2	to cry (of birds, animals and insects)	13
皇太子[皇太子]	huang2 tai4 zi3	crown prince	2
冤情[冤情]	yuan1 qing2	facts of an injustice; circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice	1
赵宋[趙宋]	Zhao4 Song4	Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)	1
朝野[朝野]	chao2 ye3	all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people	5
劝谏[勸諫]	quan4 jian4	to admonish	2
好自为之[好自為之]	hao3 zi4 wei2 zhi1	to do one's best; to shape up; to behave; to fend for oneself; you're on your own	2
收回[收回]	shou1 hui2	to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke	2
监督[監督]	jian1 du1	to control; to supervise; to inspect	3
肆意[肆意]	si4 yi4	wantonly; recklessly; willfully	2
捉拿[捉拿]	zhuo1 na2	to arrest; to catch a criminal	5
出生入死[出生入死]	chu1 sheng1 ru4 si3	from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb	2
私自[私自]	si1 zi4	private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval	1
探听[探聽]	tan4 ting1	to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry	1
军机[軍機]	jun1 ji1	military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty	1
没命[沒命]	mei2 ming4	to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately	1
毙[斃]	bi4	to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death	1
包围[包圍]	bao1 wei2	to surround; to encircle; to hem in	3
预备[預備]	yu4 bei4	to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep16/100 words - 29 min
违令[違令]	wei2 ling4	to disobey; to go against orders	2
从事[從事]	cong2 shi4	to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do	1
大小[大小]	da4 xiao3	dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority	6
乱政[亂政]	luan4 zheng4	to corrupt politics	3
逼宫[逼宮]	bi1 gong1	to force the king or emperor to abdicate	1
贱[賤]	jian4	inexpensive; lowly	3
甘愿[甘願]	gan1 yuan4	willingly	1
大声[大聲]	da4 sheng1	loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly	2
度[度]	du4	to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences	11
士林[士林]	Shi4 lin2	Shilin or Shihlin district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan	1
稚子[稚子]	zhi4 zi3	young child	1
棣[棣]	di4	Kerria japonica	6
骄[驕]	jiao1	proud; arrogant	3
恣[恣]	zi4	to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)	1
妄为[妄為]	wang4 wei2	to take rash action	1
大宗[大宗]	da4 zong1	large amount; staple; influential family of long standing	5
拘禁[拘禁]	ju1 jin4	constraint; to detain; to take into custody	2
勘[勘]	kan1	to investigate; to survey; to collate	6
党[黨]	dang3	party; association; club; society; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
暂[暫]	zan4	temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]	13
监管[監管]	jian1 guan3	to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision	1
裁[裁]	cai2	to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment	8
申冤[申冤]	shen1 yuan1	to appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance	1
廊[廊]	lang2	corridor; veranda; porch	3
天象[天象]	tian1 xiang4	meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep16/125 words - 33 min
垣[垣]	yuan2	wall	2
骗人[騙人]	pian4 ren2	to cheat sb; a scam	1
大呼小叫[大呼小叫]	da4 hu1 xiao3 jiao4	to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss	3
惊动[驚動]	jing1 dong4	to alarm; to startle; to disturb	1
叫屈[叫屈]	jiao4 qu1	to complain of an injustice; to lament sb's misfortune	1
喉咙[喉嚨]	hou2 long2	throat; larynx	1
听不见[聽不見]	ting1 bu5 jian4	not be able to hear	1
自身难保[自身難保]	zi4 shen1 nan2 bao3	powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless	1
供状[供狀]	gong4 zhuang4	written confession	1
五刑[五刑]	wu3 xing2	imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]	2
硬汉[硬漢]	ying4 han4	man of steel; unyielding, tough guy	2
不及[不及]	bu4 ji2	to fall short of; not as good as; too late	3
揣度[揣度]	chuai3 duo2	to estimate; to surmise; to appraise	1
审[審]	shen3	to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)	4
无论如何[無論如何]	wu2 lun4 ru2 he2	whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means	4
有情有义[有情有義]	you3 qing2 you3 yi4	affectionate and true; loyal (idiom)	1
参与[參與]	can1 yu4	to participate (in sth)	4
流[流]	liu2	to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade	11
足以[足以]	zu2 yi3	sufficient to...; so much so that; so that	7
惩戒[懲戒]	cheng2 jie4	to discipline; reprimand	3
戾[戾]	li4	to bend; to violate; to go against; ruthless and tyrannical	3
类[類]	lei4	kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	3
巫蛊之祸[巫蠱之禍]	wu1 gu3 zhi1 huo4	91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft	1
犹自[猶自]	you2 zi4	(literary) still; yet	2
彻[徹]	che4	thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep16/146 words - 41 min
心扉[心扉]	xin1 fei1	inner heart; soul	1
退路[退路]	tui4 lu4	a way out; a way to retreat; leeway	2
堵死[堵死]	du3 si3	to block (a road); to plug (a hole); to stop up	2
庶民[庶民]	shu4 min2	the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian	3
脸面[臉面]	lian3 mian4	face	4
贬[貶]	bian3	to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate	2
携[攜]	xie2	to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]	6
开恩[開恩]	kai1 en1	to give a favor (used of Christian God)	15
不情之请[不情之請]	bu4 qing2 zhi1 qing3	my presumptuous request (humble expr.); if I may be so bold to ask a favor	1
师生[師生]	shi1 sheng1	teachers and students	1
受难[受難]	shou4 nan4	to suffer a calamity; to suffer (e.g. under torture); distress	1
四处[四處]	si4 chu4	all over the place; everywhere and all directions	8
奔走[奔走]	ben1 zou3	to run; to rush about; to be on the go	1
援手[援手]	yuan2 shou3	assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand	2
必将[必將]	bi4 jiang1	inevitably	1
公敌[公敵]	gong1 di2	public enemy	1
万难[萬難]	wan4 nan2	countless difficulties; extremely difficult; against all odds	1
立足[立足]	li4 zu2	to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on	1
无能为力[無能為力]	wu2 neng2 wei2 li4	impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless	2
吉人天相[吉人天相]	ji2 ren2 tian1 xiang4	see 吉人自有天相[ji2 ren2 zi4 you3 tian1 xiang4]	2
受苦[受苦]	shou4 ku3	to suffer hardship	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep17/25 words - 11 min
转眼[轉眼]	zhuan3 yan3	in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance	1
刮风[颳風]	gua1 feng1	to be windy	1
阴[陰]	yin1	overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia	2
下雨[下雨]	xia4 yu3	to rain	3
伞[傘]	san3	umbrella; parasol; CL:把[ba3]	1
虑[慮]	lu:4	to think over; to consider; anxiety	4
虚弱[虛弱]	xu1 ruo4	weak; in poor health	2
调理[調理]	tiao2 li3	to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize	2
落魄[落魄]	luo4 po4	down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4]	2
怠[怠]	dai4	idle; lazy; negligent; careless	1
死活[死活]	si3 huo2	life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me	4
血脉[血脈]	xue4 mai4	blood vessels	2
掂量[掂量]	dian1 liang5	to weigh in the hand; to consider; to ponder	7
犯错[犯錯]	fan4 cuo4	to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing	1
一说[一說]	yi1 shuo1	an expression of opinion; according to some	2
孕[孕]	yun4	pregnant	1
因[因]	yin1	cause; reason; because	9
忧心[憂心]	you1 xin1	concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious	5
心病[心病]	xin1 bing4	anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine)	2
胎儿[胎兒]	tai1 er2	unborn child; fetus; embryo	1
尽心[盡心]	jin4 xin1	with all of one's heart	2
规劝[規勸]	gui1 quan4	to advise	1
惠济[惠濟]	Hui4 ji4	Huiji District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan	7
佛经[佛經]	Fo2 jing1	Buddhist texts; scripture	1
对待[對待]	dui4 dai4	to treat; treatment	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep17/50 words - 23 min
举起[舉起]	ju3 qi3	to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold	4
写完[寫完]	xie3 wan2	to finish writing	1
署名[署名]	shu3 ming2	to sign (a signature)	1
吩咐[吩咐]	fen1 fu4	to tell; to instruct; to command	6
踏踏实实[踏踏實實]	ta1 ta1 shi2 shi2	steady; steadfast	1
别来无恙[別來無恙]	bie2 lai2 wu2 yang4	(literary) I trust you have been well since we last met	3
缘[緣]	yuan2	cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along	1
重逢[重逢]	chong2 feng2	to meet again; to be reunited; reunion	1
缘分[緣分]	yuan2 fen4	fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny	1
方丈[方丈]	fang1 zhang5	square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or Daoist abbot; abbot's chamber	1
直爽[直爽]	zhi2 shuang3	straightforward; outspoken	1
出家人[出家人]	chu1 jia1 ren2	monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)	1
有时[有時]	you3 shi2	sometimes; now and then	3
小看[小看]	xiao3 kan4	to look down on; to underestimate	1
不适[不適]	bu4 shi4	unwell; indisposed; out of sorts	6
吃斋[吃齋]	chi1 zhai1	to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian	1
媳[媳]	xi2	daughter-in-law	1
像话[像話]	xiang4 hua4	proper	1
咸[鹹]	xian2	salted; salty; stingy; miserly	3
炒[炒]	chao3	to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb)	1
斋戒[齋戒]	zhai1 jie4	to fast	2
孝道[孝道]	xiao4 dao5	filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter	2
柏[柏]	bai3	cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]	5
圣上[聖上]	sheng4 shang4	courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep17/75 words - 34 min
各色[各色]	ge4 se4	all kinds; of every description	1
传本[傳本]	chuan2 ben3	edition (of a book) currently in circulation	2
客栈[客棧]	ke4 zhan4	tavern; guest house; inn; hotel	3
遵命[遵命]	zun1 ming4	to follow your orders; to do as you bid	1
劫掠[劫掠]	jie2 lu:e4	to loot; to plunder	2
纳粮[納糧]	na4 liang2	to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)	3
计[計]	ji4	to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge	25
舍得[捨得]	she3 de5	to be willing to part with sth	2
慌[慌]	huang1	to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly	2
叮嘱[叮囑]	ding1 zhu3	to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again	1
报表[報表]	bao4 biao3	forms for reporting statistics; report forms	1
蛇[蛇]	she2	snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]	7
吞[吞]	tun1	to swallow; to take	2
象[象]	xiang4	elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate	1
在下[在下]	zai4 xia4	under; myself (humble)	4
揭发[揭發]	jie1 fa1	to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation	1
牢房[牢房]	lao2 fang2	jail cell; prison cell	4
营房[營房]	ying2 fang2	barracks; living quarters	2
安置[安置]	an1 zhi4	to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement	2
几千[幾千]	ji3 qian1	several thousand	6
人命[人命]	ren2 ming4	human life; CL:條|条[tiao2]	2
你我[你我]	ni3 wo3	you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general)	1
人丁[人丁]	ren2 ding1	number of people in a family; population; (old) adult males; male servants	4
编[編]	bian1	to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate	9
分发[分發]	fen1 fa1	to distribute; distribution; to assign (sb) to a job	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep17/100 words - 38 min
征收[徵收]	zheng1 shou1	to levy (a fine); to impose (a tariff)	3
上下其手[上下其手]	shang4 xia4 qi2 shou3	to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint; fig. conspiring to defraud	1
中饱私囊[中飽私囊]	zhong1 bao3 si1 nang2	to stuff one's pockets; to take bribes	1
伪造[偽造]	wei3 zao4	to forge; to fake; to counterfeit	1
口袋[口袋]	kou3 dai4	pocket; bag; sack; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
假冒[假冒]	jia3 mao4	to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine)	1
商旅[商旅]	shang1 lu:3	traveling merchant	1
贪污[貪污]	tan1 wu1	to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle	3
岂有此理[豈有此理]	qi3 you3 ci3 li3	how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd	5
血汗[血汗]	xue4 han4	blood and sweat; sweat and toil	1
养活[養活]	yang3 huo5	to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth	1
狐[狐]	hu2	fox	1
社[社]	she4	society; group; club; agency; (old) god of the land	3
鼠[鼠]	shu3	rat; mouse; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	4
豕[豕]	shi3	hog; swine	1
一大早[一大早]	yi1 da4 zao3	at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning	2
挤眉弄眼[擠眉弄眼]	ji3 mei2 nong4 yan3	to make eyes; to wink	1
官印[官印]	guan1 yin4	official seal	1
这阵子[這陣子]	zhe4 zhen4 zi5	now; at present; at this juncture	1
原原本本[原原本本]	yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3	from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal	1
花花肠子[花花腸子]	hua1 hua1 chang2 zi5	(slang) a cunning plot	1
嫩[嫩]	nen4	tender; soft; delicate; light (color); inexperienced; unskilled	1
前脚[前腳]	qian2 jiao3	one moment ..., (the next ...); leading foot (in walking)	3
教诲[教誨]	jiao4 hui4	to instruct	6
低估[低估]	di1 gu1	to underestimate; to underrate	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep17/107 words - 41 min
后生[後生]	hou4 sheng1	young generation; youth; young man	2
得手[得手]	de2 shou3	to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed	1
关键[關鍵]	guan1 jian4	crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal	1
在于[在於]	zai4 yu2	to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with	2
挑明[挑明]	tiao3 ming2	to illuminate; to open up (a topic)	1
长子[長子]	zhang3 zi3	eldest son	8
凉[涼]	liang2	cool; cold	37
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep18/25 words - 7 min
牵涉到[牽涉到]	qian1 she4 dao4	to involve; to drag in	1
定谳[定讞]	ding4 yan4	to judge a case; to render a verdict; verdict	1
拿主意[拿主意]	na2 zhu3 yi5	to make a decision; to make up one's mind	2
似乎[似乎]	si4 hu1	apparently; to seem; to appear; as if; seemingly	1
品级[品級]	pin3 ji2	workmanship	1
墨[墨]	mo4	ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead	7
甄别[甄別]	zhen1 bie2	to screen; to discriminate; to reexamine a case; screening (of applicants etc)	2
通通[通通]	tong1 tong1	all; entire; complete	2
杀掉[殺掉]	sha1 diao4	to kill	2
边关[邊關]	bian1 guan1	border station; strategic defensive position on frontier	2
仞[仞]	ren4	(measure)	1
槁[槁]	gao3	dried up (wood); dead tree	1
韩非子[韓非子]	Han2 Fei1 zi3	Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)	1
堤[堤]	di1	dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2]	1
蝼蚁[螻蟻]	lou2 yi3	lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power	1
明知故问[明知故問]	ming2 zhi1 gu4 wen4	to ask a question, already knowing the answer	1
震慑[震懾]	zhen4 she4	to awe; to intimidate	2
午时[午時]	wu3 shi2	11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	2
明初[明初]	Ming2 chu1	the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)	4
荡涤[蕩滌]	dang4 di2	to clean up	1
君权[君權]	jun1 quan2	monarchical power	1
相劝[相勸]	xiang1 quan4	to persuade; to exhort; to advise	1
斗争[鬥爭]	dou4 zheng1	a struggle; fight; battle	1
牺牲品[犧牲品]	xi1 sheng1 pin3	sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss	1
不爽[不爽]	bu4 shuang3	not well; out of sorts; in a bad mood; without discrepancy; accurate	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep18/50 words - 20 min
情义[情義]	qing2 yi4	affection; comradeship	2
收敛[收斂]	shou1 lian3	to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge	6
终了[終了]	zhong1 liao3	to end	1
拭目以待[拭目以待]	shi4 mu4 yi3 dai4	lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see	2
叹为观止[嘆為觀止]	tan4 wei2 guan1 zhi3	(idiom) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection	1
友谊[友誼]	you3 yi4	companionship; fellowship; friendship	1
过世[過世]	guo4 shi4	to die; to pass away	2
生前[生前]	sheng1 qian2	(of a deceased) during one's life; while living	12
砚[硯]	yan4	ink-stone	1
账册[賬冊]	zhang4 ce4	an account book; a ledger; a bill	1
罔[罔]	wang3	to deceive; there is none; old variant of 網|网[wang3]	4
谋取[謀取]	mou2 qu3	to seek; to strive for; to obtain; see also 牟取[mou2 qu3]	1
私利[私利]	si1 li4	personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest	1
大动干戈[大動干戈]	da4 dong4 gan1 ge1	to go to war (idiom); to make a big fuss over sth	2
分赃[分贓]	fen1 zang1	to share the booty; to divide ill-gotten gains	1
踪[蹤]	zong1	footprint; trace; tracks	4
请安[請安]	qing3 an1	to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])	1
高僧[高僧]	gao1 seng1	a senior monk	2
祈[祈]	qi2	to implore; to pray; to request	1
温[溫]	wen1	warm; lukewarm; temperature; to warm up; mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); fever (TCM); old variant of 瘟[wen1]	4
开水[開水]	kai1 shui3	boiled water; boiling water	1
加点[加點]	jia1 dian3	to work extra hours; to do overtime	1
热水[熱水]	re4 shui3	hot water	2
难产[難產]	nan2 chan3	difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve	3
医理[醫理]	yi1 li3	medical knowledge; principles of medical science	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep18/75 words - 24 min
三长两短[三長兩短]	san1 chang2 liang3 duan3	unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death	2
殉葬[殉葬]	xun4 zang4	to bury sth along with the dead; sacrificial grave goods	1
谢天谢地[謝天謝地]	xie4 tian1 xie4 di4	Thank heavens!; Thank goodness that's worked out so well!	3
煦[煦]	xu4	balmy; nicely warm; cozy; Taiwan pr. [xu3]	23
在内[在內]	zai4 nei4	(included) in it; among them	3
递补[遞補]	di4 bu3	to substitute; to complement in the proper order; to fill vacancies progressively	1
缺额[缺額]	que1 e2	vacancy	5
兖州[兗州]	Yan3 zhou1	Yanzhou county level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong	1
直隶[直隸]	Zhi2 li4	Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong	3
缺[缺]	que1	deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	11
逆[逆]	ni4	contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel	39
诛杀[誅殺]	zhu1 sha1	to kill; to murder	5
各级[各級]	ge4 ji2	all levels	1
加之[加之]	jia1 zhi1	moreover; in addition to that	2
连坐[連坐]	lian2 zuo4	to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc)	1
大半[大半]	da4 ban4	more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely	3
总部[總部]	zong3 bu4	general headquarters	1
荐举[薦舉]	jian4 ju3	to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend	3
士子[士子]	shi4 zi3	official; scholar (old)	10
应召[應召]	ying4 zhao4	to respond to a call	4
逼人[逼人]	bi1 ren2	pressing; threatening	1
上任[上任]	shang4 ren4	to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor	2
佟[佟]	Tong2	surname Tong	2
岂止[豈止]	qi3 zhi3	not only; far from; more than	1
实话实说[實話實說]	shi2 hua4 shi2 shuo1	to tell the truth; to tell it as it is	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep18/100 words - 28 min
出租[出租]	chu1 zu1	to rent	2
车子[車子]	che1 zi5	car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)	2
录取[錄取]	lu4 qu3	to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)	1
优先[優先]	you1 xian1	to have priority; to take precedence	2
推选[推選]	tui1 xuan3	to elect; to choose; to nominate	1
海宁[海寧]	Hai3 ning2	Haining county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jia1 xing1], Zhejiang	1
孺[孺]	ru2	child	25
祠[祠]	ci2	shrine; to offer a sacrifice	1
兴替[興替]	xing1 ti4	rise and fall	1
崇[崇]	chong2	high; sublime; lofty; to esteem; to worship	1
民心[民心]	min2 xin1	popular sentiment	1
滥刑[濫刑]	lan4 xing2	indiscriminate punishment	1
亡[亡]	wang2	to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased	8
以降[以降]	yi3 jiang4	since (some point in the past)	1
青年[青年]	qing1 nian2	youth; youthful years; young person; the young	1
上书[上書]	shang4 shu1	to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition	5
引爆[引爆]	yin3 bao4	to cause to burn; to ignite; to detonate; a fuse	1
剑拔弩张[劍拔弩張]	jian4 ba2 nu3 zhang1	lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn	1
处在[處在]	chu3 zai4	to be situated at; to find oneself at	1
漩涡[漩渦]	xuan2 wo1	whirlpool; eddy; vortex; (fig.) maelstrom	1
风口浪尖[風口浪尖]	feng1 kou3 lang4 jian1	where the wind and the waves are the fiercest; at the heart of the struggle	1
文采[文采]	wen2 cai3	literary talent; literary grace; rich and bright colors	2
患者[患者]	huan4 zhe3	patient; sufferer	1
同僚[同僚]	tong2 liao2	colleague; fellow-worker	3
抑[抑]	yi4	to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep18/125 words - 35 min
后人[後人]	hou4 ren2	later generation	2
夏[夏]	xia4	summer	63
连署[連署]	lian2 shu3	to cosign; to countersign	3
公有[公有]	gong1 you3	publicly owned; communal; held in common	1
大丈夫[大丈夫]	da4 zhang4 fu5	a manly man; a man of character	1
成败[成敗]	cheng2 bai4	success or failure	2
万世[萬世]	wan4 shi4	all ages	2
一生[一生]	yi1 sheng1	all one's life; throughout one's life	2
骥[驥]	ji4	thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous	5
幸甚[幸甚]	xing4 shen4	(literary) very fortunate	1
峰[峰]	feng1	(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance; highest level; classifier for camels	2
敕[敕]	chi4	imperial orders	2
侍郎[侍郎]	shi4 lang2	ancient official title; assistant minister	11
辉[輝]	hui1	splendor; to shine upon	21
高中[高中]	gao1 zhong1	senior high school; abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]	1
咱俩[咱倆]	zan2 lia3	the two of us	1
声势[聲勢]	sheng1 shi4	fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum	1
比不上[比不上]	bi3 bu4 shang4	can't compare with	3
背后[背後]	bei4 hou4	behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back	3
捣鬼[搗鬼]	dao3 gui3	to play tricks; to cause mischief	1
一笑置之[一笑置之]	yi1 xiao4 zhi4 zhi1	to dismiss with a laugh; to make light of	1
绝大多数[絕大多數]	jue2 da4 duo1 shu4	absolute majority; overwhelming majority	1
正直[正直]	zheng4 zhi2	upright; upstanding; honest	3
且不说[且不說]	qie3 bu4 shuo1	not to mention; leaving aside	1
夸奖[誇獎]	kua1 jiang3	to praise; to applaud; to compliment	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep18/150 words - 42 min
耳闻[耳聞]	er3 wen2	to hear of; to hear about	1
担忧[擔憂]	dan1 you1	to worry; to be concerned	1
千里[千里]	qian1 li3	a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance	4
踏实[踏實]	ta1 shi5	firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]	2
松快[鬆快]	song1 kuai5	less crowded; relieved; relaxed; to relax	1
头衔[頭銜]	tou2 xian2	title; rank; appellation	2
地面[地面]	di4 mian4	floor; ground; surface	1
湿[濕]	shi1	moist; wet	1
养病[養病]	yang3 bing4	to recuperate; to convalesce; to take care of one's health after illness	2
日本[日本]	Ri4 ben3	Japan	1
停放[停放]	ting2 fang4	to park (a car etc); to moor (a boat etc); to leave sth (in a place)	1
灵柩[靈柩]	ling2 jiu4	coffin containing a corpse	1
横死[橫死]	heng4 si3	to die by violence	1
死后[死後]	si3 hou4	after death; posthumous	1
认领[認領]	ren4 ling3	to claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child); to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)	1
亡魂[亡魂]	wang2 hun2	soul of the deceased; departed spirit	2
费心[費心]	fei4 xin1	to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth)	2
济宁[濟寧]	Ji3 ning2	Jining prefecture-level city in Shandong	2
的确[的確]	di2 que4	really; indeed	3
洪水猛兽[洪水猛獸]	hong2 shui3 meng3 shou4	lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom); fig. great scourges; extremely dangerous or threatening things	1
案发[案發]	an4 fa1	to investigate a crime on the spot; to occur (of a crime); to be discovered (of a crime)	2
征召[徵召]	zheng1 zhao4	to enlist; to draft; to conscript; to appoint to an official position	2
从前[從前]	cong2 qian2	previously; formerly; once upon a time	1
仕[仕]	shi4	to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]	1
推恩[推恩]	tui1 en1	to extend kindness	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep18/152 words - 42 min
弦[弦]	xian2	bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]	5
绷[繃]	beng1	to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep19/25 words - 6 min
弛[弛]	chi2	to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax; to loosen	4
刮目相看[刮目相看]	gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4	to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)	1
吴下阿蒙[吳下阿蒙]	Wu2 xia4 a1 Meng2	General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)	2
差一点[差一點]	cha4 yi1 dian3	see 差點|差点[cha4 dian3]	2
欣慰[欣慰]	xin1 wei4	to be gratified	1
椅子[椅子]	yi3 zi5	chair; CL:把[ba3],套[tao4]	2
打理[打理]	da3 li3	to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order	5
井井有条[井井有條]	jing3 jing3 you3 tiao2	everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy	1
誉[譽]	yu4	to praise; to acclaim; reputation	1
铎[鐸]	duo2	large ancient bell	4
侵蚀[侵蝕]	qin1 shi2	to erode; to corrode	1
体察[體察]	ti3 cha2	to experience; to observe	1
酌情[酌情]	zhuo2 qing2	to use discretion; to take circumstances into account; to make allowances pertinent to a situation	1
蠲免[蠲免]	juan1 mian3	to let sb off (punishment, taxation etc); to reprieve sb	7
章程[章程]	zhang1 cheng2	rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws	7
四月[四月]	Si4 yue4	April; fourth month (of the lunar year)	6
清点[清點]	qing1 dian3	to check; to make inventory	1
八月[八月]	Ba1 yue4	August; eighth month (of the lunar year)	2
查点[查點]	cha2 dian3	to check; to tally; to inventory	1
多用[多用]	duo1 yong4	multipurpose; having several uses	3
矩[矩]	ju3	carpenter's square; rule; regulation; pattern; to carve	1
精力[精力]	jing1 li4	energy	1
实话[實話]	shi2 hua4	truth	7
大司农[大司農]	da1 si1 nong2	Grand Minister of Agriculture in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]	1
天下第一[天下第一]	tian1 xia4 di4 yi1	first under heaven; number one in the country	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep19/50 words - 10 min
偌大[偌大]	ruo4 da4	so big; such a big	1
推举[推舉]	tui1 ju3	to elect; to choose; press (weightlifting technique)	8
繁[繁]	fan2	complicated; many; in great numbers; abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters	3
剧[劇]	ju4	theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe	1
生手[生手]	sheng1 shou3	novice; new hand; sb new to a job	1
添乱[添亂]	tian1 luan4	(coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience	1
已然[已然]	yi3 ran2	to be already so; already	1
伏诛[伏誅]	fu2 zhu1	to be executed	2
烂摊子[爛攤子]	lan4 tan1 zi5	terrible mess; shambles	1
执掌[執掌]	zhi2 zhang3	to wield (power etc)	1
据实[據實]	ju4 shi2	according to the facts	1
儿女[兒女]	er2 nu:3	children; sons and daughters	3
在野[在野]	zai4 ye3	to be out of (political) office; to be out of power	1
敝[敝]	bi4	my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated	2
耳[耳]	er3	ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)	1
聒噪[聒噪]	guo1 zao4	a clamor; noisy	1
顾全大局[顧全大局]	gu4 quan2 da4 ju2	to take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all	1
怀柔[懷柔]	huai2 rou2	to conciliate; to appease	1
绕[繞]	rao4	to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex	3
弯子[彎子]	wan1 zi5	bend; turn; curve	1
当世[當世]	dang1 shi4	the present age; in office; the current office holder	2
夷[夷]	yi2	non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze	3
天理[天理]	tian1 li3	Heaven's law; the natural order of things	1
伦常[倫常]	lun2 chang2	proper human relationships	1
孝子[孝子]	xiao4 zi3	filial son	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep19/75 words - 18 min
本钱[本錢]	ben3 qian2	capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)	4
板[板]	ban3	board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious	1
工钱[工錢]	gong1 qian2	salary; wages	2
体谅[體諒]	ti3 liang4	to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate	3
掌柜[掌櫃]	zhang3 gui4	shopkeeper	1
积德[積德]	ji1 de2	to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions	2
行善[行善]	xing2 shan4	to do good works; to be merciful	1
善人[善人]	shan4 ren2	philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer	2
劳驾[勞駕]	lao2 jia4	excuse me	1
冢[塚]	zhong3	variant of 冢[zhong3]; burial mound	1
葬埋[葬埋]	zang4 mai2	to bury	1
孤魂[孤魂]	gu1 hun2	lonely soul	1
开销[開銷]	kai1 xiao1	to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)	3
处罚[處罰]	chu3 fa2	to penalize; to punish	1
落地[落地]	luo4 di4	to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land	2
可言[可言]	ke3 yan2	it may be said	1
杀鸡儆猴[殺雞儆猴]	sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2	lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); fig. to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres	1
猴子[猴子]	hou2 zi5	monkey; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
容身[容身]	rong2 shen1	to find a place where one can fit in; to make one's home; to seek shelter	1
诋毁[詆毀]	di3 hui3	to vilify; to slander; vilification	1
闹别扭[鬧彆扭]	nao4 bie4 niu5	to be difficult with sb; to provoke disagreement; at loggerheads; to fall out with	2
对不住[對不住]	dui4 bu5 zhu4	to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal)	4
年内[年內]	nian2 nei4	during the current year	4
出山[出山]	chu1 shan1	to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position	1
德高望重[德高望重]	de2 gao1 wang4 zhong4	a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep19/100 words - 26 min
例外[例外]	li4 wai4	exception; to be an exception	1
老父[老父]	lao3 fu4	father; old man; venerable sir	5
担子[擔子]	dan4 zi5	carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility; CL:副[fu4]	1
未曾[未曾]	wei4 ceng2	hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever	1
明示[明示]	ming2 shi4	to state explicitly; to clearly indicate	2
埋怨[埋怨]	man2 yuan4	to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame	2
草纸[草紙]	cao3 zhi3	rough straw paper; toilet paper; brown paper	1
睿[睿]	rui4	astute; perspicacious; farsighted	1
挤对[擠對]	ji3 dui4	(coll.) to mock; to bully; to force (a concession out of sb)	5
天亮[天亮]	tian1 liang4	dawn; daybreak	1
重开[重開]	chong2 kai1	to reopen	3
长久[長久]	chang2 jiu3	(for a) long time	4
未有[未有]	wei4 you3	is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented	1
