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The Silk Road

S1E6 · 丝路 sī lù

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6.14 Advanced

Vocabulary

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混战 混戰 hùn zhàn chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting ∼HSK 6
即位 即位 jí wèi to succeed to the throne; accession ∼HSK 6
开拓性 開拓性 kāi tuò xìng pioneering; groundbreaking ∼HSK 6
集权 集權 jí quán centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party ∼HSK 6
水利工程 水利工程 shuǐ lì gōng chéng hydraulic engineering ∼HSK 6
颇为 頗為 pō wéi rather; quite ∼HSK 6
国族 國族 guó zú people of a country; nation ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
谋略 謀略 móu lüè stratagem; strategy; resourcefulness ∼HSK 6
归附 歸附 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit ∼HSK 6
重臣 重臣 zhòng chén important minister; major figure in government ∼HSK 6
赏识 賞識 shǎng shí to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation ∼HSK 6
疆域 疆域 jiāng yù territory ∼HSK 6
莫名 莫名 mò míng inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable ∼HSK 6
祖辈 祖輩 zǔ bèi ancestors; forefathers; ancestry ∼HSK 6
土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty ∼HSK 6
寻访 尋訪 xún fǎng to inquire after; to look for (sb) ∼HSK 6
物产 物產 wù chǎn products; produce; natural resources ∼HSK 6
典章 典章 diǎn zhāng institution; institutional ∼HSK 6
坐镇 坐鎮 zuò zhèn (of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee ∼HSK 6
阻塞 阻塞 zǔ sè to block; to clog ∼HSK 6
集散地 集散地 jí sàn dì distribution center ∼HSK 6
破败不堪 破敗不堪 pò bài bù kān crushed; utterly defeated ∼HSK 6
隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world) ∼HSK 6
利民 利民 lì mín to benefit the people ∼HSK 6
客商 客商 kè shāng traveling merchant ∼HSK 6
税款 稅款 shuì kuǎn tax payments ∼HSK 6
麒麟 麒麟 qí lín (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe ∼HSK 6
陶器 陶器 táo qì pottery ∼HSK 6
劫掠 劫掠 jié lüè to loot; to plunder ∼HSK 6
侵扰 侵擾 qīn rǎo to invade and harass ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
优厚 優厚 yōu hòu generous, liberal (pay, compensation) ∼HSK 6
浮云 浮雲 fú yún floating clouds; fleeting; transient ∼HSK 6
文武百官 文武百官 wén wǔ bǎi guān civil and military officials ∼HSK 6
御驾亲征 御駕親征 yù jià qīn zhēng the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom); to take part personally in an expedition ∼HSK 6
壮举 壯舉 zhuàng jǔ magnificent feat; impressive feat; heroic undertaking; heroic attempt ∼HSK 6
朝野 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people ∼HSK 6
踏足 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc); to tread; (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) ∼HSK 6
路途遥远 路途遙遠 lù tú yáo yuǎn it's a very long journey to get there ∼HSK 6
文武 文武 wén wǔ civil and military ∼HSK 6
途经 途經 tú jīng to pass through; via; by way of ∼HSK 6
出征 出征 chū zhēng to go into battle; to campaign (military) ∼HSK 6
横贯 橫貫 héng guàn horizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally ∼HSK 6
风景线 風景線 fēng jǐng xiàn a strip of scenic beauty (coast, river, road etc); (fig.) an eye-catching feature ∼HSK 6
盛夏 盛夏 shèng xià midsummer; the height of summer ∼HSK 6
捉摸不定 捉摸不定 zhuō mō - bù dìng (idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter; harsh; grim; ruthless; severe; cut-throat (competition) ∼HSK 6
孤寂 孤寂 gū jì lonesome; desolate ∼HSK 6