Ashes of Love

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Season 1 — Ashes of Love

香蜜沉沉烬如霜 xiāng mì chénchén jìn rú shuāng

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Vocabulary

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可逆 可逆 kě nì reversible; (math.) invertible ∼HSK 6
未亡人 未亡人 wèi wáng rén a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times) ∼HSK 6
不提也罢 不提也罷 bù tí yě bà best not to mention it; drop it; never mind; let's not talk about it ∼HSK 6
欲绝 欲絕 yù jué heartbroken; inconsolable ∼HSK 6
身外之物 身外之物 shēn wài zhī wù mere worldly possessions ∼HSK 6
声名狼藉 聲名狼藉 shēng míng láng jí to have a bad reputation ∼HSK 6
杜仲 杜仲 dù zhòng eucommia (a kind of rubber tree) ∼HSK 6
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman; (literary) lovely; graceful; (literary) the moon ∼HSK 6
虚妄 虛妄 xū wàng fabricated ∼HSK 6
不偏不倚 不偏不倚 bù piān - bù yǐ (idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased ∼HSK 6
所托非人 所託非人 suǒ tuō fēi rén to entrust sth to the wrong person and get let down ∼HSK 6
指点迷津 指點迷津 zhǐ diǎn mí jīn to show sb how to get to the right path ∼HSK 6
免遭 免遭 miǎn zāo to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared ∼HSK 6
拘泥 拘泥 jū nì to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease ∼HSK 6
嫌恶 嫌惡 xián wù to loathe; to abhor; hatred; revulsion ∼HSK 6
命薄 命薄 mìng bó to be unlucky ∼HSK 6
以退为进 以退為進 yǐ tuì wéi jìn 以: by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to · 退: step back, retreat, withdraw · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 进: advance, make progress, enter ∼HSK 6
秘制 秘製 mì zhì to prepare (food etc) using a secret recipe ∼HSK 6
鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) ∼HSK 6
了此残生 了此殘生 liǎo cǐ cán shēng to live out the rest of one's life ∼HSK 6
养生之道 養生之道 yǎng shēng zhī dào the way of maintaining good health ∼HSK 6
蛮横 蠻橫 mán hèng rude and unreasonable ∼HSK 6
顽疾 頑疾 wán jí stubborn illness; chronic disease; fig. deep-seated problem; systemic issue ∼HSK 6
可欺 可欺 kě qī gullible; easily bullied; weak ∼HSK 6
安寝 安寢 ān qǐn to sleep peacefully ∼HSK 6
讨喜 討喜 tǎo xǐ endearing; charming; likeable ∼HSK 6
惜命 惜命 xī mìng to be mindful of one's health and safety ∼HSK 6
强撑 強撐 qiǎng chēng to use all one's willpower (to do sth); to hang in there ∼HSK 6
荔枝 荔枝 lì zhī litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) ∼HSK 6
完好如初 完好如初 wán hǎo rú chū intact; untouched; as good as before ∼HSK 6
情急之下 情急之下 qíng jí zhī xià in a moment of desperation ∼HSK 6
公愤 公憤 gōng fèn public anger; popular indignation ∼HSK 6
典故 典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth ∼HSK 6
垂涎 垂涎 chuí xián to water at the mouth; to drool ∼HSK 6
排除异己 排除異己 pái chú yì jǐ 排: row, rank, line · 除: eliminate, remove, except · 异: different, unusual, strange · 己: self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 6
延年益寿 延年益壽 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer; to promise longevity; (this product will) extend your life ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
主少国疑 主少國疑 zhǔ shǎo guó yí 主: master, chief owner; host; lord · 少: few, less, inadequate · 国: nation, country, nation-state · 疑: doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 6
吟诵 吟誦 yín sòng to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) ∼HSK 6
巍峨 巍峨 wēi é lofty; towering; majestic ∼HSK 6
霸王 霸王 bà wáng hegemon; overlord; despot ∼HSK 6
觅食 覓食 mì shí to forage; to hunt for food; to scavenge; fig. to make a living ∼HSK 6
消退 消退 xiāo tuì to wane; to vanish gradually ∼HSK 6
乐而不淫 樂而不淫 lè ér bù yín 乐: happy, glad; enjoyable; music · 而: and; and then; and yet; but · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 淫: obscene, licentious, lewd ∼HSK 6
有良心 有良心 yǒu liáng xīn conscientious ∼HSK 6
小不忍则乱大谋 小不忍則亂大謀 xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience ∼HSK 6
袍泽 袍澤 páo zé fellow soldier ∼HSK 6
缓兵之计 緩兵之計 huǎn bīng zhī jì delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite ∼HSK 6
不堪入目 不堪入目 bù kān rù mù unbearable to look at; an eyesore ∼HSK 6
刻意为之 刻意為之 kè yì wéi zhī to make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately ∼HSK 6