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Carvings of the Faith

S1E5 · 造像 zào xiàng

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6.27 Advanced

Vocabulary

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超然物外 超然物外 chāo rán wù wài to stand aloof from worldly affairs (idiom); detached and transcendent; above material concerns Idiom ∼HSK 7
举世无双 舉世無雙 jǔ shì wú shuāng unrivaled (idiom); world number one; unique; unequaled Idiom HSK 7
博大精深 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep Idiom HSK 7
五花八门 五花八門 wǔ huā bā mén myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of Idiom HSK 7
指手画脚 指手畫腳 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily Idiom HSK 7
源源不断 源源不斷 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream Idiom HSK 7
小心翼翼 小心翼翼 xiǎo xīn yì yì cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully; prudent; gently and cautiously Idiom HSK 7
向着 向著 xiàng zhe towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor Colloquialism HSK 7
沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line HSK 7
学子 學子 xué zǐ (literary) student; scholar HSK 7
讲学 講學 jiǎng xué to lecture (on branch of learning) HSK 7
弘扬 弘揚 hóng yáng to enhance; to promote; to enrich HSK 7
踏上 踏上 tà shàng to set foot on; to step on or into HSK 7
计策 計策 jì cè stratagem HSK 7
出土 出土 chū tǔ to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground HSK 7
边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region HSK 7
浮躁 浮躁 fú zào fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained HSK 7
椭圆 橢圓 tuǒ yuán oval; ellipse; elliptic HSK 7
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception HSK 7
辽阔 遼闊 liáo kuò vast; extensive HSK 7
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7
占卜 占卜 zhān bǔ to divine HSK 7
邻国 鄰國 lín guó bordering country; neighbor country; neighboring countries; surrounding countries HSK 7
供奉 供奉 gòng fèng to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) HSK 7
由来 由來 yóu lái origin HSK 7
河畔 河畔 hé pàn riverside; river plain HSK 7
扎根 扎根 zhā gēn to take root HSK 7
僧人 僧人 sēng rén monk HSK 7
韵味 韻味 yùn wèi implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest HSK 7
儒学 儒學 Rú xué Confucianism HSK 7
感慨 感慨 gǎn kǎi to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved HSK 7
一经 一經 yī jīng as soon as; once (an action has been completed) HSK 7
扩建 擴建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) HSK 7
火速 火速 huǒ sù at top speed; at a tremendous lick HSK 7
历时 歷時 lì shí to last; to take (time); period; diachronic HSK 7
山脉 山脈 shān mài mountain range HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
学说 學說 xué shuō theory; doctrine HSK 7
攻克 攻克 gōng kè to capture; to take; to overcome; to solve HSK 7
坛 壇 tán platform; rostrum; altar HSK 7
壁画 壁畫 bì huà mural (painting); fresco HSK 7
迁徙 遷徙 qiān xǐ to migrate; to move HSK 7
传记 傳記 zhuàn jì biography HSK 7
后裔 後裔 hòu yì descendant HSK 7
提炼 提煉 tí liàn to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process HSK 7
涌现 湧現 yǒng xiàn to emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently HSK 7
醒悟 醒悟 xǐng wù to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality HSK 7
重叠 重疊 chóng dié to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another; superposition; an overlap; redundancy; reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 步 to have a stroll) HSK 7
动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey; to leave HSK 7
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion HSK 7