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A Hero’s Pride

S1E21 · 莲花楼收到玉楼春请柬 liánhuā lóu shōudào yù lóu chūn qǐngjiǎn

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4.64 Intermediate

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一表人才 一表人才 yī biǎo rén cái a man of fine appearance; handsome and impressive in bearing (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
反常 反常 fǎn cháng unusual; abnormal Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
底蕴 底蘊 dǐ yùn inside information; concrete details HSK 7
偏方 偏方 piān fāng folk remedy; home remedy HSK 7
出神 出神 chū shén spellbound; entranced; lost in thought HSK 7
久仰 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
骨气 骨氣 gǔ qì unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone HSK 7
声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum HSK 7
馋 饞 chán gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving HSK 7
请柬 請柬 qǐng jiǎn invitation card; written invitation HSK 7
闲话 閒話 xián huà casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind) HSK 7
诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb HSK 7
不得而知 不得而知 bù dé ér zhī unknown; unable to find out HSK 7
特邀 特邀 tè yāo special invitation HSK 7
愈演愈烈 愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè ever more critical; problems get more and more intense HSK 7
狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience HSK 7
历来 歷來 lì lái always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time HSK 7
元老 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure; elder; doyen HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
坛 壇 tán platform; rostrum; altar HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
生平 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life HSK 7
忙活 忙活 máng huo to be really busy; pressing business HSK 7
乞讨 乞討 qǐ tǎo to beg; to go begging HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
算计 算計 suàn ji to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
顺其自然 順其自然 shùn qí zì rán to let nature take its course (idiom) HSK 7
知己 知己 zhī jǐ to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend HSK 7
往日 往日 wǎng rì former days; the past HSK 7
质问 質問 zhì wèn to question; to ask questions; to inquire; to bring to account; to interrogate HSK 7
绰号 綽號 chuò hào nickname HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
谅解 諒解 liàng jiě to understand; to make allowances for; understanding HSK 7
无须 無須 wú xū need not; not obliged to; not necessarily HSK 7
着眼 著眼 zhuó yǎn to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate HSK 7
真情 真情 zhēn qíng real situation; the truth HSK 7
沐浴 沐浴 mù yù to take a bath; to bathe; to immerse HSK 7
不同寻常 不同尋常 bù tóng xún cháng out of the ordinary; unusual HSK 7
以致 以致 yǐ zhì to such an extent as to; down to; up to HSK 7
带头 帶頭 dài tóu to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example HSK 7
存放 存放 cún fàng to deposit; to store; to leave in sb's care HSK 7
前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior; older generation; precursor HSK 7
安宁 安寧 Ān níng Anning District of Lanzhou City 兰州市, Gansu; Anning City, to the west of Kunming 明, Yunnan HSK 7