A Bite of China

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S3E6 · 酥 sū

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4.57 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
摇身一变 搖身一變 yáo shēn yī biàn to change shape in a single shake; fig. to take on a new lease of life Idiom ∼HSK 4
落叶归根 落葉歸根 Luò yè guī gēn Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by, starring Idiom ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
神话 神話 shén huà legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology Xiehouyu HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
中式 中式 Zhōng shì Chinese style Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐代 唐代 Táng dài Tang dynasty (618-907) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江南 江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
月氏 月氏 Yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西王母 西王母 Xī wáng mǔ Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality; popularly known as 王母娘娘 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
仙桃 仙桃 Xiān táo Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
战国 戰國 Zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长江流域 長江流域 Cháng jiāng liú yù Changjiang or Yangtze river basin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华夏 華夏 Huá xià old name for China; Cathay Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐宋 唐宋 Táng Sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清末 清末 Qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty; late Qing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
温州 溫州 Wēn zhōu Wenzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
说文解字 說文解字 Shuō wén Jiě zì Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen in 2nd century Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
徽州 徽州 Huī zhōu Huizhou, a district of Huangshan City, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八仙 八仙 Bā xiān the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆曲 崑曲 Kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
龙井 龍井 Lóng jǐng Longjing, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin; Longjing, a district of Taichung, Taiwan; Longjing tea (abbr. for 龍井茶|龙井茶[long2jing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
净土 淨土 Jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江浙 江浙 Jiāng Zhè abbr. for Jiangsu and Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
越式 越式 Yuè shì Vietnamese-style Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广式 廣式 Guǎng shì Cantonese-style Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金庸 金庸 Jīn Yōng Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丝绸之路 絲綢之路 Sī chóu zhī Lù the Silk Road Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
郭 郭 Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
膏 膏 gāo grease, fat; paste, ointment ∼HSK 4
加温 加溫 jiā wēn to heat; to add warmth; to raise temperature; fig. to stimulate ∼HSK 4
四大天王 四大天王 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha ∼HSK 4
污 汙 wū filthy, dirty, impure, polluted ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
切成 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred ∼HSK 4
切糕 切糕 qiē gāo traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake ∼HSK 4
彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
饱含 飽含 bǎo hán to be full of (emotion); to brim with (love, tears etc) ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
下定决心 下定決心 xià dìng jué xīn to make a firm resolution ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
表盘 表盤 biǎo pán meter dial; watch face ∼HSK 4
改观 改觀 gǎi guān change of appearance; to revise one's point of view ∼HSK 4
面塑 麵塑 miàn sù (figurines) made of dough; dough modeling ∼HSK 4