Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Whole-title review

Season 1 — Mysterious Lotus Casebook

莲花楼 liánhuā lóu

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

紧盯 緊盯 jǐn dīng to gaze; to stare fixedly ∼HSK 6
普天之下 普天之下 pǔ tiān zhī xià 普: universal, general, widespread · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down ∼HSK 6
身陷囹圄 身陷囹圄 shēn xiàn líng yǔ thrown into prison; behind bars ∼HSK 6
推崇备至 推崇備至 tuī chóng bèi zhì 推: push, expel; push forward · 崇: esteem, honor, revere, venerate · 备: prepare, ready, perfect · 至: reach, arrive; extremely, very ∼HSK 6
闭门不出 閉門不出 bì mén bù chū 闭: shut, close; obstruct, block up · 门: gate, door, entrance, opening · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 出: go out, send out; stand; produce ∼HSK 6
称帝 稱帝 chēng dì to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award ∼HSK 6
共赴 共赴 gòng fù joint participation; to go together ∼HSK 6
剑指 劍指 jiàn zhǐ (fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc) ∼HSK 6
真假难辨 真假難辨 zhēn jiǎ nán biàn hard to distinguish real from imitation ∼HSK 6
退隐 退隱 tuì yǐn to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire ∼HSK 6
笼络人心 籠絡人心 lǒng luò rén xīn 笼: cage; cage-like basket · 络: enmesh, wrap around; web, net · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul ∼HSK 6
坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) ∼HSK 6
不解风情 不解風情 bù jiě fēng qíng unromantic; insensitive ∼HSK 6
辽远 遼遠 liáo yuǎn distant; faraway; remote ∼HSK 6
人贩子 人販子 rén fàn zi human trafficker ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
未婚夫 未婚夫 wèi hūn fū fiancé ∼HSK 6
畅饮 暢飲 chàng yǐn to have a few drinks; to drink to one's heart's content ∼HSK 6
穷尽 窮盡 qióng jìn to use up; to exhaust; to probe to the bottom; limit; end ∼HSK 6
小娃娃 小娃娃 xiǎo wá wa baby ∼HSK 6
天魔 天魔 tiān mó demonic; devil ∼HSK 6
混战 混戰 hùn zhàn chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting ∼HSK 6
舌苔 舌苔 shé tāi (TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis) ∼HSK 6
耍花腔 耍花腔 shuǎ huā qiāng 耍: frolic, play, amuse, play with · 花: flower; blossoms · 腔: chest cavity; hollow in body ∼HSK 6
流星锤 流星錘 liú xīng chuí meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain) ∼HSK 6
粗鄙 粗鄙 cū bǐ vulgar; coarse; uncouth ∼HSK 6
面露 面露 miàn lù to look (tired, pleased etc); to wear (a smile, a puzzled expression etc) ∼HSK 6
丙申 丙申 bǐng shēn thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016 ∼HSK 6
宗派 宗派 zōng pài sect ∼HSK 6
丹田 丹田 dān tián pubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides ∼HSK 6
有言在先 有言在先 yǒu yán zài xiān 有: have, own, possess; exist · 言: words, speech; speak, say · 在: be at, in, on; consist in, rest · 先: first, former, previous ∼HSK 6
伪君子 偽君子 wěi jūn zǐ hypocrite ∼HSK 6
炼化 煉化 liàn huà to refine; refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) ∼HSK 6
情愫 情愫 qíng sù sentiment; feeling ∼HSK 6
祛瘀 祛瘀 qū yū to dispel blood stasis (TCM) ∼HSK 6
赌坊 賭坊 dǔ fāng (archaic) gambling house ∼HSK 6
铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin ∼HSK 6
乳名 乳名 rǔ míng infant name; pet name for a child ∼HSK 6
景物 景物 jǐng wù scenery ∼HSK 6
诸君 諸君 zhū jūn Gentlemen! (start of a speech); Ladies and Gentlemen! ∼HSK 6
拜堂 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地 ∼HSK 6
迷雾 迷霧 mí wù dense fog; fig. completely misleading ∼HSK 6
赌徒 賭徒 dǔ tú gambler ∼HSK 6
驻足 駐足 zhù zú to stop (walking); to halt ∼HSK 6
悬案 懸案 xuán àn unresolved question; unresolved case ∼HSK 6
倾囊 傾囊 qīng náng to empty out one's pocket; (fig.) to give everything one has (to help) ∼HSK 6
摸清 摸清 mō qīng to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain ∼HSK 6
嘚瑟 嘚瑟 dè se variant of ∼HSK 6
献祭 獻祭 xiàn jì to offer sacrifice ∼HSK 6
雌性 雌性 cí xìng female ∼HSK 6