Lifeline

Lifeline 1997

十万火急 shíwànhuǒjí

A heroic but cocky firefighter pays no regard to the dangers of the job but lacks the courage to face his personal demons. When faced with a giant and volatile inferno, he must put aside personal differences with his boss if they are both to survive.

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4.31 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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起哄 起鬨 qǐ hòng to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance Xiehouyu HSK 7
冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure Xiehouyu HSK 7
尴尬 尷尬 gān gà awkward; embarrassed Xiehouyu HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
劳驾 勞駕 láo jià excuse me HSK 7
学堂 學堂 xué táng college; school (old) HSK 7
温习 溫習 wēn xí to review (a lesson etc) HSK 7
正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
伯父 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother; term of respect for older man HSK 7
火候 火候 huǒ hou heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment HSK 7
遭殃 遭殃 zāo yāng to suffer a calamity HSK 7
轻型 輕型 qīng xíng light (machinery, aircraft etc) HSK 7
嘈杂 嘈雜 cáo zá noisy; clamorous HSK 7
鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed; impulsive; reckless HSK 7
下级 下級 xià jí low ranking; low level; underclass; subordinate HSK 7
喧闹 喧鬧 xuān nào to make a noise; noisy HSK 7
迁就 遷就 qiān jiù to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth) HSK 7
凿 鑿 záo chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] HSK 7
下山 下山 xià shān to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set HSK 7
小贩 小販 xiǎo fàn peddler; hawker HSK 7
车速 車速 chē sù vehicle speed HSK 7
喘息 喘息 chuǎn xī to gasp for breath; to take a breather HSK 7
螺丝 螺絲 luó sī screw HSK 7
泻 瀉 xiè to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent; diarrhea; laxative HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
渗 滲 shèn to seep; to ooze; to horrify HSK 7
滚动 滾動 gǔn dòng to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics); to rumble (of thunder) HSK 7
重型 重型 zhòng xíng heavy; heavy duty; large caliber HSK 7
凝固 凝固 níng gù to freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention HSK 7
麻将 麻將 má jiàng mahjong HSK 7
示意 示意 shì yì to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb) HSK 7
挤压 擠壓 jǐ yā to squeeze; to press; to extrude HSK 7
腹泻 腹瀉 fù xiè diarrhea; to have the runs HSK 7
呻吟 呻吟 shēn yín to moan; to groan HSK 7
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time; to time; to reckon by time HSK 7
瓷器 瓷器 cí qì chinaware; porcelain HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
脉搏 脈搏 mài bó pulse (both medical and figurative) HSK 7
灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) HSK 7
呛 嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) HSK 7
压缩 壓縮 yā suō to compress; compression HSK 7
方向盘 方向盤 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel HSK 7
绷 繃 bēng to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat HSK 7
试用 試用 shì yòng to try sth out; to be on probation HSK 7
指点 指點 zhǐ diǎn to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at HSK 7
锯 鋸 jù a saw; to cut with a saw HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
胜任 勝任 shèng rèn qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task HSK 7
善意 善意 shàn yì goodwill; benevolence; kindness HSK 7