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The People

S1E9 · 苍生 cāngshēng

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5.93 Advanced

Vocabulary

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赏赐 賞賜 shǎng cì to bestow a reward; a reward ∼HSK 6
征得 徵得 zhēng dé to obtain (permission etc) ∼HSK 6
钦差大臣 欽差大臣 qīn chāi dà chén imperial envoy; commissioner dispatched by the emperor with special authority ∼HSK 6
海疆 海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region ∼HSK 6
栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant; to grow ∼HSK 6
风霜 風霜 fēng shuāng wind and frost; fig. hardships ∼HSK 6
寻的 尋的 xún dì homing; target-seeking (military) ∼HSK 6
苍凉 蒼涼 cāng liáng desolate; bleak ∼HSK 6
渗出 滲出 shèn chū to seep out; to exude ∼HSK 6
探寻 探尋 tàn xún to search; to seek; to explore ∼HSK 6
顾忌 顧忌 gù jì to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple ∼HSK 6
奥斯曼帝国 奧斯曼帝國 Ào sī màn Dì guó Ottoman Empire (1299-1922) ∼HSK 6
下西洋 下西洋 xià Xī yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He to regions bordering the Indian Ocean) ∼HSK 6
令人瞩目 令人矚目 lìng rén zhǔ mù to attract attention; to be the focus of all eyes; remarkable, eye-catching ∼HSK 6
寻访 尋訪 xún fǎng to inquire after; to look for (sb) ∼HSK 6
肆虐 肆虐 sì nüè to wreak havoc; to devastate ∼HSK 6
盗匪 盜匪 dào fěi bandit ∼HSK 6
私利 私利 sī lì personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
几经 幾經 jǐ jīng to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc) ∼HSK 6
峭壁 峭壁 qiào bì cliff; steep; precipice ∼HSK 6
绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken ∼HSK 6
端的 端的 duān dì really; after all; details; particulars ∼HSK 6
外患 外患 wài huàn foreign aggression ∼HSK 6
百余 百餘 bǎi yú a hundred or more ∼HSK 6
仰望 仰望 yǎng wàng to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully ∼HSK 6
高耸 高聳 gāo sǒng erect; towering; to stand tall ∼HSK 6
不绝 不絕 bù jué unending; uninterrupted ∼HSK 6
壮美 壯美 zhuàng měi magnificent ∼HSK 6
愤懑 憤懣 fèn mèn depressed; resentful; discontented; indignant; perturbed ∼HSK 6
鼎盛时期 鼎盛時期 dǐng shèng shí qī flourishing period; golden age ∼HSK 6
对外政策 對外政策 duì wài zhèng cè foreign policy ∼HSK 6
笼络 籠絡 lǒng luò to coax; to beguile; to win over ∼HSK 6
继任者 繼任者 jì rèn zhě successor ∼HSK 6
同仁 同仁 tóng rén (formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession) ∼HSK 6
患上 患上 huàn shang to come down with; to be afflicted with (an illness) ∼HSK 6
麻豆 麻豆 má dòu (fashion) model (loanword) ∼HSK 6
出洋 出洋 chū yáng to go abroad (old) ∼HSK 6
依稀 依稀 yī xī vaguely; dimly; probably; very likely ∼HSK 6
渗入 滲入 shèn rù to permeate ∼HSK 6
腹地 腹地 fù dì hinterland; interior; outback ∼HSK 6
愈发 愈發 yù fā all the more; increasingly ∼HSK 6
驶入 駛入 shǐ rù (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter ∼HSK 6
莫名 莫名 mò míng inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable ∼HSK 6
景仰 景仰 jǐng yǎng to admire; to revere; to look up to ∼HSK 6
一见如故 一見如故 yī jiàn rú gù familiarity at first sight ∼HSK 6
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dǎo to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before ∼HSK 6
绝世 絕世 jué shì unique; exceptional ∼HSK 6
继承者 繼承者 jì chéng zhě successor ∼HSK 6
重臣 重臣 zhòng chén important minister; major figure in government ∼HSK 6