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S1E4 · 根脉 gēn mài

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烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo - yún sàn (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear Idiom ∼HSK 6
同行 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry Xiehouyu HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
大族 大族 dà zú large and influential family; clan ∼HSK 6
隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion ∼HSK 6
开凿 開鑿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) ∼HSK 6
混战 混戰 hùn zhàn chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting ∼HSK 6
蜿蜒 蜿蜒 wān yán (of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind ∼HSK 6
请辞 請辭 qǐng cí to ask sb to resign from a post ∼HSK 6
先祖 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors ∼HSK 6
未然 未然 wèi rán in advance; before it happens (cf preventative measures); forestalling ∼HSK 6
莫属 莫屬 mò shǔ (the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute) ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation ∼HSK 6
墓葬 墓葬 mù zàng (archeology) grave; tomb ∼HSK 6
深谷 深谷 shēn gǔ deep valley; ravine ∼HSK 6
嘈杂声 嘈雜聲 cáo zá shēng noise; din ∼HSK 6
惊扰 驚擾 jīng rǎo to alarm; to agitate ∼HSK 6
尽收眼底 盡收眼底 jìn shōu yǎn dǐ to take in the whole scene at once; to have a panoramic view ∼HSK 6
剧痛 劇痛 jù tòng acute pain; sharp pain; twinge; stab; pang ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
锐减 銳減 ruì jiǎn steep decline ∼HSK 6
蒙受 蒙受 méng shòu to suffer; to sustain (loss) ∼HSK 6
名门望族 名門望族 míng mén wàng zú offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding; blue blood ∼HSK 6
农耕 農耕 nóng gēng farming; agriculture ∼HSK 6
麒麟 麒麟 qí lín (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe ∼HSK 6
奇景 奇景 qí jǐng wonderful scenery; amazing sight; (fig.) marvel ∼HSK 6
美誉 美譽 měi yù good name; good reputation ∼HSK 6
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
征聘 徵聘 zhēng pìn to invite job applications; to recruit ∼HSK 6
歌谣 歌謠 gē yáo folksong; ballad; nursery rhyme ∼HSK 6
家业 家業 jiā yè family property ∼HSK 6
望族 望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old) ∼HSK 6
喜讯 喜訊 xǐ xùn good news; glad tidings ∼HSK 6
悟性 悟性 wù xìng perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension ∼HSK 6
祭酒 祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation; person who performs the libation before a banquet; senior member of a profession; important government post in imperial China ∼HSK 6
家训 家訓 jiā xùn instructions to one's children; family precepts ∼HSK 6
割据一方 割據一方 gē jù yī fāng 割: cut, divide, partition; cede · 据: to occupy, take possession of; a base, position · 一: one; a, an; alone · 方: a square, rectangle; a region; local ∼HSK 6
尊崇 尊崇 zūn chóng to revere; to admire; to honor; to venerate ∼HSK 6
王宫 王宮 wáng gōng imperial palace ∼HSK 6
刻苦钻研 刻苦鑽研 kè kǔ zuān yán to study diligently ∼HSK 6
堪比 堪比 kān bǐ to be comparable to ∼HSK 6
规制 規制 guī zhì to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building) ∼HSK 6
融会贯通 融會貫通 róng huì guàn tōng to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas ∼HSK 6
覆灭 覆滅 fù miè destruction ∼HSK 6
建筑群 建築群 jiàn zhù qún building complex; cluster of buildings ∼HSK 6
繁衍 繁衍 fán yǎn to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity ∼HSK 6
文风 文風 wén fēng writing style; (used with) cultural activity ∼HSK 6
延绵 延綿 yán mián to extend continuously ∼HSK 6