# Practical Chinese Reader Book 4 - Lesson 23
# Published by The Commercial Press, Beijing 1996 - ISBN 710000912
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
完整 [wánzhěng] /complete, intact/
雄伟 [xióngwěi] /grand, imposing, magnificent/
殿 [diàn] /hall/
片 [piàn] /(a measure word), stretch, tract/
宫殿 [gōngdiàn] /palace/
宫 [gōng] /palace/
居住 [jūzhù] /to live, to dwell, to reside/
皇后 [huánghòu] /empress/
暴虐 [bàonuè] /brutal, tyrannical/
奢侈 [shēchǐ] /luxurious, extravagant/
太后 [tàihòu] /empress dowager, queen mother/
口 [kǒu] /(a measure word)/
井 [jǐng] /well (source of water)/
朝 [cháo] /dynasty/
妃子 [fēizi] /imperial concubine/
丧权辱国 [sàngquánrǔguó] /to surrender a country's sovreignty under humiliating terms/
变法 [biànfǎ] /political reform; to carry on political reform/
挽救 [wǎnjiù] /to save, to rescue/
政权 [zhèngquán] /political (or state) power/
同情 [tóngqíng] /to sympathize, to show sympathy for/
掌握 [zhǎngwò] /to have in hand, to take into one's hands, to control, to master/
实权 [shíquán] /real power/
因此 [yīncǐ] /therefore, so, consequently/
不满 [bùmǎn] /resentful, discontented, dissatisfied/
怀恨在心 [huáihèn zài xīn] /to nurse hatred, to harbor resentment/
虐待 [nuèdài] /to maltreat, to ill-treat, to mistreat/
借口 [jièkǒu] /pretext, excuse, to use as an excuse/
冷宫 [lěnggōng] /cold palace, limbo/
软弱 [ruǎnruò] /weak, feeble/
保护 [bǎohù] /to protect/
临 [lín] /on the point of, just before/
命令 [mìnglìng] /to order; order/
太监 [tàijiàn] /eunuch/
肯 [kěn] /to be willing to, to be ready to/
残酷 [cánkù] /cruel, brutal, ruthless/
多疑 [duōyí] /doubtful, suspicious, over-sensitive/
献 [xiàn] /to present, to offer, to dedicate/
精美 [jīngměi] /exquisite, elegant/
雕刻品 [diāokèpǐn] /carving/
雕刻 [diāokè] /to carve, to engrave; carving/
莲叶 [lián yè] /lotus leaf/
托 [tuō] /to hold in the palm/
讽刺 [fěngcì] /to mock, to satirize; satire/
连夜 [liányè] /the same night, that very night/
脱逃 [tuōtáo] /to escape, to flee, to run away/
大怒 [dà nù] /to fly into a great rage, to get very angry/
软禁 [ruǎnjìn] /to put (or place) sb under house arrest/
腐败 [fǔbài] /corrupt, rotten/
安危 [ānwēi] /safety and danger/
海军 [hǎijūn] /navy/
大臣 [dàchén] /ministers of a monarchy/
根本 [gēnběn] /basic, fundamental, essential; simply; basis, foundation/
劝阻 [quànzǔ] /to dissuade sb from, to advise sb not to/
爆发 [bàofā] /to break out/
屈辱 [qūrǔ] /humiliation, mortification/
求和 [qiú hé] /to sue for peace/
政策 [zhèngcè] /policy/
以致 [yǐzhì] /so that, with the result that, as a result/
军队 [jūnduì] /troops/
激愤 [jīfèn] /indignant/
被迫 [bèi pò] /to be compelled, to be forced/
停止 [tíngzhǐ] /to stop/
宣布 [xuānbù] /to announce, to proclaim, to declare/
维新 [wéixīn] /modernization, to modernize/
防止 [fángzhǐ] /to prevent, to guard against/
政变 [zhèngbiàn] /coup d'etat/
包围 [bāowéi] /to surround, to encircle/
封锁 [fēngsuǒ] /to blockage, to block/
执行 [zhíxíng] /to carry out, to peform, to implement/
召见 [zhàojiàn] /to call in (a subordinate), to summon (an envoy, etc.)/
坚决 [jiànjué] /firm, resolute, determined/
描述 [miáoshù] /to describe/
平方米 [píngfāngmǐ] /(a measure word), square meter/
部分 [bùfen] /part/
外朝 [wàicháo] /the outer court of the Forbidden City/
内廷 [nèitíng] /the inner court of the Forbidden City/
城墙 [chéngqiáng] /city wall/
发布 [fābù] /to issue, to release/
沿着 [yán(zhe)] /along/
慈僖 [Cíxǐ] /Empress Dowager Cixi/
珍宝官 [Zhēnbǎoguǎn] /the Treasures Hall/
珍妃 [Zhēn Fēi] /Imperial Concubine Zhen/
光绪 [Guāngxù] /Guangxu/
八国联军 [Bāguó Liánjūn] /the Eight-Power Allied Forces/
中南海 [Zhōngnánhǎi] /Zhongnanhai/
中日战争 [Zhōng Rì Zhànzhēng] /the Sino-Japanaese War (1894-1895)/
袁世凯 [Yuán Shìkǎi] /Yuan Shikai/
戊戌变法 [Wùxū Biànfǔ] /the Reform Movement of 1898/
紫禁城 [Zǐjìnchéng] /the Forbidden City/
御花园 [Yùhuāyuán] /the Imperial Garden/
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