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The Silk Road

S1E6 · 丝路 sī lù

HSK 1
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6.14 Advanced

Vocabulary

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御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
翻越 翻越 fān yuè to cross; to surmount; to transcend ∼HSK 4
手工艺 手工藝 shǒu gōng yì handicraft; arts and crafts ∼HSK 4
自此 自此 zì cǐ since then; henceforth ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
东西方 東西方 dōng xī fāng east and west; east to west ∼HSK 4
中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval; Middle Ages ∼HSK 4
地处 地處 dì chǔ to be located at; to be situated in ∼HSK 4
典籍 典籍 diǎn jí ancient books or records ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
商户 商戶 shāng hù merchant; trader; businessman; firm ∼HSK 4
点击 點擊 diǎn jī to hit; to press; to strike (on the keyboard); to click (a web page button) ∼HSK 4
绘 繪 huì draw, sketch, paint ∼HSK 4
乌 烏 Wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
坦 坦 tǎn flat, smooth; self-possessed ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
深感 深感 shēn gǎn to feel deeply ∼HSK 4
日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
年久失修 年久失修 nián jiǔ shī xiū old and in a state of disrepair (idiom); dilapidated ∼HSK 4
苦苦 苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously; persistently; hard; painful ∼HSK 4
末年 末年 mò nián the final years (of a regime) ∼HSK 4
毫无疑问 毫無疑問 háo wú yí wèn certainty; without a doubt ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
掌控 掌控 zhǎng kòng to control; in control of ∼HSK 4
盘踞 盤踞 pán jù to occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself) ∼HSK 4
血本无归 血本無歸 xuè běn - wú guī (idiom) to lose everything one invested; to lose one's shirt ∼HSK 4
王侯 王侯 wáng hóu aristocracy ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
自古 自古 zì gǔ (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial ∼HSK 4
兵戈 兵戈 bīng gē weapons; arms; fighting; war ∼HSK 4
博弈 博弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc); gambling; contest ∼HSK 4
靓丽 靚麗 liàng lì beautiful; pretty; Taiwan pr. [jing4li4] ∼HSK 4
植被 植被 zhí bèi vegetation; plant cover ∼HSK 4
无际 無際 wú jì limitless; boundless ∼HSK 4
不失 不失 bù shī still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes) ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
博 博 bó gamble, play games; wide, broad ∼HSK 4
霍 霍 Huò quickly, suddenly; surname ∼HSK 4
夺得 奪得 duó dé to take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize; to capture; to win (a trophy) ∼HSK 4
上阵 上陣 shàng zhèn to go into battle ∼HSK 4
吸引力 吸引力 xī yǐn lì attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
民变 民變 mín biàn mass uprising; popular revolt; civil commotion ∼HSK 4
不失为 不失為 bù shī wéi can be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive) ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
音律 音律 yīn lǜ tuning; temperament; music ∼HSK 4
编撰 編撰 biān zhuàn to compile; to edit ∼HSK 4
失散 失散 shī sàn to lose touch with; missing; scattered; separated from ∼HSK 4
统治者 統治者 tǒng zhì zhě ruler ∼HSK 4