现任[現任]	xian4 ren4	to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)	1
谏[諫]	jian4	to remonstrate; to admonish	6
谏诤[諫諍]	jian4 zheng4	see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4]	2
君王[君王]	jun1 wang2	sovereign king	2
叉[叉]	cha1	fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"	1
当下[當下]	dang1 xia4	immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment	3
皇姑[皇姑]	Huang2 gu1	Huanggu district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning	1
国有[國有]	guo2 you3	nationalized; public; government owned; state-owned	2
诤臣[諍臣]	zheng4 chen2	official who dares speak frankly before the emperor	2
茧子[繭子]	jian3 zi5	callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子	2
给事[給事]	gei3 shi4	official (imperial) position (old)	6
侍从[侍從]	shi4 cong2	to serve (an important personage); attendant; retainer	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep19/125 words - 34 min
规谏[規諫]	gui1 jian4	to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese); to exhort	1
拾遗[拾遺]	shi2 yi2	to pocket a lost article; (fig.) to correct others' errors; to remedy omissions (in a text etc)	1
稽[稽]	ji1	to inspect; to check	1
鼎[鼎]	ding3	ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes	61
公论[公論]	gong1 lun4	public opinion	1
旋踵[旋踵]	xuan2 zhong3	to turn on one's heel; in the twinkle of an eye; instantly	1
贤相[賢相]	xian2 xiang4	sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)	1
专权[專權]	zhuan1 quan2	autocracy; dictatorship	1
颃[頏]	hang2	fly down	1
总之[總之]	zong3 zhi1	in a word; in short; in brief	1
稳当[穩當]	wen3 dang5	reliable; secure; stable; firm	1
嗣[嗣]	si4	succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity	4
臣下[臣下]	chen2 xia4	official in feudal court; subject	1
即时[即時]	ji2 shi2	immediate	1
圣明[聖明]	sheng4 ming2	enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)	23
升官[升官]	sheng1 guan1	to get promoted	2
公允[公允]	gong1 yun3	equitable; fair	2
废除[廢除]	fei4 chu2	to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal	1
事后[事後]	shi4 hou4	after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect	1
同知[同知]	tong2 zhi1	government sub-prefect (old)	5
认作[認作]	ren4 zuo4	to regard as; to view; to consider sth as; to treat as	1
西平[西平]	Xi1 ping2	Xiping county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan	2
武定[武定]	Wu3 ding4	Wuding reign name (543-550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4]; Wuding county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan	1
料[料]	liao4	material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep19/150 words - 40 min
必定[必定]	bi4 ding4	to be bound to; to be sure to	5
当作[當作]	dang4 zuo4	to treat as; to regard as	3
侄[侄]	zhi2	variant of 姪|侄[zhi2]	1
子子孙孙[子子孫孫]	zi3 zi3 sun1 sun1	one's posterity	2
皇亲国戚[皇親國戚]	huang2 qin1 guo2 qi1	the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections	2
恪守[恪守]	ke4 shou3	to scrupulously abide by	1
便捷[便捷]	bian4 jie2	convenient and fast	1
传回[傳回]	chuan2 hui2	to send back	1
出行[出行]	chu1 xing2	to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip)	4
泽[澤]	ze2	pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist	1
五世[五世]	wu3 shi4	the fifth (of series of numbered kings)	1
荫[蔭]	yin4	shade	2
牢靠[牢靠]	lao2 kao4	firm and solid; robust; reliable	1
有志气[有志氣]	you3 zhi4 qi4	ambitious	1
对本[對本]	dui4 ben3	(a return) equal to the capital; 100 percent profit	1
浙江[浙江]	Zhe4 jiang1	Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州	5
生疏[生疏]	sheng1 shu1	unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed	1
过日子[過日子]	guo4 ri4 zi5	to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along	1
往日[往日]	wang3 ri4	former days; the past	1
两全[兩全]	liang3 quan2	to satisfy both sides; to accommodate both (demands)	2
该当[該當]	gai1 dang1	should; to deserve	3
吃人[吃人]	chi1 ren2	exploitative; oppressive	1
软[軟]	ruan3	soft; flexible	2
毅[毅]	yi4	firm and resolute; staunch	1
王朝[王朝]	wang2 chao2	dynasty	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep19/163 words - 42 min
英明[英明]	ying1 ming2	wise; brilliant	2
允文允武[允文允武]	yun3 wen2 yun3 wu3	equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs	1
不差[不差]	bu4 cha4	not bad; OK	2
禁止[禁止]	jin4 zhi3	to prohibit; to forbid; to ban	1
直辖[直轄]	zhi2 xia2	to govern directly	1
分为[分為]	fen1 wei2	to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide	1
篡政[篡政]	cuan4 zheng4	to usurp political power	1
门路[門路]	men2 lu4	way of doing sth; the right social connection	1
力气[力氣]	li4 qi5	strength; CL:把[ba3]	1
更改[更改]	geng1 gai3	to alter	3
官制[官制]	guan1 zhi4	the civil service system; the bureaucratic system	1
特殊[特殊]	te4 shu1	special; particular; unusual; extraordinary	1
迟迟[遲遲]	chi2 chi2	late (with a task etc); slow	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep20/25 words - 6 min
功名利禄[功名利祿]	gong1 ming2 li4 lu4	position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune	2
饵[餌]	er3	pastry; food; to swallow; to lure; bait; lure	2
文武百官[文武百官]	wen2 wu3 bai3 guan1	civil and military officials	4
掌握[掌握]	zhang3 wo4	to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency	3
要职[要職]	yao4 zhi2	key job; important position	1
近臣[近臣]	jin4 chen2	member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old)	2
利禄[利祿]	li4 lu4	wealth and official post	1
学子[學子]	xue2 zi3	(literary) student; scholar	1
按捺[按捺]	an4 na4	to restrain; to control	1
祸乱[禍亂]	huo4 luan4	calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil	1
精妙[精妙]	jing1 miao4	exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)	1
开创[開創]	kai1 chuang4	to initiate; to start; to found	2
诸般[諸般]	zhu1 ban1	various; many different kinds of	2
祸害[禍害]	huo4 hai4	disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck	1
高枕无忧[高枕無憂]	gao1 zhen3 wu2 you1	to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries	2
迁[遷]	qian1	to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote	8
四周[四周]	si4 zhou1	all around	1
一马平川[一馬平川]	yi1 ma3 ping2 chuan1	flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country	2
建都[建都]	jian4 du1	to establish a capital	1
洛阳[洛陽]	Luo4 yang2	Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times	3
迁都[遷都]	qian1 du1	to move the capital (city)	11
畅通[暢通]	chang4 tong1	unimpeded; free-flowing; straight path; unclogged; move without obstruction	1
部署[部署]	bu4 shu3	to dispose; to deploy; deployment	2
世世代代[世世代代]	shi4 shi4 dai4 dai4	for many generations	1
大门[大門]	da4 men2	entrance; door; gate; large and influential family	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep20/50 words - 16 min
胡人[胡人]	hu2 ren2	ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times; foreigner; barbarian	1
境[境]	jing4	border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	3
颜面扫地[顏面掃地]	yan2 mian4 sao3 di4	lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)	1
死守[死守]	si3 shou3	to defend one's property to the death; to cling obstinately to old habits; die-hard	4
社稷[社稷]	she4 ji4	state; country; the Gods of earth and grain	12
御医[御醫]	yu4 yi1	imperial physician	5
别着急[別著急]	bie2 zhao2 ji2	Don't worry!	3
患[患]	huan4	to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry	3
痘[痘]	dou4	pimple; pustule	3
症[症]	zheng4	disease; illness	5
病势[病勢]	bing4 shi4	degree of seriousness of an illness; patient's condition	3
生平[生平]	sheng1 ping2	life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life	2
恶事[惡事]	e4 shi4	evil; malicious deed	1
恶疾[惡疾]	e4 ji2	unpleasant ailment; foul disease	3
保佑[保佑]	bao3 you4	to bless and protect; blessing	2
劫[劫]	jie2	to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]	3
吃药[吃藥]	chi1 yao4	to take medicine	3
生死有命[生死有命]	sheng1 si3 you3 ming4	life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)	2
扁鹊[扁鵲]	Bian3 Que4	秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era	1
在世[在世]	zai4 shi4	to be alive	2
回天[回天]	hui2 tian1	lit. to reverse the rotation of the sky; fig. to reverse a desperate situation	1
迁怒[遷怒]	qian1 nu4	to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)	2
不治之症[不治之症]	bu4 zhi4 zhi1 zheng4	incurable disease	1
徒劳无益[徒勞無益]	tu2 lao2 wu2 yi4	futile endeavor (idiom)	1
撵[攆]	nian3	to expel; to oust; (dialect) to chase after; to try to catch up with	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep20/75 words - 32 min
呕[嘔]	ou3	vomit	1
秽[穢]	hui4	dirt; filth	1
突发[突發]	tu1 fa1	to burst out suddenly; sudden outburst	2
闭[閉]	bi4	to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct	1
滚开[滾開]	gun3 kai1	to boil (of liquid); boiling hot; Get out!; Go away!; fuck off (rude)	7
国体[國體]	guo2 ti3	state system; national prestige	5
传人[傳人]	chuan2 ren2	to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant	1
祖母[祖母]	zu3 mu3	father's mother; paternal grandmother	3
本地[本地]	ben3 di4	local; this locality	3
对面[對面]	dui4 mian4	(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face	1
唆[唆]	suo1	to suck; to incite	1
国事[國事]	guo2 shi4	affairs of the nation; politics	8
蹉跎[蹉跎]	cuo1 tuo2	(literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally	1
有始有终[有始有終]	you3 shi3 you3 zhong1	where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth; to carry things through; I started, so I'll finish.	1
贤能[賢能]	xian2 neng2	sage	1
安居乐业[安居樂業]	an1 ju1 le4 ye4	to live in peace and work happily (idiom)	1
万年[萬年]	Wan4 nian2	Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi	3
朽[朽]	xiu3	rotten	1
早夭[早夭]	zao3 yao1	to die young; Taiwan pr. [zao3 yao3]	1
薨[薨]	hong1	death of a prince; swarming	10
逝[逝]	shi4	(of time) to pass; to die	12
兼职[兼職]	jian1 zhi2	to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting	1
入殓[入殮]	ru4 lian4	to put dead body in coffin	3
赶路[趕路]	gan3 lu4	to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep20/100 words - 37 min
看懂[看懂]	kan4 dong3	to understand what one is reading or watching	1
圣心[聖心]	sheng4 xin1	Sacred Heart (Christian)	1
值守[值守]	zhi2 shou3	(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things; to keep watch	1
迎接[迎接]	ying2 jie1	to meet; to welcome; to greet	1
昺[昺]	bing3	bright; glorious	7
炯[炯]	jiong3	bright; clear	1
偏殿[偏殿]	pian1 dian4	side palace hall; side chamber	2
劄[劄]	zha1	to prick with a needle	1
接任[接任]	jie1 ren4	to take over (as minister, manager etc)	1
河运[河運]	he2 yun4	river transport	1
深受[深受]	shen1 shou4	to receive in no small measure	1
要务[要務]	yao4 wu4	key task; important affair	1
训示[訓示]	xun4 shi4	to admonish; instructions; orders	2
涉猎[涉獵]	she4 lie4	to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into	1
去岁[去歲]	qu4 sui4	last year	2
秋闱[秋闈]	qiu1 wei2	autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)	1
中举[中舉]	zhong4 ju3	to pass the provincial level imperial examination	1
告谕[告諭]	gao4 yu4	(literary) to inform (the public); to give clear instructions; public announcement (from higher authorities)	1
举人[舉人]	ju3 ren2	graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination	1
三月[三月]	San1 yue4	March; third month (of the lunar year)	4
会试[會試]	hui4 shi4	metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)	5
馈赠[饋贈]	kui4 zeng4	to present (a gift) to (sb)	3
抡[掄]	lun2	to select	1
大典[大典]	da4 dian3	ceremony; collection of classical writings	4
一等[一等]	yi1 deng3	first class; grade A	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep20/120 words - 39 min
盛事[盛事]	sheng4 shi4	grand occasion	1
赠送[贈送]	zeng4 song4	to present as a gift	1
川资[川資]	chuan1 zi1	travel expenses	3
干预[干預]	gan1 yu4	to meddle; to intervene; intervention	1
外号[外號]	wai4 hao4	nickname	1
秀才[秀才]	xiu4 cai5	a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent	2
藩国[藩國]	fan1 guo2	feudatory; vassal state	1
银子[銀子]	yin2 zi5	money; silver	2
考取[考取]	kao3 qu3	to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to	1
瓜田李下[瓜田李下]	gua1 tian2 li3 xia4	abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠[gua1 tian2 bu4 na4 lu:3 , li3 xia4 bu4 zheng3 guan1]	1
才学[才學]	cai2 xue2	talent and learning; scholarship	1
考官[考官]	kao3 guan1	an examiner; an official conducting an exam	1
避嫌[避嫌]	bi4 xian2	to avoid arousing suspicion	1
寒窗[寒窗]	han2 chuang1	a life of strenuous studies (idiom)	1
橚[橚]	su4	tall and straight (of trees)	2
椿[椿]	chun1	Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); (literary metaphor) father	1
思虑[思慮]	si1 lu:4	to think sth through; to consider carefully	1
不周[不周]	bu4 zhou1	not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate	1
分别[分別]	fen1 bie2	to part or leave each other; to distinguish; difference; in different ways; differently; separately or individually	1
申饬[申飭]	shen1 chi4	to warn; to blame; to rebuke; also written 申斥	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep21/25 words - 10 min
意见[意見]	yi4 jian4	idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]	2
心血来潮[心血來潮]	xin1 xue4 lai2 chao2	to be prompted by a sudden impulse; carried away by a whim; to have a brainstorm	1
出巡[出巡]	chu1 xun2	to go on an inspection tour	4
动辄得咎[動輒得咎]	dong4 zhe2 de2 jiu4	faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right	1
大发雷霆[大發雷霆]	da4 fa1 lei2 ting2	to be furious; to fly into a terrible rage	1
发明[發明]	fa1 ming2	to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
夜宵[夜宵]	ye4 xiao1	midnight snack	1
训诫[訓誡]	xun4 jie4	to reprimand; to admonish; to lecture sb	1
明目张胆[明目張膽]	ming2 mu4 zhang1 dan3	openly and without fear; brazenly	1
忌讳[忌諱]	ji4 hui4	taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from	2
甘心[甘心]	gan1 xin1	to be willing to; to resign oneself to	3
不惜[不惜]	bu4 xi1	not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth)	2
搏[搏]	bo2	to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat	2
前日[前日]	qian2 ri4	day before yesterday	1
斩杀[斬殺]	zhan3 sha1	to behead	1
穿着[穿著]	chuan1 zhuo2	attire; clothes; dress	1
男装[男裝]	nan2 zhuang1	men's clothes	1
集结[集結]	ji2 jie2	to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal	4
中立[中立]	zhong1 li4	neutral; neutrality	1
威[威]	wei1	power; might; prestige	7
以便[以便]	yi3 bian4	so that; so as to; in order to	1
讨价还价[討價還價]	tao3 jia4 huan2 jia4	to haggle over price; to bargain	1
规模[規模]	gui1 mo2	scale; scope; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
习俗[習俗]	xi2 su2	custom; tradition; local tradition; convention	1
每当[每當]	mei3 dang1	whenever; every time; on every	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep21/50 words - 15 min
死亡[死亡]	si3 wang2	to die; death	1
葬[葬]	zang4	to bury (the dead); to inter	12
小马[小馬]	xiao3 ma3	colt; pony	1
来年[來年]	lai2 nian2	next year; the coming year	1
原地[原地]	yuan2 di4	(in) the original place; the place where one currently is; place of origin; local (product)	1
徘徊[徘徊]	pai2 huai2	to dither; to hesitate; to pace back and forth; by ext. to hover around; to linger	1
天性[天性]	tian1 xing4	nature; innate tendency	3
仁厚[仁厚]	ren2 hou4	kindhearted; tolerant; honest and generous	5
嫡子[嫡子]	di2 zi3	son of first wife	5
总裁[總裁]	zong3 cai2	chairman; director-general (of a company etc)	2
驳[駁]	bo2	variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)	1
瓜葛[瓜葛]	gua1 ge2	intertwined (as melon and vine plants); interconnected; association (of two things)	5
不畏强权[不畏強權]	bu4 wei4 qiang2 quan2	not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence	1
震[震]	zhen4	to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳	5
谦[謙]	qian1	modest	2
朴[樸]	pu3	plain and simple; Taiwan pr. [pu2]	1
练[練]	lian4	to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise	12
杏[杏]	xing4	apricot; almond	2
乙丑[乙丑]	yi3 chou3	second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045	1
湜[湜]	shi2	clear water; pure	2
澄[澄]	cheng2	clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify	22
本科[本科]	ben3 ke1	undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)	1
同年[同年]	tong2 nian2	the same year	1
恩师[恩師]	en1 shi1	(greatly respected) teacher	2
考试[考試]	kao3 shi4	to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep21/75 words - 26 min
多多少少[多多少少]	duo1 duo1 shao3 shao3	to some extent; more or less	1
大多数[大多數]	da4 duo1 shu4	(great) majority	1
真才实学[真才實學]	zhen1 cai2 shi2 xue2	solid learning; real ability and learning; genuine talent	1
考上[考上]	kao3 shang4	to pass a university entrance exam	1
寒门[寒門]	han2 men2	poor and humble family; my family (humble)	1
事理[事理]	shi4 li3	reason; logic	1
进退[進退]	jin4 tui4	to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety	2
病情[病情]	bing4 qing2	state of an illness; patient's condition	1
不大[不大]	bu4 da4	not very; not too; not often	3
无常[無常]	wu2 chang2	variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die	1
新派[新派]	xin1 pai4	new faction	1
署[署]	shu3	office; bureau; to sign; to arrange	2
违抗[違抗]	wei2 kang4	to disobey	1
住持[住持]	zhu4 chi2	to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk	2
吉人自有天相[吉人自有天相]	ji2 ren2 zi4 you3 tian1 xiang4	Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)	1
休养[休養]	xiu1 yang3	to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce	3
摄[攝]	she4	to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to act for; to take a photo; photo shoot; photo; to conserve (one's health)	4
尺寸[尺寸]	chi3 cun5	size; dimension; measurement	3
悍[悍]	han4	heroic; intrepid; valiant; dauntless; fierce; ferocious; violent	1
请示[請示]	qing3 shi4	to ask for instructions	1
欲[欲]	yu4	to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4]	7
这会儿[這會兒]	zhe4 hui4 r5	(coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]	1
言听计从[言聽計從]	yan2 ting1 ji4 cong2	to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice; to take sb at his word	1
羽翼[羽翼]	yu3 yi4	wing; (fig.) assistant	3
好几年[好幾年]	hao3 ji3 nian2	several years	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep21/100 words - 32 min
伸展[伸展]	shen1 zhan3	stretching; extension	1
孟子[孟子]	Meng4 zi3	Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism	1
亚圣[亞聖]	ya4 sheng4	Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies	3
仲尼[仲尼]	Zhong4 ni2	courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]	1
不为已甚[不為已甚]	bu4 wei2 yi3 shen4	refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment; not be too hard on subject	1
过头[過頭]	guo4 tou2	to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead	2
愚[愚]	yu2	to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)	4
愚孝[愚孝]	yu2 xiao4	unquestioning filial piety	1
燕山[燕山]	Yan1 shan1	Yan mountain range across north Hebei	19
榆[榆]	yu2	elm	1
上瘾[上癮]	shang4 yin3	to get into a habit; to become addicted	1
临行[臨行]	lin2 xing2	on leaving; on the point of departure	3
迎战[迎戰]	ying2 zhan4	to meet the enemy head-on	1
娃娃[娃娃]	wa2 wa5	baby; small child; doll	2
丢脸[丟臉]	diu1 lian3	to lose face; humiliation	1
趴[趴]	pa1	to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent	3
大湖[大湖]	Da4 hu2	Dahu or Tahu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan	4
过冬[過冬]	guo4 dong1	to get through the winter	5
隐蔽[隱蔽]	yin3 bi4	to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover	1
周岁[週歲]	zhou1 sui4	one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)	1
加入[加入]	jia1 ru4	to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in	1
看样子[看樣子]	kan4 yang4 zi5	it seems; it looks as if	3
接应[接應]	jie1 ying4	to provide support; to come to the rescue	7
外行[外行]	wai4 hang2	layman; amateur	1
大队[大隊]	da4 dui4	group; a large body of; production brigade; military group	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep21/125 words - 39 min
相隔[相隔]	xiang1 ge2	separated by (distance or time etc)	1
飞驰[飛馳]	fei1 chi2	to speed; to rush	1
地头[地頭]	di4 tou2	place; locality; edge of a field; lower margin of a page	1
猜不透[猜不透]	cai1 bu5 tou4	to be unable to guess or make out	1
到头[到頭]	dao4 tou2	to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end	2
气力[氣力]	qi4 li4	strength; energy; vigor; talent	1
一面[一面]	yi1 mian4	one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face	5
憾[憾]	han4	regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)	2
急匆匆[急匆匆]	ji2 cong1 cong1	hurried; hasty	1
抛下[拋下]	pao1 xia4	to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down	2
充其量[充其量]	chong1 qi2 liang4	at most; at best	1
平手[平手]	ping2 shou3	(sports) draw; tie	1
仨[仨]	sa1	three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个)	1
尽早[儘早]	jin3 zao3	as early as possible	2
兴兵[興兵]	xing1 bing1	to send troops	4
再度[再度]	zai4 du4	once more; once again; one more time	5
稍纵即逝[稍縱即逝]	shao1 zong4 ji2 shi4	transient; fleeting	2
逐[逐]	zhu2	to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one	9
水草[水草]	shui3 cao3	water plants; habitat with water source and grass	1
不定[不定]	bu4 ding4	indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious	1
内乱[內亂]	nei4 luan4	internal disorder; civil strife; civil unrest	1
重创[重創]	zhong4 chuang1	to inflict heavy losses; to inflict serious damage	2
攻伐[攻伐]	gong1 fa2	to attack; to raid; (of medicine) potent	3
脱颖而出[脫穎而出]	tuo1 ying3 er2 chu1	to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself	1
豪杰[豪傑]	hao2 jie2	hero; towering figure	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep21/129 words - 40 min
无疑[無疑]	wu2 yi2	no doubt; undoubtedly	3
偷吃[偷吃]	tou1 chi1	to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful	1
夜里[夜裡]	ye4 li5	during the night; at night; nighttime	3
煮[煮]	zhu3	to cook; to boil	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep22/25 words - 12 min
裤裆[褲襠]	ku4 dang1	crotch of trousers	1
娃[娃]	wa2	baby; doll	1
蹿[躥]	cuan1	to leap up; (coll.) to gush out; to spurt out	1
不得了[不得了]	bu4 de2 liao3	desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly	1
面的[麵的]	mian4 di1	abbr. of 麵包車的士|面包车的士[mian4 bao1 che1 di1 shi4]; minivan taxi	1
帮子[幫子]	bang1 zi5	outer (of cabbage etc); upper (of a shoe); (coll.) group; gang	1
义气[義氣]	yi4 qi4	spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5]	1
濠[濠]	hao2	trench	3
生死[生死]	sheng1 si3	life or death	4
辍朝[輟朝]	chuo4 chao2	to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune	1
中山[中山]	Zhong1 shan1	refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace; Nakayama (Japanese surname)	18
哀荣[哀榮]	ai1 rong2	funeral pomp	1
武宁[武寧]	Wu3 ning2	Wuning county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi	1
地图[地圖]	di4 tu2	map; CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]	1
表里[表裡]	biao3 li3	the outside and the inside; one's outward show and inner thoughts; exterior and interior	4
策应[策應]	ce4 ying4	in coordination with; to support	5
扯淡[扯淡]	che3 dan4	to talk nonsense	1
隔[隔]	ge2	to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of	2
轻敌[輕敵]	qing1 di2	to underestimate the enemy	1
冒进[冒進]	mao4 jin4	to advance prematurely	4
饮水[飲水]	yin3 shui3	drinking water	2
人为[人為]	ren2 wei2	artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort	3
分批[分批]	fen1 pi1	to do sth in batches or groups	1
温泉[溫泉]	wen1 quan2	hot spring; spa; onsen	1
形制[形制]	xing2 zhi4	form; shape; structure; design	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep22/50 words - 19 min
尉[尉]	wei4	military officer	15
久留[久留]	jiu3 liu2	to stay for a long time	2
靴子[靴子]	xue1 zi5	boots	1
信号[信號]	xin4 hao4	signal	3
殉国[殉國]	xun4 guo2	to die for one's country	2
上座[上座]	shang4 zuo4	seat of honor	1
一致[一致]	yi1 zhi4	unanimous; identical (views or opinions)	1
捍卫[捍衛]	han4 wei4	to defend; to uphold; to safeguard	1
轻生[輕生]	qing1 sheng1	a suicide; to commit suicide	1
酋[酋]	qiu2	tribal chief	1
罪过[罪過]	zui4 guo5	sin; offense	3
如若[如若]	ru2 ruo4	if	5
本性难移[本性難移]	ben3 xing4 nan2 yi2	It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.; Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)	1
敲[敲]	qiao1	to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge	2
长记性[長記性]	zhang3 ji4 xing5	(coll.) to learn one's lesson; to have enough brains to learn from one's mistakes	2
往来[往來]	wang3 lai2	dealings; contacts; to go back and forth	4
天赐[天賜]	tian1 ci4	bestowed by heaven	1
良机[良機]	liang2 ji1	a good chance; a golden opportunity	2
太史公[太史公]	Tai4 shi3 gong1	Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]	1
弗[弗]	fu2	not	1
廓清[廓清]	kuo4 qing1	to clear up; to wipe out; to eradicate	5
扫荡[掃蕩]	sao3 dang4	to root out; to wipe out	5
沙漠[沙漠]	sha1 mo4	desert; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
驰骋[馳騁]	chi2 cheng3	to gallop; to rush headlong	1
嘴里[嘴裡]	zui3 li3	mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep22/75 words - 30 min
轻飘飘[輕飄飄]	qing1 piao1 piao1	light as a feather	1
七七八八[七七八八]	qi1 qi1 ba1 ba1	almost; nearing completion; bits and piece; of all kinds	3
昆明[昆明]	Kun1 ming2	Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China	1
沐[沐]	mu4	to bathe; to cleanse; to receive; to be given	12
不知不觉[不知不覺]	bu4 zhi1 bu4 jue2	unconsciously; unwittingly	1
着凉[著涼]	zhao2 liang2	to catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2]	2
属意[屬意]	zhu3 yi4	to set one's heart on; to set one's choice on	1
坐镇[坐鎮]	zuo4 zhen4	(of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee	2
后汉书[後漢書]	Hou4 Han4 shu1	History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls	1
云[云]	yun2	(classical) to say	7
肃清[肅清]	su4 qing1	to purge	5
战功[戰功]	zhan4 gong1	outstanding military service	2
征伐[征伐]	zheng1 fa2	to go on or send a punitive expedition	3
荡[蕩]	dang4	to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond	1
至今[至今]	zhi4 jin1	so far; to this day; until now	4
影子[影子]	ying3 zi5	shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
条件[條件]	tiao2 jian4	condition; circumstances; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
士兵[士兵]	shi4 bing1	soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
冻死[凍死]	dong4 si3	to freeze to death; to die off in winter	1
庆州[慶州]	Qing4 zhou1	Qingzhou, ancient northern province; Gyeongju City, South Korea	1
跟不上[跟不上]	gen1 bu5 shang4	not able to keep up with	1
住口[住口]	zhu4 kou3	shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking	1
寸[寸]	cun4	a unit of length; inch; thumb	1
轻易[輕易]	qing1 yi4	easily; lightly; rashly	1
东北[東北]	dong1 bei3	northeast	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep22/100 words - 36 min
一眼[一眼]	yi1 yan3	a glance; a quick look; a glimpse	3
前进[前進]	qian2 jin4	to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward	1
大汗[大汗]	da4 han4	profuse perspiration	24
丢下[丟下]	diu1 xia4	to abandon	2
公元[公元]	gong1 yuan2	CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)	10
三八[三八]	san1 ba1	International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March; foolish; stupid	1
捕鱼[捕魚]	bu3 yu2	to catch fish; to fish	8
先后[先後]	xian1 hou4	early or late; priority; in succession; one after another	3
发动[發動]	fa1 dong4	to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse	3
大规模[大規模]	da4 gui1 mo2	large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale	2
摧毁[摧毀]	cui1 hui3	to destroy; to wreck	1
盘踞[盤踞]	pan2 ju4	to occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself)	1
政权[政權]	zheng4 quan2	regime; political power	1
露[露]	lou4	to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose	1
露[露]	lu4	dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose	1
报捷[報捷]	bao4 jie2	report a success; announce a victory	3
幸[幸]	xing4	fortunate; lucky	8
怯[怯]	qie4	timid; cowardly; rustic; Taiwan pr. [que4]	1
其次[其次]	qi2 ci4	next; secondly	1
秃[禿]	tu1	bald; blunt	1
詹[詹]	zhan1	excellent; verbose	14
窜[竄]	cuan4	to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit	1
伏[伏]	fu2	to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt	3
九十[九十]	jiu3 shi2	ninety	4
玺[璽]	xi3	ruler's seal	2
图书[圖書]	tu2 shu1	books (in a library or bookstore); CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep22/125 words - 40 min
照会[照會]	zhao4 hui4	a diplomatic note; letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments	1
驼[駝]	tuo2	hump or hunchbacked; camel	1
牛羊[牛羊]	niu2 yang2	cattle and sheep; livestock	1
辆[輛]	liang4	classifier for vehicles	3
梁[梁]	liang2	roof beam; beam (structure); bridge	2
以下[以下]	yi3 xia4	that level or lower; that amount or less; the following	3
城郊[城郊]	cheng2 jiao1	suburbs; outskirts of a city	2
翰林院[翰林院]	Han4 lin2 yuan4	Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911	8
撰[撰]	zhuan4	to compose; to compile	1
邺[鄴]	Ye4	surname Ye; ancient district in modern day Hebei Province 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]	1
泌[泌]	mi4	to secrete; to excrete; also pr. [bi4]	1
酬[酬]	chou2	to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer	1
几近[幾近]	ji1 jin4	to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of	1
毕其功于一役[畢其功於一役]	bi4 qi2 gong1 yu2 yi1 yi4	to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)	1
仰赖[仰賴]	yang3 lai4	to rely on	2
倚仗[倚仗]	yi3 zhang4	to lean on; to rely on	2
用命[用命]	yong4 ming4	to follow orders; to abide by; to obey	1
威仪[威儀]	wei1 yi2	majestic presence; awe-inspiring manner	2
斟酌[斟酌]	zhen1 zhuo2	to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim	1
讲究[講究]	jiang3 jiu5	to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen	1
药房[藥房]	yao4 fang2	pharmacy; drugstore	1
