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Roots

S1E4 · 根脉 gēn mài

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莫名 莫名 mò míng inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable ∼HSK 6
清幽 清幽 qīng yōu (of a location) quiet and secluded; beautiful and secluded ∼HSK 6
授业解惑 授業解惑 shòu yè jiě huò to impart knowledge and resolve doubts (idiom); the duty of a teacher ∼HSK 6
暴死 暴死 bào sǐ to die suddenly ∼HSK 6
即位 即位 jí wèi to succeed to the throne; accession ∼HSK 6
遗训 遺訓 yí xùn wishes of the deceased ∼HSK 6
长久以来 長久以來 cháng jiǔ yǐ lái for a long time now; long since ∼HSK 6
学识 學識 xué shí erudition; scholarly knowledge ∼HSK 6
隐忧 隱憂 yǐn yōu secret concern; private worry ∼HSK 6
篡权 篡權 cuàn quán to usurp power ∼HSK 6
潜心 潛心 qián xīn to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded ∼HSK 6
良久 良久 liáng jiǔ a good while; a long time ∼HSK 6
抓捕 抓捕 zhuā bǔ to seize; to capture ∼HSK 6
仰天 仰天 yǎng tiān to face upwards; to look up to the sky ∼HSK 6
长叹 長嘆 cháng tàn long sigh; deep sigh ∼HSK 6
岂能 豈能 qǐ néng how could ...?; how can it be that ...? (rhetorical) ∼HSK 6
国君 國君 guó jūn monarch ∼HSK 6
礼制 禮制 lǐ zhì etiquette; system of rites ∼HSK 6
回荡 迴盪 huí dàng to resound; to reverberate; to echo ∼HSK 6
独善其身 獨善其身 dú shàn qí shēn to maintain one's own integrity (idiom); to look after only oneself; to stay aloof ∼HSK 6
惨败 慘敗 cǎn bài to suffer a crushing defeat ∼HSK 6
颇为 頗為 pō wéi rather; quite ∼HSK 6
援手 援手 yuán shǒu assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand ∼HSK 6
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by ∼HSK 6
远远超过 遠遠超過 yuǎn yuǎn chāo guò surpassing by far ∼HSK 6
兵权 兵權 bīng quán military leadership; military power ∼HSK 6
贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous ∼HSK 6
复辟 復辟 fù bì to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime) ∼HSK 6
行为准则 行為準則 xíng wéi zhǔn zé code of conduct; standard of conduct ∼HSK 6
不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention; without noticing; unconsciously; inadvertently ∼HSK 6
流逝 流逝 liú shì (of time) to pass; to elapse ∼HSK 6
不绝 不絕 bù jué unending; uninterrupted ∼HSK 6
沿袭 沿襲 yán xí to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc) ∼HSK 6
策问 策問 cè wèn essay on policy in question and answer form used in imperial exams ∼HSK 6
通晓 通曉 tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through ∼HSK 6
内心世界 內心世界 nèi xīn shì jiè (one's) inner world ∼HSK 6
纠结 糾結 jiū jié to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled; confused; to be at a loss; to struggle (mentally) with (sth); to overthink; to feel conflicted ∼HSK 6
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
忘情 忘情 wàng qíng unmoved; indifferent; unruffled by sentiment ∼HSK 6
横行 橫行 héng xíng to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck ∼HSK 6
民不聊生 民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng (idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian) ∼HSK 6
救亡 救亡 jiù wáng to save from extinction; to save the nation ∼HSK 6
肺腑 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) ∼HSK 6
比作 比作 bǐ zuò to liken to; to compare to ∼HSK 6
古墓 古墓 gǔ mù old tomb (archaeology) ∼HSK 6
壮志 壯志 zhuàng zhì great goal; magnificent aspiration ∼HSK 6
典章 典章 diǎn zhāng institution; institutional ∼HSK 6
散文诗 散文詩 sǎn wén shī prose poem ∼HSK 6
云集 雲集 yún jí to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm ∼HSK 6