A Bite of China

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舌尖上的中国 shéjiān shǎng de zhōngguó

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绝伦 絕倫 jué lún outstanding; peerless; beyond compare ∼HSK 6
庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple ∼HSK 6
渺茫 渺茫 miǎo máng uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague ∼HSK 6
同源 同源 tóng yuán homology (biology); a common origin ∼HSK 6
禁足 禁足 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat ∼HSK 6
谋划 謀劃 móu huà to scheme; to plot; conspiracy ∼HSK 6
丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) ∼HSK 6
井下 井下 jǐng xià underground; in the pit (mining) ∼HSK 6
隆冬 隆冬 lóng dōng midwinter; the depth of winter ∼HSK 6
餐食 餐食 cān shí food; meal ∼HSK 6
盛名 盛名 shèng míng famous reputation ∼HSK 6
炼丹 煉丹 liàn dān to concoct pills of immortality ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
温情 溫情 wēn qíng tenderness; warmth; warmhearted; softhearted ∼HSK 6
列祖列宗 列祖列宗 liè zǔ liè zōng one's ancestors; the successive generations of forebears (idiom) ∼HSK 6
一族 一族 yī zú social group; subculture; family; clan; see also ∼HSK 6
石雕 石雕 shí diāo stone carving; carved sculpture ∼HSK 6
巷子 巷子 xiàng zi alley ∼HSK 6
砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) ∼HSK 6
繁盛 繁盛 fán shèng prosperous; thriving; (of vegetation) luxuriant ∼HSK 6
样貌 樣貌 yàng mào appearance; manifestation ∼HSK 6
清贫 清貧 qīng pín poor but upright; destitute ∼HSK 6
胎动 胎動 tāi dòng fetal movement ∼HSK 6
茯苓 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus); fu ling; tuckahoe ∼HSK 6
独到 獨到 dú dào original ∼HSK 6
隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish ∼HSK 6
绝妙 絕妙 jué miào exquisite ∼HSK 6
喜讯 喜訊 xǐ xùn good news; glad tidings ∼HSK 6
玄妙 玄妙 xuán miào mysterious; profound; abstruse ∼HSK 6
牵动 牽動 qiān dòng to affect; to produce a change in sth ∼HSK 6
小巷 小巷 xiǎo xiàng alley ∼HSK 6
不衰 不衰 bù shuāi unfailing; never weakening; enduring; unstoppable ∼HSK 6
谷底 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor; (fig.) lowest ebb; all-time low ∼HSK 6
不计 不計 bù jì to disregard; to take no account of ∼HSK 6
沿路 沿路 yán lù along the way; on the way; area beside a road ∼HSK 6
觉察 覺察 jué chá to sense; to perceive; to come to realize; to be aware ∼HSK 6
满堂 滿堂 mǎn táng whole audience; a sellout (capacity audience); jam-packed ∼HSK 6
入微 入微 rù wēi down to the smallest detail; thoroughgoing; fine and detailed ∼HSK 6
祭拜 祭拜 jì bài to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors) ∼HSK 6
原样 原樣 yuán yàng original shape; the same as before ∼HSK 6
畅快 暢快 chàng kuài carefree ∼HSK 6
抚慰 撫慰 fǔ wèi to console; to comfort; to soothe ∼HSK 6
漫天 漫天 màn tiān lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see ∼HSK 6
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs ∼HSK 6
宗室 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine ∼HSK 6
轮番 輪番 lún fān in turn; one after another ∼HSK 6
雅致 雅緻 yǎ zhì elegant; refined; in good taste ∼HSK 6
舌根 舌根 shé gēn back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal ∼HSK 6
体魄 體魄 tǐ pò physique; build ∼HSK 6
沾染 沾染 zhān rǎn to pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage ∼HSK 6