system; institution; organization; organisation
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
rampancy; prevalence; domination
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
government official; clerk
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
to serve; to work for; to attend
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
to be smeared; to be covered
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
such ... as; or some such
feeling; sense; impression
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
myself; yourself; I; me; you
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
choices; alternatives; options
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who