桑[桑]	sang1	mulberry tree	1
寄生[寄生]	ji4 sheng1	to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism; parasitic	1
添[添]	tian1	to add; to increase; to replenish	3
贴心[貼心]	tie1 xin1	intimate; close; considerate	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep22/143 words - 46 min
肺[肺]	fei4	lung; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
知冷知热[知冷知熱]	zhi1 leng3 zhi1 re4	to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom); to be very considerate	1
燧[燧]	sui4	fire; speculum; to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc	11
不中用[不中用]	bu4 zhong4 yong4	unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope	1
防身[防身]	fang2 shen1	self-protection; to defend oneself	1
橘子[橘子]	ju2 zi5	tangerine; CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4]	1
何在[何在]	he2 zai4	where?; what place?	1
繁忙[繁忙]	fan2 mang2	busy; bustling	4
片刻[片刻]	pian4 ke4	short period of time; a moment	2
公务[公務]	gong1 wu4	official business	2
见谅[見諒]	jian4 liang4	please forgive me	2
调整[調整]	tiao2 zheng3	to adjust; adjustment; revision; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
全军[全軍]	quan2 jun1	all-army; all-military	22
城邑[城邑]	cheng2 yi4	(literary) towns; cities	3
遵守[遵守]	zun1 shou3	to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)	1
眼力[眼力]	yan3 li4	eyesight; strength of vision; the ability to make discerning judgments	1
实不相瞒[實不相瞞]	shi2 bu4 xiang1 man2	truth to tell; to be quite honest...	1
寻获[尋獲]	xun2 huo4	to find; to track down; to recover (sth lost)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep23/25 words - 13 min
慰劳[慰勞]	wei4 lao2	to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc); to comfort	1
辎[輜]	zi1	covered wagon; military supply wagon	12
交割[交割]	jiao1 ge1	delivery (commerce)	2
请便[請便]	qing3 bian4	Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home.	1
牵[牽]	qian1	to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in	4
实情[實情]	shi2 qing2	actual situation; truth	1
撒[撒]	sa1	to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to	3
撒[撒]	sa3	to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill	3
谎[謊]	huang3	lies; to lie	1
归附[歸附]	gui1 fu4	to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit	5
决[決]	jue2	to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly	13
虚言[虛言]	xu1 yan2	empty words; false words	1
收留[收留]	shou1 liu2	to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care	2
凭什么[憑什麼]	ping2 shen2 me5	(spoken) why?; for which reason?	1
眼神[眼神]	yan3 shen2	expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)	1
要塞[要塞]	yao4 sai4	stronghold; fort; fortification	1
顽皮[頑皮]	wan2 pi2	naughty	1
连书[連書]	lian2 shu1	to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)	1
勇武[勇武]	yong3 wu3	brave	1
让位[讓位]	rang4 wei4	to abdicate; to yield	1
逗[逗]	dou4	to stay; to stop; to tease (play with); amusing; short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dou4])	1
玩笑[玩笑]	wan2 xiao4	to joke; joke; jest	1
笑话[笑話]	xiao4 hua4	joke; jest; CL:個|个[ge4]; to laugh at; to mock	5
彼[彼]	bi3	that; those; (one) another	3
伶俐[伶俐]	ling2 li4	clever; witty; intelligent	3
看着办[看著辦]	kan4 zhe5 ban4	to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep23/50 words - 21 min
辈分[輩分]	bei4 fen4	seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy	1
通透[通透]	tong1 tou4	penetrating	1
宗室[宗室]	zong1 shi4	imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine	5
宿将[宿將]	su4 jiang4	veteran general	3
不睦[不睦]	bu4 mu4	to not get along well; to be at odds	1
割[割]	ge1	to cut; to cut apart	1
舌头[舌頭]	she2 tou5	tongue; CL:個|个[ge4]; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information	1
处世[處世]	chu3 shi4	to conduct oneself in society	1
活脱脱[活脫脫]	huo2 tuo1 tuo1	remarkably alike	1
蠢驴[蠢驢]	chun3 lu:2	silly ass	1
大学[大學]	da4 xue2	university; college; CL:所[suo3]	3
卫东[衛東]	Wei4 dong1	Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan	1
头头是道[頭頭是道]	tou2 tou2 shi4 dao4	clear and logical	1
把持[把持]	ba3 chi2	to control; to dominate; to monopolize	1
将就[將就]	jiang1 jiu5	to accept (a bit reluctantly); to put up with	1
尤其是[尤其是]	you2 qi2 shi4	especially; most of all; above all; in particular	1
深究[深究]	shen1 jiu1	to perform an in-depth investigation	1
悯[憫]	min3	to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for	2
永昌[永昌]	Yong3 chang1	Yongchang county in Jinchang 金昌[Jin1 chang1], Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]; ancient prefecture in Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2], modern Baoshan 保山[Bao3 shan1]	2
食禄[食祿]	shi2 lu4	to draw government pay; to be in public service; salary of an official	1
世袭[世襲]	shi4 xi2	succession; inheritance; hereditary	2
后嗣[後嗣]	hou4 si4	heir; descendant; posterity	2
王弼[王弼]	Wang2 Bi4	Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher	2
骄横[驕橫]	jiao1 heng4	arrogant; overbearing	1
党羽[黨羽]	dang3 yu3	henchmen	6
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep23/75 words - 33 min
大权[大權]	da4 quan2	power; authority	1
旁[旁]	pang2	beside; one side; other; side; self; the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic	1
颠倒[顛倒]	dian1 dao3	to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy	1
制衡[制衡]	zhi4 heng2	to check and balance (power); checks and balances	1
贡[貢]	gong4	to offer tribute; tribute; gifts	2
赐予[賜予]	ci4 yu3	to grant; to bestow	2
尸首[屍首]	shi1 shou5	corpse; carcass; dead body	1
跨[跨]	kua4	to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span	1
抗[抗]	kang4	to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-	2
蒙蔽[蒙蔽]	meng2 bi4	to deceive; to hoodwink	1
敏[敏]	min3	quick; nimble; agile; clever; smart	4
做饭[做飯]	zuo4 fan4	to prepare a meal; to cook	1
瘦[瘦]	shou4	thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive	5
可好[可好]	ke3 hao3	good or not?; luckily; fortuitously	1
押解[押解]	ya1 jie4	to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)	2
生产[生產]	sheng1 chan3	to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child	1
尴尬[尷尬]	gan1 ga4	awkward; embarrassed	1
装作[裝作]	zhuang1 zuo4	to pretend; to feign; to act a part	1
这么着[這麼著]	zhe4 me5 zhe5	thus; in this way; like this	2
下车[下車]	xia4 che1	to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)	1
羁押[羈押]	ji1 ya1	to detain; to take into custody; detention; imprisonment	1
沈[沈]	chen2	variant of 沉[chen2]	3
峪[峪]	yu4	valley	4
意识[意識]	yi4 shi2	consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize	1
错过[錯過]	cuo4 guo4	to miss (train, opportunity etc)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep23/88 words - 46 min
拖累[拖累]	tuo1 lei3	to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate	1
褫夺[褫奪]	chi3 duo2	to deprive; to strip of	1
封号[封號]	feng1 hao4	title granted to a person (archaic); to ban an (online) account	2
司法[司法]	si1 fa3	judicial; (administration of) justice	2
节骨眼[節骨眼]	jie1 gu5 yan3	(dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]	1
当心[當心]	dang1 xin1	to take care; to look out	1
料理[料理]	liao4 li3	to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking	1
剿灭[剿滅]	jiao3 mie4	to eliminate (by armed force)	2
掉以轻心[掉以輕心]	diao4 yi3 qing1 xin1	treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard	1
自知之明[自知之明]	zi4 zhi1 zhi1 ming2	knowing oneself (idiom); self-knowledge	1
平安[平安]	ping2 an1	safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace	8
莲子[蓮子]	lian2 zi3	lotus seed	1
去火[去火]	qu4 huo3	to reduce internal heat (TCM)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep24/25 words - 8 min
邸报[邸報]	di3 bao4	imperial bulletin, palace report dating back to Han dynasty	6
时不时[時不時]	shi2 bu4 shi2	from time to time	1
接济[接濟]	jie1 ji4	to give material assistance to	2
宫人[宮人]	gong1 ren2	imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old)	6
追思[追思]	zhui1 si1	memorial; recollection (of the deceased)	1
声张[聲張]	sheng1 zhang1	to make public; to disclose	2
只好[只好]	zhi3 hao3	without any better option; to have to; to be forced to	2
菩萨[菩薩]	Pu2 sa4	Bodhisattva (Buddhism)	1
法名[法名]	fa3 ming2	name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery); same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4]	1
吉祥[吉祥]	ji2 xiang2	lucky; auspicious; propitious	1
棋[棋]	qi2	chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]	2
灶[灶]	zao4	kitchen stove; kitchen	1
如火如荼[如火如荼]	ru2 huo3 ru2 tu2	like wildfire (idiom); unstoppable	1
诰[誥]	gao4	to enjoin; to grant (a title)	1
眼光[眼光]	yan3 guang1	gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things	1
赋税[賦稅]	fu4 shui4	taxation	4
连年[連年]	lian2 nian2	successive years; over many years	2
户口[戶口]	hu4 kou3	population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account	2
减半[減半]	jian3 ban4	to reduce by half	1
算帐[算帳]	suan4 zhang4	to reckon (accounting); to balance an account; fig. to settle an account; to get one's revenge	1
出师[出師]	chu1 shi1	to finish apprenticeship; to graduate; to send out troops (under a commander)	3
糜费[糜費]	mi2 fei4	variant of 靡費|靡费[mi2 fei4]	2
寇[寇]	kou4	to invade; to plunder; bandit; foe; enemy	4
钱财[錢財]	qian2 cai2	wealth; money	1
人口[人口]	ren2 kou3	population; people	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep24/50 words - 11 min
过后[過後]	guo4 hou4	after the event	2
抚恤[撫卹]	fu3 xu4	(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury	3
开支[開支]	kai1 zhi1	expenditures; expenses; CL:筆|笔[bi3], 項|项[xiang4]; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages	1
政府[政府]	zheng4 fu3	government; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
一轮[一輪]	yi1 lun2	first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)	3
主动[主動]	zhu3 dong4	to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)	1
愚钝[愚鈍]	yu2 dun4	stupid; slow-witted	1
效[效]	xiao4	effect; efficacy; to imitate	12
前驱[前驅]	qian2 qu1	precursor; pioneer	1
衷[衷]	zhong1	inner feelings	2
虎踞龙盘[虎踞龍盤]	hu3 ju4 long2 pan2	lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain	1
偏安[偏安]	pian1 an1	content to hold a small part of the territory; fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground; forced to move away	1
年老[年老]	nian2 lao3	aged	1
建言[建言]	jian4 yan2	to make a suggestion; to state (one's views, ideas etc); suggestion; advice; idea	2
黎[黎]	li2	(literary) black; dark; many; multitude	1
将帅[將帥]	jiang4 shuai4	commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess	2
狄[狄]	di2	low ranking public official (old)	1
乐[樂]	le4	happy; cheerful; to laugh	5
乐[樂]	yue4	music	5
郤[郤]	xi4	variant of 隙[xi4]	1
裔[裔]	yi4	descendants; frontier	1
孙吴[孫吳]	Sun1 wu2	Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang	1
元老[元老]	yuan2 lao3	senior figure; elder; doyen	1
泉源[泉源]	quan2 yuan2	springhead; fountainhead; (fig.) source	1
庙堂[廟堂]	miao4 tang2	imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple	1
挠[撓]	nao2	to scratch; to thwart; to yield	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep24/75 words - 20 min
猷[猷]	you2	to plan; to scheme	1
万人之敌[萬人之敵]	wan4 ren2 zhi1 di2	a match for ten thousand enemies	1
边庭[邊庭]	bian1 ting2	bodies governing a border area	1
详[詳]	xiang2	detailed; comprehensive	1
蕴[蘊]	yun4	to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; to gather together; to collect; depth; inner strength; profundity	1
韬略[韜略]	tao1 lu:e4	military strategy; military tactics; originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4]	1
倜[倜]	ti4	energetic; exalted; magnanimous	1
傥[儻]	tang3	if; unexpectedly	1
智[智]	zhi4	wisdom; knowledge	3
竭[竭]	jie2	to exhaust	2
遣[遣]	qian3	to dispatch; to send; to dispel	6
施行[施行]	shi1 xing2	to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect	1
诏旨[詔旨]	zhao4 zhi3	an Imperial edict	5
睦[睦]	mu4	amicable; harmonious	1
忌[忌]	ji4	to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth	4
前嫌[前嫌]	qian2 xian2	former hatred; bygone enmity	1
心知肚明[心知肚明]	xin1 zhi1 du4 ming2	to be well aware	2
二道[二道]	Er4 dao4	Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin	1
尔后[爾後]	er3 hou4	henceforth; thereafter; subsequently	2
服从[服從]	fu2 cong2	to obey (an order); to comply; to defer	1
一二[一二]	yi1 er4	one or two; a few	15
微臣[微臣]	wei1 chen2	this small official; humble servant	15
何止[何止]	he2 zhi3	far more than; not just	1
奸佞[奸佞]	jian1 ning4	crafty and fawning	2
靡费[靡費]	mi2 fei4	to waste; to squander	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep24/100 words - 28 min
粮饷[糧餉]	liang2 xiang3	army provisions	2
督办[督辦]	du1 ban4	to oversee; to supervise; superintendent	1
踪迹[蹤跡]	zong1 ji4	tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige	3
路子[路子]	lu4 zi5	method; way; approach	1
进发[進發]	jin4 fa1	to set out; to start	2
擒获[擒獲]	qin2 huo4	to apprehend; to capture; to seize	1
牲畜[牲畜]	sheng1 chu4	domesticated animals; livestock	2
凭空[憑空]	ping2 kong1	baseless (lie); without foundation	1
打掉[打掉]	da3 diao4	to tear down; to destroy; to dismantle (a gang); to abort (a fetus)	1
无头苍蝇[無頭蒼蠅]	wu2 tou2 cang1 ying5	headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)	1
负担[負擔]	fu4 dan1	burden; to bear a burden	1
供养[供養]	gong1 yang3	to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents	1
搜寻[搜尋]	sou1 xun2	to search; to look for	1
自寻死路[自尋死路]	zi4 xun2 si3 lu4	to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction	1
人马[人馬]	ren2 ma3	men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur	14
引诱[引誘]	yin3 you4	to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce	1
分离[分離]	fen1 li2	to separate	1
四面八方[四面八方]	si4 mian4 ba1 fang1	in all directions; all around; far and near	1
歼[殲]	jian1	to annihilate; abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机, fighter plane	2
指手画脚[指手畫腳]	zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3	to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily	2
武器[武器]	wu3 qi4	weapon; arms; CL:種|种[zhong3]	1
马匹[馬匹]	ma3 pi3	horse	1
本部[本部]	ben3 bu4	headquarters; head office	3
阃[閫]	kun3	threshold; inner appartments; woman; wife (honorific)	1
说到底[說到底]	shuo1 dao4 di3	in the final analysis; in the end	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep24/125 words - 33 min
在先[在先]	zai4 xian1	to come first; previous; prior; beforehand; first; formerly	2
把握[把握]	ba3 wo4	to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)	5
权宜[權宜]	quan2 yi2	expedient	1
鲁莽[魯莽]	lu3 mang3	hot-headed; impulsive; reckless	1
稍早[稍早]	shao1 zao3	a little early	1
关门[關門]	guan1 men2	to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)	3
入关[入關]	ru4 guan1	to enter a pass; to go through customs	2
瞧不起[瞧不起]	qiao2 bu4 qi3	to look down upon; to hold in contempt	2
餐[餐]	can1	meal; to eat; classifier for meals	2
露宿[露宿]	lu4 su4	to sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open	2
荒郊[荒郊]	huang1 jiao1	desolate area outside a town	1
野外[野外]	ye3 wai4	countryside; areas outside the city	1
告诫[告誡]	gao4 jie4	to warn; to admonish	1
城池[城池]	cheng2 chi2	city	2
不吉[不吉]	bu4 ji2	unlucky; inauspicious; ominous	1
屠戮[屠戮]	tu2 lu4	slaughter; massacre	4
殃及[殃及]	yang1 ji2	to bring disaster to	2
盛年[盛年]	sheng4 nian2	the prime of one's life	1
早逝[早逝]	zao3 shi4	early demise; untimely death	1
焉知[焉知]	yan1 zhi1	(literary) how is one to know?	2
缘故[緣故]	yuan2 gu4	reason; cause	1
敌国[敵國]	di2 guo2	enemy country	1
关口[關口]	guan1 kou3	pass; gateway; (fig.) juncture	1
茹[茹]	ru2	to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)	3
官军[官軍]	guan1 jun1	official army government army	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep24/150 words - 42 min
简练[簡練]	jian3 lian4	terse; succinct	1
逆子[逆子]	ni4 zi3	unfilial son	1
畜生[畜生]	chu4 sheng5	domestic animal; brute; bastard	4
骄纵[驕縱]	jiao1 zong4	arrogant and willful	2
堂堂[堂堂]	tang2 tang2	grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance	2
大娘[大娘]	da4 niang2	(coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address)	1
鲁[魯]	lu3	(bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)	29
捧[捧]	peng3	to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter	1
地下[地下]	di4 xia4	underground; subterranean; covert	2
定当[定當]	ding4 dang4	settled; ready; finished	3
自带[自帶]	zi4 dai4	to bring one's own; BYO; (of software) preinstalled	1
荒原[荒原]	huang1 yuan2	wasteland	1
细心[細心]	xi4 xin1	careful; attentive	1
蛛丝马迹[蛛絲馬跡]	zhu1 si1 ma3 ji4	lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue	2
津[津]	jin1	saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing); abbr. for Tianjin 天津	1
充饥[充飢]	chong1 ji1	to allay one's hunger	1
止[止]	zhi3	to stop; to prohibit; until; only	8
囊[囊]	nang2	sack; purse; pocket (for money)	1
敌人[敵人]	di2 ren2	enemy; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
包抄[包抄]	bao1 chao1	to outflank; to envelop	2
对峙[對峙]	dui4 zhi4	to stand opposite; to confront; confrontation	1
学乖[學乖]	xue2 guai1	to learn from experience (coll.)	1
勇于[勇於]	yong3 yu2	to dare to; to be brave enough to	1
震怒[震怒]	zhen4 nu4	to be furious	1
怀里[懷裡]	huai2 li3	embrace; bosom	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep24/166 words - 45 min
屁股[屁股]	pi4 gu5	buttocks; bottom; butt; back part	1
挪[挪]	nuo2	to shift; to move	3
凭据[憑據]	ping2 ju4	evidence	1
一席话[一席話]	yi1 xi2 hua4	the content of a conversation; words; remarks	1
称得上[稱得上]	cheng1 de5 shang4	can be counted as	1
脱胎换骨[脫胎換骨]	tuo1 tai1 huan4 gu3	to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc)	1
来到[來到]	lai2 dao4	to come; to arrive	3
尸体[屍體]	shi1 ti3	dead body; corpse; carcass; CL:具[ju4]	3
西侧[西側]	xi1 ce4	west side; west face	1
林子[林子]	lin2 zi5	woods; grove; forest	2
树皮[樹皮]	shu4 pi2	tree bark	2
扒[扒]	ba1	to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig	1
绝粮[絕糧]	jue2 liang2	provisions are exhausted; out of food	2
超过[超過]	chao1 guo4	to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip	1
摆满[擺滿]	bai3 man3	to spread over an area	1
分给[分給]	fen1 gei3	to divide (and give to others)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep25/25 words - 11 min
马来[馬來]	Ma3 lai2	Malaya; Malaysia	1
杀敌[殺敵]	sha1 di2	to attack the enemy	1
弈[弈]	yi4	ancient name for go (Chinese board game)	1
死心塌地[死心塌地]	si3 xin1 ta1 di4	to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving	2
深陷[深陷]	shen1 xian4	to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)	1
绝地[絕地]	jue2 di4	danger spot; Jedi (in Star Wars)	1
说得上[說得上]	shuo1 de5 shang4	can be counted or regarded as; to be able to tell or answer; to deserve mention	1
冤家[冤家]	yuan1 jia5	enemy; foe; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love	1
双方[雙方]	shuang1 fang1	bilateral; both sides; both parties involved	1
沾满[沾滿]	zhan1 man3	muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in	1
咒[咒]	zhou4	incantation; magic spell; curse; malediction; to revile; to put a curse on sb	2
撤兵[撤兵]	che4 bing1	to withdraw troops; to retreat	2
咽[嚥]	yan4	to swallow	1
断然[斷然]	duan4 ran2	resolute; definitive; categorically; absolutely	1
苟且偷生[苟且偷生]	gou3 qie3 tou1 sheng1	to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence	1
苟且[苟且]	gou3 qie3	perfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex)	1
说客[說客]	shui4 ke4	(old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4]	1
耻[恥]	chi3	shame; disgrace	1
为伍[為伍]	wei2 wu3	to associate with; to keep company with	1
赶来[趕來]	gan3 lai2	to rush over	1
饿殍[餓殍]	e4 piao3	starving people	1
勉强[勉強]	mian3 qiang3	to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough	3
丘[丘]	qiu1	mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields	6
回国[回國]	hui2 guo2	to return to one's home country	1
见证[見證]	jian4 zheng4	to be witness to; witness; evidence	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep25/50 words - 20 min
诚心[誠心]	cheng2 xin1	sincerity	1
录用[錄用]	lu4 yong4	to hire (an employee); to accept (a manuscript) for publication	1
部下[部下]	bu4 xia4	troops under one's command; subordinate	5
队伍[隊伍]	dui4 wu3	ranks; troops; queue; line; procession; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]	1
草场[草場]	cao3 chang3	pastureland	1
谋生[謀生]	mou2 sheng1	to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living	1
解渴[解渴]	jie3 ke3	to quench	1
饮酒[飲酒]	yin3 jiu3	to drink wine	1
师大[師大]	shi1 da4	abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学[shi1 fan4 da4 xue2], normal university; teacher training college	1
夜袭[夜襲]	ye4 xi2	night attack	2
另有[另有]	ling4 you3	to have some other (reason etc)	2
随着[隨著]	sui2 zhe5	along with; in the wake of; following	1
飞马[飛馬]	fei1 ma3	at the gallop	3
钮[鈕]	niu3	button	1
大败[大敗]	da4 bai4	to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb	8
到头来[到頭來]	dao4 tou2 lai2	in the end; finally; as a result	2
残局[殘局]	can2 ju2	endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)	1
得而复失[得而復失]	de2 er2 fu4 shi1	to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)	1
钞[鈔]	chao1	money; paper money; variant of 抄[chao1]	11
百万[百萬]	bai3 wan4	million; millions	3
锭[錠]	ding4	(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks	1
缎[緞]	duan4	satin	2
拆[拆]	chai1	to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	4
一部分[一部分]	yi1 bu4 fen5	portion; part of; subset	1
晤[晤]	wu4	to meet (socially)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep25/75 words - 27 min
遗憾[遺憾]	yi2 han4	regret; to regret; to be sorry that	1
绣[繡]	xiu4	to embroider; embroidery	1
只身[隻身]	zhi1 shen1	alone; by oneself	1
一举[一舉]	yi1 ju3	a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go	1
部众[部衆]	bu4 zhong4	troops	1
似[似]	si4	to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than	4
侥[僥]	jiao3	by mere luck	5
逃脱[逃脫]	tao2 tuo1	to run away; to escape	1
安然无恙[安然無恙]	an1 ran2 wu2 yang4	safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)	1
心怀[心懷]	xin1 huai2	to harbor (thoughts); to cherish; to entertain (illusions)	1
异心[異心]	yi4 xin1	disloyalty; infidelity	1
大牢[大牢]	da4 lao2	prison	1
佑[佑]	you4	to assist; to protect	9
些许[些許]	xie1 xu3	a few; a little; a bit	2
不足挂齿[不足掛齒]	bu4 zu2 gua4 chi3	not worth mentioning (idiom)	1
约定[約定]	yue1 ding4	to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation	2
以此[以此]	yi3 ci3	with this; thereby; thus; because of this	1
果腹[果腹]	guo3 fu4	to eat one's fill	2
负累[負累]	fu4 lei3	to implicate; to involve	1
维持[維持]	wei2 chi2	to keep; to maintain; to preserve	1
掏[掏]	tao1	to fish out (from pocket); to scoop	3
草根[草根]	cao3 gen1	grass roots (lit. and fig.)	1
羊毛[羊毛]	yang2 mao2	fleece; wool; woolen	1
碎[碎]	sui4	to break down; to break into pieces; fragmentary	1
兵不血刃[兵不血刃]	bing1 bu4 xue4 ren4	lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep25/100 words - 32 min
一己[一己]	yi1 ji3	oneself	3
武职[武職]	wu3 zhi2	military official; military position (i.e. job)	1
出狱[出獄]	chu1 yu4	to be released from prison	1
拜佛[拜佛]	bai4 Fo2	to worship Buddha	1
晦气[晦氣]	hui4 qi4	bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched	1
门徒[門徒]	men2 tu2	disciple	1
中人[中人]	zhong1 ren2	go-between; mediator; intermediary	1
洲[洲]	zhou1	continent; island in a river	1
姚[姚]	yao2	handsome; good-looking	1
俗名[俗名]	su2 ming2	vernacular name; lay name (of a priest)	1
挂齿[掛齒]	gua4 chi3	to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")	1
游学[遊學]	you2 xue2	to study away from home or abroad (old)	1
投入[投入]	tou2 ru4	to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed	1
衡[衡]	heng2	to weigh; weight; measure	1
年少[年少]	nian2 shao4	young; junior	5
如雷贯耳[如雷貫耳]	ru2 lei2 guan4 er3	lit. like thunder piercing the ear; a well-known reputation (idiom)	1
失礼[失禮]	shi1 li3	lacking in manners	1
出缺[出缺]	chu1 que1	to fall vacant; a job opening at a high level	1
得意忘形[得意忘形]	de2 yi4 wang4 xing2	so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure; beside oneself with joy	1
炉[爐]	lu2	stove; furnace	2
招惹[招惹]	zhao1 re3	to provoke; to tease	1
奖赏[獎賞]	jiang3 shang3	reward; prize; award	2
获得[獲得]	huo4 de2	to obtain; to receive; to get	1
一时间[一時間]	yi1 shi2 jian1	for a moment; momentarily	3
颜[顏]	yan2	color; face; countenance	17
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep25/125 words - 35 min
牧草[牧草]	mu4 cao3	pasture; forage grass; pasturage	1
总能[總能]	zong3 neng2	total energy	3
崽[崽]	zai3	child; young animal	2
酪[酪]	lao4	curdled milk or fruit juice; also pr. [luo4]	1
蛋[蛋]	dan4	egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]; oval-shaped thing	2
个子[個子]	ge4 zi5	height; stature; build; size	1
车辕[車轅]	che1 yuan2	shaft (pulling a cart)	1
战士[戰士]	zhan4 shi4	fighter; soldier; warrior; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
长生[長生]	chang2 sheng1	long life	1
从来不[從來不]	cong2 lai2 bu4	never	4
亏待[虧待]	kui1 dai4	to treat sb unfairly	2
勇士[勇士]	yong3 shi4	a warrior; a brave person	1
祖先[祖先]	zu3 xian1	ancestor; forebears	1
部落[部落]	bu4 luo4	tribe	1
儆戒[儆戒]	jing3 jie4	to warn; to admonish	1
无虞[無虞]	wu2 yu2	not to be worried about; all taken care of	3
游[游]	you2	to swim; variant of 遊|游[you2]	1
逸[逸]	yi4	to escape; leisurely; outstanding	2
淫[淫]	yin2	excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved	1
守节[守節]	shou3 jie2	faithful (to the memory of betrothed); constant (of widow who remains unmarried)	1
拭[拭]	shi4	to wipe	3
非但[非但]	fei1 dan4	not only	3
掩[掩]	yan3	to cover up; to close; to surprise	3
阶层[階層]	jie1 ceng2	hierarchy; stratum; social class	1
守土[守土]	shou3 tu3	to guard one's territory; to protect the country	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep25/150 words - 40 min
已知[已知]	yi3 zhi1	known (to science)	1
灭此朝食[滅此朝食]	mie4 ci3 zhao1 shi2	lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle (idiom)	1
有权[有權]	you3 quan2	to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful	2
不争[不爭]	bu4 zheng1	widely known; incontestable; undeniable; to not strive for; to not contend for	2
兴师[興師]	xing1 shi1	to dispatch troops; to send an army; to mobilize forces	1
徒劳无功[徒勞無功]	tu2 lao2 wu2 gong1	to work to no avail (idiom)	1
掷[擲]	zhi4	to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]	1
泥[泥]	ni2	mud; clay; paste; pulp	2
必胜[必勝]	bi4 sheng4	to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail	5
陷[陷]	xian4	pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect	3
境地[境地]	jing4 di4	circumstances	3
欠妥[欠妥]	qian4 tuo3	improper; inappropriate; unsatisfactory; inadequate	1
学样[學樣]	xue2 yang4	to follow suit; to imitate sb's example	1
到时[到時]	dao4 shi2	at that (future) time	2
自行其是[自行其是]	zi4 xing2 qi2 shi4	to act as one thinks fit; to have one's own way	1
高见[高見]	gao1 jian4	wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific)	1
吾辈[吾輩]	wu2 bei4	(literary) we; us	1
始作俑者[始作俑者]	shi3 zuo4 yong3 zhe3	lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice	1
贻害无穷[貽害無窮]	yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2	to have disastrous consequences	1
翰林学士[翰林學士]	Han4 lin2 xue2 shi4	members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards	1
缙[縉]	jin4	red silk	6
快活[快活]	kuai4 huo5	happy; cheerful	1
心里话[心裡話]	xin1 li5 hua4	(to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind	1
禁地[禁地]	jin4 di4	forbidden area; restricted area; (fig.) sth considered off-limits	2
止步[止步]	zhi3 bu4	to halt; to stop; to go no farther	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep25/161 words - 44 min
年龄[年齡]	nian2 ling2	(a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]	1
亲情[親情]	qin1 qing2	affection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children	3
糊[糊]	hu2	muddled; paste; scorched	1
失仪[失儀]	shi1 yi2	discourteous; failure of etiquette	3
担当[擔當]	dan1 dang1	to take upon oneself; to assume	1
镇守[鎮守]	zhen4 shou3	(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect	3
常州[常州]	Chang2 zhou1	Changzhou prefecture-level city in Jiangsu	1
瑞[瑞]	rui4	lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)	1
锄头[鋤頭]	chu2 tou5	hoe; CL:把[ba3]	2
活计[活計]	huo2 ji4	handicraft; needlework; work	1
比起[比起]	bi3 qi3	compared with	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep26/25 words - 6 min
勋[勛]	xun1	medal; merit	5
解甲归田[解甲歸田]	jie3 jia3 gui1 tian2	to remove armor and return to the farm; to return to civilian life	1
种田[種田]	zhong4 tian2	to farm; farming	2
度日[度日]	du4 ri4	to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence	1
手头[手頭]	shou3 tou2	in hand (e.g. cash)	1
阔绰[闊綽]	kuo4 chuo4	ostentatious; extravagant; liberal with money	1
购[購]	gou4	to buy; to purchase	1
存在[存在]	cun2 zai4	to exist; to be; existence	1
刍[芻]	chu2	to mow or cut grass; hay; straw; fodder	2
荛[蕘]	rao2	fuel; grass	2
白读[白讀]	bai2 du2	colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character	1
讲解[講解]	jiang3 jie3	to explain	1
范[範]	fan4	pattern; model; example	1
长寿[長壽]	chang2 shou4	longevity; ability to live long; long lived	1
触犯[觸犯]	chu4 fan4	to violate; to offend	1
法律[法律]	fa3 lu:4	law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]	1
殊[殊]	shu1	different; unique; special; very; (classical) to behead; to die; to cut off; to separate; to surpass	2
功勋[功勛]	gong1 xun1	achievement; meritorious deed; contributions (for the good of society)	1
怨言[怨言]	yuan4 yan2	complaint	1
遣散[遣散]	qian3 san4	to disband; to dismiss; demobilization	1
