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Dunhuang

S1E7 · 敦煌 dūnhuáng

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畅通无阻 暢通無阻 chàng tōng wú zǔ 畅: smoothly, freely, unrestrained · 通: pass through, common, communicate · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 阻: impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
开凿 開鑿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) ∼HSK 6
佛像 佛像 fó xiàng Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva ∼HSK 6
临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) ∼HSK 6
西方净土 西方淨土 xī fāng jìng tǔ 西: west(ern); westward, occident · 方: a square, rectangle; a region; local · 净: clean, pure; cleanse · 土: soil, earth; items made of earth ∼HSK 6
重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town; (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) ∼HSK 6
大族 大族 dà zú large and influential family; clan ∼HSK 6
景物 景物 jǐng wù scenery ∼HSK 6
西方极乐世界 西方極樂世界 xī fāng jí lè shì jiè Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit) ∼HSK 6
彩绘 彩繪 cǎi huì painted; colored painted-on designs ∼HSK 6
研磨 研磨 yán mó milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle ∼HSK 6
佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
千佛洞 千佛洞 qiān fó dòng Buddhist grottos ∼HSK 6
藏经洞 藏經洞 zàng jīng dòng cave holding scripture depository, part of Mogao cave complex 莫高窟, Dunhuang 敦煌 ∼HSK 6
洪流 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) ∼HSK 6
积雪 積雪 jī xuě snow; snow cover; snow mantle ∼HSK 6
途经 途經 tú jīng to pass through; via; by way of ∼HSK 6
享誉 享譽 xiǎng yù to be renowned ∼HSK 6
各色人等 各色人等 gè sè rén děng 各: each, individually, every, all · 色: color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else ∼HSK 6
神灵 神靈 shén líng god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general ∼HSK 6
荒漠 荒漠 huāng mò desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate ∼HSK 6
荒年 荒年 huāng nián year of famine ∼HSK 6
高僧 高僧 gāo sēng eminent monk ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
清香 清香 qīng xiāng sweet scent; fragrant odor ∼HSK 6
亭台楼阁 亭臺樓閣 tíng tái lóu gé pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens) ∼HSK 6
惊呆 驚呆 jīng dāi stupefied; stunned ∼HSK 6
百余 百餘 bǎi yú a hundred or more ∼HSK 6
密密麻麻 密密麻麻 mì mi má má numerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted ∼HSK 6
剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) ∼HSK 6
显露出 顯露出 xiǎn lù chū to reveal (a quality or feeling); to manifest; to evince ∼HSK 6
图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture); (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation); view of the situation; mental picture ∼HSK 6
臣子 臣子 chén zǐ official in feudal court; subject ∼HSK 6
哲理 哲理 zhé lǐ philosophic theory; philosophy ∼HSK 6
费解 費解 fèi jiě to be puzzled; hard to understand; unintelligible; incomprehensible ∼HSK 6
相距 相距 xiāng jù distance apart; separated by a given distance ∼HSK 6
光景 光景 guāng jǐng circumstances; scene; about; probably ∼HSK 6
经济繁荣 經濟繁榮 jīng jì fán róng economic prosperity ∼HSK 6
朝野 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people ∼HSK 6
颇为 頗為 pō wéi rather; quite ∼HSK 6
公心 公心 gōng xīn fair-mindedness; public spirit ∼HSK 6
画稿 畫稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it ∼HSK 6
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs ∼HSK 6
攀比 攀比 pān bǐ to make invidious comparisons; to compete with; to emulate ∼HSK 6
前途渺茫 前途渺茫 qián tú miǎo máng not knowing what to do next; at a loose end ∼HSK 6
鼎盛时期 鼎盛時期 dǐng shèng shí qī flourishing period; golden age ∼HSK 6
依附 依附 yī fù to adhere; to attach oneself to; to append ∼HSK 6
不绝 不絕 bù jué unending; uninterrupted ∼HSK 6