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Dunhuang

S1E7 · 敦煌 dūnhuáng

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6.18 Advanced

Vocabulary

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优 優 yōu excellent; superior HSK 7
帝国 帝國 dì guó empire; imperial HSK 7
麻 蔴 má variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank; level; grade HSK 7
手臂 手臂 shǒu bì arm; helper HSK 7
保佑 保佑 bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime HSK 7
抹 抹 mā to wipe HSK 7
附 坿 fù to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached HSK 7
惩罚 懲罰 chéng fá penalty; punishment; to punish HSK 7
穿越 穿越 chuān yuè to pass through; to traverse; to cross HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
宗 宗 zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
无比 無比 wú bǐ incomparable; matchless HSK 7
呈现 呈現 chéng xiàn to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate HSK 7
传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty HSK 7
宇宙 宇宙 yǔ zhòu universe; cosmos HSK 7
粘 粘 zhān to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
探 探 tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world Idiom ∼HSK 6
荒无人烟 荒無人煙 huāng wú rén yān desolate and uninhabited (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
如出一辙 如出一轍 rú chū yī zhé to be precisely the same; to be no different Idiom ∼HSK 6
炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ - chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection Idiom ∼HSK 6