City of the City

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Season 1 — City of the City

城中之城 chéng zhōng zhī chéng

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预料 預料 yù liào to forecast; to anticipate; expectation HSK 7
周边 周邊 zhōu biān periphery; rim; surroundings; all around; perimeter; peripheral (computing); spin-offs HSK 7
违背 違背 wéi bèi to go against; to be contrary to; to violate HSK 7
陷阱 陷阱 xiàn jǐng pitfall; snare; trap HSK 7
临 臨 lín to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before HSK 7
缩 縮 suō to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [sù] HSK 7
强制 強制 qiáng zhì to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiǎng zhì] HSK 7
封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade; to seal off; to lock down HSK 7
限 限 xiàn to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound HSK 7
出手 出手 chū shǒu to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task HSK 7
担 擔 dān to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility HSK 7
短暂 短暫 duǎn zàn of short duration; brief; momentary HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
正面 正面 zhèng miàn front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open HSK 7
致命 致命 zhì mìng fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life HSK 7
撤 撤 chè to remove; to take away HSK 7
大厦 大廈 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) HSK 7
局势 局勢 jú shì situation; state (of affairs) HSK 7
亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) HSK 7
监管 監管 jiān guǎn to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision HSK 7
谨慎 謹慎 jǐn shèn cautious; prudent HSK 7
秩序 秩序 zhì xù order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
房地产 房地產 fáng dì chǎn real estate HSK 7
执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law; law enforcement HSK 7
创 創 chuāng a wound; cut; injury; trauma HSK 7
产 產 chǎn to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
凌晨 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
领域 領域 lǐng yù domain; sphere; field; territory; area HSK 7
推荐 推薦 tuī jiàn to recommend; recommendation HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time Idiom ∼HSK 6
雪中送炭 雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need Idiom ∼HSK 6
水到渠成 水到渠成 shuǐ dào qú chéng lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally Idiom ∼HSK 6
满盘皆输 滿盤皆輸 mǎn pán jiē shū 满: fill; full, satisfied · 盘: tray, plate, dish; examine · 皆: all, every, everybody · 输: transport, carry, haul Idiom ∼HSK 6
灭顶之灾 滅頂之災 miè dǐng zhī zāi (idiom) catastrophic disaster; devastating calamity Idiom ∼HSK 6
在所难免 在所難免 zài suǒ nán miǎn to be unavoidable (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
出格 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper; to take sth too far; (of a measuring device) to go off the scale Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6