Calabash Brothers

Episode review

Stray into the quagmire

S1E3 · 误入泥潭 wù rù nítán

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3.63 Beginner

Vocabulary

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愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
讨人喜欢 討人喜歡 tǎo rén xǐ huan to attract people's affection; charming; delightful HSK 7
奥秘 奧祕 ào mì secret; mystery HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
钦佩 欽佩 qīn pèi to admire; to look up to; to respect sb greatly HSK 7
果真 果真 guǒ zhēn really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... HSK 7
妖怪 妖怪 yāo guài monster; devil HSK 7
诚意 誠意 chéng yì sincerity; good faith HSK 7
攀 攀 pān to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status HSK 7
塌 塌 tā to collapse; to droop; to settle down HSK 7
粉碎 粉碎 fěn suì to crush; to smash; to shatter HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
优 優 yōu excellent; superior HSK 7
捏 捏 niē to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
妙不可言 妙不可言 miào bù kě yán too wonderful for words Idiom ∼HSK 6
冤仇 冤仇 yuān chóu rancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances ∼HSK 6
摸清 摸清 mō qīng to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited; passionate; aroused to passion; to fall in love; on heat (of animals) ∼HSK 6
葬身 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse; to be buried; (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) ∼HSK 6
丹田 丹田 dān tián pubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides ∼HSK 6
撒野 撒野 sā yě to display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously ∼HSK 6
娃子 娃子 wá zi baby; small child; (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities ∼HSK 6
妙 妙 miào clever; wonderful HSK 6
娃娃 娃娃 wá wa baby; small child; doll HSK 6
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown HSK 6
播 播 bō to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
葫芦 葫蘆 húlu gourd ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
知己知彼 知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War") ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
山洞 山洞 shān dòng cavern; cave ∼HSK 5
洞府 洞府 dòng fǔ cave dwelling; legendary abode of immortals ∼HSK 5
劲儿 勁兒 jìn r erhua variant of ∼HSK 5
有劲 有勁 yǒu jìn vigorous; energetic; interesting; amusing ∼HSK 5
杀掉 殺掉 shā diào to kill ∼HSK 5
哩 哩 lǐ mile ∼HSK 5