Private letters debating long and short

S1E13 · 第 13 集私信往来论长短 dì jí sīxìn wǎnglái lún chángduǎn

HSK 1

4.17 Intermediate

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高才高才 gāo cái	great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看難看 nán kàn	ugly; unsightly	Xiehouyu HSK 2
浩然浩然 Hào Rán	Hao Ran (1932-2008), journalist and proletarian novelist	Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过見過 jiànguò	seen	HSK 2
书院書院 shū yuàn	academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)	∼HSK 2
夫子夫子 fū zǐ	Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant	∼HSK 2
论論 Lún	debate; discuss; discourse	∼HSK 2
颜顏 Yán	face, facial appearance	∼HSK 2
层楼層樓 céng lóu	multistoried building; tower; pagoda	∼HSK 2
息息 xī	rest, put stop to, end, cease	∼HSK 2
身为身為 shēn wéi	in the capacity of; as	∼HSK 2
不得不得 bù dé	must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot	∼HSK 2
某种某種 mǒu zhǒng	some kind (of)	∼HSK 2
观觀 Guàn	see, observe, view; appearance	∼HSK 2
得很得很 de hěn	(after an adjective) very	∼HSK 2
妻妻 qī	wife	∼HSK 2
不可能不可能 bù kě néng	impossible; cannot; not able	∼HSK 2
见得見得 jiàn dé	to seem; to appear; (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure	∼HSK 2
气度氣度 qì dù	bearing; manner; presence	∼HSK 2
留住留住 liú zhù	to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical)	∼HSK 2
边关邊關 biān guān	border station; strategic defensive position on frontier	∼HSK 2
备備 bèi	prepare, ready, perfect	∼HSK 2
今晚今晚 jīn wǎn	tonight	∼HSK 2
喝酒喝酒 hē jiǔ	to drink (alcohol)	∼HSK 2
下酒菜下酒菜 xià jiǔ cài	dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks	∼HSK 2
下笔下筆 xià bǐ	to put pen to paper	∼HSK 2
元气元氣 yuán qì	vigor; strength; vitality	∼HSK 2
不为过不為過 bù wéi guò	not an exaggeration; not excessive; not wide of the mark	∼HSK 2
成风成風 chéng fēng	to become a common practice; to become a trend	∼HSK 2
每次每次 měi cì	every time	∼HSK 2
叫鸡叫雞 jiào jī	rooster; cock; (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute	∼HSK 2
案案 àn	table, bench; legal case	∼HSK 2
林林 Lín	forest, grove; surname	∼HSK 2
信函信函 xìn hán	letter; piece of correspondence (incl. email)	∼HSK 2
书生書生 shū shēng	scholar; intellectual; egghead	∼HSK 2
眼中眼中 yǎn zhōng	in (sb's) eyes	∼HSK 2
云层雲層 yún céng	the clouds; cloud layer; cloud bank	∼HSK 2
山脚山腳 shān jiǎo	foot of a mountain	∼HSK 2
物物 wù	thing, substance, creature	∼HSK 2
艾片艾片 ài piàn	preparation obtained from sambong leaves, containing borneol (used in TCM); Borneolum Luodian	∼HSK 2
参參 cān	take part in, intervene; ginseng	∼HSK 2
难倒難倒 nán dǎo	to baffle; to confound; to stump	∼HSK 2
吃草吃草 chī cǎo	to graze; to eat grass	∼HSK 2
一句一句 yī jù	a line of verse; a sentence	∼HSK 2
算出算出 suàn chū	to figure out	∼HSK 2
什么时候什麼時候 shén me shí hou	when?; at what time?	∼HSK 2
难为難為 nán wei	to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)	∼HSK 2
长得長得 zhǎng de	to look (pretty, the same etc)	∼HSK 2
载載 zǎi	load; carry; transport, convey	∼HSK 2
路数路數 lù shù	stratagem; method; approach; (martial arts) movement; social connections; (sb's) background story	∼HSK 2