姬妾[姬妾]	ji1 qie4	concubine	1
救济[救濟]	jiu4 ji4	emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods	1
穷人[窮人]	qiong2 ren2	poor people; the poor	1
儿孙[兒孫]	er2 sun1	descendant	1
下地[下地]	xia4 di4	to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep26/50 words - 15 min
忍心[忍心]	ren3 xin1	to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task	1
杭州[杭州]	Hang2 zhou1	Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China	2
告发[告發]	gao4 fa1	to lodge an accusation; accusation (law)	2
香火[香火]	xiang1 huo3	incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks	3
不失为[不失為]	bu4 shi1 wei2	can still be considered (to be...); may after all be accepted as	1
富[富]	fu4	rich; abundant; wealthy	3
翁[翁]	weng1	elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)	4
墓地[墓地]	mu4 di4	cemetery; graveyard	1
买好[買好]	mai3 hao3	to ingratiate oneself	1
倦[倦]	juan4	tired	1
就学[就學]	jiu4 xue2	to attend school	2
翦[翦]	jian3	variant of 剪[jian3]	1
新朝[新朝]	Xin1 chao2	the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han	1
宅子[宅子]	zhai2 zi5	house; residence	1
奉养[奉養]	feng4 yang3	to look after (elderly parents); to serve; to support	1
不理[不理]	bu4 li3	to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore	1
蒙[矇]	meng1	to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess	1
低价[低價]	di1 jia4	low price	1
坐享[坐享]	zuo4 xiang3	to enjoy sth without lifting a finger	1
求田问舍[求田問舍]	qiu2 tian2 wen4 she4	lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom); fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life	1
子儿[子兒]	zi3 r5	(coll.) penny; buck	1
殚精竭虑[殫精竭慮]	dan1 jing1 jie2 lu:4	to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack one's brains; to leave no stone unturned	3
夹[夾]	jia1	to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]	1
老好人[老好人]	lao3 hao3 ren2	one who tries never to offend anybody	1
人臣[人臣]	ren2 chen2	an official (in former times)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep26/75 words - 27 min
吃错药[吃錯藥]	chi1 cuo4 yao4	(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine; (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual; abnormal	1
言犹在耳[言猶在耳]	yan2 you2 zai4 er3	words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)	1
仁政[仁政]	ren2 zheng4	benevolent policy; humane government	1
保命[保命]	bao3 ming4	to save one's life; to survive	1
水能[水能]	shui3 neng2	hydroelectric power	1
载[載]	zai4	to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously	3
寻机[尋機]	xun2 ji1	to look for an opportunity	2
聚敛[聚斂]	ju4 lian3	to accumulate; to gather; to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent	2
逞[逞]	cheng3	to show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme; to indulge; to give free rein to	2
决意[決意]	jue2 yi4	to be determined	5
收监[收監]	shou1 jian1	to imprison; to take into custody	1
满门[滿門]	man3 men2	the whole family	2
乞[乞]	qi3	to beg	3
骸[骸]	hai2	bones of the body	2
澍[澍]	shu4	moisture; timely rain	1
延安[延安]	Yan2 an1	Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war	2
祺[祺]	qi2	auspicious; propitious; good luck; felicity; euphoria; used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress	4
驸马[駙馬]	fu4 ma3	emperor's son-in-law	2
皇恩[皇恩]	huang2 en1	imperial kindness; benevolence from the emperor	2
浩荡[浩蕩]	hao4 dang4	vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful	2
年迈[年邁]	nian2 mai4	old; aged	1
上蔡[上蔡]	Shang4 cai4	Shangcai county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan	3
狡[狡]	jiao3	crafty; cunning; sly	3
兔[兔]	tu4	rabbit	3
肥[肥]	fei2	fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep26/100 words - 33 min
李斯[李斯]	Li3 Si1	Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC	4
不解[不解]	bu4 jie3	to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble	4
咸阳[咸陽]	Xian2 yang2	Xianyang prefecture level city in Shaanxi	10
荥阳[滎陽]	Xing2 yang2	Xingyang city and county in Henan	1
南雄[南雄]	Nan2 xiong2	Nanxiong county level city in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong	1
宜春[宜春]	Yi2 chun1	Yichun prefecture level city in Jiangxi	1
开国功臣[開國功臣]	kai1 guo2 gong1 chen2	outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)	2
锒铛入狱[鋃鐺入獄]	lang2 dang1 ru4 yu4	lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars; to get jailed	1
震动[震動]	zhen4 dong4	to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration	1
凳子[凳子]	deng4 zi5	stool; small seat	1
填[填]	tian2	to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in	4
燕雀[燕雀]	yan4 que4	(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla); (fig.) small fry	1
泉眼[泉眼]	quan2 yan3	mouth of a spring or fountain	1
井[井]	jing3	a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly	2
井口[井口]	jing3 kou3	entrance to mine	2
瓜果[瓜果]	gua1 guo3	fruit (plural sense); melons and fruit	1
水灾[水災]	shui3 zai1	flood; flood damage	1
蝗虫[蝗蟲]	huang2 chong2	locust	1
老天爷[老天爺]	lao3 tian1 ye2	God; Heavens	2
可怕[可怕]	ke3 pa4	awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly	2
熟地[熟地]	shu2 di4	cultivated land; in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)	1
地契[地契]	di4 qi4	deed (for land); CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]	1
流民[流民]	liu2 min2	refugee	1
开垦[開墾]	kai1 ken3	to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow	1
业主[業主]	ye4 zhu3	owner; proprietor	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep26/125 words - 38 min
牧[牧]	mu4	to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old); government official (old)	1
为富不仁[為富不仁]	wei2 fu4 bu4 ren2	the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).	1
豪绅[豪紳]	hao2 shen1	local despot	1
草丛[草叢]	cao3 cong2	underbrush	1
麦子[麥子]	mai4 zi5	wheat; CL:株[zhu1]	4
兵荒马乱[兵荒馬亂]	bing1 huang1 ma3 luan4	soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war	1
后患无穷[後患無窮]	hou4 huan4 wu2 qiong2	it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)	2
贫无立锥[貧無立錐]	pin2 wu2 li4 zhui1	not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute	1
掀翻[掀翻]	xian1 fan1	to turn sth over; to overturn	1
宽容[寬容]	kuan1 rong2	lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive	1
流言[流言]	liu2 yan2	rumor; gossip; to spread rumors	5
棘[棘]	ji2	thorns	4
喻[喻]	yu4	to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory	1
面谕[面諭]	mian4 yu4	to instruct sb personally	1
拔除[拔除]	ba2 chu2	to pull out; to remove	1
刺[刺]	ci4	thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder	3
便于[便於]	bian4 yu2	easy to; convenient for	1
谣言[謠言]	yao2 yan2	rumor	1
智者[智者]	zhi4 zhe3	sage; wise man; clever and knowledgeable person	2
流传[流傳]	liu2 chuan2	to spread; to circulate; to hand down	5
令名[令名]	ling4 ming2	good name; reputation	1
父女[父女]	fu4 nu:3	father and daughter	1
巫[巫]	wu1	witch; wizard; shaman; also pr. [wu2]	1
蛊[蠱]	gu3	arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch; to drive to insanity; to harm by witchcraft; intestinal parasite	1
邑[邑]	yi4	city; village	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep26/137 words - 45 min
蒙冤[蒙冤]	meng2 yuan1	to be wronged; to be subjected to an injustice	1
史书[史書]	shi3 shu1	history book	2
韩信[韓信]	Han2 Xin4	Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]	1
彭[彭]	Peng2	surname Peng	1
清廉[清廉]	qing1 lian2	honest; uncorrupted	2
沸沸扬扬[沸沸揚揚]	fei4 fei4 yang2 yang2	bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz	1
难保[難保]	nan2 bao3	hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve	1
嘀咕[嘀咕]	di2 gu5	to mutter; to feel apprehensive	1
犯人[犯人]	fan4 ren2	convict; prisoner; criminal	1
吟诗[吟詩]	yin2 shi1	to recite poetry	2
反反复复[反反復復]	fan3 fan3 fu4 fu4	repeatedly; time and time again	1
听错[聽錯]	ting1 cuo4	to mishear	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep27/25 words - 8 min
题[題]	ti2	topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]	1
墓[墓]	mu4	grave; tomb; mausoleum	1
改成[改成]	gai3 cheng2	to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)	2
焚书坑儒[焚書坑儒]	fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2	to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])	1
秦始皇[秦始皇]	Qin2 Shi3 huang2	Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor	1
有如[有如]	you3 ru2	to be like sth; similar to; alike	1
暴[暴]	bao4	sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	3
气势[氣勢]	qi4 shi4	imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor	1
域[域]	yu4	field; region; area; domain (taxonomy)	1
开刀[開刀]	kai1 dao1	(of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack	1
阖家[闔家]	he2 jia1	variant of 合家[he2 jia1]	1
轮到[輪到]	lun2 dao4	to be (sb's or sth's) turn	4
杀机[殺機]	sha1 ji1	desire to commit murder; great danger	1
同路[同路]	tong2 lu4	to go the same way	2
不共戴天[不共戴天]	bu4 gong4 dai4 tian1	(of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable	4
呼[呼]	hu1	to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	5
名号[名號]	ming2 hao4	name; good reputation; title	1
外孙[外孫]	wai4 sun1	daughter's son; grandson; descendant via the female line	1
外孙女[外孫女]	wai4 sun1 nu:3	daughter's daughter; granddaughter	1
自作主张[自作主張]	zi4 zuo4 zhu3 zhang1	to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative	1
江浦[江浦]	Jiang1 pu3	Jiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口區|浦口区[Pu3 kou3 qu1] of Nanjing, Jiangsu	2
一如[一如]	yi1 ru2	to be just like	1
旧例[舊例]	jiu4 li4	old rules; example from the past; former practices	2
汝[汝]	ru3	thou	2
如意算盘[如意算盤]	ru2 yi4 suan4 pan2	counting one's chickens before they are hatched	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep27/50 words - 21 min
一清二楚[一清二楚]	yi1 qing1 er4 chu3	to be very clear about sth (idiom)	2
安危[安危]	an1 wei1	safety and danger; safety	1
打瞌睡[打瞌睡]	da3 ke1 shui4	to doze off	1
介怀[介懷]	jie4 huai2	to mind; to brood over; to be concerned about	2
仪仗[儀仗]	yi2 zhang4	ceremonial weaponry	1
普通[普通]	pu3 tong1	common; ordinary; general; average	1
征战[征戰]	zheng1 zhan4	campaign; expedition	2
相左[相左]	xiang1 zuo3	to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with	1
执意[執意]	zhi2 yi4	to be determined to; to insist on	1
地域[地域]	di4 yu4	area; district; region	1
战机[戰機]	zhan4 ji1	opportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft; war secret	2
面目[面目]	mian4 mu4	appearance; facial features; look	4
对弈[對弈]	dui4 yi4	to play go, chess etc	1
撕扯[撕扯]	si1 che3	to tear apart	1
一了百了[一了百了]	yi1 liao3 bai3 liao3	once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles	1
不在[不在]	bu4 zai4	not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased	1
憋[憋]	bie1	to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)	2
憋气[憋氣]	bie1 qi4	to feel suffocated or oppressed; to choke with resentment; to feel injured or resentful	1
腿脚[腿腳]	tui3 jiao3	legs and feet; ability to walk; strides	3
狗窝[狗窩]	gou3 wo1	doghouse; kennel	1
荆州[荊州]	Jing1 zhou1	Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei	2
一晃[一晃]	yi1 huang3	(of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash	1
朝觐[朝覲]	chao2 jin4	to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam)	6
信报[信報]	xin4 bao4	abbr. for 信報財經新聞|信报财经新闻, Hong Kong Economic Journal	2
出乱子[出亂子]	chu1 luan4 zi5	to go wrong; to get into trouble	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep27/75 words - 31 min
失手[失手]	shi1 shou3	a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated	1
司马炎[司馬炎]	Si1 ma3 Yan2	Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晋 after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝	1
弑[弒]	shi4	to murder a superior; to murder one's parent	1
鸠[鳩]	jiu1	turtledove; (literary) to gather	1
孛[孛]	bei4	comet	3
一塌糊涂[一塌糊塗]	yi1 ta1 hu2 tu5	muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess	1
魂[魂]	hun2	soul; spirit; immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body	2
兮[兮]	xi1	(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)	2
人子[人子]	ren2 zi3	son of man	1
恤[恤]	xu4	anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize; to give relief; to compensate	3
临终[臨終]	lin2 zhong1	approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave	2
遗[遺]	yi2	to lose; to leave behind; to omit; to bequeath; sth lost; involuntary discharge (of urine etc)	1
坟墓[墳墓]	fen2 mu4	grave; tomb	1
草拟[草擬]	cao3 ni3	first draft; to draw up (a first version)	3
棺椁[棺槨]	guan1 guo3	inner and outer coffins; coffin	2
钟山[鐘山]	Zhong1 shan1	Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4 pan2 shui3 shi4], Guizhou; Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi	2
克勤克俭[克勤克儉]	ke4 qin2 ke4 jian3	to be industrious and frugal (idiom)	1
文臣[文臣]	wen2 chen2	civilian court official (in former times)	1
外祖父[外祖父]	wai4 zu3 fu4	maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)	3
得意门生[得意門生]	de2 yi4 men2 sheng1	favorite pupil	1
正人君子[正人君子]	zheng4 ren2 jun1 zi5	upright gentleman; man of honor	2
来讲[來講]	lai2 jiang3	as to; considering; for	1
先父[先父]	xian1 fu4	deceased father; my late father	2
托[托]	tuo1	prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure)	2
领先[領先]	ling3 xian1	to lead; to be in front	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep27/100 words - 43 min
铭刻[銘刻]	ming2 ke4	a carved inscription	1
假惺惺[假惺惺]	jia3 xing1 xing1	hypocritical; unctuous; insincerely courteous; to shed crocodile tears	1
包庇[包庇]	bao1 bi4	to shield; to harbor; to cover up	2
飞鹰[飛鷹]	fei1 ying1	eagle	1
走狗[走狗]	zou3 gou3	hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey	1
叫做[叫做]	jiao4 zuo4	to be called; to be known as	5
修身[修身]	xiu1 shen1	to cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging	1
齐家[齊家]	qi2 jia1	to govern one's family; to manage one's household	1
幼弟[幼弟]	you4 di4	younger brother	1
方才[方才]	fang1 cai2	just now; then	2
同样[同樣]	tong2 yang4	same; equal; equivalent	1
苛刻[苛刻]	ke1 ke4	harsh; severe; demanding	7
雕[雕]	diao1	to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey	1
晚年[晚年]	wan3 nian2	one's later years	2
偏爱[偏愛]	pian1 ai4	to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite	1
日夜[日夜]	ri4 ye4	day and night; around the clock	3
胆量[膽量]	dan3 liang4	courage; boldness; guts	1
口信[口信]	kou3 xin4	oral message	2
传递[傳遞]	chuan2 di4	to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive	1
昔[昔]	xi1	former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	1
居位[居位]	ju1 wei4	to occupy a high position (in administration)	1
桂[桂]	gui4	cassia; laurel	1
瑛[瑛]	ying1	(crystal); lustrous	2
肃[肅]	su4	respectful; solemn; to eliminate; to clean up	1
辽[遼]	Liao2	short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liao2 ning2] province; Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep27/110 words - 45 min
旃[旃]	zhan1	felt; silken banner	1
庆[慶]	qing4	to celebrate	1
岷[岷]	min2	name of a river in Sichuan	4
谷[谷]	gu3	valley	7
跳脚[跳腳]	tiao4 jiao3	to stomp or hop about (in anxiety, anger etc); to dance on one's feet; hopping mad (anxious, etc)	1
减[減]	jian3	to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	1
报上[報上]	bao4 shang4	in the newspaper	1
不堪[不堪]	bu4 kan1	cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely	2
重负[重負]	zhong4 fu4	heavy load; heavy burden (also fig. of tax)	1
表率[表率]	biao3 shuai4	example; model	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep28/25 words - 19 min
湘[湘]	Xiang1	abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province	16
兴许[興許]	xing4 xu3	perhaps	1
置办[置辦]	zhi4 ban4	to purchase; to buy	1
带给[帶給]	dai4 gei3	to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to	2
巡抚[巡撫]	xun2 fu3	inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times	3
边远[邊遠]	bian1 yuan3	far from the center; remote; outlying	1
开拔[開拔]	kai1 ba2	to set out (of troops); departure; start date (of military expedition)	3
劳顿[勞頓]	lao2 dun4	(literary) fatigued; wearied	2
操劳[操勞]	cao1 lao2	to work hard; to look after	2
延[延]	yan2	to prolong; to extend; to delay	1
病危[病危]	bing4 wei1	to be critically ill; to be terminally ill	2
五味子[五味子]	wu3 wei4 zi3	schizandra (Schisandra chinensis); Magnolia vine	1
黄耆[黃耆]	huang2 qi2	milk vetch; plant genus Astragalus; huangqi 黃芪|黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus (used in TCM)	1
当归[當歸]	dang1 gui1	Angelica sinensis	1
罹患[罹患]	li2 huan4	to suffer (from an illness); to fall ill	2
救治[救治]	jiu4 zhi4	to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)	2
眩[眩]	xuan4	dazzling; brilliant; dazzled; dizzy	1
病症[病症]	bing4 zheng4	disease; illness	1
汹[洶]	xiong1	torrential rush; tumultuous	1
舟车劳顿[舟車勞頓]	zhou1 che1 lao2 dun4	travel-worn	1
疗[療]	liao2	to treat; to cure; therapy	3
下身[下身]	xia4 shen1	lower part of the body; genitalia; trousers	1
名医[名醫]	ming2 yi1	famous doctor	3
居多[居多]	ju1 duo1	to be in the majority	1
窗[窗]	chuang1	shutter; window; CL:扇[shan4]	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep28/50 words - 24 min
火烛[火燭]	huo3 zhu2	fire and candles; household things that burn	2
头号[頭號]	tou2 hao4	first rate; top rank; number one	1
暂缓[暫緩]	zan4 huan3	to postpone	3
得知[得知]	de2 zhi1	to find out; to know; to learn about	1
立即[立即]	li4 ji2	immediately	2
兼程[兼程]	jian1 cheng2	to travel at double speed; to make all haste	2
病重[病重]	bing4 zhong4	seriously ill	2
凶多吉少[凶多吉少]	xiong1 duo1 ji2 shao3	everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious; everything points to disaster	1
制定[制定]	zhi4 ding4	to draw up; to formulate	1
平安无事[平安無事]	ping2 an1 wu2 shi4	safe and sound (idiom)	1
计议[計議]	ji4 yi4	to deliberate; to talk over; to plan	1
多言[多言]	duo1 yan2	wordy; talkative	2
许下[許下]	xu3 xia4	to make a promise	2
噤[噤]	jin4	unable to speak; silent	2
此刻[此刻]	ci3 ke4	this moment; now; at present	1
粟[粟]	su4	grain; millet; goose pimples	1
直至[直至]	zhi2 zhi4	lasting until; up till (the present)	2
厄[厄]	e4	distressed	1
早日康复[早日康復]	zao3 ri4 kang1 fu4	Get well soon!; to recover health quickly	1
困苦[困苦]	kun4 ku3	deprivation; distressed; miserable	1
打更[打更]	da3 geng1	to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)	1
五更[五更]	wu3 geng1	fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)	1
无能[無能]	wu2 neng2	incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless	6
回天乏术[回天乏術]	hui2 tian1 fa2 shu4	unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom); to fail to save the situation	1
治病救人[治病救人]	zhi4 bing4 jiu4 ren2	to treat the disease to save the patient; to criticize a person in order to help him	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep28/61 words - 43 min
痊[痊]	quan2	to recover (from illness)	3
居住[居住]	ju1 zhu4	to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in	2
接管[接管]	jie1 guan3	to take over; to assume control	7
下辖[下轄]	xia4 xia2	administered by; under the rule of	1
一世[一世]	yi1 shi4	generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)	2
软禁[軟禁]	ruan3 jin4	house arrest	1
阳奉阴违[陽奉陰違]	yang2 feng4 yin1 wei2	outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service; to agree overtly, but oppose in secret	1
寂[寂]	ji4	silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. [ji2]	1
圆圈[圓圈]	yuan2 quan1	circle	2
幕僚[幕僚]	mu4 liao2	aids and advisors of top officials	1
口子[口子]	kou3 zi5	hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep29/25 words - 10 min
模样[模樣]	mu2 yang4	look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]	1
哀痛[哀痛]	ai1 tong4	to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief	1
年中[年中]	nian2 zhong1	within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year	1
咽气[嚥氣]	yan4 qi4	to die; to breathe one's last	1
传给[傳給]	chuan2 gei3	to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; to pass to (in football etc)	1
弄假成真[弄假成真]	nong4 jia3 cheng2 zhen1	pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true	1
外界[外界]	wai4 jie4	the outside world; external	1
急火[急火]	ji2 huo3	brisk heat (cooking); (TCM) internal heat generated by anxiety	1
传播[傳播]	chuan2 bo1	to disseminate; to propagate; to spread	1
胡乱[胡亂]	hu2 luan4	careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how	1
高明[高明]	gao1 ming2	brilliant; superior; tall and bright	2
当众[當眾]	dang1 zhong4	in public; in front of everybody	1
绥靖[綏靖]	sui2 jing4	to pacify; to appease; appeasement	3
治安[治安]	zhi4 an1	law and order; public security	1
前儿[前兒]	qian2 r5	before; day before yesterday	1
荀子[荀子]	Xun2 zi3	Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher and author of On learning 勸學|劝学	1
丸[丸]	wan2	ball; pellet; pill	1
瓯[甌]	ou1	(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel	1
臾[臾]	yu2	a moment; little while	1
混淆视听[混淆視聽]	hun4 xiao2 shi4 ting1	to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods	1
信以为真[信以為真]	xin4 yi3 wei2 zhen1	to take sth to be true	1
别有用心[別有用心]	bie2 you3 yong4 xin1	to have an ulterior motive (idiom); a hidden agenda	2
包藏祸心[包藏禍心]	bao1 cang2 huo4 xin1	to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice	1
趁机[趁機]	chen4 ji1	to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation	1
离间[離間]	li2 jian4	to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep29/50 words - 17 min
骨肉[骨肉]	gu3 rou4	blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood	6
但凡[但凡]	dan4 fan2	every single; as long as	2
继承[繼承]	ji4 cheng2	to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)	4
序[序]	xu4	order; sequence; preface	1
了然于胸[了然於胸]	liao3 ran2 yu2 xiong1	to be well aware of sth; to understand clearly	2
况且[況且]	kuang4 qie3	moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore	15
可信[可信]	ke3 xin4	trustworthy	1
临死[臨死]	lin2 si3	facing death; at death's door	2
共同[共同]	gong4 tong2	common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative	2
辅弼[輔弼]	fu3 bi4	to assist a ruler in governing a country; prime minister	1
拱卫[拱衛]	gong3 wei4	to surround and protect	1
相依[相依]	xiang1 yi1	to be interdependent	1
幸事[幸事]	xing4 shi4	sth fortunate; a lucky chance	4
同胞[同胞]	tong2 bao1	born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot	1
腾腾[騰騰]	teng2 teng2	steaming; scathing	1
包子[包子]	bao1 zi5	steamed stuffed bun; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
卓[卓]	zhuo2	outstanding	1
退回[退回]	tui4 hui2	to return (an item); to send back; to go back	2
国号[國號]	guo2 hao4	official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc)	2
雷[雷]	lei2	thunder; mine (weapon); (Internet slang) terrifying; terrific	2
阿里[阿里]	A1 li3	Ali (proper name); Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam; Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris	2
情理[情理]	qing2 li3	reason; sense	1
亲征[親征]	qin1 zheng1	to take to the field oneself (of emperor); to take part in person in an expedition	4
钓鱼[釣魚]	diao4 yu2	to fish (with line and hook); to dupe	1
架[架]	jia4	to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep29/75 words - 28 min
笔迹[筆跡]	bi3 ji4	handwriting	2
书写[書寫]	shu1 xie3	to write	1
取信[取信]	qu3 xin4	to win the trust of	1
大宝[大寶]	da4 bao3	(archaic) throne	2
狐疑[狐疑]	hu2 yi2	suspicious; in doubt	1
过往[過往]	guo4 wang3	to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous	1
送走[送走]	song4 zou3	to see off; to send off	1
笔墨[筆墨]	bi3 mo4	pen and ink; words; writing	1
说了算[說了算]	shuo1 le5 suan4	to have the final say; to be the one in charge	1
捉[捉]	zhuo1	to clutch; to grab; to capture	2
油[油]	you2	oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning	5
卸货[卸貨]	xie4 huo4	to unload; to discharge cargo	1
冒险[冒險]	mao4 xian3	to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure	2
妙不可言[妙不可言]	miao4 bu4 ke3 yan2	too wonderful for words	1
名正言顺[名正言順]	ming2 zheng4 yan2 shun4	in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate	2
南面[南面]	nan2 mian4	south side; south	2
严查[嚴查]	yan2 cha2	to investigate strictly	4
明察暗访[明察暗訪]	ming2 cha2 an4 fang3	open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret; taking information from all sides	1
骨子里[骨子裡]	gu3 zi5 li3	beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level	1
奔[奔]	ben1	to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope	3
察访[察訪]	cha2 fang3	to make an investigative visit; to go and find out from the source	1
银匠[銀匠]	yin2 jiang4	silversmith	4
做工[做工]	zuo4 gong1	to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship	1
订做[訂做]	ding4 zuo4	to make to order; to have sth made to order	1
游荡[遊蕩]	you2 dang4	to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep29/100 words - 42 min
估衣[估衣]	gu4 yi1	second hand clothes	1
找上门[找上門]	zhao3 shang4 men2	to come to sb's door; to call on sb	2
有无[有無]	you3 wu2	to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal	1
交通[交通]	jiao1 tong1	to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison	1
亲近[親近]	qin1 jin4	intimate; to get close to	1
因此[因此]	yin1 ci3	thus; consequently; as a result	1
果真[果真]	guo3 zhen1	really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really...	1
纷纷[紛紛]	fen1 fen1	one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell	1
针线活[針線活]	zhen1 xian4 huo2	needlework; sewing	1
家伙[傢伙]	jia1 huo5	variant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]	1
什[什]	shen2	what	1
远行[遠行]	yuan3 xing2	a long journey; far from home	1
先见[先見]	xian1 jian4	foresight; prescience	1
摊子[攤子]	tan1 zi5	booth; vendor's stall; organizational structure; scale of operations	1
储[儲]	chu3	to store; to save; to have in reserve; heir; Taiwan pr. [chu2]	10
两头[兩頭]	liang3 tou2	both ends; both parties to a deal	3
下注[下注]	xia4 zhu4	to pour; to pour down (of rain); to lay a bet	1
手心手背都是肉[手心手背都是肉]	shou3 xin1 shou3 bei4 dou1 shi4 rou4	lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom); fig. to both be of equal importance; to value both equally	1
刻不容缓[刻不容緩]	ke4 bu4 rong2 huan3	to brook no delay; to demand immediate action	1
所作所为[所作所為]	suo3 zuo4 suo3 wei2	one's conduct and deeds	1
赞同[贊同]	zan4 tong2	to approve of; to endorse; (vote) in favor	1
雄才大略[雄才大略]	xiong2 cai2 da4 lu:e4	great skill and strategy	1
气度[氣度]	qi4 du4	bearing; manner; presence	2
诸子[諸子]	zhu1 zi3	various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others	6
相提并论[相提並論]	xiang1 ti2 bing4 lun4	to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep29/112 words - 44 min
熟读[熟讀]	shu2 du2	to read and re-read sth until one is familiar with it	1
继[繼]	ji4	to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards	3
迈[邁]	mai4	to take a step; to stride	1
圣君[聖君]	sheng4 jun1	sage	1
太宗[太宗]	Tai4 zong1	posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty; King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418	3
决断[決斷]	jue2 duan4	to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute	2
万里[萬里]	wan4 li3	far away; thousands of miles; 10000 li	1
兴建[興建]	xing1 jian4	to build; to construct	2
左支右绌[左支右絀]	zuo3 zhi1 you4 chu4	to be in straitened circumstances	1
豪迈[豪邁]	hao2 mai4	bold; open-minded; heroic	1
提到[提到]	ti2 dao4	to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to	3
皇位[皇位]	huang2 wei4	the title of Emperor	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep30/25 words - 12 min
位子[位子]	wei4 zi5	place; seat	1
失序[失序]	shi1 xu4	to get into disarray; to get out of whack	1
爱子[愛子]	ai4 zi3	beloved son	1
苍[蒼]	cang1	dark blue; deep green; ash-gray	2
生计[生計]	sheng1 ji4	livelihood	1
心计[心計]	xin1 ji4	scheming; shrewdness	1
委实[委實]	wei3 shi2	indeed; really (very much so)	1
观止[觀止]	guan1 zhi3	incomparably good	1
凿[鑿]	zao2	chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuo4]	3
毫不[毫不]	hao2 bu4	hardly; not in the least; not at all	1
掩饰[掩飾]	yan3 shi4	to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over	1
做作[做作]	zuo4 zuo5	affected; artificial	1
坦[坦]	tan3	flat; open-hearted; level; smooth	2
荡荡[蕩蕩]	dang4 dang4	fluttering	1
犹疑[猶疑]	you2 yi2	to hesitate	2
声望[聲望]	sheng1 wang4	popularity; prestige	3
班底[班底]	ban1 di3	ordinary members of theatrical troupe	1
齐备[齊備]	qi2 bei4	all ready; available; complete	1
东陵[東陵]	Dong1 ling2	Eastern tombs; Dongling district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning	2
从没[從沒]	cong2 mei2	never (in the past); never did	1
哀[哀]	ai1	sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole	3
殁[歿]	mo4	to end; to die	1
适[適]	shi4	to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue	2
有话要说[有話要說]	you3 hua4 yao4 shuo1	to speak one's mind	1
通晓[通曉]	tong1 xiao3	proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep30/50 words - 17 min
国史[國史]	guo2 shi3	national history; dynastic history	2
懿[懿]	yi4	restrain; virtuous	7
宋太祖[宋太祖]	Song4 Tai4 zu3	Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960	2
崩[崩]	beng1	to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise	4
允诺[允諾]	yun3 nuo4	to promise; to consent (to do sth)	1
曩[曩]	nang3	in former times	1
相继[相繼]	xiang1 ji4	in succession; following closely	3
驭[馭]	yu4	variant of 御[yu4]; to drive; to manage; to control	1
甲辰[甲辰]	jia3 chen2	41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024	1
王位[王位]	wang2 wei4	title of king; kingship	2
戊申[戊申]	wu4 shen1	forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028	1
帝位[帝位]	di4 wei4	imperial throne	1
前者[前者]	qian2 zhe3	the former	1
练兵[練兵]	lian4 bing1	to drill troops; army training	2
