Ever Night

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Season 1 — Ever Night

将夜 jiāng yè

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Vocabulary

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剑走偏锋 劍走偏鋒 jiàn zǒu piān fēng the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move; unconventional gambit ∼HSK 6
天道酬勤 天道酬勤 tiān dào chóu qín Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom) ∼HSK 6
信以为真 信以為真 xìn yǐ wéi zhēn to take sth to be true ∼HSK 6
脆爽 脆爽 cuì shuǎng (of food) crispy and tasty; (of a voice or sound) sharp and clear ∼HSK 6
出其不备 出其不備 chū qí bù bèi to catch sb unprepared (idiom); to take by surprise ∼HSK 6
佳作 佳作 jiā zuò masterpiece; fine piece of writing ∼HSK 6
碌碌无为 碌碌無為 lù lù wú wéi unaccomplished; mediocre; feckless ∼HSK 6
过关斩将 過關斬將 guò guān zhǎn jiàng to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) ∼HSK 6
守望相助 守望相助 shǒu wàng xiāng zhù to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors; mutual help and protection ∼HSK 6
妙品 妙品 miào pǐn a fine work of art ∼HSK 6
听岔 聽岔 tīng chà to mishear; to hear wrongly ∼HSK 6
骂娘 罵娘 mà niáng to curse (at sb); to call sb names ∼HSK 6
灰白 灰白 huī bái ash-colored ∼HSK 6
不怠 不怠 bù dài unremitting in one's efforts ∼HSK 6
认死理 認死理 rèn sǐ lǐ obstinate; opinionated ∼HSK 6
杳无音讯 杳無音訊 yǎo wú yīn xùn no news whatsoever (idiom); to have vanished without a trace ∼HSK 6
驾鹤西去 駕鶴西去 jià hè xī qù lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away (idiom) ∼HSK 6
奸邪 奸邪 jiān xié crafty and evil; a treacherous villain ∼HSK 6
剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) ∼HSK 6
不可逆转 不可逆轉 bù kě nì zhuǎn irreversible ∼HSK 6
良材 良材 liáng cái good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap ∼HSK 6
鱼与熊掌不可兼得 魚與熊掌不可兼得 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it ∼HSK 6
优于 優於 yōu yú to surpass ∼HSK 6
伏案 伏案 fú àn to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc) ∼HSK 6
夹道欢迎 夾道歡迎 jiā dào huān yíng to line the streets in welcome ∼HSK 6
耄耋之年 耄耋之年 mào dié zhī nián old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more) ∼HSK 6
迅疾 迅疾 xùn jí rapid; swift ∼HSK 6
下陷 下陷 xià xiàn to subside; subsidence ∼HSK 6
古稀之年 古稀之年 gǔ xī zhī nián the age of seventy (idiom, from a Du Fu poem noting that living to seventy has always been rare) ∼HSK 6
一股脑儿 一股腦兒 yī gǔ nǎo r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
荡秋千 盪鞦韆 dàng qiū qiān to swing (on a swing) ∼HSK 6
死翘翘 死翹翹 sǐ qiào qiào to die; to drop dead ∼HSK 6
索讨 索討 suǒ tǎo to demand; to ask for ∼HSK 6
言情 言情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair; romantic; sentimental ∼HSK 6
飘浮 飄浮 piāo fú to float; to hover; also written 漂浮 ∼HSK 6
今昔 今昔 jīn xī past and present; yesterday and today ∼HSK 6
劫掠 劫掠 jié lüè to loot; to plunder ∼HSK 6
主调 主調 zhǔ diào main point of an argument; a principal viewpoint ∼HSK 6
奇袭 奇襲 qí xí surprise attack; raid ∼HSK 6
邪路 邪路 xié lù deviant path; evil ways ∼HSK 6
污泥 汙泥 wū ní mud; sludge ∼HSK 6
怯懦 怯懦 qiè nuò timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted ∼HSK 6
病残 病殘 bìng cán sick or disabled; invalid; disability ∼HSK 6
浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface); large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm ∼HSK 6
掷骰子 擲骰子 zhì tóu zi to throw the dice ∼HSK 6
惨淡 慘淡 cǎn dàn dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort ∼HSK 6
酒伴 酒伴 jiǔ bàn drinking buddy ∼HSK 6
全盛 全盛 quán shèng flourishing; at the peak; in full bloom ∼HSK 6
滴下 滴下 dī xià drip ∼HSK 6
依山傍水 依山傍水 yī shān bàng shuǐ mountains on one side and water on the other ∼HSK 6