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The Postal Stations

S1E3 · 驿站 yìzhàn

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汉代 漢代 Hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城邦 城邦 chéng bāng a city state (Greek polis) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
阳关 陽關 Yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
洛阳 洛陽 Luò yáng Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
甘肃 甘肅 Gān sù Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
使团 使團 shǐ tuán diplomatic mission ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
出使 出使 chū shǐ to go abroad as ambassador; to be sent on a diplomatic mission ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
王朝 王朝 wáng cháo dynasty ∼HSK 3
邮差 郵差 yóu chāi postman; mailman (dated in mainland China) ∼HSK 3
异 異 yì different, unusual, strange ∼HSK 3
京城 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country ∼HSK 3
诸 諸 Zhū various, all, these; surname ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
国力 國力 guó lì a nation's power ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
各级 各級 gè jí all levels ∼HSK 3
康 康 Kāng peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
选派 選派 xuǎn pài to select; to detail; to set apart; to appoint ∼HSK 3
境 境 jìng boundary, frontier; area, region ∼HSK 3
并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually...; has not actually... ∼HSK 3
初始 初始 chū shǐ initial; starting (point) ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
马蹄 馬蹄 mǎ tí horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) ∼HSK 3
臀部 臀部 tún bù butt; buttocks ∼HSK 3
马厩 馬廄 mǎ jiù stable ∼HSK 3
各类 各類 gè lèi all categories ∼HSK 3
考古学家 考古學家 kǎo gǔ xué jiā archaeologist ∼HSK 3
邮电 郵電 yóu diàn post and telecommunications ∼HSK 3
易事 易事 yì shì easy task ∼HSK 3
信使 信使 xìn shǐ messenger; courier ∼HSK 3
监 監 jiān supervise, control, direct ∼HSK 3
和牛 和牛 hé niú wagyu ∼HSK 3
检 檢 jiǎn check; examine ∼HSK 3
极大 極大 jí dà maximum; enormous ∼HSK 3
上马 上馬 shàng mǎ to get on a horse; to mount ∼HSK 3
所在地 所在地 suǒ zài dì location; site ∼HSK 3
传回 傳回 chuán huí to send back ∼HSK 3
活动家 活動家 huó dòng jiā activist ∼HSK 3
支使 支使 zhī shǐ to order (sb) around; to send on an errand; to send away ∼HSK 3
史称 史稱 shǐ chēng to be known to history as ∼HSK 3
较大 較大 jiào dà comparatively large ∼HSK 3
阿拉 阿拉 Ā lā Allah (Arabic name of God) ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
新一代 新一代 xīn yī dài new generation ∼HSK 3