平天下[平天下]	ping2 tian1 xia4	to pacify the country	1
奠[奠]	dian4	to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead	2
用心[用心]	yong4 xin1	motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful	2
统一[統一]	tong3 yi1	to unify; to unite; to integrate	1
豪[豪]	hao2	grand; heroic	1
迩来[邇來]	er3 lai2	recently; until now; up to the present; lately; also written 爾來|尔来	1
皓[皓]	hao4	bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)	1
九月[九月]	Jiu3 yue4	September; ninth month (of the lunar year)	1
十三日[十三日]	shi2 san1 ri4	thirteenth day of a month	1
神祇[神祇]	shen2 qi2	god; deity	1
知悉[知悉]	zhi1 xi1	to know; to be informed of	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep30/75 words - 25 min
了得[了得]	liao3 de5	exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling	1
逐退[逐退]	zhu2 tui4	repulse	1
死者[死者]	si3 zhe3	the dead; the deceased	3
捷报[捷報]	jie2 bao4	report of success; report of a victory	2
营地[營地]	ying2 di4	camp	2
有用[有用]	you3 yong4	useful	1
鹬蚌相争[鷸蚌相爭]	yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1	lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party	2
渔[漁]	yu2	fisherman; to fish	3
鹬[鷸]	yu4	common snipe; sandpiper	1
蚌[蚌]	bang4	mussel; clam	1
后日[後日]	hou4 ri4	the day after tomorrow; from hence; from now; from now on; henceforth	1
亲临[親臨]	qin1 lin2	to go in person	1
前敌[前敵]	qian2 di2	front line (military)	1
郁[鬱]	yu4	dense (growth); melancholy	2
积[積]	ji1	to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing	2
心结[心結]	xin1 jie2	a matter that gnaws at one's mind; preoccupation; sore point; rancor	1
劈[劈]	pi1	to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike	1
旁门[旁門]	pang2 men2	side door	1
走出[走出]	zou3 chu1	to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)	1
说谎[說謊]	shuo1 huang3	to lie; to tell an untruth	1
伤势[傷勢]	shang1 shi4	condition of an injury	1
第二次[第二次]	di4 er4 ci4	the second time; second; number two	1
肩[肩]	jian1	shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)	2
护甲[護甲]	hu4 jia3	armor; bulletproof vest	1
前头[前頭]	qian2 tou5	in front; at the head; ahead; above	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep30/100 words - 38 min
头颈[頭頸]	tou2 jing3	(dialect) neck	1
胳膊[胳膊]	ge1 bo5	arm; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1]	1
摔伤[摔傷]	shuai1 shang1	to injure oneself in a fall	1
扭伤[扭傷]	niu3 shang1	a sprain; a crick; to sprain	1
第五[第五]	di4 wu3	fifth	3
控[控]	kong4	to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia	3
不灵[不靈]	bu4 ling2	not work; be ineffective	1
大腿[大腿]	da4 tui3	thigh	2
不力[不力]	bu4 li4	not to do one's best; not to exert oneself	1
下降[下降]	xia4 jiang4	to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease	1
细枝末节[細枝末節]	xi4 zhi1 mo4 jie2	minor details; trifles	1
刚毅[剛毅]	gang1 yi4	resolute; steadfast; stalwart	1
教化[教化]	jiao4 hua4	to enlighten; to civilize; to indoctrinate; to train (an animal)	3
一分为二[一分為二]	yi1 fen1 wei2 er4	one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)	1
火气[火氣]	huo3 qi4	anger; internal heat (TCM)	1
说明[說明]	shuo1 ming2	to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
实际上[實際上]	shi2 ji4 shang4	in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice	2
临时[臨時]	lin2 shi2	as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc	1
防务[防務]	fang2 wu4	(pertaining to) defense	2
败坏[敗壞]	bai4 huai4	to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine	1
差使[差使]	chai1 shi3	to send; to assign; to appoint; servants of an official; official messenger	1
调养[調養]	tiao2 yang3	to take care of (sb's health); to nurse	2
回老家[回老家]	hui2 lao3 jia1	to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)	1
太师[太師]	tai4 shi1	imperial tutor	14
改口[改口]	gai3 kou3	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])	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep30/114 words - 45 min
避讳[避諱]	bi4 hui5	to avoid a taboo word or topic; to refrain from; to avoid	1
依我看[依我看]	yi1 wo3 kan4	in my opinion	1
两端[兩端]	liang3 duan1	both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes	3
雷霆[雷霆]	lei2 ting2	sound of thunder	2
雨露[雨露]	yu3 lu4	rain and dew; (fig.) favor; grace	1
看开[看開]	kan4 kai1	to come to accept an unpleasant fact; to get over sth; to cheer up	1
名分[名分]	ming2 fen4	a person's status	5
太保[太保]	tai4 bao3	a very high official in ancient China; juvenile delinquents	1
国师[國師]	guo2 shi1	teachers of the state	1
肱[肱]	gong1	upper arm; arm	2
不怎么[不怎麼]	bu4 zen3 me5	not very; not particularly	1
当家[當家]	dang1 jia1	to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge	1
想像[想像]	xiang3 xiang4	to imagine; to conceive of; to visualize; imagination	1
明显[明顯]	ming2 xian3	clear; distinct; obvious	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep31/25 words - 9 min
到达[到達]	dao4 da2	to reach; to arrive	1
偏心[偏心]	pian1 xin1	partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric	1
行礼[行禮]	xing2 li3	to salute; to make one's salutations	1
侄儿[姪兒]	zhi2 er2	see 姪子|侄子[zhi2 zi5]	12
忝[忝]	tian3	to shame	1
不息[不息]	bu4 xi1	continually; without a break; ceaselessly	1
仰仗[仰仗]	yang3 zhang4	to rely on; to depend on	3
竭尽全力[竭盡全力]	jie2 jin4 quan2 li4	to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost	1
鞠躬尽瘁[鞠躬盡瘁]	ju1 gong1 jin4 cui4	to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost	1
死而后已[死而後已]	si3 er2 hou4 yi3	until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life; unto one's dying day	2
名帖[名帖]	ming2 tie3	name card; business card	1
排放[排放]	pai2 fang4	emission; discharge; exhaust (gas etc)	1
弓弩[弓弩]	gong1 nu3	bow and crossbow	3
相较[相較]	xiang1 jiao4	to compare	2
利器[利器]	li4 qi4	sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual	1
弊病[弊病]	bi4 bing4	malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage	1
创设[創設]	chuang4 she4	to establish; to found; to create (a good environment)	2
桶[桶]	tong3	bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	3
机枪[機槍]	ji1 qiang1	machine gun	4
放枪[放槍]	fang4 qiang1	to open fire; to shoot a gun	2
每隔[每隔]	mei3 ge2	at intervals of; every (so often)	1
中转[中轉]	zhong1 zhuan3	to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence	1
炮[炮]	pao4	cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker	7
更迭[更迭]	geng1 die2	to alternate; to change	1
次第[次第]	ci4 di4	order; sequence; one after another	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep31/50 words - 29 min
队长[隊長]	dui4 zhang3	captain; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
怠慢[怠慢]	dai4 man4	to slight; to neglect	1
名目[名目]	ming2 mu4	name; designation; item; rubric; (formal usage) fame	1
尾大不掉[尾大不掉]	wei3 da4 bu4 diao4	large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy; fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates	1
叔父[叔父]	shu1 fu4	father's younger brother; uncle	1
威权[威權]	wei1 quan2	authority; power	1
威胁[威脅]	wei1 xie2	to threaten; to menace	1
权势[權勢]	quan2 shi4	power; influence	1
劲卒[勁卒]	jing4 zu2	elite soldiers; a crack force	2
李恒[李恆]	Li3 Heng2	Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗[Mu4 Zong1] (795-824), reigned 821-825	2
接入[接入]	jie1 ru4	to access (a network); to insert (a plug) into (a socket)	1
同时[同時]	tong2 shi2	at the same time; simultaneously	1
沿路[沿路]	yan2 lu4	along the way; the duration of a journey	1
鹤庆[鶴慶]	He4 qing4	Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan	1
修武[修武]	Xiu1 wu3	Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作[Jiao1 zuo4], Henan	1
驮[馱]	tuo2	to carry on one's back	1
校阅[校閱]	jiao4 yue4	to check through (a document); to proofread; to review (troops)	1
胆[膽]	dan3	gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)	2
旧[舊]	jiu4	old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)	2
足见[足見]	zu2 jian4	it goes to show that; one can see	2
咧咧[咧咧]	lie1 lie1	(dialect) to cry; to whimper; to talk drivel	1
议论[議論]	yi4 lun4	to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
蒋[蔣]	Jiang3	surname Jiang; refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石	18
瓛[瓛]	huan2	(old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies	10
核桃[核桃]	he2 tao5	walnut; CL:個|个[ge4],棵[ke1]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep31/75 words - 41 min
遮遮掩掩[遮遮掩掩]	zhe1 zhe1 yan3 yan3	to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)	1
探查[探查]	tan4 cha2	to examine; to probe; to scout out; to nose around	1
诸多[諸多]	zhu1 duo1	(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of	3
法事[法事]	fa3 shi4	religious ceremony; ritual	3
换班[換班]	huan4 ban1	to change shift; the next work shift; to relieve (a workman on the previous shift); to take over the job	1
抓去[抓去]	zhua1 qu4	to arrest and take away	1
孩儿[孩兒]	hai2 er2	child	1
身不由己[身不由己]	shen1 bu4 you2 ji3	without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself	2
下边[下邊]	xia4 bian5	under; the underside; below	1
看出[看出]	kan4 chu1	to make out; to see	1
拿不准[拿不准]	na2 bu4 zhun3	in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive	1
指使[指使]	zhi3 shi3	to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth)	1
失职[失職]	shi1 zhi2	to lose one's job; unemployment; not to fulfill one's obligations; to neglect one's job; dereliction of duty	1
懒得[懶得]	lan3 de2	not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to	2
过奖[過獎]	guo4 jiang3	to overpraise; to flatter	1
早日[早日]	zao3 ri4	soon; shortly; on a day quite soon; promptly	4
阅兵[閱兵]	yue4 bing1	to review troops; military parade	1
勾连[勾連]	gou1 lian2	to be linked together; to be involved with; to collude; interconnection; involvement; collusion	2
鹤[鶴]	he4	crane	1
翼[翼]	yi4	wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌	4
舳[舳]	zhu2	poopdeck; stern of boat	1
舻[艫]	lu2	bow of ship	1
东莞[東莞]	Dong1 guan3	Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 sheng3]	1
图谋[圖謀]	tu2 mou2	to conspire	1
器物[器物]	qi4 wu4	implement; utensil; article; object	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep31/80 words - 45 min
己[己]	ji3	self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa	4
蓄[蓄]	xu4	to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)	1
假子[假子]	jia3 zi3	adopted son; stepson	1
过错[過錯]	guo4 cuo4	mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)	1
发展[發展]	fa1 zhan3	development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep32/25 words - 7 min
提前[提前]	ti2 qian2	to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance	1
项[項]	xiang4	back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc	3
徽[徽]	hui1	badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms	4
奉劝[奉勸]	feng4 quan4	may I offer a bit of advice	1
冥顽不灵[冥頑不靈]	ming2 wan2 bu4 ling2	stupid; stubborn; pigheaded	1
代人受过[代人受過]	dai4 ren2 shou4 guo4	to take the blame for sb else; to be made a scapegoat	1
如实[如實]	ru2 shi2	as things really are; realistic	1
口碑[口碑]	kou3 bei1	public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom	1
两面三刀[兩面三刀]	liang3 mian4 san1 dao1	two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross; double dealing and back stabbing	1
口蜜腹剑[口蜜腹劍]	kou3 mi4 fu4 jian4	lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous	1
敬酒不吃吃罚酒[敬酒不吃吃罰酒]	jing4 jiu3 bu4 chi1 chi1 fa2 jiu3	to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit; fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more	1
敬酒[敬酒]	jing4 jiu3	to toast; to propose a toast	1
一肚子[一肚子]	yi1 du4 zi5	bellyful (of sth); full of (sth)	1
罚酒[罰酒]	fa2 jiu3	to drink as the result of having lost a bet	1
滋味[滋味]	zi1 wei4	taste; flavor; feeling	2
血口喷人[血口噴人]	xue4 kou3 pen1 ren2	to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander; malicious attacks	1
厮[廝]	si1	mutually; with one another; manservant; boy servant; guy (derog.)	1
可恶[可惡]	ke3 wu4	repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable	1
怙恶不悛[怙惡不悛]	hu4 e4 bu4 quan1	to keep doing evil without a sense of repentance (idiom)	1
信口雌黄[信口雌黃]	xin4 kou3 ci2 huang2	to speak off the cuff; to casually opine	1
正月[正月]	Zheng1 yue4	first month of the lunar year	2
含血喷人[含血噴人]	han2 xue4 pen1 ren2	to make false accusations against sb (idiom)	2
一审[一審]	yi1 shen3	first instance (law)	1
小犬[小犬]	xiao3 quan3	puppy; my son (humble)	1
剥[剝]	bo1	to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep32/50 words - 19 min
同党[同黨]	tong2 dang3	member of the same party; member of the same group; accomplice	1
查证[查證]	cha2 zheng4	investigate; check out (a story)	1
定远[定遠]	Ding4 yuan3	Dingyuan county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui	1
涉及[涉及]	she4 ji2	to involve; to touch upon (a topic)	1
众多[眾多]	zhong4 duo1	numerous	1
涉案[涉案]	she4 an4	(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case	2
莽[莽]	mang3	thick weeds; luxuriant growth; Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves; impertinent	3
力不从心[力不從心]	li4 bu4 cong2 xin1	less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak	1
牢狱[牢獄]	lao2 yu4	prison	1
好心[好心]	hao3 xin1	kindness; good intentions	1
闯关[闖關]	chuang3 guan1	to crash through a barrier	1
三令五申[三令五申]	san1 ling4 wu3 shen1	to order again and again (idiom)	1
豢养[豢養]	huan4 yang3	to keep (an animal); to look after the needs of (a person or an animal); (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay	1
大力[大力]	da4 li4	energetically; vigorously	1
囚禁[囚禁]	qiu2 jin4	to imprison; captivity	1
族诛[族誅]	zu2 zhu1	to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)	1
额头[額頭]	e2 tou2	forehead	2
伴君如伴虎[伴君如伴虎]	ban4 jun1 ru2 ban4 hu3	being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)	2
借此[藉此]	jie4 ci3	using this as a pretext; thereby	1
殆尽[殆盡]	dai4 jin4	nearly exhausted; practically nothing left	5
圣谕[聖諭]	sheng4 yu4	imperial edict; see also 上諭|上谕[shang4 yu4]	2
审结[審結]	shen3 jie2	to adjudicate; to finish a trial; to try and pass verdict	1
刑具[刑具]	xing2 ju4	punishment equipment; torture instrument	1
随同[隨同]	sui2 tong2	accompanying	1
小题大做[小題大做]	xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4	to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep32/75 words - 27 min
幼童[幼童]	you4 tong2	young child	1
习字[習字]	xi2 zi4	to practice writing characters	1
错字[錯字]	cuo4 zi4	incorrect character; typo (in Chinese text)	1
原样[原樣]	yuan2 yang4	original shape; the same as before	1
武库[武庫]	wu3 ku4	arsenal; store of arms	1
跟人[跟人]	gen1 ren2	to marry (of woman)	1
词组[詞組]	ci2 zu3	phrase (grammar)	1
责备[責備]	ze2 bei4	to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach	1
想家[想家]	xiang3 jia1	homesick	2
团聚[團聚]	tuan2 ju4	to reunite; to have a reunion	2
洮[洮]	tao2	to cleanse; name of a river	6
羌[羌]	qiang1	muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)	4
名为[名為]	ming2 wei2	to be called; to be known as	2
丙戌[丙戌]	bing3 xu1	twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066	1
阶[階]	jie1	rank or step; stairs	3
略[略]	lu:e4	plan; strategy; outline; summary; slightly; rather; to rob; to plunder; to summarize; to omit	3
气候[氣候]	qi4 hou4	climate; atmosphere; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]	1
河西[河西]	He2 xi1	land west of the Yellow river; Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces	1
空虚[空虛]	kong1 xu1	hollow; emptiness; meaningless	2
酣[酣]	han1	intoxicated	1
谜[謎]	mi2	riddle	1
平叛[平叛]	ping2 pan4	to put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion	5
恭祝[恭祝]	gong1 zhu4	to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing)	3
旗开得胜[旗開得勝]	qi2 kai1 de2 sheng4	lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success; success in a single move	4
夙夜[夙夜]	su4 ye4	morning and night; always; at all times	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep32/98 words - 41 min
致使[致使]	zhi4 shi3	to cause; to result in	1
成军[成軍]	cheng2 jun1	lit. to form an army; to set up (team, group, band, organization etc); to found; opening (ceremony); to commission (arms system, naval vessel); to graduate from an apprenticeship	1
陇西[隴西]	Long3 xi1	Longxi county in Dingxi 定西[Ding4 xi1], Gansu	1
倘[倘]	tang3	if; supposing; in case	1
不予[不予]	bu4 yu2	to withhold; to refuse	1
开禁[開禁]	kai1 jin4	to lift a ban; to lift a curfew	1
顿首[頓首]	dun4 shou3	kowtow	1
兵贵神速[兵貴神速]	bing1 gui4 shen2 su4	lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom); fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)	2
古人[古人]	gu3 ren2	people from ancient times; the ancients; the late (i.e. person who has passed away)	1
弓箭手[弓箭手]	gong1 jian4 shou3	archer	3
叛乱[叛亂]	pan4 luan4	armed rebellion	1
瘴[瘴]	zhang4	malaria; miasma	1
疫[疫]	yi4	epidemic; plague	1
愍[愍]	min3	variant of 憫|悯[min3]	3
合葬[合葬]	he2 zang4	to bury husband and wife together; joint interment	1
要命[要命]	yao4 ming4	to cause sb's death; very; extremely; frightening; annoying	1
带去[帶去]	dai4 qu5	to take along with one	2
临走[臨走]	lin2 zou3	before leaving; on departure	1
年间[年間]	nian2 jian1	in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)	2
漠[漠]	mo4	desert; unconcerned	5
归档[歸檔]	gui1 dang4	to file away; to place on file	1
忍[忍]	ren3	to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself	4
盆[盆]	pen2	basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep33/25 words - 12 min
稳婆[穩婆]	wen3 po2	midwife (old term)	1
抱抱[抱抱]	bao4 bao4	to hug; to embrace	3
鼻子[鼻子]	bi2 zi5	nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	1
瞻[瞻]	zhan1	to gaze; to view	25
基[基]	ji1	base; foundation; basic; radical (chemistry); (slang) gay	24
朱瞻基[朱瞻基]	Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1	Zhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[Xuan1 de2]	4
良药苦口[良藥苦口]	liang2 yao4 ku3 kou3	good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow	1
奎[奎]	kui2	crotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy	4
圭[圭]	gui1	(old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank)	2
手足[手足]	shou3 zu2	hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices	4
协力[協力]	xie2 li4	to unite in common effort	1
翰林[翰林]	Han4 lin2	refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院	3
汉中[漢中]	Han4 zhong1	Hanzhong prefecture-level city in Shaanxi	1
任教[任教]	ren4 jiao4	to hold a teaching position	1
指摘[指摘]	zhi3 zhai1	to criticize	1
同窗[同窗]	tong2 chuang1	schoolmate; fellow student	1
说教[說教]	shuo1 jiao4	to preach	1
宁海[寧海]	Ning2 hai3	Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang	1
传言[傳言]	chuan2 yan2	rumor; hearsay	1
曾孙[曾孫]	zeng1 sun1	great-grandson	1
脉案[脈案]	mai4 an4	medical record	2
丽[麗]	li4	beautiful	3
正门[正門]	zheng4 men2	main entrance; main gate; portal	3
国策[國策]	guo2 ce4	a national policy	2
推行[推行]	tui1 xing2	to put into effect; to carry out	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep33/50 words - 37 min
新政[新政]	xin1 zheng4	new policy; New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression)	6
说白了[說白了]	shuo1 bai2 le5	to speak frankly	1
行政[行政]	xing2 zheng4	administrative; executive (attributive)	1
张弛[張弛]	zhang1 chi2	tension and relaxation	1
行装[行裝]	xing2 zhuang1	clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage	2
去向不明[去向不明]	qu4 xiang4 bu4 ming2	missing; lost	1
老鼠[老鼠]	lao3 shu3	rat; mouse; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
阵亡[陣亡]	zhen4 wang2	to die in battle	2
严谨[嚴謹]	yan2 jin3	rigorous; strict; careful; cautious; compact; well-knit	1
付给[付給]	fu4 gei3	to deliver; to pay	2
会晤[會晤]	hui4 wu4	to meet; meeting; conference	1
询[詢]	xun2	to ask about; to inquire about	1
榻[榻]	ta4	couch	1
严加[嚴加]	yan2 jia1	sternly; strictly; harshly; stringently; rigorously	1
入住[入住]	ru4 zhu4	to check in (at a hotel etc)	1
报丧[報喪]	bao4 sang1	to announce sb's demise; to predict death	3
西华[西華]	Xi1 hua2	Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan	1
国政[國政]	guo2 zheng4	national politics; archaic rank, "Minister of State"; common given name	1
毒辣[毒辣]	du2 la4	cruel; sinister; vicious	1
丧葬[喪葬]	sang1 zang4	funeral; burial	1
俭素[儉素]	jian3 su4	thrifty and plain	1
金玉[金玉]	jin1 yu4	gold and jade; precious	1
无妨[無妨]	wu2 fang2	no harm (in doing it); One might as well.; It won't hurt.; no matter; it's no bother	6
五月[五月]	Wu3 yue4	May; fifth month (of the lunar year)	5
乙酉[乙酉]	yi3 you3	twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep33/62 words - 43 min
享年[享年]	xiang3 nian2	to live to the (ripe) age of	2
继位[繼位]	ji4 wei4	to succeed to the throne	1
建文[建文]	Jian4 Wen2	Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402	13
推出[推出]	tui1 chu1	to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend	1
道路[道路]	dao4 lu4	road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]	2
颠簸[顛簸]	dian1 bo3	to shake; to jolt; to bump	1
遗诏[遺詔]	yi2 zhao4	posthumous edict (of former emperor)	5
驾崩[駕崩]	jia4 beng1	death of king or emperor; demise	2
下葬[下葬]	xia4 zang4	to bury; to inter	1
顾全[顧全]	gu4 quan2	to give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards	1
孝悌[孝悌]	xiao4 ti4	filial piety and fraternal duty	1
代替[代替]	dai4 ti4	to replace; to take the place of	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep34/25 words - 11 min
返回[返回]	fan3 hui2	to return to; to come (or go) back	2
呈递[呈遞]	cheng2 di4	to present; to submit	1
主要[主要]	zhu3 yao4	main; principal; major; primary	1
明言[明言]	ming2 yan2	to say clearly; to argue clearly; to pronounce; pronounced	1
后世[後世]	hou4 shi4	later generations	3
凌迟[凌遲]	ling2 chi2	the lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)	1
掩人耳目[掩人耳目]	yan3 ren2 er3 mu4	to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes	1
无可厚非[無可厚非]	wu2 ke3 hou4 fei1	see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]	1
得心应手[得心應手]	de2 xin1 ying4 shou3	lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job; entirely in one's element; going smoothly and easily	1
传来[傳來]	chuan2 lai2	(of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive	1
新年[新年]	xin1 nian2	New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
诞[誕]	dan4	birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase	2
维新[維新]	wei2 xin1	(political) reform; revitalization; modernization	1
以期[以期]	yi3 qi1	in order to; hoping to; attempting to; waiting for	1
实现[實現]	shi2 xian4	to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about	2
雍[雍]	yong1	harmony	1
熙[熙]	xi1	prosperous; splendid	1
李世民[李世民]	Li3 Shi4 min2	Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649	1
抄录[抄錄]	chao1 lu4	to make a copy of	1
王国[王國]	wang2 guo2	kingdom; realm	1
卫兵[衛兵]	wei4 bing1	guard; bodyguard	1
先王[先王]	xian1 wang2	former kings; former emperors; in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou	1
赌气[賭氣]	du3 qi4	to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved	1
第一步[第一步]	di4 yi1 bu4	step one; first step	3
事权[事權]	shi4 quan2	position; authority; responsibility	5
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep34/50 words - 21 min
首先[首先]	shou3 xian1	first (of all); in the first place	2
划归[劃歸]	hua4 gui1	to incorporate; to put under (external administration)	1
步步[步步]	bu4 bu4	step by step; at every step	2
丧父[喪父]	sang4 fu4	to be orphaned of one's father	1
深知[深知]	shen1 zhi1	to know well; to be fully aware of	1
悲痛[悲痛]	bei1 tong4	grieved; sorrowful	1
逝者[逝者]	shi4 zhe3	the dead or departed	1
边防[邊防]	bian1 fang2	frontier defense	2
河工[河工]	he2 gong1	river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc); river conservancy worker	1
当务之急[當務之急]	dang1 wu4 zhi1 ji2	top priority job; matter of vital importance	1
政令[政令]	zheng4 ling4	government decree	2
一则[一則]	yi1 ze2	on the one hand	1
翰[翰]	han4	writing brush; writing; pen	1
堂弟[堂弟]	tang2 di4	younger male patrilineal cousin	2
葛[葛]	ge2	kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth	6
急于[急於]	ji2 yu2	eager to; in a hurry to	1
骁[驍]	xiao1	brave; good horse; strong	1
拖延[拖延]	tuo1 yan2	to delay; to put off; to procrastinate	1
不偏不倚[不偏不倚]	bu4 pian1 bu4 yi3	even-handed; impartial; unbiased; exact; just	1
而后[而後]	er2 hou4	after that; then	1
花园[花園]	hua1 yuan2	garden; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]	1
告知[告知]	gao4 zhi1	to inform	9
形迹[形跡]	xing2 ji4	manner; bearing; trace; mark; trail; etiquette	2
暧昧[曖昧]	ai4 mei4	vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious	2
至亲[至親]	zhi4 qin1	next of kin; closely related	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep34/75 words - 35 min
曲[曲]	qu1	bent; crooked; wrong	1
曲[曲]	qu3	tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]	1
宽贷[寬貸]	kuan1 dai4	to pardon; to excuse	1
迹[跡]	ji4	footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication; Taiwan pr. [ji1]	1
日月[日月]	ri4 yue4	the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood	1
武功[武功]	wu3 gong1	martial art; military accomplishments; (Peking opera) martial arts feats	2
闻名[聞名]	wen2 ming2	well-known; famous; renowned; eminent	1
想不到[想不到]	xiang3 bu5 dao4	unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that	2
魄力[魄力]	po4 li4	courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive	1
看不过[看不過]	kan4 bu5 guo4	cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer; see 看不過去|看不过去[kan4 bu5 guo4 qu5]	1
礼遇[禮遇]	li3 yu4	courtesy; deferential treatment; polite reception	1
着火[著火]	zhao2 huo3	to ignite; to burn	1
受辱[受辱]	shou4 ru3	insulted; humiliated; disgraced	1
伧[傖]	cang1	low fellow; rustic; rude; rough	1
成婚[成婚]	cheng2 hun1	to get married	2
自焚[自焚]	zi4 fen2	self-immolation	2
畏罪[畏罪]	wei4 zui4	to dread punishment; afraid of being arrested for a crime	3
逼死[逼死]	bi1 si3	to hound sb to death	3
球[球]	qiu2	ball; sphere; globe; CL:個|个[ge4]; ball game; match; CL:場|场[chang3]	1
调集[調集]	diao4 ji2	to summon; to muster; to assemble	3
豆子[豆子]	dou4 zi5	bean; pea; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	1
恶名昭彰[惡名昭彰]	e4 ming2 zhao1 zhang1	infamous; notorious	1
功绩[功績]	gong1 ji4	feat; contribution; merits and achievements	1
可望[可望]	ke3 wang4	can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)	1
接连[接連]	jie1 lian2	on end; in a row; in succession	1
罢黜[罷黜]	ba4 chu4	to dismiss from office; to ban; to reject	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep34/100 words - 45 min
鸣不平[鳴不平]	ming2 bu4 ping2	to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness	1
大有人在[大有人在]	da4 you3 ren2 zai4	there are plenty of such people	1
用意[用意]	yong4 yi4	intention; purpose	2
腊[臘]	la4	12th lunar month; preserved (meat, fish etc)	2
馈[饋]	kui4	food; to make a present	1
顺服[順服]	shun4 fu2	to submit to	1
公然[公然]	gong1 ran2	openly; publicly; undisguised	1
出任[出任]	chu1 ren4	to take up a post; to start in a new job	1
不容[不容]	bu4 rong2	must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate	2
探病[探病]	tan4 bing4	to visit a sick person or patient	1
谪[謫]	zhe2	to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China); to banish or exile; (of immortals) to banish from Heaven; to censure; to blame	1
冻[凍]	dong4	to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly	1
出生[出生]	chu1 sheng1	to be born	2
乳母[乳母]	ru3 mu3	wet nurse	1
变卖[變賣]	bian4 mai4	to sell off (one's property)	1
奶[奶]	nai3	breast; milk; to breastfeed	2
哺乳[哺乳]	bu3 ru3	breast feeding; to suckle; to nurse	1
锤子[錘子]	chui2 zi5	hammer; CL:把[ba3]	1
叙[敘]	xu4	to narrate; to chat	4
住处[住處]	zhu4 chu4	residence; dwelling; dwelling place	1
悉[悉]	xi1	in all cases; know	2
恩准[恩准]	en1 zhun3	approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow	3
蒜[蒜]	suan4	garlic; CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]	1
醋[醋]	cu4	vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)	2
慢用[慢用]	man4 yong4	same as 慢慢吃[man4 man4 chi1]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep34/101 words - 46 min
等一等[等一等]	deng3 yi1 deng3	wait a moment	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep35/25 words - 13 min
请求[請求]	qing3 qiu2	to request; to ask; request; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
就任[就任]	jiu4 ren4	to take office; to assume a post	1
重地[重地]	zhong4 di4	important place; strategic location	1
调拨[調撥]	tiao2 bo1	to sow discord	1
先下手为强[先下手為強]	xian1 xia4 shou3 wei2 qiang2	strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.	1
汤药[湯藥]	tang1 yao4	tisane; decoction (Chinese medicine)	1
云集[雲集]	yun2 ji2	to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm	3
上车[上車]	shang4 che1	to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)	1
永清[永清]	Yong3 qing1	Yongqing county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei	6
进驻[進駐]	jin4 zhu4	to enter and garrison; (fig.) to establish a presence in	4
山海关[山海關]	Shan1 hai3 guan1	Shanhai pass, the Eastern pass of the Great Wall; Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei	1
凯[凱]	kai3	triumphant; victorious; chi (Greek letter Χχ)	1
临清[臨清]	Lin2 qing1	Linqing county level city in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong	1
德州[德州]	De2 zhou1	Dezhou prefecture-level city in Shandong; abbr. for 德克薩斯州|德克萨斯州, Texas	4
夹击[夾擊]	jia1 ji1	pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks	1
亲疏[親疏]	qin1 shu1	close and distant (relatives)	1
远近[遠近]	yuan3 jin4	far and near; distance	1
不止[不止]	bu4 zhi3	incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to	1
