Ashes of Love

Episode review

The Soul-Locking Hairpin

S1E3 · 锁灵簪 suǒ líng zān

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5.36 Advanced

Vocabulary

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希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
风吹草动 風吹草動 fēng chuī - cǎo dòng lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble Idiom ∼HSK 2
红人 紅人 hóng rén a favorite of sb in power; a celebrity; American Indian Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
杭州 杭州 Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
老夫 老夫 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
花草 花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants ∼HSK 2
当夜 當夜 dāng yè on that night ∼HSK 2
时日 時日 shí rì time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
难不成 難不成 nán bù chéng Is it possible that... ? ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
喜蛋 喜蛋 xǐ dàn red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
不周 不周 bù zhōu not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
过夜 過夜 guò yè to spend the night; overnight ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
周身 周身 zhōu shēn whole body ∼HSK 2
不备 不備 bù bèi unprepared; off guard ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
为的是 為的是 wèi de shì for the sake of; for the purpose of ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
来头 來頭 lái tóu cause; reason; interest; influence ∼HSK 2
起意 起意 qǐ yì to conceive a scheme; to devise a plan ∼HSK 2
脚踝 腳踝 jiǎo huái ankle ∼HSK 2
小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie ∼HSK 2
生分 生分 shēng fen estranged ∼HSK 2
怅然 悵然 chàng rán disappointed and frustrated ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2