Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Episode review

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

Vocabulary

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雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 diāo chóng xiǎo jì insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
四顾 四顧 sì gù to look around ∼HSK 6
贵客 貴客 guì kè honored guest ∼HSK 6
神医 神醫 shén yī miracle doctor ∼HSK 6
棋盘 棋盤 qí pán chessboard ∼HSK 6
申冤 申冤 shēn yuān to appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance ∼HSK 6
百川 百川 bǎi chuān rivers ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
大侠 大俠 dà xiá knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero ∼HSK 6
失礼 失禮 shī lǐ discourteous ∼HSK 6
私藏 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash ∼HSK 6
宅子 宅子 zhái zi house; residence ∼HSK 6
风言风语 風言風語 fēng yán fēng yǔ gossip; slanderous rumors (idiom); idle talk behind one's back ∼HSK 6
掣肘 掣肘 chè zhǒu to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder ∼HSK 6
战利品 戰利品 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
挑三拣四 挑三揀四 tiāo sān jiǎn sì to be picky; to be choosy ∼HSK 6
嚼舌根 嚼舌根 jiáo shé gēn to gossip; to argue unnecessarily ∼HSK 6
杀人灭口 殺人滅口 shā rén - miè kǒu (idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth ∼HSK 6
人尽皆知 人盡皆知 rén jìn jiē zhī known by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name ∼HSK 6
摊开 攤開 tān kāi to spread out; to unfold ∼HSK 6
一夜之间 一夜之間 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight ∼HSK 6
屏退 屏退 bǐng tuì to send away; to dismiss (servants etc); to retire from public life ∼HSK 6
乞儿 乞兒 qǐ ér beggar ∼HSK 6
独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy; to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc); to be dominant ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
以理服人 以理服人 yǐ lǐ fú rén to convince people by reasoning (idiom); to win others over through sound argument ∼HSK 6
赌徒 賭徒 dǔ tú gambler ∼HSK 6
鸣不平 鳴不平 míng bù píng to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness ∼HSK 6
孤身 孤身 gū shēn alone; lonely ∼HSK 6
原样 原樣 yuán yàng original shape; the same as before ∼HSK 6
瞒不过 瞞不過 mán bù guò cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) ∼HSK 6
妙计 妙計 miào jì excellent plan; brilliant scheme ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
以此为 以此為 yǐ cǐ wéi to regard as; to treat as ∼HSK 6
苍天 蒼天 cāng tiān firmament ∼HSK 6
人算不如天算 人算不如天算 rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn man proposes, God disposes (idiom); one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events ∼HSK 6
私宅 私宅 sī zhái private residence ∼HSK 6
颇为 頗為 pō wéi rather; quite ∼HSK 6
抹黑 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc); to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage); to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) ∼HSK 6
补足 補足 bǔ zú to bring up to full strength; to make up a deficiency; to fill (a vacancy, gap etc) ∼HSK 6
解渴 解渴 jiě kě to quench ∼HSK 6
不解风情 不解風情 bù jiě fēng qíng unromantic; insensitive ∼HSK 6
宽限 寬限 kuān xiàn to extend (a deadline etc) ∼HSK 6
剑术 劍術 jiàn shù swordsmanship ∼HSK 6
故友 故友 gù yǒu old friend; deceased friend ∼HSK 6
未婚妻 未婚妻 wèi hūn qī fiancée ∼HSK 6