安德海 ān dé hǎi An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后 体质 體質 tǐ zhì (a person's) constitution / underlying physical condition / physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness 女皇帝 nǚ huáng dì empress / refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天 (624-705), reigned 690-705 条件 條件 tiáo jiàn condition / circumstance / term / factor / requirement / prerequisite / qualification / situation / state / condition / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 品相 pǐn xiàng condition / physical appearance (of a museum piece, item of food produced by a chef, postage stamp etc) 身板 shēn bǎn body / physique / physical condition syn 头脑发胀 頭腦發脹 tóu nǎo fā zhàng swelling of the head (physical condition) / fig. swellheaded / conceited 龙体 龍體 lóng tǐ emperor's body / emperor's physical condition 挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 体力 體力 tǐ lì physical strength / physical power syn 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 皇后 huáng hòu empress / imperial consort syn 天后 tiān hòu 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) 太后 tài hòu Empress Dowager syn 娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn 慈禧 cí xǐ Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908) 女皇 nǚ huáng empress syn 武则天 武則天 wǔ zé tiān Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705 宫主 宮主 gōng zhǔ imperial empress / milady 皇太后 皇太後 huáng tài hòu empress dowager syn 慈禧太后 cí xǐ tài hòu Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908 佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 嫄 yuán name of an empress 狄奥多拉皇后 狄奧多拉皇后 dí ào duō lā huáng hòu Empress 董卓 dǒng zhuó Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 窦皇后 竇皇后 dòu huáng hòu Empress 郭圣通 郭聖通 guō shèng tōng Empress 胡太后 hú tài hòu Empress 继皇后 繼皇后 jì huáng hòu Empress 隆裕太后 lóng yù tài hòu Empress 美智子 měi zhì zǐ Michiko, Japanese female given name / Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-) 闵妃 閔妃 mǐn fēi Empress 尉迟炽繁 尉遲熾繁 wèi chí chì fán Empress 萧皇后 蕭皇后 xiāo huáng hòu Empress 孝仪纯皇后 孝儀純皇后 xiào yí chún huáng hòu Empress 伊琳娜女皇 yī lín nuó nǚ huáng Empress 元乐尚 元樂尚 yuán lè shàng Empress 张皇后 張皇后 zhāng huáng hòu Empress 长孙皇后 長孫皇后 zhǎng sūn huáng hòu Empress 乾陵 qián líng Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天 册立 冊立 cè lì to confer a title on (an empress or a prince) syn 哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) 帝后 dì hòu empress / imperial consort 张易之 張易之 zhāng yì zhī Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] 戊戌政变 戊戌政變 wù xū zhèng biàn coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty 曌 zhào name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] 梓童 zǐ tóng (often used in traditional novels) term used by an emperor to address the empress 武士彟 武士彠 wǔ shì huò Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天 临朝 臨朝 lín cháo to hold a court audience / to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent) 叶卡捷琳娜 葉卡捷琳娜 yè kǎ jié lín nà Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name) / Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia 老佛爷 老佛爺 lǎo fó yé title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father / nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 孝圣宪 孝聖憲 xiào shèng xiàn Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2] 正宫娘娘 正宮娘娘 zhèng gōng niáng niáng empress 六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence 慈安太后 cí ān tài hòu Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing 后冠 hòu guān crown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner / first place in a women's competition 婕妤 jié yú second-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress) 状态 狀態 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 回复 回復 huí fù to recover / to revert / to return to (good health, normal condition etc) / variant of 回覆|回复[hui2fu4] syn 状况 狀況 zhuàng kuàng condition / state / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 处于 處於 chǔ yú to be in (some state, position, or condition) syn 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control / to regulate / to restore to good condition / (coll.) to fix (a person) / to prepare (a meal etc) syn 制约 制約 zhì yuē to restrict / condition syn 病情 bìng qíng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 气象 氣象 qì xiàng meteorological condition / weather / meteorology / atmosphere / ambience / scene syn 发病 發病 fā bìng (of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick / to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition) syn 伤势 傷勢 shāng shì condition of an injury 完好 wán hǎo intact / in good condition syn 皮肤病 皮膚病 pí fū bìng skin disease / skin condition / dermatosis 不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition / wrong / fishy syn 复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery syn 热身 熱身 rè shēn to warm up (sports) / (fig.) to prepare / to get in condition 一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 yī tā hú tu muddled and completely collapsing (idiom) / in an awful condition / complete shambles / a total mess syn 蕴涵 蘊涵 yùn hán to contain / to accumulate / to embrace / implicit condition / implication / entailment syn 精神状态 精神狀態 jīng shén zhuàng tài mental state / psychological condition 路况 路況 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) 要件 yào jiàn key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone 必要条件 必要條件 bì yào tiáo jiàn requirement / necessary condition (math) 重症 zhòng zhèng acute (of medical condition) / grave syn 原状 原狀 yuán zhuàng previous condition / original state syn 惨状 慘狀 cǎn zhuàng devastation / miserable condition syn 异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape 拉练 拉練 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas 虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn 空载 空載 kōng zài (of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil) 情 qíng (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition syn 久病 jiǔ bìng my old illness / chronic condition syn 停经 停經 tíng jīng to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc) 消渴 xiāo kě condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes 病况 病況 bìng kuàng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 病势 病勢 bìng shì degree of seriousness of an illness / patient's condition 危殆 wēi dài grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition syn 酒糟鼻 jiǔ zāo bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose syn 好好儿 好好兒 hǎo hāo r in good condition / perfectly good / carefully / well / thoroughly syn 充要条件 充要條件 chōng yào tiáo jiàn necessary and sufficient condition 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 状 狀 zhuàng (bound form) form / appearance / shape / (bound form) state / condition / (bound form) to describe / (bound form) written complaint / lawsuit / (bound form) certificate syn 酒渣鼻 jiǔ zhā bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose syn 駉 jiǒng in good condition (as a horse) 