Season 1 — HeXi Corridor

河西走廊 héxīzǒuláng

HSK 1

Vocabulary

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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	西: west(ern); westward, occident · 方: a square, rectangle; a region; local · 净: clean, pure; cleanse · 土: soil, earth; items made of earth	∼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