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The Silk Road

S1E6 · 丝路 sī lù

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6.14 Advanced

Vocabulary

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古道 古道 gǔ dào ancient road; precepts of the antiquity ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
诸 諸 Zhū various, all, these; surname ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
史上 史上 shǐ shàng in history ∼HSK 3
国力 國力 guó lì a nation's power ∼HSK 3
水系 水系 shuǐ xì drainage system ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
鲁 魯 Lǔ foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar ∼HSK 3
洛 洛 Luò river in Shanxi province; city ∼HSK 3
使节 使節 shǐ jié (diplomatic) envoy ∼HSK 3
乐师 樂師 yuè shī musician ∼HSK 3
人世 人世 rén shì the world; this world; the world of the living ∼HSK 3
升息 升息 shēng xī to raise interest rates ∼HSK 3
富商 富商 fù shāng rich merchant ∼HSK 3
中转站 中轉站 zhōng zhuǎn zhàn transit hub; transport hub; interchange ∼HSK 3
第一步 第一步 dì yī bù step one; first step ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
阿富汗 阿富汗 Ā fù hàn Afghanistan ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
到任 到任 dào rèn to take office; to assume a post ∼HSK 3
境 境 jìng boundary, frontier; area, region ∼HSK 3
考证 考證 kǎo zhèng to do textual research; to make textual criticism; to verify by means of research (esp. historical details); to take an exam to get a certificate ∼HSK 3
康 康 Kāng peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
最大化 最大化 zuì dà huà to maximize ∼HSK 3
现存 現存 xiàn cún extant; existent; in stock ∼HSK 3
下一步 下一步 xià yī bù the next step ∼HSK 3
使团 使團 shǐ tuán diplomatic mission ∼HSK 3
游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) ∼HSK 3
谷 穀 gǔ valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
大部 大部 dà bù the greater part; the majority; most ∼HSK 3
历 歷 lì history; calendar ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
升平 昇平 shēng píng peaceful ∼HSK 3
乐手 樂手 yuè shǒu instrumental performer ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
会期 會期 huì qī the duration of a conference; the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held; session; the date of a meeting ∼HSK 3
参天 參天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky ∼HSK 3
击败 擊敗 jī bài to defeat; to beat ∼HSK 3
随风 隨風 suí fēng wind-borne; tossed about by the wind ∼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
建立者 建立者 jiàn lì zhě founder ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
死刑 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty; capital punishment ∼HSK 3
后世 後世 hòu shì later generations ∼HSK 3
千秋 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years; your birthday (honorific) ∼HSK 3
黄金时代 黃金時代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age ∼HSK 3
年初 年初 nián chū beginning of the year HSK 3