Mysterious Lotus Casebook

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Season 1 — Mysterious Lotus Casebook

莲花楼 liánhuā lóu

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Vocabulary

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年金 年金 nián jīn annuity; pension; superannuation ∼HSK 3
一年期 一年期 yī nián qī one year period (in a contract or budget) ∼HSK 3
调转 調轉 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job; to turn around; to change direction; to make a U turn ∼HSK 3
火光 火光 huǒ guāng flame; blaze ∼HSK 3
空话 空話 kōng huà empty talk; bunk; malicious gossip ∼HSK 3
内衬 內襯 nèi chèn lining (of a container etc) (engineering) ∼HSK 3
旧闻 舊聞 jiù wén outdated news; old anecdote; stories passed on from former times ∼HSK 3
画皮 畫皮 huà pí painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) ∼HSK 3
连环 連環 lián huán chain ∼HSK 3
支走 支走 zhī zǒu to send sb away (with an excuse) ∼HSK 3
佐证 佐證 zuǒ zhèng evidence; proof; to confirm; corroboration ∼HSK 3
大快人心 大快人心 dà kuài rén xīn to the satisfaction of everyone ∼HSK 3
围剿 圍剿 wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards ∼HSK 3
面世 面世 miàn shì to be published (of art, literary works etc); to come out; to take shape; to see the light of day ∼HSK 3
花活 花活 huā huó trick; deception ∼HSK 3
平整 平整 píng zhěng smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps) ∼HSK 3
分派 分派 fēn pài to assign (a task to different people); to allocate ∼HSK 3
强悍 強悍 qiáng hàn tough; strong; formidable; fearsome ∼HSK 3
搬动 搬動 bān dòng to move (sth) around; to move house ∼HSK 3
早秋 早秋 zǎo qiū early autumn ∼HSK 3
交心 交心 jiāo xīn to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart conversation ∼HSK 3
晴空万里 晴空萬里 qíng kōng wàn lǐ a clear and boundless sky ∼HSK 3
种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers; (dialect) to vaccinate; (dialect) to grow cotton ∼HSK 3
冥婚 冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) ∼HSK 3
跳过 跳過 tiào guò to jump over; to skip (a step, chapter etc) ∼HSK 3
骗局 騙局 piàn jú a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam ∼HSK 3
天下大乱 天下大亂 tiān xià dà luàn the whole country in rebellion ∼HSK 3
马刀 馬刀 mǎ dāo saber; cavalry sword ∼HSK 3
二世 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) ∼HSK 3
两步路 兩步路 liǎng bù lù a step away; very close ∼HSK 3
补刀 補刀 bǔ dāo (gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant; (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire; to pile on; (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression ∼HSK 3
面皮 麵皮 miàn pí cheek; face; leather covering (for handbags etc) ∼HSK 3
草图 草圖 cǎo tú a sketch; rough drawing ∼HSK 3
双刃 雙刃 shuāng rèn double-edged blade ∼HSK 3
癞皮狗 癩皮狗 lài pí gǒu mangy dog; (fig.) loathsome person ∼HSK 3
深邃 深邃 shēn suì deep (valley or night); abstruse; hidden in depth ∼HSK 3
指代 指代 zhǐ dài to refer to; to be used in place of ∼HSK 3
刀鞘 刀鞘 dāo qiào scabbard ∼HSK 3
香醇 香醇 xiāng chún rich and mellow (flavor or aroma) ∼HSK 3
退热 退熱 tuì rè to reduce a fever ∼HSK 3
束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair; (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) ∼HSK 3
着处 著處 zhuó chù everywhere ∼HSK 3
光影 光影 guāng yǐng light and shadow; sunlight and shade ∼HSK 3
排布 排佈 pái bù variant of ∼HSK 3
力不从心 力不從心 lì bù cóng xīn less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ∼HSK 3
有朝一日 有朝一日 yǒu zhāo yī rì one day; sometime in the future ∼HSK 3
一心一意 一心一意 yī xīn yī yì concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently ∼HSK 3
书架 書架 shū jià bookshelf HSK 3
有的是 有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
突破口 突破口 tū pò kǒu breach; gap; breakthrough point ∼HSK 3