Journey to the West

Whole-title review

Season 1 — Journey to the West

西游记 xīyóujì

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Vocabulary

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中计 中計 zhòng jì to fall into a trap; to be taken in ∼HSK 6
仙人 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal; celestial being ∼HSK 6
遮住 遮住 zhē zhù to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade ∼HSK 6
跌跤 跌跤 diē jiāo to fall down; to take a fall ∼HSK 6
降服 降服 xiáng fú to yield; to surrender ∼HSK 6
供品 供品 gòng pǐn offering ∼HSK 6
圣像 聖像 shèng xiàng (old) image of Confucius; holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc) ∼HSK 6
祭赛 祭賽 jì sài to give sacrifice ∼HSK 6
绝品 絕品 jué pǐn peerless artwork; absolute gem ∼HSK 6
匾额 匾額 biǎn é a horizontal inscribed board ∼HSK 6
撬开 撬開 qiào kāi to pry open; to lever open ∼HSK 6
远涉 遠涉 yuǎn shè to cross (the wide ocean) ∼HSK 6
獬豸 獬豸 xiè zhì Xiezhi, mythical Chinese unicorn ∼HSK 6
王权 王權 wáng quán royalty; royal power ∼HSK 6
王宫 王宮 wáng gōng imperial palace ∼HSK 6
擅闯 擅闖 shàn chuǎng to enter without permission; to trespass ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
捣毁 搗毀 dǎo huǐ to destroy; to smash; sabotage ∼HSK 6
撒尿 撒尿 sā niào to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee ∼HSK 6
日久年深 日久年深 rì jiǔ nián shēn as the days and years go by (idiom); over a long period of time ∼HSK 6
杀身之祸 殺身之禍 shā shēn zhī huò (idiom) getting killed ∼HSK 6
不依 不依 bù yī not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it ∼HSK 6
拿主意 拿主意 ná zhǔ yi to make a decision; to make up one's mind ∼HSK 6
五荤 五葷 wǔ hūn (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander ∼HSK 6
开荤 開葷 kāi hūn to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet; (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience ∼HSK 6
护短 護短 hù duǎn to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong ∼HSK 6
吟诗 吟詩 yín shī to recite poetry ∼HSK 6
还俗 還俗 huán sú to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order) ∼HSK 6
娇滴滴 嬌滴滴 jiāo dī dī sweet; cute; delicately pretty ∼HSK 6
一臂之力 一臂之力 yī bì zhī lì lit. the strength of one arm (idiom); a helping hand; to lend assistance ∼HSK 6
碎尸万段 碎屍萬段 suì shī - wàn duàn (idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat) ∼HSK 6
善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà - gān xiū (idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative) ∼HSK 6
奉陪 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company ∼HSK 6
见驾 見駕 jiàn jià to have an audience (with the emperor) ∼HSK 6
讨还 討還 tǎo huán to ask for sth back; to recover ∼HSK 6
好惹 好惹 hǎo rě accommodating; easy to push around ∼HSK 6
有失远迎 有失遠迎 yǒu shī yuǎn yíng (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you ∼HSK 6
飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about; to flutter (in the breeze); (dialect) gay guy; (Tw) ghost ∼HSK 6
打赌 打賭 dǎ dǔ to bet; to make a bet; a wager ∼HSK 6
望闻问切 望聞問切 wàng wén wèn qiē the four methods of TCM diagnosis: looking, listening/smelling, asking, and feeling the pulse (idiom) ∼HSK 6
荤腥 葷腥 hūn xīng meat and fish ∼HSK 6
挑拣 挑揀 tiāo jiǎn to pick and choose; to select ∼HSK 6
千里之外 千里之外 qiān lǐ zhī wài thousand miles distant ∼HSK 6
良家女子 良家女子 liáng jiā nǚ zǐ woman from a respectable family; respectable woman ∼HSK 6
刁钻 刁鑽 diāo zuān crafty; tricky ∼HSK 6
化作 化作 huà zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 6
老公公 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man; husband's father; father-in-law; court eunuch ∼HSK 6
凡尘 凡塵 fán chén mundane world (in religious context); this mortal coil ∼HSK 6
宽限 寬限 kuān xiàn to extend (a deadline etc) ∼HSK 6
牧童 牧童 mù tóng shepherd boy ∼HSK 6