城防[城防]	cheng2 fang2	city defense	1
抛[拋]	pao1	to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon	1
咳嗽[咳嗽]	ke2 sou5	to cough; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]	1
硬朗[硬朗]	ying4 lang3	robust; healthy	1
晒太阳[曬太陽]	shai4 tai4 yang2	to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)	1
安好[安好]	an1 hao3	safe and sound; well	1
禅[禪]	chan2	dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)	1
禅[禪]	shan4	to abdicate	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep35/50 words - 19 min
兵戈[兵戈]	bing1 ge1	weapons; arms; fighting; war	3
燹[燹]	xian3	conflagration	1
停当[停當]	ting2 dang4	settled; accomplished; ready	1
当断则断[當斷則斷]	dang1 duan4 ze2 duan4	to make a decision when it's time to decide	2
谋士[謀士]	mou2 shi4	skilled manipulator; tactician; strategist; advisor; counsellor	3
问罪[問罪]	wen4 zui4	to denounce; to condemn; to call to account; to punish	1
高飞[高飛]	gao1 fei1	to soar	8
上帝[上帝]	Shang4 di4	God	4
甜[甜]	tian2	sweet	3
吟诵[吟誦]	yin2 song4	to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)	1
饱读[飽讀]	bao3 du2	to read intensively	2
诗书[詩書]	Shi1 Shu1	the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]	1
背诵[背誦]	bei4 song4	to recite; to repeat from memory	4
台下[台下]	tai2 xia4	off the stage; in the audience	1
稀[稀]	xi1	rare; uncommon; watery; sparse	1
互相[互相]	hu4 xiang1	each other; mutually; mutual	2
体恤[體恤]	ti3 xu4	to empathize with; to show solicitude for; T-shirt (loanword)	1
先皇[先皇]	xian1 Huang2	the late Emperor	1
后裔[後裔]	hou4 yi4	descendant	2
旦[旦]	dan4	dawn; morning; daybreak; day; dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)	4
夕[夕]	xi1	dusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xi4]	4
否[否]	fou3	to negate; to deny; not	3
相识[相識]	xiang1 shi2	to get to know each other; acquaintance	2
王后[王后]	wang2 hou4	queen; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	1
万里长城[萬里長城]	Wan4 li3 Chang2 cheng2	the Great Wall	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep35/75 words - 25 min
国贼[國賊]	guo2 zei2	traitor to the nation	1
不义[不義]	bu4 yi4	injustice	2
自甘堕落[自甘墮落]	zi4 gan1 duo4 luo4	to abandon oneself (idiom); to let oneself go	1
祥[祥]	xiang2	auspicious; propitious	3
守军[守軍]	shou3 jun1	defenders	3
倒戈[倒戈]	dao3 ge1	to change sides in a war; turncoat	1
靖难之役[靖難之役]	jing4 nan2 zhi1 yi4	war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor	3
爆发[爆發]	bao4 fa1	to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out	1
挚[摯]	zhi4	sincere	1
受封[受封]	shou4 feng1	to receive fief and title; to be enfeoffed; (fig.) to be rewarded by the emperor	1
守法[守法]	shou3 fa3	to abide by the law	1
深信[深信]	shen1 xin4	to believe firmly	1
奸恶[奸惡]	jian1 e4	crafty and evil	1
誓[誓]	shi4	oath; vow; to swear; to pledge	5
奸邪[奸邪]	jian1 xie2	crafty and evil; a treacherous villain	2
传檄[傳檄]	chuan2 xi2	to circulate (a protest or call to arms); to promulgate	2
发兵[發兵]	fa1 bing1	to dispatch an army; to send troops	5
一统[一統]	yi1 tong3	to unify; unified	3
积累[積累]	ji1 lei3	to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively	2
悠久[悠久]	you1 jiu3	long (tradition, history etc)	1
疆[疆]	jiang1	border; boundary	3
升遐[升遐]	sheng1 xia2	to pass away (of an emperor)	2
奔丧[奔喪]	ben1 sang1	to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent	1
寅时[寅時]	yin2 shi2	3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	1
敛[斂]	lian3	to hold back; to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; Taiwan pr. [lian4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep35/100 words - 32 min
稷[稷]	ji4	millet; God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers; minister of agriculture	1
未及[未及]	wei4 ji2	to not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon	1
芟[芟]	shan1	to cut down; to mow; to eliminate; scythe	1
捶[捶]	chui2	to beat with the fist; to hammer; to cudgel	1
侮[侮]	wu3	to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace	1
系[系]	xi4	system; department; faculty	1
任用[任用]	ren4 yong4	to appoint; to assign	1
恶少[惡少]	e4 shao4	young thug; malicious young ruffian	1
军官[軍官]	jun1 guan1	officer (military)	1
畏[畏]	wei4	to fear	3
叛逆[叛逆]	pan4 ni4	to rebel; to revolt; a rebel	7
岂敢[豈敢]	qi3 gan3	how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise	1
驻地[駐地]	zhu4 di4	station; encampment	1
筹划[籌劃]	chou2 hua4	to plan and prepare	2
辖[轄]	xia2	to govern; to control; having jurisdiction over; linchpin of a wheel (archaic); noise of a barrow	1
攻打[攻打]	gong1 da3	to attack (the enemy)	5
一月[一月]	Yi1 yue4	January; first month (of the lunar year)	5
放话[放話]	fang4 hua4	to give orders; to spread news or rumors; to leak certain information intentionally	1
眷属[眷屬]	juan4 shu3	family member; husband and wife	2
送终[送終]	song4 zhong1	to pay one's last respects	1
诓[誆]	kuang1	to mislead; to swindle	2
认得[認得]	ren4 de5	to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know	1
吉利[吉利]	ji2 li4	auspicious; lucky; propitious	1
物资[物資]	wu4 zi1	goods; supplies	1
发给[發給]	fa1 gei3	to issue; to grant; to distribute	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep35/125 words - 40 min
筹谋[籌謀]	chou2 mou2	to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for	2
回话[回話]	hui2 hua4	to reply	1
不详[不詳]	bu4 xiang2	not in detail; not quite clear	2
面议[面議]	mian4 yi4	to bargain face-to-face; to negotiate directly	1
革[革]	ge2	animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)	1
战力[戰力]	zhan4 li4	military strength; military power; military capability	2
就近[就近]	jiu4 jin4	nearby; in a close neighborhood	1
剿[剿]	jiao3	to destroy; to extirpate	1
号令[號令]	hao4 ling4	an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command	9
邦[邦]	bang1	country; nation; state	3
屡[屢]	lu:3	time and again; repeatedly; frequently	8
僭[僭]	jian4	to usurp	1
获罪[獲罪]	huo4 zui4	to commit a crime	1
同心[同心]	tong2 xin1	to be of one mind; united; concentric	1
兹[茲]	zi1	now; here; this; time; year	1
永安[永安]	Yong3 an1	Yong'an county level city in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian; Yong'an or Yung'an township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan	1
萧梁[蕭梁]	Xiao1 Liang2	Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)	1
侯景之乱[侯景之亂]	Hou2 Jing3 zhi1 luan4	rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548	1
萧[蕭]	xiao1	miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort	2
绎[繹]	yi4	continuous; to interpret; to unravel; to draw silk (old)	1
可谓[可謂]	ke3 wei4	it could even be said	1
不祥[不祥]	bu4 xiang2	ominous; inauspicious	1
对垒[對壘]	dui4 lei3	to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)	1
妇人之仁[婦人之仁]	fu4 ren2 zhi1 ren2	excessive tendency to clemency (idiom); soft-hearted (pejorative)	4
楚庄王[楚莊王]	Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2	King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep35/139 words - 46 min
缨[纓]	ying1	tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon	1
刀枪[刀槍]	dao1 qiang1	sword and spear; weapons	1
孝顺[孝順]	xiao4 shun4	filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety	1
按兵不动[按兵不動]	an4 bing1 bu4 dong4	to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time	1
敌众我寡[敵眾我寡]	di2 zhong4 wo3 gua3	multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; beaten by the weight of numbers	2
打垮[打垮]	da3 kua3	to defeat; to strike down; to destroy	1
到来[到來]	dao4 lai2	to arrive; arrival; advent	3
被动[被動]	bei4 dong4	passive	1
拔营[拔營]	ba2 ying2	to strike camp	5
新城[新城]	Xin1 cheng2	Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], east Taiwan	1
失地[失地]	shi1 di4	to lose land; dispossessed	1
踟躇[踟躇]	chi2 chu2	variant of 踟躕|踟蹰[chi2 chu2]	1
观望[觀望]	guan1 wang4	to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey	2
轻视[輕視]	qing1 shi4	contempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn; scornful	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep36/25 words - 14 min
合流[合流]	he2 liu2	to converge; to flow together; fig. to act alike; to evolve together	2
雄县[雄縣]	Xiong2 xian4	Xiong county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei	5
合击[合擊]	he2 ji1	combined assault; to mount a joint attack	1
并进[並進]	bing4 jin4	to advance together	2
中秋节[中秋節]	Zhong1 qiu1 jie2	the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month	1
饼[餅]	bing3	round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry; CL:張|张[zhang1]	1
魁首[魁首]	kui2 shou3	chief; first; brightest and best	1
光景[光景]	guang1 jing3	circumstances; scene; about; probably	1
饶过[饒過]	rao2 guo4	to pardon; to excuse; to forgive	1
潘[潘]	Pan1	surname Pan; Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes	1
撤回[撤回]	che4 hui2	to recall; to revoke; to retract	1
联系[聯繫]	lian2 xi4	connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch	1
返[返]	fan3	to return (to)	2
交锋[交鋒]	jiao1 feng1	to cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb)	3
一股脑儿[一股腦兒]	yi1 gu3 nao3 r5	erhua variant of 一股腦|一股脑[yi1 gu3 nao3]	1
千难万难[千難萬難]	qian1 nan2 wan4 nan2	extremely difficult	1
自视[自視]	zi4 shi4	to view oneself	1
见好就收[見好就收]	jian4 hao3 jiu4 shou1	to quit while one is ahead (idiom); to know when to stop	1
建制[建制]	jian4 zhi4	organizational structure	1
松绑[鬆綁]	song1 bang3	to untie; (fig.) to ease restrictions	1
在天之灵[在天之靈]	zai4 tian1 zhi1 ling2	soul and spirit of the deceased	4
状况[狀況]	zhuang4 kuang4	condition; state; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
方圆[方圓]	fang1 yuan2	perimeter; range; (within) a radius of ...	1
树林[樹林]	shu4 lin2	woods; grove; forest	1
村庄[村莊]	cun1 zhuang1	village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep36/50 words - 19 min
房屋[房屋]	fang2 wu1	house; building; CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]	1
堵住[堵住]	du3 zhu4	to block up	1
守卫[守衛]	shou3 wei4	to guard; to defend	1
将才[將才]	jiang4 cai2	talented field commander (military)	1
靠近[靠近]	kao4 jin4	near; to approach	1
城楼[城樓]	cheng2 lou2	city gate tower	6
垒[壘]	lei3	rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc	3
拓宽[拓寬]	tuo4 kuan1	to broaden	3
护城河[護城河]	hu4 cheng2 he2	moat	1
新土[新土]	xin1 tu3	freshly dug up earth	1
沟[溝]	gou1	ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]	5
隅[隅]	yu2	corner	3
各有千秋[各有千秋]	ge4 you3 qian1 qiu1	each has its own merits (idiom)	1
看家[看家]	kan1 jia1	to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding	1
本领[本領]	ben3 ling3	skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]	2
扔下[扔下]	reng1 xia4	to throw down; to drop (bomb)	1
追击[追擊]	zhui1 ji1	to pursue and attack	3
置于[置于]	zhi4 yu2	to place; to put (at or in a position); to be located	2
主力[主力]	zhu3 li4	main force; main strength of an army	7
掳获[擄獲]	lu3 huo4	to capture a prisoner; to take sb captive	1
敌军[敵軍]	di2 jun1	enemy troops; hostile forces; CL:股[gu3]	3
步步为营[步步為營]	bu4 bu4 wei2 ying2	to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step; to consolidate at every step	2
生机[生機]	sheng1 ji1	opportunity to live; to reprieve from death; life force; vitality	2
输不起[輸不起]	shu1 bu4 qi3	to take defeat with bad grace; to be a sore loser; cannot afford to lose	1
举国[舉國]	ju3 guo2	the entire country	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep36/75 words - 30 min
俘获[俘獲]	fu2 huo4	to capture (enemy property or personnel); capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)	4
誓死[誓死]	shi4 si3	to pledge one's life	3
统率[統率]	tong3 shuai4	to command; to direct	1
议长[議長]	yi4 zhang3	chairman (of a legislative assembly); speaker	1
逆臣[逆臣]	ni4 chen2	rebellious minister	2
天理难容[天理難容]	tian1 li3 nan2 rong2	Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom); intolerable behavior	1
缘由[緣由]	yuan2 you2	reason; cause	1
死节[死節]	si3 jie2	to die or be martyred for a noble cause; to be faithful unto death	1
古稀[古稀]	gu3 xi1	seventy years old	1
逆贼[逆賊]	ni4 zei2	renegade; traitor and bandit	2
无耻[無恥]	wu2 chi3	without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless	1
谳[讞]	yan4	to decide judicially	1
地处[地處]	di4 chu3	to be located at; to be situated in	1
恙[恙]	yang4	sickness	1
铨[銓]	quan2	to estimate; to select	1
锐[銳]	rui4	acute	1
亲眷[親眷]	qin1 juan4	relatives	1
来意[來意]	lai2 yi4	one's purpose in coming	1
贸然[貿然]	mao4 ran2	rashly; hastily; without careful consideration	1
五五[五五]	wu3 wu3	50-50; equal (share, partnership etc)	1
一连[一連]	yi1 lian2	in a row; in succession; running	1
稍微[稍微]	shao1 wei1	a little bit	1
前天[前天]	qian2 tian1	the day before yesterday	2
启用[啟用]	qi3 yong4	to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep36/100 words - 40 min
策略[策略]	ce4 lu:e4	strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit	1
押送[押送]	ya1 song4	to send under escort; to transport a detainee	2
普[普]	pu3	general; popular; everywhere; universal	1
兵戎相见[兵戎相見]	bing1 rong2 xiang1 jian4	to meet on the battlefield (idiom)	1
永世[永世]	yong3 shi4	eternal; forever	1
对抗[對抗]	dui4 kang4	to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation	1
锋芒[鋒芒]	feng1 mang2	tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard	1
力排众议[力排眾議]	li4 pai2 zhong4 yi4	to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)	1
龙江[龍江]	Long2 jiang1	Longjiang county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang	5
坚毅[堅毅]	jian1 yi4	firm and persistent; unswerving determination	2
无路可走[無路可走]	wu2 lu4 ke3 zou3	nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether	1
死路一条[死路一條]	si3 lu4 yi1 tiao2	(idiom) dead end; road to ruin	1
怯懦[怯懦]	qie4 nuo4	timid; gutless; weakling	1
土地[土地]	tu3 di4	land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]	2
人民[人民]	ren2 min2	the people; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
兵员[兵員]	bing1 yuan2	soldiers; troops	2
九牛一毛[九牛一毛]	jiu3 niu2 yi1 mao2	lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom); fig. a drop in the ocean	1
半分[半分]	ban4 fen1	a little bit	1
人之常情[人之常情]	ren2 zhi1 chang2 qing2	human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural	1
可嘉[可嘉]	ke3 jia1	laudable	1
热乎[熱乎]	re4 hu5	warm; hot; affectionate; ardent	1
风云[風雲]	feng1 yun2	weather; unstable situation	1
际会[際會]	ji4 hui4	opportunity; chance	1
商[商]	shang1	commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)	1
伊[伊]	yi1	(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; that (preceding a noun)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep36/121 words - 45 min
姜[姜]	jiang1	variant of 薑|姜[jiang1]	1
赐给[賜給]	ci4 gei3	to bestow; to give	1
参拜[參拜]	can1 bai4	to formally call on; to worship (a God); to pay homage to sb	3
休整[休整]	xiu1 zheng3	to rest and reorganize (military)	3
到齐[到齊]	dao4 qi2	to be all present	1
朝服[朝服]	chao2 fu2	court dress in former times	1
进军[進軍]	jin4 jun1	to march; to advance	5
着数[著數]	zhao1 shu4	move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as 招數|招数[zhao1 shu4]	1
觅[覓]	mi4	to seek; to find	1
空子[空子]	kong4 zi5	gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole	1
要害[要害]	yao4 hai4	vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial	2
扑[撲]	pu1	to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over	1
纠缠[糾纏]	jiu1 chan2	to be in a tangle; to nag	1
抵达[抵達]	di3 da2	to arrive; to reach (a destination)	1
寡[寡]	gua3	few; scant; widowed	2
援[援]	yuan2	to help; to assist; to aid	2
以逸待劳[以逸待勞]	yi3 yi4 dai4 lao2	to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)	1
聚歼[聚殲]	ju4 jian1	to annihilate; to round up and wipe out	1
外援[外援]	wai4 yuan2	external help; foreign aid	4
不通[不通]	bu4 tong1	to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical	1
吸收[吸收]	xi1 shou1	to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep37/25 words - 12 min
天使[天使]	tian1 shi3	angel	1
方面[方面]	fang1 mian4	respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
斧[斧]	fu3	hatchet	1
钺[鉞]	yue4	battle-ax	1
皱眉[皺眉]	zhou4 mei2	to frown; to knit one's brow	1
求援[求援]	qiu2 yuan2	to ask for help	2
陷入[陷入]	xian4 ru4	to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)	2
绝境[絕境]	jue2 jing4	desperate straits	2
白日[白日]	bai2 ri4	daytime; sun; time	1
拥有[擁有]	yong1 you3	to have; to possess	1
扩充[擴充]	kuo4 chong1	to expand	1
天时[天時]	tian1 shi2	the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order	1
博览[博覽]	bo2 lan3	to read extensively	1
天文[天文]	tian1 wen2	astronomy	2
地理[地理]	di4 li3	geography	2
无所不知[無所不知]	wu2 suo3 bu4 zhi1	omniscient	1
尽力而为[盡力而為]	jin4 li4 er2 wei2	to try one's utmost; to strive	2
包括[包括]	bao1 kuo4	to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of	2
撤出[撤出]	che4 chu1	to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out	1
等待[等待]	deng3 dai4	to wait; to wait for	2
永定河[永定河]	Yong3 ding4 He2	Yongding River to the West of Beijing	1
搬走[搬走]	ban1 zou3	to carry	2
木头[木頭]	mu4 tou5	slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]	1
伐木[伐木]	fa2 mu4	to cut wood; tree-felling; lumbering	1
朱高炽[朱高熾]	Zhu1 Gao1 chi4	Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙[Hong2 Xi1]	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep37/50 words - 24 min
做鬼[做鬼]	zuo4 gui3	to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost	1
责怪[責怪]	ze2 guai4	to blame; to rebuke	1
迫[迫]	po4	to force; to compel; to approach or go towards; urgent; pressing	2
样貌[樣貌]	yang4 mao4	appearance; manifestation	1
相似[相似]	xiang1 si4	to resemble; similar; like; resemblance; similarity	3
岐[岐]	qi2	variant of 歧[qi2]	1
南征北战[南征北戰]	nan2 zheng1 bei3 zhan4	war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters	1
经验[經驗]	jing1 yan4	experience; to experience	2
伎俩[伎倆]	ji4 liang3	trick; scheme; ploy; tactic; stratagem; gimmick; ruse; trickery; skill; also written 技倆|技俩	2
常理[常理]	chang2 li3	common sense; conventional reasoning and morals	1
一打[一打]	yi1 da2	dozen	1
守住[守住]	shou3 zhu5	to hold on to; to defend; to keep; to guard	2
围攻[圍攻]	wei2 gong1	to besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides; to jointly speak or write against sb	3
瞿[瞿]	qu2	startled; Taiwan pr. [ju4]	6
回报[回報]	hui2 bao4	(in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate	3
晖[暉]	hui1	sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[hui1]	1
烟花[煙花]	yan1 hua1	fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)	4
加强[加強]	jia1 qiang2	to reinforce; to strengthen; to increase	1
守备[守備]	shou3 bei4	to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty	1
火速[火速]	huo3 su4	at top speed; at a tremendous lick	3
赶往[趕往]	gan3 wang3	to hurry to (somewhere)	1
一意[一意]	yi1 yi4	focus; with complete devotion; stubbornly	1
推诿[推諉]	tui1 wei3	to decline; to avoid; shirking responsibilities; to blame others; to pass the buck; to unload one's responsibilities; to try to get out of a task	1
兴师动众[興師動眾]	xing1 shi1 dong4 zhong4	to muster large forces; to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)	1
视为[視為]	shi4 wei2	to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem	4
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep37/75 words - 31 min
此处[此處]	ci3 chu4	this place; here (literary)	3
得当[得當]	de2 dang4	appropriate; suitable	1
险要[險要]	xian3 yao4	strategically situated and easy to defend; strategic location	2
连接[連接]	lian2 jie1	to link; to join; to attach; connection; a link (on web page)	1
未了[未了]	wei4 liao3	unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled	1
关隘[關隘]	guan1 ai4	mountain pass	1
赶赴[趕赴]	gan3 fu4	to hurry; to rush	1
大舅子[大舅子]	da4 jiu4 zi5	(coll.) wife's older brother	1
蚁[蟻]	yi3	ant	1
不克[不克]	bu4 ke4	cannot; to not be able (to); to be unable to	1
查阅[查閱]	cha2 yue4	to consult; to refer to; to look sth up in a reference source	1
舆[輿]	yu2	carriage; sedan chair; world	1
山路[山路]	shan1 lu4	mountain road	1
通行[通行]	tong1 xing2	to go through; to pass through; to be in general use	2
崎岖[崎嶇]	qi2 qu1	rugged; craggy	1
重兵[重兵]	zhong4 bing1	massive military force	1
过关[過關]	guo4 guan1	to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard)	1
一阵[一陣]	yi1 zhen4	a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)	1
自杀[自殺]	zi4 sha1	to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide	1
决战[決戰]	jue2 zhan4	decisive battle	2
昧[昧]	mei4	to conceal; dark	1
我辈[我輩]	wo3 bei4	(literary) we; us	2
畏缩[畏縮]	wei4 suo1	to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil	1
罪责[罪責]	zui4 ze2	guilt	1
开战[開戰]	kai1 zhan4	to start a war; to make war; to battle against	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep37/100 words - 46 min
榜样[榜樣]	bang3 yang4	example; model; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
反复[反復]	fan3 fu4	variant of 反覆|反复[fan3 fu4]	1
斤斤计较[斤斤計較]	jin1 jin1 ji4 jiao4	to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs	1
宁城[寧城]	Ning2 cheng2	Ningcheng county of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia	2
毫[毫]	hao2	hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan	1
口说无凭[口說無憑]	kou3 shuo1 wu2 ping2	(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true	1
印信[印信]	yin4 xin4	official seal; legally binding seal	1
皇天后土[皇天后土]	huang2 tian1 hou4 tu3	heaven and earth (idiom)	1
大业[大業]	da4 ye4	great cause; great undertaking	1
犹如[猶如]	you2 ru2	similar to; appearing to be	2
辽河[遼河]	Liao2 He2	Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning	1
广宁[廣寧]	Guang3 ning2	Guangning county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong	1
邻[鄰]	lin2	neighbor; adjacent; close to	1
攻破[攻破]	gong1 po4	to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military)	4
守御[守禦]	shou3 yu4	to defend	2
伤口[傷口]	shang1 kou3	wound; cut	1
死伤[死傷]	si3 shang1	casualties; dead and injured	7
过半[過半]	guo4 ban4	over fifty percent; more than half	1
蹄[蹄]	ti2	hoof; pig's trotters	1
缺损[缺損]	que1 sun3	defective; defect	1
倒头[倒頭]	dao3 tou2	to lie down; to die	1
吼[吼]	hou3	to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage	1
教子[教子]	jiao4 zi3	to educate one's children; godson	1
先贤[先賢]	xian1 xian2	worthy predecessor; distinguished person of the past; former sage	2
白河[白河]	Bai2 he2	Baihe County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi; Paiho town in Tainan County 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep37/104 words - 46 min
对岸[對岸]	dui4 an4	opposite bank (of a body of water)	1
一无所知[一無所知]	yi1 wu2 suo3 zhi1	not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant; without an inkling	1
技[技]	ji4	skill	1
用处[用處]	yong4 chu5	usefulness; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep38/25 words - 9 min
四下[四下]	si4 xia4	everywhere	1
里外[裡外]	li3 wai4	inside and out; or so	2
冰天雪地[冰天雪地]	bing1 tian1 xue3 di4	a world of ice and snow	1
地藏[地藏]	Di4 zang4	Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva	1
押运[押運]	ya1 yun4	to escort (goods or funds); to convey under guard	1
知己[知己]	zhi1 ji3	to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend	1
三倍[三倍]	san1 bei4	triple	1
兼并[兼併]	jian1 bing4	to annex; to take over; to acquire	1
刨[刨]	pao2	to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract	1
日增[日增]	ri4 zeng1	increasing by the day	1
悔之无及[悔之無及]	hui3 zhi1 wu2 ji2	too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.	1
实力[實力]	shi2 li4	strength	1
终究[終究]	zhong1 jiu1	in the end; after all is said and done	1
在即[在即]	zai4 ji2	near at hand; imminent; within sight	2
封冻[封凍]	feng1 dong4	to freeze over (of water or land)	1
接战[接戰]	jie1 zhan4	to engage in battle	1
撤退[撤退]	che4 tui4	to retreat	2
收兵[收兵]	shou1 bing1	to retreat; to withdraw troops; to recall troops; fig. to finish work; to wind up; to call it a day; used with negatives: the task is far from over	1
鸣金收兵[鳴金收兵]	ming2 jin1 shou1 bing1	to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat	1
级[級]	ji2	level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level	1
逃走[逃走]	tao2 zou3	to escape; to flee; to run away	3
伤者[傷者]	shang1 zhe3	casualty; victim (of an accident); wounded person	3
无力[無力]	wu2 li4	powerless; lacking strength	4
对阵[對陣]	dui4 zhen4	poised for battle; to square up for a fight	1
游动[游動]	you2 dong4	to move about; to go from place to place; roving; mobile	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep38/50 words - 20 min
失利[失利]	shi1 li4	to lose; to suffer defeat	1
背水一战[背水一戰]	bei4 shui3 yi1 zhan4	lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die	1
时隔[時隔]	shi2 ge2	separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)	1
吴子[吳子]	Wu2 zi3	Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起[Wu2 Qi3]	1
惨重[慘重]	can3 zhong4	disastrous	1
中途[中途]	zhong1 tu2	midway	1
对决[對決]	dui4 jue2	confrontation; contest; showdown	2
击溃[擊潰]	ji1 kui4	to defeat; to smash; to rout	2
仓储[倉儲]	cang1 chu3	to store in a warehouse	1
精练[精練]	jing1 lian4	(textiles) to scour; to degum (silk); variant of 精煉|精炼[jing1 lian4]	1
求生[求生]	qiu2 sheng1	to seek survival; to possess the will to live	1
锐气[銳氣]	rui4 qi4	acute spirit; dash; drive	1
士气[士氣]	shi4 qi4	morale	2
过人[過人]	guo4 ren2	to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent	1
刀锋[刀鋒]	dao1 feng1	cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool	1
整顿[整頓]	zheng3 dun4	to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify	1
畏惧[畏懼]	wei4 ju4	to fear; to dread; foreboding	1
胆儿[膽兒]	dan3 r5	see 膽子|胆子[dan3 zi5]	2
卫士[衛士]	wei4 shi4	guardian; defender	1
砍伤[砍傷]	kan3 shang1	to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash; to gash	1
满城[滿城]	Man3 cheng2	Mancheng county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei	1
眼见[眼見]	yan3 jian4	to see with one's own eyes; very soon	1
掩护[掩護]	yan3 hu4	to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover; CL:面[mian4]	1
枪手[槍手]	qiang1 shou3	gunman; sharpshooter; sb who takes an exam for sb else; sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own	3
压住[壓住]	ya1 zhu4	to press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger); to keep down (voice)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep38/75 words - 26 min
航海[航海]	hang2 hai3	sailing; navigation; voyage by sea	5
海上[海上]	hai3 shang4	maritime	3
旗舰[旗艦]	qi2 jian4	flagship	2
船主[船主]	chuan2 zhu3	ship's captain; owner of ship	2
听从[聽從]	ting1 cong2	to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken	1
风浪[風浪]	feng1 lang4	wind and waves; stormy sea	1
灭顶[滅頂]	mie4 ding3	to be drowned (figurative and literal)	1
观察[觀察]	guan1 cha2	to observe; to watch; to survey; to examine; observation; view; perspective; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
每逢[每逢]	mei3 feng2	every time; on each occasion; whenever	1
军号[軍號]	jun1 hao4	bugle	1
突[突]	tu1	to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2]	2
救援[救援]	jiu4 yuan2	to save; to support; to help; to assist	2
系[繫]	xi4	to connect; to arrest; to worry	1
寒冷[寒冷]	han2 leng3	cold (climate); frigid; very cold	1
松懈[鬆懈]	song1 xie4	to relax; to relax efforts; to slack off; to take it easy; complacent; undisciplined	2
火药[火藥]	huo3 yao4	gunpowder	1
肉汤[肉湯]	rou4 tang1	meat soup; broth	1
啸[嘯]	xiao4	to hiss; to whistle	2
村[村]	cun1	village	3
坝[壩]	ba4	dam; dike; embankment; CL:條|条[tiao2]	3
败退[敗退]	bai4 tui4	to retreat in defeat	1
辛辛苦苦[辛辛苦苦]	xin1 xin1 ku3 ku3	painstakingly; with great trouble	1
冬月[冬月]	Dong1 yue4	eleventh lunar month	1
乡试[鄉試]	xiang1 shi4	the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing	5
应当[應當]	ying1 dang1	should; ought to	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep38/100 words - 32 min
子民[子民]	zi3 min2	people	2
赤子[赤子]	chi4 zi3	newborn baby; the people (of a country)	1
妥善[妥善]	tuo3 shan4	appropriate; proper	1
延期[延期]	yan2 qi1	to delay; to extend; to postpone; to defer	2
太常[太常]	tai4 chang2	Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]	2
应试[應試]	ying4 shi4	to take an exam	6
贫[貧]	pin2	poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous	1
白眼[白眼]	bai2 yan3	to give a supercilious look; roll of the eyes	1
四书[四書]	Si4 shu1	Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子	1
炷[炷]	zhu4	wick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks	2
半夜[半夜]	ban4 ye4	midnight; in the middle of the night	1
赶考[趕考]	gan3 kao3	to go and take an imperial examination	1
篡位[篡位]	cuan4 wei4	to seize the throne	1
士族[士族]	shi4 zu2	land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝	1
干才[幹才]	gan4 cai2	ability; capable	1
稳定[穩定]	wen3 ding4	steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify	1
胜利[勝利]	sheng4 li4	victory; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
抵消[抵消]	di3 xiao1	to counteract; to cancel out; to offset	1
一丁点[一丁點]	yi1 ding1 dian3	a tiny bit; a wee bit	1
培养[培養]	pei2 yang3	to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology)	1
右转[右轉]	you4 zhuan3	to turn right	2
清秀[清秀]	qing1 xiu4	delicate and pretty	1
福建[福建]	Fu2 jian4	Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 閩|闽, capital Fuzhou 福州; Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan	1
解元[解元]	jie4 yuan2	first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)	1
同喜[同喜]	tong2 xi3	Thank you for your congratulations!; The same to you! (returning a compliment)	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep38/125 words - 39 min
