HeXi Corridor

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Season 1 — HeXi Corridor

河西走廊 héxīzǒuláng

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王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
要塞 要塞 yào sài stronghold; fort; fortification ∼HSK 6
士族 士族 shì zú land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties ∼HSK 6
千佛洞 千佛洞 qiān fó dòng Buddhist grottos ∼HSK 6
皈依 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) ∼HSK 6
横贯 橫貫 héng guàn horizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally ∼HSK 6
割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation ∼HSK 6
隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion ∼HSK 6
都护 都護 dū hù (old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march ∼HSK 6
积雪 積雪 jī xuě snow; snow cover; snow mantle ∼HSK 6
离乡背井 離鄉背井 lí xiāng bèi jǐng to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc) ∼HSK 6
归附 歸附 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit ∼HSK 6
洪流 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) ∼HSK 6
钻探 鑽探 zuān tàn to conduct exploratory drilling ∼HSK 6
风霜 風霜 fēng shuāng wind and frost; fig. hardships ∼HSK 6
莫名 莫名 mò míng inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable ∼HSK 6
学识 學識 xué shí erudition; scholarly knowledge ∼HSK 6
斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off; to chop sth in half ∼HSK 6
孔雀 孔雀 kǒng què peafowl; peacock ∼HSK 6
印记 印記 yìn jì imprint; trace ∼HSK 6
流逝 流逝 liú shì (of time) to pass; to elapse ∼HSK 6
侵扰 侵擾 qīn rǎo to invade and harass ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
君臣 君臣 jūn chén a ruler and his ministers (old) ∼HSK 6
赞颂 讚頌 zàn sòng to bless; to praise ∼HSK 6
病逝 病逝 bìng shì to die of illness ∼HSK 6
文武 文武 wén wǔ civil and military ∼HSK 6
国策 國策 guó cè a national policy ∼HSK 6
走入 走入 zǒu rù to walk into ∼HSK 6
西征 西征 xī zhēng punitive expedition to the west ∼HSK 6
迎娶 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman) ∼HSK 6
百余 百餘 bǎi yú a hundred or more ∼HSK 6
帝都 帝都 dì dū imperial capital ∼HSK 6
颇为 頗為 pō wéi rather; quite ∼HSK 6
临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) ∼HSK 6
混战 混戰 hùn zhàn chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting ∼HSK 6
惨败 慘敗 cǎn bài to suffer a crushing defeat ∼HSK 6
掩体 掩體 yǎn tǐ bunker (military) ∼HSK 6
受限 受限 shòu xiàn to be limited; to be restricted; to be constrained ∼HSK 6
隆起 隆起 lóng qǐ to swell; to bulge ∼HSK 6
彩绘 彩繪 cǎi huì painted; colored painted-on designs ∼HSK 6
探险家 探險家 tàn xiǎn jiā explorer ∼HSK 6
远征军 遠征軍 yuǎn zhēng jūn expeditionary force; army on a distant expedition ∼HSK 6
西方净土 西方淨土 xī fāng jìng tǔ the Western Pure Land (Buddhism); the Pure Land paradise of Amitabha Buddha ∼HSK 6
油井 油井 yóu jǐng oil well ∼HSK 6
矿体 礦體 kuàng tǐ ore body (geology) ∼HSK 6
化作 化作 huà zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
先祖 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6