queen (consort); empress (consort)
to lay the foundation (for)
pretension; assumption (of a title)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
murder of one's lord or father
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
interference; intervention; meddling
thorough; exhaustive; complete
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
quiet; still; surreptitious
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
intensification; aggravation
superiority; predominance
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
wedding ring; wedding band
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind