Journey to the West

Episode review

The Funny Advantage in the Women Nation

S1E16 · 趣经女儿国 qù jīng nǚ rén guó

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4.89 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
清 清 Qīng Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911); surname Qing HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
特 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
因 囙 yīn old variant of 因 HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth Idiom ∼HSK 5
胡言乱语 胡言亂語 hú yán luàn yǔ babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch Idiom ∼HSK 5
双宿双飞 雙宿雙飛 shuāng sù shuāng fēi lit. to rest and fly together (idiom); fig. to live in each other's pockets; to be inseparable Idiom ∼HSK 5
胡来 胡來 hú lái to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
好儿 好兒 hǎo rén good fellow; good chap (colloquial term of address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
大师兄 大師兄 dà shī xiōng eldest senior brother ∼HSK 5
二师兄 二師兄 èr shī xiōng second senior brother ∼HSK 5
师弟 師弟 shīdì younger fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
马儿 馬兒 mǎ rén horse (familiar) ∼HSK 5
西天 西天 Xī tiān Western Heaven ∼HSK 5
泉水 泉水 quán shuǐ spring water; CL:股[gu3] ∼HSK 5
不忍心 不忍心 bù rěn xīn can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) ∼HSK 5
妖精 妖精 yāojing demon spirit ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
驿 驛 yì post station ∼HSK 5
孩儿 孩兒 hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
师徒 師徒 shītú master and disciple ∼HSK 5
牒 牒 dié documents, records; dispatch ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4] ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
讣 訃 fù obituary; give notice of death ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
关文 關文 guān wén official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times) ∼HSK 5
宵 宵 xiāo night, evening, dark ∼HSK 5
翠 翠 cuì color green; kingfisher ∼HSK 5
恭贺 恭賀 gōng hè to congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes ∼HSK 5
匀 勻 yún even, distribute ∼HSK 5
魄 魄 pò vigor; body; dark part of moon ∼HSK 5
沉醉 沉醉 chén zuì to become intoxicated ∼HSK 5
碟 碟 dié small dish, plate ∼HSK 5
辛劳 辛勞 xīn láo laborious ∼HSK 5
歇息 歇息 xiēxi rest ∼HSK 5
呆子 呆子 dāi zi fool; sucker ∼HSK 5
躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb) ∼HSK 5
莲花 蓮花 lián huā lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily ∼HSK 5
佩戴 佩戴 pèi dài to wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc) ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
妇 婦 fù married women; woman; wife ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5