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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敬茶 敬茶 jìng chá to serve tea (to guests) ∼HSK 6
藏拙 藏拙 cáng zhuó avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face ∼HSK 6
吉兆 吉兆 jí zhào lucky omen ∼HSK 6
挖空 挖空 wā kōng to excavate; to hollow ∼HSK 6
屏退 屏退 bǐng tuì to send away; to dismiss (servants etc); to retire from public life ∼HSK 6
鸣不平 鳴不平 míng bù píng to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness ∼HSK 6
学而时习之 學而時習之 xué ér shí xí zhī to learn and constantly review what one has learned (idiom, from Confucius' Analects) ∼HSK 6
嗜酒如命 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle ∼HSK 6
接风洗尘 接風洗塵 jiē fēng xǐ chén to give a welcome dinner for a guest from afar (idiom); to wash the dust off a traveler ∼HSK 6
浣纱 浣紗 huàn shā to wash silk ∼HSK 6
恍然 恍然 huǎng rán suddenly (perceive); confused; vague; distracted ∼HSK 6
挨饿受冻 挨餓受凍 ái è - shòu dòng (idiom) to go cold and hungry ∼HSK 6
抵账 抵賬 dǐ zhàng to repay a debt in kind or by labor ∼HSK 6
夜壶 夜壺 yè hú chamber pot ∼HSK 6
浑圆 渾圓 hún yuán perfectly round; (fig.) accommodating; considerate; smooth (way of doing things) ∼HSK 6
墨渍 墨漬 mò zì ink stain; ink blot; spot; smudge ∼HSK 6
砍伐 砍伐 kǎn fá to hew; to cut down ∼HSK 6
独往独来 獨往獨來 dú wǎng dú lái to come and go alone (idiom); to act independently without companions ∼HSK 6
怪模怪样 怪模怪樣 guài mú guài yàng outlandish; strange-looking; grotesque ∼HSK 6
盛况 盛況 shèng kuàng grand occasion ∼HSK 6
条贯 條貫 tiáo guàn (literary) systematic arrangement; coherent presentation ∼HSK 6
情夫 情夫 qíng fū married woman's lover ∼HSK 6
撬动 撬動 qiào dòng to shift sth with a crowbar etc; (fig.) to influence by applying leverage ∼HSK 6
拔火罐 拔火罐 bá huǒ guàn (TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment; short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire ∼HSK 6
逆运 逆運 nì yùn bad luck; unlucky fate ∼HSK 6
灌注 灌注 guàn zhù to pour into; perfusion (med.); to concentrate one's attention on; to teach; to inculcate; to instill ∼HSK 6
冷峻 冷峻 lěng jùn grave and stern ∼HSK 6
要端 要端 yào duān the main points ∼HSK 6
贫瘠 貧瘠 pín jí barren; infertile; poor ∼HSK 6
伏罪 伏罪 fú zuì variant of ∼HSK 6
推杯换盏 推杯換盞 tuī bēi - huàn zhǎn (idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere ∼HSK 6
译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) ∼HSK 6
丝毫不差 絲毫不差 sī háo bù chā accurate to perfection (idiom); precise to the finest detail ∼HSK 6
炫技 炫技 xuàn jì to show off one's skills; to put on a dazzling display of one's talents ∼HSK 6
赌约 賭約 dǔ yuē bet; wager ∼HSK 6
后发制人 後發制人 hòu fā zhì rén to gain mastery by striking only after the opponent has struck (idiom); to prevail by holding back and counterattacking ∼HSK 6
落于下风 落於下風 luò yú xià fēng to be at a disadvantage ∼HSK 6
盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door; fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) ∼HSK 6
制式 制式 zhì shì standardized; standard (service, method etc); regulation (clothing etc); formulaic; (telecommunications etc) system; format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) ∼HSK 6
溅开 濺開 jiàn kāi splash ∼HSK 6
灰泥 灰泥 huī ní plaster; mortar ∼HSK 6
灵塔 靈塔 líng tǎ memorial pagoda ∼HSK 6
夜消 夜消 yè xiāo variant of ∼HSK 6
肺脏 肺臟 fèi zàng lungs ∼HSK 6
气虚 氣虛 qì xū deficiency of (TCM) ∼HSK 6
初创 初創 chū chuàng startup (company, phase etc); newly established ∼HSK 6
弹丸 彈丸 dàn wán pellet ∼HSK 6
誓师 誓師 shì shī to vow before one's troops ∼HSK 6
爆裂 爆裂 bào liè to rupture; to burst; to explode ∼HSK 6
便桥 便橋 biàn qiáo temporary bridge ∼HSK 6