Mysterious Lotus Casebook

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The Ominous Bride

S1E10 · 三人调查采莲庄命案 sān rén diàochá cǎi lián zhuāng mìng'àn

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4.6 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
无人问津 無人問津 wú rén wèn jīn to be of no interest to anyone (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo - yún sàn (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear Idiom ∼HSK 6
一意孤行 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic Idiom ∼HSK 6
四分五裂 四分五裂 sì fēn - wǔ liè (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens Idiom ∼HSK 6
堂堂正正 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square Idiom ∼HSK 6
身无分文 身無分文 shēn wú fēn wén (idiom) penniless; completely broke Idiom ∼HSK 6
不拘小节 不拘小節 bù jū xiǎo jié to not bother about trifles (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
以讹传讹 以訛傳訛 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
唯唯诺诺 唯唯諾諾 wéi wéi - nuò nuò (idiom) to be a yes-man Idiom ∼HSK 6
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
见死不救 見死不救 jiàn sǐ bù jiù to refuse to save someone in mortal danger (idiom); to stand by while another perishes Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自欺欺人 自欺欺人 zì qī qī rén to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
百川 百川 bǎi chuān rivers ∼HSK 6
神医 神醫 shén yī miracle doctor ∼HSK 6
兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
莲蓬 蓮蓬 lián péng lotus seed head ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
失敬 失敬 shī jìng I have been remiss (apology) ∼HSK 6
犬子 犬子 quǎn zǐ (literary) (humble) my son ∼HSK 6
实不相瞒 實不相瞞 shí bù xiāng mán truth to tell; to be quite honest... ∼HSK 6
娶妻 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife; to get married (man) ∼HSK 6
贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
四顾 四顧 sì gù to look around ∼HSK 6
胜之不武 勝之不武 shèng zhī bù wǔ (fig.) to fight a one-sided battle; to have an unfair advantage in a contest ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
神神叨叨 神神叨叨 shén shen dāo dāo odd; weird; abnormal ∼HSK 6
丧事 喪事 sāng shì funeral arrangements ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
续弦 續弦 xù xián (literary) (of a widower) to remarry ∼HSK 6
惨事 慘事 cǎn shì disaster ∼HSK 6
新娘子 新娘子 xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
失礼 失禮 shī lǐ discourteous ∼HSK 6
肿胀 腫脹 zhǒng zhàng swelling; oedema; internal bruising ∼HSK 6
尸斑 屍斑 shī bān livor mortis ∼HSK 6
逝者 逝者 shì zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 6
仇家 仇家 chóu jiā enemy; foe ∼HSK 6
尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead ∼HSK 6