三甲[三甲]	san1 jia3	3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination	1
书院[書院]	shu1 yuan4	academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)	1
茶叶[茶葉]	cha2 ye4	tea; tea leaves; CL:盒[he2],罐[guan4],包[bao1],片[pian4]	2
编修[編修]	bian1 xiu1	to compile and edit	2
前程[前程]	qian2 cheng2	future (career etc) prospects	2
福州[福州]	Fu2 zhou1	Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China; formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow	1
退避三舍[退避三捨]	tui4 bi4 san1 she4	lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal	1
不见得[不見得]	bu4 jian4 de5	not necessarily; not likely	2
勉[勉]	mian3	to exhort; to make an effort	20
办事[辦事]	ban4 shi4	to handle (affairs); to work	1
率领[率領]	shuai4 ling3	to lead; to command; to head	1
残部[殘部]	can2 bu4	defeated remnants; scattered survivors	1
相遇[相遇]	xiang1 yu4	to meet; to encounter; to come across	1
交战[交戰]	jiao1 zhan4	to fight; to wage war	1
俞[俞]	yu2	yes (used by Emperor or ruler); OK; to accede; to assent	1
滕[滕]	Teng2	vassal state of Zhou in Shandong; Teng county in Shandong; surname Teng	1
郁[郁]	yu4	elegant	1
陶[陶]	tao2	pottery; pleased	1
丢弃[丟棄]	diu1 qi4	to discard; to abandon	1
送人[送人]	song4 ren2	to give away; to accompany; to see sb off	1
头等[頭等]	tou2 deng3	first class; prime; main	1
省力[省力]	sheng3 li4	to save labor; to save effort	1
屡战屡败[屢戰屢敗]	lu:3 zhan4 lu:3 bai4	to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)	1
大模大样[大模大樣]	da4 mu2 da4 yang4	boldly; ostentatiously; poised; self-assured; Taiwan pr. [da4 mo2 da4 yang4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep38/141 words - 42 min
以至[以至]	yi3 zhi4	down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]	1
叛[叛]	pan4	to betray; to rebel; to revolt	1
翻遍[翻遍]	fan1 bian4	to rummage through; to turn everything over; to ransack	1
窝囊[窩囊]	wo1 nang5	to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly	1
激愤[激憤]	ji1 fen4	to stir up emotions; furious; angry; anger	1
自怨自艾[自怨自艾]	zi4 yuan4 zi4 yi4	to be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors	1
损伤[損傷]	sun3 shang1	to harm; to damage; to injure; impairment; loss; disability	1
旬[旬]	xun2	ten days; ten years; full period	1
锋[鋒]	feng1	point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)	2
收拢[收攏]	shou1 long3	to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc); to assemble (a party of persons); to rope in (some people)	1
划[劃]	hua4	to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character	2
筚路蓝缕[篳路藍縷]	bi4 lu4 lan2 lu:3	the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)	1
创下[創下]	chuang4 xia4	to establish; to set (a new record)	1
基业[基業]	ji1 ye4	foundation; base; family estate	2
罪人[罪人]	zui4 ren2	sinner	2
裂[裂]	lie4	to split; to crack; to break open; to rend	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep39/25 words - 10 min
书信[書信]	shu1 xin4	letter; epistle	2
春秋[春秋]	chun1 qiu1	spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)	1
借以[借以]	jie4 yi3	so as to; for the purpose of; in order to	1
欺世盗名[欺世盜名]	qi1 shi4 dao4 ming2	to fool the world and usurp a good name (idiom)	1
书生[書生]	shu1 sheng1	scholar; intellectual; egghead	3
器械[器械]	qi4 xie4	apparatus; instrument; equipment; weapon	2
打造[打造]	da3 zao4	to create; to build; to develop; to forge (of metal)	2
接近[接近]	jie1 jin4	to approach; to get close to	2
人品[人品]	ren2 pin3	moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing	1
卑劣[卑劣]	bei1 lie4	base; mean; despicable	1
好手[好手]	hao3 shou3	expert; professional	1
取胜[取勝]	qu3 sheng4	to score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents	1
受挫[受挫]	shou4 cuo4	thwarted; obstructed; setback	1
徐徐[徐徐]	xu2 xu2	slowly; gently	1
机不可失[機不可失]	ji1 bu4 ke3 shi1	No time to lose! (idiom)	3
时不再来[時不再來]	shi2 bu4 zai4 lai2	Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)	2
形成[形成]	xing2 cheng2	to form; to take shape	3
对立[對立]	dui4 li4	to oppose; to set sth against; to be antagonistic to; antithetical; relative opposite; opposing; diametrical	1
投诚[投誠]	tou2 cheng2	to defect; to surrender; to capitulate	4
官兵[官兵]	guan1 bing1	officers and men	1
时不我待[時不我待]	shi2 bu4 wo3 dai4	time and tide wait for no man (idiom)	1
回复[回復]	hui2 fu4	to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email)	2
诈降[詐降]	zha4 xiang2	feigned surrender	1
赴约[赴約]	fu4 yue1	to keep an appointment	1
欺骗[欺騙]	qi1 pian4	to deceive; to cheat	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep39/50 words - 27 min
闸[閘]	zha2	gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker	1
洞[洞]	dong4	cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
埋伏[埋伏]	mai2 fu2	to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush	1
这些个[這些個]	zhe4 xie1 ge5	these	1
说定[說定]	shuo1 ding4	to agree on; to settle on	1
生擒[生擒]	sheng1 qin2	to capture alive	3
火炮[火炮]	huo3 pao4	cannon; gun; artillery	1
轰[轟]	hong1	explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel	1
焦土[焦土]	jiao1 tu3	scorched earth	1
血气[血氣]	xue4 qi4	blood and vital breath; bloodline (i.e. parentage); valor	1
听不进去[聽不進去]	ting1 bu4 jin4 qu5	not to listen; to be deaf to	1
凑齐[湊齊]	cou4 qi2	to collect all the bits to make a whole	1
突袭[突襲]	tu1 xi2	surprise attack	2
忍耐[忍耐]	ren3 nai4	to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance	1
羸弱[羸弱]	lei2 ruo4	frail; weak	1
重重[重重]	chong2 chong2	layer upon layer; one after another	1
洪福齐天[洪福齊天]	hong2 fu2 qi2 tian1	flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign	1
岭[嶺]	ling3	mountain range; mountain ridge	2
挫[挫]	cuo4	obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen	1
时时[時時]	shi2 shi2	often; constantly	1
登临[登臨]	deng1 lin2	to visit places famous for their scenery	1
渡河[渡河]	du4 he2	to cross a river	2
上火[上火]	shang4 huo3	to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)	1
馆陶[館陶]	Guan3 tao2	Guantao county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei	3
绕过[繞過]	rao4 guo4	to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep39/75 words - 38 min
东阿[東阿]	Dong1 e1	Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong	1
平等[平等]	ping2 deng3	equal; equality	1
后方[後方]	hou4 fang1	the rear; far behind the front line	2
攻坚[攻堅]	gong1 jian1	to assault a fortified position; (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission	1
所长[所長]	suo3 chang2	what one is good at	1
短处[短處]	duan3 chu4	shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points	1
诡[詭]	gui3	sly; crafty; weird; bizarre; contradictory; inconsistent	1
出其不意[出其不意]	chu1 qi2 bu4 yi4	to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard	1
东昌[東昌]	Dong1 chang1	Dongchang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin	5
承担[承擔]	cheng2 dan1	to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)	2
救世[救世]	jiu4 shi4	salvation	2
队形[隊形]	dui4 xing2	formation	1
拼[拼]	pin1	to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell	1
无恙[無恙]	wu2 yang4	in good health	1
男儿[男兒]	nan2 er2	a (real) man; boy; son	1
识时务者为俊杰[識時務者為俊傑]	shi2 shi2 wu4 zhe3 wei4 jun4 jie2	Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances.	1
不幸[不幸]	bu4 xing4	misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
齿冷[齒冷]	chi3 leng3	to sneer	1
有幸[有幸]	you3 xing4	fortunately	1
畅快[暢快]	chang4 kuai4	carefree	1
战争[戰爭]	zhan4 zheng1	war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]	1
该死[該死]	gai1 si3	Damn it!; damned; wretched	2
庆幸[慶幸]	qing4 xing4	to rejoice; to be glad	1
黄泉[黃泉]	Huang2 quan2	the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell	1
下辈子[下輩子]	xia4 bei4 zi5	the next life	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep39/80 words - 44 min
示众[示眾]	shi4 zhong4	to publicly expose	1
商讨[商討]	shang1 tao3	to discuss; to deliberate	1
福无双至[福無雙至]	fu2 wu2 shuang1 zhi4	blessings never come in pairs (idiom)	1
祸不单行[禍不單行]	huo4 bu4 dan1 xing2	misfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours	1
后脚[後腳]	hou4 jiao3	(one moment ...,) the next ...; trailing foot (in walking)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep40/25 words - 16 min
遇袭[遇襲]	yu4 xi2	to suffer attack; to be ambushed	1
惨败[慘敗]	can3 bai4	to suffer a crushing defeat	1
损失[損失]	sun3 shi1	loss; damage; CL:個|个[ge4]; to lose; to suffer damage	1
低迷[低迷]	di1 mi2	blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)	1
饭菜[飯菜]	fan4 cai4	food	2
小孩子[小孩子]	xiao3 hai2 zi5	child	2
平常[平常]	ping2 chang2	ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily	1
一蹶不振[一蹶不振]	yi1 jue2 bu4 zhen4	one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse; ruined at a stroke; unable to recover after a minor hitch	1
半年[半年]	ban4 nian2	half a year	2
马蹄[馬蹄]	ma3 ti2	horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)	1
以北[以北]	yi3 bei3	to the north of (suffix)	2
填饱[填飽]	tian2 bao3	to feed to the full; to cram	1
悄悄[悄悄]	qiao1 qiao1	quietly; secretly; stealthily; quiet; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3 qiao3]	1
分心[分心]	fen1 xin1	to distract	1
兜[兜]	dou1	pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)	1
缝[縫]	feng2	to sew; to stitch	2
缝[縫]	feng4	seam; crack; narrow slit; CL:道[dao4]	2
针线[針線]	zhen1 xian4	needle and thread; needlework	1
连番[連番]	lian2 fan1	repeatedly	1
消灭[消滅]	xiao1 mie4	to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)	1
训练[訓練]	xun4 lian4	to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
新兵[新兵]	xin1 bing1	new (army) recruit	1
强盛[強盛]	qiang2 sheng4	rich and powerful	2
楷模[楷模]	kai3 mo2	model; example	1
他杀[他殺]	ta1 sha1	homicide (law)	2
只管[只管]	zhi3 guan3	solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep40/50 words - 21 min
后路[後路]	hou4 lu4	escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver	1
滋扰[滋擾]	zi1 rao3	to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute	1
曲阜[曲阜]	Qu1 fu4	Qufu county level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong; hometown of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]	1
绕道[繞道]	rao4 dao4	roundabout route; detour	1
惊扰[驚擾]	jing1 rao3	to alarm; to agitate	1
故里[故里]	gu4 li3	hometown; native place	1
克东[克東]	Ke4 dong1	Kedong county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang	1
东平[東平]	Dong1 ping2	Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安[Tai4 an1], Shandong	1
汶[汶]	Wen4	Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国	1
上等[上等]	shang4 deng3	highest quality; top-notch	1
粮秣[糧秣]	liang2 mo4	provisions (e.g. military); forage; fodder	1
随后[隨後]	sui2 hou4	soon after	2
沛县[沛縣]	Pei4 xian4	Pei county in Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], Jiangsu	1
打下[打下]	da3 xia4	to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc)	1
徐州[徐州]	Xu2 zhou1	Xuzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu	3
宿州[宿州]	Su4 zhou1	Suzhou prefecture level city in Anhui	1
淝[淝]	fei2	name of a river	1
睢[睢]	sui1	to stare	1
闪失[閃失]	shan3 shi1	mishap; accident; accidental loss	1
营寨[營寨]	ying2 zhai4	barracks	1
放任[放任]	fang4 ren4	to ignore; to let alone; to indulge	1
不断[不斷]	bu4 duan4	unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant	1
邀[邀]	yao1	to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek	1
万全[萬全]	wan4 quan2	absolutely safe; surefire; thorough	2
凶[凶]	xiong1	vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine; variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep40/75 words - 26 min
中时[中時]	Zhong1 Shi2	China Times (newspaper); abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报 [Zhong1 guo2 Shi2 bao4]	1
力主[力主]	li4 zhu3	advocate strongly	1
相持不下[相持不下]	xiang1 chi2 bu4 xia4	at a stalemate; deadlocked; in unrelenting mutual opposition	1
异议[異議]	yi4 yi4	objection; dissent	1
垓下[垓下]	Gai1 xia4	ancient place name, in Anhui province	1
十面埋伏[十面埋伏]	Shi2 mian4 Mai2 fu2	Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])	1
项羽[項羽]	Xiang4 Yu3	Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor	1
号炮[號砲]	hao4 pao4	cannon used for signaling; signaling shot	3
即将[即將]	ji2 jiang1	on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of	1
淮上[淮上]	Huai2 shang4	Huaishang district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 shi4], Anhui	2
将近[將近]	jiang1 jin4	almost; nearly; close to	1
一夕[一夕]	yi1 xi1	overnight; instantly; very quickly	2
灵璧[靈璧]	Ling2 bi4	Lingbi county in Suzhou 宿州[Su4 zhou1], Anhui	1
进击[進擊]	jin4 ji1	to attack	1
自相[自相]	zi4 xiang1	mutual; each other; one another; self-	2
践踏[踐踏]	jian4 ta4	to trample	1
山穷水尽[山窮水盡]	shan1 qiong2 shui3 jin4	mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go	1
镇江[鎮江]	Zhen4 jiang1	Zhenjiang prefecture level city in Jiangsu	1
长江[長江]	Chang2 Jiang1	Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang	5
船只[船隻]	chuan2 zhi1	ship; boat; vessel	3
瑄[瑄]	xuan1	ornamental piece of jade	2
水师[水師]	shui3 shi1	navy (in Qing times)	1
扼守[扼守]	e4 shou3	to hold a pass; to guard (a strategic location)	1
堑[塹]	qian4	moat around a city	2
大有可为[大有可為]	da4 you3 ke3 wei2	with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep40/100 words - 40 min
沿江[沿江]	yan2 jiang1	along the river; the region around the river	1
收缴[收繳]	shou1 jiao3	to recover (illegally obtained property); to seize; to capture; to force sb to hand over sth; to levy	1
苇[葦]	wei3	reed; rush; Phragmites communis	1
高宗[高宗]	Gao1 zong1	Gaozong Emperor, Temple name of the tenth Song Emperor Zhao Gou 趙構|赵构[Zhao4 Gou4] (1107-1187 AD), reigned (1127-1162 AD)	1
东南[東南]	dong1 nan2	southeast	1
壁[壁]	bi4	wall; rampart	1
苟延残喘[苟延殘喘]	gou3 yan2 can2 chuan3	to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)	1
谈不上[談不上]	tan2 bu5 shang4	to be out of the question	1
赎罪[贖罪]	shu2 zui4	to atone for one's crime; to buy freedom from punishment; redemption; atonement	1
巷[巷]	xiang4	lane; alley	1
驱[驅]	qu1	to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly	1
方正[方正]	fang1 zheng4	clear and square; neat; square (person)	3
胡话[胡話]	hu2 hua4	nonsense; ridiculous talk; hogwash	1
疲惫[疲憊]	pi2 bei4	beaten; exhausted; tired	1
逃逸[逃逸]	tao2 yi4	to escape; to run away; to abscond	1
放行[放行]	fang4 xing2	to let pass	1
送命[送命]	song4 ming4	to lose one's life; to get killed	1
大老粗[大老粗]	da4 lao3 cu1	uncouth fellow; rustic	1
最先[最先]	zui4 xian1	(the) very first	1
逃跑[逃跑]	tao2 pao3	to flee from sth; to run away; to escape	1
门锁[門鎖]	men2 suo3	door lock	1
京都[京都]	jing1 du1	capital (of a country)	1
临头[臨頭]	lin2 tou2	to befall; to be imminent	1
忠臣[忠臣]	zhong1 chen2	faithful official	2
邹[鄒]	Zou1	surname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong Province	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep40/103 words - 45 min
瑾[瑾]	jin3	brilliancy (of gems)	1
封存[封存]	feng1 cun2	to sequester; to seal up (for safe keeping); to freeze (an account); to mothball	1
太后[太后]	tai4 hou4	Empress Dowager	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep41/25 words - 7 min
以致[以致]	yi3 zhi4	to such an extent as to; down to; up to	1
宸[宸]	chen2	imperial apartments	2
遗体[遺體]	yi2 ti3	remains (of a dead person)	1
听信[聽信]	ting1 xin4	to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears	1
奸臣[奸臣]	jian1 chen2	a treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state	2
报官[報官]	bao4 guan1	to report a case to the authorities (old)	1
奸党[奸黨]	jian1 dang3	a clique of traitors	6
秘密[秘密]	mi4 mi4	secret; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
一百一[一百一]	yi1 bai3 yi1	faultless; impeccable	1
或是[或是]	huo4 shi4	or; either one or the other	1
检点[檢點]	jian3 dian3	to examine; to check; to keep a lookout; cautious; restrained (in speech or mannerisms)	1
归顺[歸順]	gui1 shun4	to surrender and pay allegiance to	2
分配[分配]	fen1 pei4	to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive)	1
疆域[疆域]	jiang1 yu4	territory	3
取而代之[取而代之]	qu3 er2 dai4 zhi1	to substitute for sb; to remove and replace	1
朝贡[朝貢]	chao2 gong4	to present tribute (to the emperor)	1
西南[西南]	xi1 nan2	southwest	1
蛮[蠻]	man2	barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless	1
宾[賓]	bin1	visitor; guest; object (in grammar)	2
万邦[萬邦]	wan4 bang1	all nations	2
隋炀帝[隋煬帝]	Sui2 Yang2 di4	Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618	2
出外[出外]	chu1 wai4	to go out; to leave for another place	1
除去[除去]	chu2 qu4	to eliminate; to remove; except for; apart from	1
官吏[官吏]	guan1 li4	bureaucrat; official	1
薪俸[薪俸]	xin1 feng4	salary; pay	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep41/50 words - 15 min
旱[旱]	han4	drought	1
灾害[災害]	zai1 hai4	calamity; disaster; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
赈济[賑濟]	zhen4 ji4	to give relief aid	4
荒芜[荒蕪]	huang1 wu2	left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild	1
水患[水患]	shui3 huan4	flooding; water disaster	5
无暇[無暇]	wu2 xia2	too busy; to have no time for; fully occupied	1
牵涉[牽涉]	qian1 she4	to involve; implicated	1
甚巨[甚巨]	shen4 ju4	considerable; substantial; very great	1
约法三章[約法三章]	yue1 fa3 san1 zhang1	to agree on three laws (idiom); three-point covenant; (fig.) preliminary agreement; basic rules	1
兴旺[興旺]	xing1 wang4	prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish	3
安康[安康]	an1 kang1	good health	1
尽心竭力[盡心竭力]	jin4 xin1 jie2 li4	to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost	3
一言[一言]	yi1 yan2	one sentence; brief remark	2
即位[即位]	ji2 wei4	to succeed to the throne; accession	6
号称[號稱]	hao4 cheng1	to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)	3
谊[誼]	yi4	friendship; also pr. [yi2]	1
篡逆[篡逆]	cuan4 ni4	to rebel; to revolt	3
刑场[刑場]	xing2 chang3	execution ground; gallows; scaffold	1
建文帝[建文帝]	Jian4 wen2 di4	reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402 (mysterious disappearance is ongoing conspiracy theory)	1
历时[歷時]	li4 shi2	to last; to take (time); period; diachronic	2
宣告[宣告]	xuan1 gao4	to declare; to proclaim	1
终结[終結]	zhong1 jie2	end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)	1
胜利者[勝利者]	sheng4 li4 zhe3	victor; winner	1
迭[迭]	die2	alternately; repeatedly	2
殉难[殉難]	xun4 nan4	to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep41/75 words - 34 min
惨烈[慘烈]	can3 lie4	bitter; desperate	1
壬午[壬午]	ren2 wu3	nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062	2
兵变[兵變]	bing1 bian4	mutiny; (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army	1
传话[傳話]	chuan2 hua4	to pass on a story; to communicate a message	1
等于[等於]	deng3 yu2	to equal; to be tantamount to	1
正朔[正朔]	zheng1 shuo4	first day of the first lunar month; (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty	2
能事[能事]	neng2 shi4	particular abilities; one's forte	1
攀附[攀附]	pan1 fu4	to climb (of climbing plants); to creep; to cling on to; fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful); social climbing	1
举家[舉家]	ju3 jia1	the whole family	3
恩赐[恩賜]	en1 ci4	favor; to give charity to sb out of pity	1
幽禁[幽禁]	you1 jin4	to imprison; to place under house arrest	2
闭门思过[閉門思過]	bi4 men2 si1 guo4	shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes	2
拥戴[擁戴]	yong1 dai4	to give one's allegiance; (popular) support	1
活活[活活]	huo2 huo2	while still alive; simply; totally	1
成活[成活]	cheng2 huo2	to survive	1
永乐[永樂]	Yong3 le4	Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, Temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]	23
年号[年號]	nian2 hao4	reign title; era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it); year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)	1
谒陵[謁陵]	ye4 ling2	to pay homage at a mausoleum	1
耶[耶]	ye5	final particle indicating enthusiasm etc	2
叩见[叩見]	kou4 jian4	to kowtow in salute	1
由此[由此]	you2 ci3	hereby; from this	1
煊赫[煊赫]	xuan1 he4	see 烜赫[xuan3 he4]	1
盛世[盛世]	sheng4 shi4	a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age	3
苏州[蘇州]	Su1 zhou1	Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu	4
淤泥[淤泥]	yu1 ni2	silt; sludge; ooze	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep41/100 words - 38 min
河岸[河岸]	he2 an4	riverside; river bank	1
加固[加固]	jia1 gu4	to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen	1
海口[海口]	hai3 kou3	estuary; coastal inlet; river mouth; seaport; see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]	1
晚生[晚生]	wan3 sheng1	I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)	1
测[測]	ce4	to survey; to measure; to conjecture	1
水深[水深]	shui3 shen1	depth (of waterway); sounding	1
淞[淞]	song1	variant of 凇[song1]	3
浦[浦]	pu3	river bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)	10
港[港]	gang3	harbor; port; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
太湖[太湖]	Tai4 Hu2	Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes	3
全线[全線]	quan2 xian4	the whole front (in a war); the whole length (of a road or railway line)	1
浚[浚]	jun4	to deepen (e.g. a ditch); to extract; to manage; ladle (old)	3
十月[十月]	Shi2 yue4	October; tenth month (of the lunar year)	1
辛劳[辛勞]	xin1 lao2	laborious	1
墩[墩]	dun1	block; gate pillar; pier; classifier for clusters of plants; classifier for rounds in a card game: trick; (archaic) watchtower	1
安枕[安枕]	an1 zhen3	to sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries	1
回航[回航]	hui2 hang2	to return to port	4
松江[松江]	Song1 jiang1	Songjiang suburban district of Shanghai	1
大水[大水]	da4 shui3	flood	2
发榜[發榜]	fa1 bang3	to publish a roll-call of successful candidates	1
黄浦[黃浦]	Huang2 pu3	the main river through Shanghai; name of a district in Shanghai	2
支流[支流]	zhi1 liu2	tributary (river)	1
人工[人工]	ren2 gong1	artificial; manpower; manual work	2
船厂[船廠]	chuan2 chang3	shipyard; shipbuilder's yard	4
营建[營建]	ying2 jian4	to build; to construct	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep41/125 words - 41 min
宝船[寶船]	bao3 chuan2	Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2]	2
遣使[遣使]	qian3 shi3	to dispatch an envoy	3
海外[海外]	hai3 wai4	overseas; abroad	8
阁[閣]	ge2	pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf	4
一行[一行]	yi1 xing2	party; delegation	1
长沙[長沙]	Chang2 sha1	Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China	3
过问[過問]	guo4 wen4	to show an interest in; to get involved with	1
封国[封國]	feng1 guo2	vassal state	1
四起[四起]	si4 qi3	to spring up everywhere; from all around	1
温情脉脉[溫情脈脈]	wen1 qing2 mo4 mo4	full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted	1
无声[無聲]	wu2 sheng1	noiseless; noiselessly; silent	1
相比之下[相比之下]	xiang1 bi3 zhi1 xia4	by comparison	1
俨[儼]	yan3	majestic; dignified	1
孜[孜]	zi1	hard-working; industrious	1
谘询[諮詢]	zi1 xun2	consultation; to consult; to inquire	1
内阁[內閣]	nei4 ge2	(government) cabinet	8
合议[合議]	he2 yi4	to discuss together; to try to reach a common judgment; panel discussion	2
付诸[付諸]	fu4 zhu1	to apply to; to put into (practice etc); to put to (a test, a vote etc)	1
人力[人力]	ren2 li4	manpower; labor power	2
穷尽[窮盡]	qiong2 jin4	to use up; to exhaust; to probe to the bottom; limit; end	1
春雨[春雨]	chun1 yu3	spring rain; gift from above	3
编撰[編撰]	bian1 zhuan4	to compile; to edit	1
文献[文獻]	wen2 xian4	document	4
受灾[受災]	shou4 zai1	disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity	1
削除[削除]	xue1 chu2	to remove; to eliminate; to delete	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep41/139 words - 45 min
下落[下落]	xia4 luo4	whereabouts; to drop; to fall	1
出使[出使]	chu1 shi3	to go abroad as ambassador; to be sent on a diplomatic mission	4
有为[有為]	you3 wei2	promising; to show promise	1
柱石[柱石]	zhu4 shi2	pillar	1
昌明[昌明]	chang1 ming2	flourishing; thriving	1
盛举[盛舉]	sheng4 ju3	grand event; magnificent undertaking	3
国势[國勢]	guo2 shi4	national strength; situation in a state	1
蒸蒸日上[蒸蒸日上]	zheng1 zheng1 ri4 shang4	becoming more prosperous with each passing day	1
隐患[隱患]	yin3 huan4	a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage; misfortune not visible from the surface	1
自高[自高]	zi4 gao1	to be proud of oneself	1
学士[學士]	xue2 shi4	bachelor's degree; person holding a university degree	2
迷路[迷路]	mi2 lu4	to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)	1
淇[淇]	qi2	name of a river	3
改日[改日]	gai3 ri4	another day; some other day	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/25 words - 6 min
瓦剌[瓦剌]	Wa3 la4	Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)	21
尼[尼]	ni2	Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)	2
埒[埒]	lie4	(literary) equal; enclosure; dike; embankment; Taiwan pr. [le4]	2
前段时间[前段時間]	qian2 duan4 shi2 jian1	recently	1
正宗[正宗]	zheng4 zong1	orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine	1
自我[自我]	zi4 wo3	self-; ego (psychology)	2
弃守[棄守]	qi4 shou3	to give up defending; to yield; to surrender	1
鞑靼[韃靼]	Da2 da2	Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China); Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia)	15
频频[頻頻]	pin2 pin2	repeatedly; again and again; continuously; constantly	1
滋事[滋事]	zi1 shi4	to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute	1
半天[半天]	ban4 tian1	half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
折合[折合]	zhe2 he2	to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to	1
壕[壕]	hao2	moat; (military) trench	1
不时之需[不時之需]	bu4 shi2 zhi1 xu1	a possible period of want or need	1
边衅[邊釁]	bian1 xin4	clash on the frontier; border conflict	1
林[林]	lin2	woods; forest; CL:片[pian4]; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things)	1
礼义[禮義]	li3 yi4	righteousness; justice	1
共享[共享]	gong4 xiang3	to share; to enjoy together	2
顺畅[順暢]	shun4 chang4	smooth and unhindered; fluent	1
采集[採集]	cai3 ji2	to gather; to collect; to harvest	1
悖逆[悖逆]	bei4 ni4	contrary	3
删去[刪去]	shan1 qu4	to delete	1
删[刪]	shan1	to delete	3
一字[一字]	yi1 zi4	in a row; in a line	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/50 words - 8 min
流入[流入]	liu2 ru4	to flow into; to drift into; influx; inflow	1
原有[原有]	yuan2 you3	original; former	1
娄[婁]	Lou2	surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy	2
吴淞[吳淞]	Wu2 song1	Wusong river and dock area in Shanghai	7
三条[三條]	san1 tiao2	three of a kind (poker)	1
日渐[日漸]	ri4 jian4	to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day	2
壅[壅]	yong1	to obstruct; to stop up; to heap soil around the roots of a plant	1
遏[遏]	e4	to restrain; to check; to hold back	1
持久[持久]	chi2 jiu3	lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long	2
勘验[勘驗]	kan1 yan4	to investigate; examination	1
沿线[沿線]	yan2 xian4	along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line	1
上海[上海]	Shang4 hai3	Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]	4
跄[蹌]	qiang4	stagger; sway from side to side	1
浦口[浦口]	Pu3 kou3	Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏	1
河床[河床]	he2 chuang2	riverbed	1
淤积[淤積]	yu1 ji1	to silt up; silt; sediment; ooze; slurry	1
如同[如同]	ru2 tong2	like; as	1
平地[平地]	ping2 di4	to level the land; level ground; plain	1
收获[收穫]	shou1 huo4	to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward	1
民生凋敝[民生凋敝]	min2 sheng1 diao1 bi4	the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment	1
农民[農民]	nong2 min2	peasant; farmer; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
仰天[仰天]	yang3 tian1	to face upwards; to look up to the sky	1
菱[菱]	ling2	Trapa natans; water caltrop	1
荇[荇]	xing4	yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)	1
藻[藻]	zao3	aquatic grasses; elegant	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/75 words - 10 min
乞食[乞食]	qi3 shi2	to beg for food	1
打捞[打撈]	da3 lao1	to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)	1
浮[浮]	fu2	to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus	1
杭[杭]	Hang2	surname Hang; Hangzhou	1
灾后[災後]	zai1 hou4	after a catastrophe; post-traumatic	1
生员[生員]	sheng1 yuan2	scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)	3
下游[下游]	xia4 you2	lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream	1
古道[古道]	gu3 dao4	ancient road; precepts of the antiquity	1
中段[中段]	zhong1 duan4	middle section; middle period; middle area; mid-	1
洋[洋]	yang2	ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin	2
嘉定[嘉定]	Jia1 ding4	Jiading district of northwest Shanghai; final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗|宁宗[Ning2 zong1]	1
塾[塾]	shu2	private school	1
掣[掣]	che4	to pull; to draw; to pull back; to withdraw; to flash past	1
接通[接通]	jie1 tong1	to connect; to put through	1
汇[匯]	hui4	to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange	1
涨[漲]	zhang4	to swell; to distend	1
不虞[不虞]	bu4 yu2	unexpected; eventuality; contingency; not worry about	1
泥沙[泥沙]	ni2 sha1	silt	1
献策[獻策]	xian4 ce4	to offer advice; to make a suggestion	1
行书[行書]	xing2 shu1	running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)	1
钱塘[錢塘]	Qian2 tang2	Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]	3
经世[經世]	jing1 shi4	statecraft	1
才干[才幹]	cai2 gan4	ability; competence	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/100 words - 18 min
解惑[解惑]	jie3 huo4	to dispel doubts; to clear up confusion	1
晌午[晌午]	shang3 wu3	noon	1
康乐[康樂]	kang1 le4	peace and happiness (old); healthy and happy; recreation	1
地广人稀[地廣人稀]	di4 guang3 ren2 xi1	vast, but sparsely populated	1
动辄[動輒]	dong4 zhe2	easily; readily; frequently; at every turn; at the slightest pretext	1
永不[永不]	yong3 bu4	never; will never	1
最终[最終]	zui4 zhong1	final; ultimate	1
赤[赤]	chi4	red; scarlet; bare; naked	3
致以[致以]	zhi4 yi3	to express; to present; to extend; to tender (greetings, thanks etc)	1
修好[修好]	xiu1 hao3	to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds	2
要犯[要犯]	yao4 fan4	major criminal	1
对内[對內]	dui4 nei4	internal; national; domestic (policy)	1
对外[對外]	dui4 wai4	external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)	2
休养生息[休養生息]	xiu1 yang3 sheng1 xi1	to recover; to recuperate	2
灾情[災情]	zai1 qing2	disastrous situation; calamity	1
恻隐之心[惻隱之心]	ce4 yin3 zhi1 xin1	compassion	1
巡[巡]	xun2	to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks	2
过得[過得]	guo4 de2	How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad	2
大兴土木[大興土木]	da4 xing1 tu3 mu4	to carry out large scale construction	1
物价[物價]	wu4 jia4	(commodity) prices; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
一贯[一貫]	yi1 guan4	consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent	1
市面上[市面上]	shi4 mian4 shang4	on the market	1
冗食[冗食]	rong3 shi2	eating without working	1
缓解[緩解]	huan3 jie3	to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain)	1
苏辙[蘇轍]	Su1 Zhe2	Su Zhe (1039-1112), Northern Song writer and calligrapher, one of the 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of the 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/125 words - 22 min
存亡[存亡]	cun2 wang2	to live or die; to exist or perish	1
充实[充實]	chong1 shi2	rich; full; substantial; to enrich; to augment; to substantiate (an argument)	1
上述[上述]	shang4 shu4	aforementioned; above-mentioned	1
钱钞[錢鈔]	qian2 chao1	money	1
清仓[清倉]	qing1 cang1	to take an inventory of stock; to clear out one's stock	1
商贾[商賈]	shang1 gu3	merchant	1
雄心[雄心]	xiong2 xin1	great ambition; lofty aspiration	1
竹篮[竹籃]	zhu2 lan2	wicker basket	1
二十八宿[二十八宿]	er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4	the twenty-eight constellations	1
忱[忱]	chen2	sincerity; honesty	2
河东[河東]	He2 dong1	Hedong district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 shi4], Shandong	4
棨[棨]	qi3	tally for going through a pass	1
状元[狀元]	zhuang4 yuan2	top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light	1
永州[永州]	Yong3 zhou1	Yongzhou prefecture level city in Hunan	2
触[觸]	chu4	to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions	2
草木[草木]	cao3 mu4	vegetation; plants	2
齧[齧]	nie4	variant of 嚙|啮[nie4]	2
然而[然而]	ran2 er2	however; yet; but	1
作色[作色]	zuo4 se4	to show signs of anger; to flush with annoyance	1
求学[求學]	qiu2 xue2	to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college	1
典籍[典籍]	dian3 ji2	ancient books or records	1
用功[用功]	yong4 gong1	diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort	1
并发[併發]	bing4 fa1	to be complicated by; to erupt simultaneously	1
手无缚鸡之力[手無縛雞之力]	shou3 wu2 fu4 ji1 zhi1 li4	lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom); fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work	1
受得了[受得了]	shou4 de5 liao3	to put up with; to endure	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/150 words - 33 min
吃苦[吃苦]	chi1 ku3	to bear hardships	1
和解[和解]	he2 jie3	to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled	2
子集[子集]	zi3 ji2	subset	1
诸子百家[諸子百家]	zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1	the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)	1
采[采]	cai3	color; complexion; looks; variant of 彩[cai3]; variant of 採|采[cai3]	1
小惩大诫[小懲大誡]	xiao3 cheng2 da4 jie4	lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition	1
板子[板子]	ban3 zi5	board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment	1
经得起[經得起]	jing1 de5 qi3	to be able to withstand; to be able to endure	3
磋[磋]	cuo1	deliberate; to polish	2
还俗[還俗]	huan2 su2	to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)	1
复[複]	fu4	to repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate	1
岁数[歲數]	sui4 shu5	age (number of years old)	2
此间[此間]	ci3 jian1	here; this place	1
四更[四更]	si4 geng1	fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)	2
励[勵]	li4	to encourage; to urge	2
青史[青史]	qing1 shi3	annal; historical record; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	1
功业[功業]	gong1 ye4	achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed	1
承袭[承襲]	cheng2 xi2	to inherit; to follow; to adopt	2
恭贺[恭賀]	gong1 he4	to congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes	1
既定[既定]	ji4 ding4	already fixed; set; established	1
千秋万代[千秋萬代]	qian1 qiu1 wan4 dai4	throughout the ages	1
出海[出海]	chu1 hai3	to go out to sea	1
耀[耀]	yao4	brilliant; glorious	3
邦交[邦交]	bang1 jiao1	relations between two countries; diplomatic relations	1
真心实意[真心實意]	zhen1 xin1 shi2 yi4	genuine and sincere (idiom); wholehearted	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/175 words - 39 min
和睦[和睦]	he2 mu4	peaceful relations; harmonious	1
以强凌弱[以強凌弱]	yi3 qiang2 ling2 ruo4	to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)	1
暗中[暗中]	an4 zhong1	in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously	1
查访[查訪]	cha2 fang3	to investigate	1
船队[船隊]	chuan2 dui4	fleet (of ships)	2
出航[出航]	chu1 hang2	to set out (on a trip)	1
慕[慕]	mu4	to admire	2
虚名[虛名]	xu1 ming2	false reputation	2
务实[務實]	wu4 shi2	pragmatic; dealing with concrete issues	1
死死[死死]	si3 si3	rigid; unwavering; unbendable; firm (hold on sth); tenacious	1
实务[實務]	shi2 wu4	practice (customary action, as opposed to theory); practical	1
点子[點子]	dian3 zi5	spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer	1
后天[後天]	hou4 tian1	the day after tomorrow; acquired (not innate); a posteriori	1
下西洋[下西洋]	xia4 xi1 yang2	to sail West (from China); refers to Zhenghe's 15th century expeditions to the Western Pacific	11
农业[農業]	nong2 ye4	agriculture; farming	1
经济[經濟]	jing1 ji4	economy; economic	1
手工业[手工業]	shou3 gong1 ye4	handicraft	1
工商业[工商業]	gong1 shang1 ye4	business	1
庞大[龐大]	pang2 da4	huge; enormous; tremendous	1
造船[造船]	zao4 chuan2	shipbuilding	2
贸易[貿易]	mao4 yi4	(commercial) trade; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
发达[發達]	fa1 da2	developed (country etc); flourishing; to develop	2
增加[增加]	zeng1 jia1	to raise; to increase	2
郑和[鄭和]	Zheng4 He2	Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer	6
坚实[堅實]	jian1 shi2	firm and substantial; solid	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/200 words - 40 min
经济基础[經濟基礎]	jing1 ji4 ji1 chu3	socio-economic base; economic foundation	1
物质[物質]	wu4 zhi4	matter; substance; material; materialistic; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
罗盘[羅盤]	luo2 pan2	compass	1
使用[使用]	shi3 yong4	to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of	1
大批[大批]	da4 pi1	large quantities of	1
水手[水手]	shui3 shou3	mariner; sailor; seaman	1
养成[養成]	yang3 cheng2	to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire	1
知识[知識]	zhi1 shi5	knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual	1
提供[提供]	ti2 gong1	to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish	1
技术[技術]	ji4 shu4	technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]	1
宣德[宣德]	Xuan1 de2	Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, Temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]	1
中国[中國]	Zhong1 guo2	China	2
古代[古代]	gu3 dai4	ancient times; olden times	1
海员[海員]	hai3 yuan2	sailor; mariner	1
航行[航行]	hang2 xing2	to sail; to fly; to navigate	2
世纪末[世紀末]	shi4 ji4 mo4	end of the century	1
欧洲[歐洲]	Ou1 zhou1	Europe; abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1]	1
历史[歷史]	li4 shi3	history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]	1
一系列[一系列]	yi1 xi4 lie4	a series of; a string of	1
探险[探險]	tan4 xian3	to explore; to go on an expedition; adventure	1
试图[試圖]	shi4 tu2	to attempt; to try	1
举措[舉措]	ju3 cuo4	to move; to act; action; decision; conduct; manner	1
服众[服眾]	fu2 zhong4	to convince the masses	1
和平[和平]	he2 ping2	peace; peaceful	1
外交[外交]	wai4 jiao1	diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep42/217 words - 45 min
模式[模式]	mo2 shi4	mode; method; pattern	1
达到[達到]	da2 dao4	to reach; to achieve; to attain	1
异域[異域]	yi4 yu4	foreign country; alien land	1
富强[富強]	fu4 qiang2	rich and powerful	1
凌[凌]	ling2	to approach; to rise high; thick ice; to insult or maltreat	1
美好[美好]	mei3 hao3	beautiful; fine	1
愿望[願望]	yuan4 wang4	desire; wish	1
启航[啟航]	qi3 hang2	(of a ship) to set sail; (of an aeroplane) to take off; also written 起航[qi3 hang2]	3
绳子[繩子]	sheng2 zi5	cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
境况[境況]	jing4 kuang4	circumstances	1
劝慰[勸慰]	quan4 wei4	to console	1
硬撑[硬撐]	ying4 cheng1	to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc	1
改天[改天]	gai3 tian1	another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check	1
生辰[生辰]	sheng1 chen2	birthday	1
画眉[畫眉]	hua4 mei2	to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)	1
歪理[歪理]	wai1 li3	fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument	1
日头[日頭]	ri4 tou2	sun (dialect); daytime; date	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep43/25 words - 8 min
同乡[同鄉]	tong2 xiang1	person from the same village, town, or province	1
好意思[好意思]	hao3 yi4 si5	to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)	1
假话[假話]	jia3 hua4	a lie; untrue statement; misstatement	1
套[套]	tao4	to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)	1
喜爱[喜愛]	xi3 ai4	to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite	1
藏书[藏書]	cang2 shu1	to collect books; library collection	1
常常[常常]	chang2 chang2	frequently; often	1
昏厥[昏厥]	hun1 jue2	to faint	1
脉象[脈象]	mai4 xiang4	condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)	2
琴瑟和鸣[琴瑟和鳴]	qin2 se4 he2 ming2	in perfect harmony; in sync; lit. qin and se sing in harmony	1
恩爱[恩愛]	en1 ai4	loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love	1
笃[篤]	du3	serious (illness); sincere; true	1
病根[病根]	bing4 gen1	an incompletely cured illness; an old complaint; the root cause of trouble	1
医治[醫治]	yi1 zhi4	to treat (an illness); medical treatment	1
耽误[耽誤]	dan1 wu5	to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with	1
宽厚[寬厚]	kuan1 hou4	tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build); thick and deep (voice)	1
极为[極為]	ji2 wei2	extremely; exceedingly	1
医药[醫藥]	yi1 yao4	medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical	2
近几年[近幾年]	jin4 ji3 nian2	in recent years	1
沉[沉]	chen2	to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy	1
屙[屙]	e1	to defecate	1
积重难返[積重難返]	ji1 zhong4 nan2 fan3	ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard	1
号脉[號脈]	hao4 mai4	to feel sb's pulse	1
枯[枯]	ku1	dried up	3
药材[藥材]	yao4 cai2	medicinal ingredient	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep43/50 words - 27 min
上山[上山]	shang4 shan1	to go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away	1
怎[怎]	zen3	how	1
风湿[風濕]	feng1 shi1	rheumatism	1
治好[治好]	zhi4 hao3	to cure	1
苑[苑]	yuan4	park	3
太监[太監]	tai4 jian4	court eunuch; palace eunuch	1
白骨[白骨]	bai2 gu3	bones of the dead	1
杀生[殺生]	sha1 sheng1	to take the life of a living creature	1
死囚[死囚]	si3 qiu2	prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row	1
逐一[逐一]	zhu2 yi1	one by one	1
情有可原[情有可原]	qing2 you3 ke3 yuan2	pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)	1
原定[原定]	yuan2 ding4	originally planned; originally determined	1
赦免[赦免]	she4 mian3	to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment	1
灵谷寺[靈谷寺]	Ling2 gu3 si4	Linggu temple (Nanjing)	1
显考[顯考]	xian3 kao3	honorific term for one's deceased father; (arch.) great-great-grandfather	1
讳[諱]	hui4	to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior	1
灵位[靈位]	ling2 wei4	memorial tablet	1
晚饭[晚飯]	wan3 fan4	evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]	1
见闻[見聞]	jian4 wen2	what one has seen and heard; knowledge; one's experience	1
施肥[施肥]	shi1 fei2	to spread manure; to apply fertilizer	1
眠[眠]	mian2	to sleep; to hibernate	1
棺[棺]	guan1	coffin	1
苏门答腊[蘇門答臘]	Su1 men2 da2 la4	Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands	1
加国[加國]	Jia1 guo2	Canada	1
鲁国[魯國]	Lu3 guo2	Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep43/75 words - 32 min
属国[屬國]	shu3 guo2	vassal state	1
起居[起居]	qi3 ju1	everyday life; regular pattern of life	1
精神[精神]	jing1 shen2	spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
麻木[麻木]	ma2 mu4	numb; insensitive; apathetic	1
脑胀[腦脹]	nao3 zhang4	lit. brain swelling; dizzy; light-headed; intoxicated	1
胸闷[胸悶]	xiong1 men1	chest pain; chest distress	1
各国[各國]	ge4 guo2	each country; every country; various countries	1
使节[使節]	shi3 jie2	(diplomatic) envoy	1
医生[醫生]	yi1 sheng1	doctor; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	1
听其自便[聽其自便]	ting1 qi2 zi4 bian4	to allow sb to do sth at his convenience	1
归国[歸國]	gui1 guo2	to go home (to one's native country); to return from abroad	1
出洋[出洋]	chu1 yang2	to go abroad (old)	1
行医[行醫]	xing2 yi1	to practice medicine (esp. in private practice)	1
衣食住行[衣食住行]	yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2	clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs	1
懈怠[懈怠]	xie4 dai4	slack; lazy; remiss	1
百家[百家]	bai3 jia1	many schools of thought; many people or households	1
阴阳[陰陽]	yin1 yang2	yin and yang	1
医卜[醫卜]	yi1 bu3	medicine and divination	1
技艺[技藝]	ji4 yi4	skill; art	1
成书[成書]	cheng2 shu1	publication; a book's first appearance	1
共计[共計]	gong4 ji4	to sum up to; to total	1
大义[大義]	da4 yi4	righteousness; virtuous cause; a woman's marriage; main points of a piece of writing	1
弑君[弒君]	shi4 jun1	regicide; to commit regicide	2
年底[年底]	nian2 di3	the end of the year; year-end	1
鞑[韃]	Da2	Tartar; a tribe in China	3
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep43/100 words - 41 min
靼[靼]	da2	(phonetic); dressed leather	1
盟[盟]	meng2	oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia	1
策马[策馬]	ce4 ma3	to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs	1
随行[隨行]	sui2 xing2	to accompany	1
齐全[齊全]	qi2 quan2	complete; comprehensive	2
堕[墮]	duo4	to fall; to degenerate	1
苏武[蘇武]	Su1 Wu3	Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service	1
年事已高[年事已高]	nian2 shi4 yi3 gao1	old in years	1
增设[增設]	zeng1 she4	to add to existing facilities or services	1
甘肃[甘肅]	Gan1 su4	Gansu province, abbr. 甘[Gan1], short name 隴|陇[Long3], capital Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1]	1
良马[良馬]	liang2 ma3	good horse	1
册封[冊封]	ce4 feng1	to confer a title upon sb; to dub; to crown; to invest with rank or title	2
酋长[酋長]	qiu2 zhang3	headman (of primitive people); tribal chief; used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir	1
昌平[昌平]	Chang1 ping2	Changping district of Beijing, formerly Changping county	1
新都[新都]	Xin1 du1	Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan	1
妄动[妄動]	wang4 dong4	to rush indiscriminately into action	1
接见[接見]	jie1 jian4	to receive sb; to grant an interview	1
成吉思汗[成吉思汗]	Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2	Genghis Khan (1162-1227)	3
咽[咽]	yan4	variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]	2
胆大妄为[膽大妄為]	dan3 da4 wang4 wei2	daring; presumptuous; daredevil	1
探马[探馬]	tan4 ma3	mounted scout (arch.)	1
汇报[彙報]	hui4 bao4	to report; to give an account of; report	1
独断[獨斷]	du2 duan4	to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial	1
联手[聯手]	lian2 shou3	lit. to join hands; to act together	1
保卫[保衛]	bao3 wei4	to defend; to safeguard	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep43/121 words - 45 min
聚集[聚集]	ju4 ji2	to assemble; to gather	1
部族[部族]	bu4 zu2	tribe; tribal	2
萨满[薩滿]	sa4 man3	shaman (loanword)	1
招牌[招牌]	zhao1 pai5	signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business	1
貌合神离[貌合神離]	mao4 he2 shen2 li2	the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement	1
杀害[殺害]	sha1 hai4	to murder	1
故而[故而]	gu4 er2	therefore	3
自居[自居]	zi4 ju1	to consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be	2
室[室]	shi4	room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy	1
正统[正統]	zheng4 tong3	orthodox	1
势不两立[勢不兩立]	shi4 bu4 liang3 li4	the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints	1
傀儡[傀儡]	kui3 lei3	puppet	1
其三[其三]	qi2 san1	thirdly; the third	1
举止[舉止]	ju3 zhi3	bearing; manner; mien	1
圣训[聖訓]	sheng4 xun4	sage's instructions; imperial edict	1
大部[大部]	da4 bu4	most of; the majority of sth	1
乐见其成[樂見其成]	le4 jian4 qi2 cheng2	to look favorably on sth; would be glad see it happen	1
转运[轉運]	zhuan3 yun4	to forward goods; to ship; to distribute; transshipment; a lucky break; change of fortune (for the better)	2
纵使[縱使]	zong4 shi3	even if; even though	1
有机可乘[有機可乘]	you3 ji1 ke3 cheng2	to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom)	1
轻取[輕取]	qing1 qu3	to beat easily; to gain an easy victory	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep44/25 words - 8 min
马背[馬背]	ma3 bei4	horseback	1
走路[走路]	zou3 lu4	to walk; to go on foot	1
不得已而为之[不得已而為之]	bu4 de2 yi3 er2 wei2 zhi1	to have no other choice; to be the last resort	1
安平[安平]	An1 ping2	Anping county in Hengshui 衡水[Heng2 shui3], Hebei; Anping district of Tainan City 臺南市|台南市[Tai2 nan2 shi4], Taiwan	3
人大[人大]	Ren2 da4	(Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4]); Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])	1
靖安[靖安]	Jing4 an1	Jing'an county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi	1
敌情[敵情]	di2 qing2	the situation of the enemy positions; intelligence about the enemy	1
逃遁[逃遁]	tao2 dun4	to escape; to disappear	1
营盘[營盤]	ying2 pan2	military camp; nomadic camp	1
示弱[示弱]	shi4 ruo4	not to fight back; to take it lying down; to show weakness; to show one's softer side	1
莫大[莫大]	mo4 da4	greatest; most important	1
巧合[巧合]	qiao3 he2	coincidence; coincidental; to coincide	1
狡诈[狡詐]	jiao3 zha4	craft; cunning; deceitful	1
伸[伸]	shen1	to stretch; to extend	1
套子[套子]	tao4 zi5	sheath; case; cover; conventional method; cliché; trick; (coll.) condom	1
钦命[欽命]	qin1 ming4	Imperial order or edict (old)	1
及时[及時]	ji2 shi2	in time; promptly; without delay; timely	1
劝阻[勸阻]	quan4 zu3	to advise against; to dissuade	1
世爵[世爵]	Shi4 jue2	Spyker	1
追封[追封]	zhui1 feng1	to confer a posthumous title	1
供[供]	gong1	to provide; to supply	1
筑[築]	zhu4	to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]	1
驻守[駐守]	zhu4 shou3	(man a post and) defend	2
休兵[休兵]	xiu1 bing1	to cease fire; armistice; rested troops	1
力挫[力挫]	li4 cuo4	to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep44/50 words - 17 min
坐视不理[坐視不理]	zuo4 shi4 bu4 li3	to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)	1
上个[上個]	shang4 ge5	first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above	1
征发[徵發]	zheng1 fa1	a punitive expedition; a requisition	1
英国[英國]	Ying1 guo2	United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2]; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2]	4
独当一面[獨當一面]	du2 dang1 yi1 mian4	to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section	1
累及[累及]	lei3 ji2	to involve; to affect	1
天命[天命]	Tian1 ming4	Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span	2
身兼[身兼]	shen1 jian1	holding two jobs simultaneously	1
罗斯[羅斯]	Luo2 si1	Roth (name); Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2]	1
欢[歡]	huan1	joyous; happy; pleased	1
响当当[響噹噹]	xiang3 dang1 dang1	resounding; loud; well known; famous	1
赫[赫]	he4	awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹[he4 zi1], hertz (Hz)	1
争锋[爭鋒]	zheng1 feng1	to strive	1
湖广[湖廣]	Hu2 guang3	Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)	1
调发[調發]	diao4 fa1	to requisition; to dispatch	1
筑城[築城]	zhu4 cheng2	fortification	1
击退[擊退]	ji1 tui4	to beat back; to repel	1
蔑[蔑]	mie4	to belittle; nothing	1
伯颜[伯顏]	Ba4 yan2	Bayan (name); Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239; Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician	1
嫡系[嫡系]	di2 xi4	direct line of descent; under one's personal command; school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine	1
假作[假作]	jia3 zuo4	to feign; to pretend	1
雌[雌]	ci2	female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]	1
祸事[禍事]	huo4 shi4	disaster; doom	1
扶弱抑强[扶弱抑強]	fu2 ruo4 yi4 qiang2	to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor	1
苦寒[苦寒]	ku3 han2	bitter cold	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep44/75 words - 22 min
敌我[敵我]	di2 wo3	the enemy and us	2
合身[合身]	he2 shen1	well-fitting (of clothes)	1
大大[大大]	da4 da4	greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle	1
强弱[強弱]	qiang2 ruo4	strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure	1
赴会[赴會]	fu4 hui4	to go to a meeting	1
通河[通河]	Tong1 he2	Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang	5
勘测[勘測]	kan1 ce4	to investigate; to survey	1
惯例[慣例]	guan4 li4	convention; usual practice	1
本色[本色]	ben3 se4	inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities	2
直达[直達]	zhi2 da2	to go nonstop to; through (as in "through train"); nonstop	1
淮安[淮安]	Huai2 an1	Huai'an prefecture-level city in Jiangsu	1
平江[平江]	Ping2 jiang1	Pingjiang district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu; Pingjiang county in Yueyang 岳陽|岳阳[Yue4 yang2], Hunan	1
开凿[開鑿]	kai1 zao2	to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)	2
清江[清江]	Qing1 jiang1	Qingjiang river in Hubei	2
水运[水運]	shui3 yun4	waterborne transport	1
贯通[貫通]	guan4 tong1	to link up; to thread together	1
船运[船運]	chuan2 yun4	sea freight; shipping	1
费用[費用]	fei4 yong4	cost; expenditure; expense; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]	1
风险[風險]	feng1 xian3	risk; hazard	1
试一试[試一試]	shi4 yi1 shi4	to have a try	1
税收[稅收]	shui4 shou1	taxation	1
通畅[通暢]	tong1 chang4	unobstructed; clear	1
畅[暢]	chang4	free; unimpeded; smooth; at ease; free from worry; fluent	1
沟通[溝通]	gou1 tong1	to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate	1
目前[目前]	mu4 qian2	at the present time; currently	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep44/100 words - 39 min
和气[和氣]	he2 qi5	friendly; polite; amiable	1
恭顺[恭順]	gong1 shun4	deferential; respectful	1
开炮[開砲]	kai1 pao4	to open fire	1
双刃[雙刃]	shuang1 ren4	double-edged blade	1
敌阵[敵陣]	di2 zhen4	the enemy ranks	1
忽[忽]	hu1	to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly	2
游牧[遊牧]	you2 mu4	nomadic; to move about in search of pasture; to rove around as a nomad	1
民族[民族]	min2 zu2	nationality; ethnic group; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
最为[最為]	zui4 wei2	the most	1
无敌[無敵]	wu2 di2	unequalled; without rival; a paragon	1
撒手[撒手]	sa1 shou3	to let go of sth; to give up	1
创立[創立]	chuang4 li4	to establish; to set up; to found	1
文士[文士]	wen2 shi4	literati; scholar	1
安南[安南]	An1 nan2	Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam); Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century); Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period); old name for Vietnam; Annan district of Tainan City 臺南市|台南市[Tai2 nan2 shi4], Taiwan; Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006	1
说不出[說不出]	shuo1 bu5 chu1	unable to say	1
行状[行狀]	xing2 zhuang4	person's background	1
煤[煤]	mei2	coal; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	3
十一月[十一月]	Shi2 yi1 yue4	November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)	1
搬迁[搬遷]	ban1 qian1	to move; to relocate; removal	1
正式[正式]	zheng4 shi4	formal; official	1
阅[閱]	yue4	to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience	1
远门[遠門]	yuan3 men2	(to go to) distant parts; faraway; a distant relative	1
十九[十九]	shi2 jiu3	nineteen; 19	2
性情[性情]	xing4 qing2	nature; temperament	1
如出一辙[如出一轍]	ru2 chu1 yi1 zhe2	to be precisely the same; to be no different	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep44/114 words - 45 min
储蓄[儲蓄]	chu3 xu4	to deposit money; to save; savings	1
眚[眚]	sheng3	cataract of the eye; error	1
内容[內容]	nei4 rong2	content; substance; details; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]	1
苟[苟]	gou3	if; supposing; careless; negligent; temporarily	1
其后[其後]	qi2 hou4	next; later; after that	1
谀[諛]	yu2	to flatter	3
昏君[昏君]	hun1 jun1	incapable ruler	1
宽敞[寬敞]	kuan1 chang5	spacious; wide	2
透气[透氣]	tou4 qi4	to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge	2
阳光[陽光]	yang2 guang1	sunshine; CL:線|线[xian4]; transparent (open to public scrutiny)	2
炭[炭]	tan4	wood charcoal; coal	2
逢年过节[逢年過節]	feng2 nian2 guo4 jie2	at the Chinese New Year or other festivities	2
粽子[粽子]	zong4 zi5	glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled	2
汤圆[湯圓]	tang1 yuan2	boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern Festival	2
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep45/25 words - 9 min
牢[牢]	lao2	firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison	1
家务[家務]	jia1 wu4	household duties; housework	2
狱卒[獄卒]	yu4 zu2	jailer (old)	1
要钱[要錢]	yao4 qian2	to charge; to demand payment	1
有钱[有錢]	you3 qian2	well-off; wealthy	1
在意[在意]	zai4 yi4	to care about; to mind	1
赞成[贊成]	zan4 cheng2	to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist	1
非议[非議]	fei1 yi4	to criticize	1
修撰[修撰]	xiu1 zhuan4	to compile; to compose	1
昌盛[昌盛]	chang1 sheng4	prosperous	1
奴儿干[奴兒干]	Nu2 er2 gan1	part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty	1
乌[烏]	wu1	crow; black	1
国威[國威]	guo2 wei1	national prestige	1
播[播]	bo1	to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bo4]	1
称为[稱為]	cheng1 wei2	called; to call sth (by a name); to name	1
典范[典範]	dian3 fan4	model; example; paragon	1
力有未逮[力有未逮]	li4 you3 wei4 dai4	beyond one's reach or power (to do sth)	1
评说[評說]	ping2 shuo1	to comment; to evaluate	1
好大喜功[好大喜功]	hao4 da4 xi3 gong1	to rejoice in grandiose deeds; to strive to achieve extraordinary things	1
劳民伤财[勞民傷財]	lao2 min2 shang1 cai2	waste of manpower and resources	1
非得[非得]	fei1 dei3	(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must	2
频繁[頻繁]	pin2 fan2	frequently; often	1
珍重[珍重]	zhen1 zhong4	precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself!	1
精制[精製]	jing1 zhi4	refined	1
品种[品種]	pin3 zhong3	breed; variety; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep45/50 words - 28 min
里里外外[裡裡外外]	li3 li3 wai4 wai4	inside and out	1
吞并[吞併]	tun1 bing4	to annex	1
撺掇[攛掇]	cuan1 duo5	to urge sb on	1
放松[放鬆]	fang4 song1	to loosen; to relax	1
苦事[苦事]	ku3 shi4	hard job; arduous task	1
汉文帝[漢文帝]	Han4 Wen2 di4	Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC	1
燃香[燃香]	ran2 xiang1	to burn incense	2
不变[不變]	bu4 bian4	constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant	1
鸡鸣狗盗[雞鳴狗盜]	ji1 ming2 gou3 dao4	crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom); bag of tricks; useful talents	1
帷[帷]	wei2	curtain; screen	1
筷子[筷子]	kuai4 zi5	chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]	1
由于[由於]	you2 yu2	due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because	1
赶上[趕上]	gan3 shang4	to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for	1
宁阳[寧陽]	Ning2 yang2	Ningyang county in Tai'an 泰安[Tai4 an1], Shandong	1
邙山[邙山]	Mang2 shan1	Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs	1
武安[武安]	Wu3 an1	Wu'an county level city in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei	2
猴[猴]	hou2	monkey; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
惊弓之鸟[驚弓之鳥]	jing1 gong1 zhi1 niao3	lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom); fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences	1
当当[當當]	dang4 dang4	to pawn	1
花架子[花架子]	hua1 jia4 zi5	attractive appearance, but without substance	1
胆大[膽大]	dan3 da4	daring; bold; audacious	1
燃[燃]	ran2	to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)	1
昆[昆]	kun1	descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry	1
冈[岡]	gang1	ridge; mound	1
留意[留意]	liu2 yi4	to be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note of	1
//The Imperial Age - S1/Ep45/64 words - 42 min
享[享]	xiang3	to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of	1
享清福[享清福]	xiang3 qing1 fu2	living in ease and comfort	1
硬是[硬是]	ying4 shi4	just; simply; stubbornly; really	1
灰溜溜[灰溜溜]	hui1 liu1 liu1	dull gray; gloomy; dejected; crestfallen; with one's tail between one's legs	1
待会儿[待會兒]	dai1 hui4 r5	in a moment; later; also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]	1
乘[乘]	cheng2	to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed	1
后果[後果]	hou4 guo3	consequences; aftermath	1
丧气[喪氣]	sang4 qi5	unlucky	1
礼仪[禮儀]	li3 yi2	etiquette; ceremony	1
丧服[喪服]	sang1 fu2	mourning garment	1
集权[集權]	ji2 quan2	centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party	1
厂[廠]	chang3	factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant	1
疏通[疏通]	shu1 tong1	to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text)	1
经济繁荣[經濟繁榮]	jing1 ji4 fan2 rong2	economic prosperity	1