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A Refined Banquet

S1E22 · 玉楼春惨死山下 yù lóu chūn cǎnsǐ shān xià

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4.85 Intermediate

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赏罚分明 賞罰分明 shǎng fá fēn míng 赏: reward, grant, bestow; appreciate · 罚: penalty, fine; punish, penalize · 分: divide; small unit of time etc. · 明: bright, light, brilliant; clear Idiom ∼HSK 7
一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean Idiom HSK 7
公道 公道 gōng dào justice; fairness; public highway Xiehouyu HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
做证 做證 zuò zhèng variant of 作证 HSK 7
啰唆 囉唆 luō suo variant of 啰嗦 HSK 7
酣睡 酣睡 hān shuì to sleep soundly; to fall into a deep sleep HSK 7
晶莹 晶瑩 jīng yíng sparkling and translucent HSK 7
推辞 推辭 tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) HSK 7
亏待 虧待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly HSK 7
怠慢 怠慢 dài màn to slight; to neglect HSK 7
玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles HSK 7
作息 作息 zuò xī to work and rest HSK 7
难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it HSK 7
何苦 何苦 hé kǔ why bother?; is it worth the trouble? HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge HSK 7
泄密 洩密 xiè mì to leak secrets HSK 7
解围 解圍 jiě wéi to lift a siege; to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment HSK 7
媲美 媲美 pì měi to match; is comparable with HSK 7
坛 壇 tán platform; rostrum; altar HSK 7
健壮 健壯 jiàn zhuàng robust; healthy; sturdy HSK 7
下山 下山 xià shān to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set HSK 7
交情 交情 jiāo qing friendship; friendly relations HSK 7
消遣 消遣 xiāo qiǎn to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
曰 曰 yuē to speak; to say HSK 7
仓促 倉促 cāng cù all of a sudden; hurriedly HSK 7
寺庙 寺廟 sì miào temple; monastery; shrine HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
大笔 大筆 dàbǐ Large HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
回味 回味 huí wèi to call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste HSK 7
好在 好在 hǎo zài luckily; fortunately HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
兴致 興致 xìng zhì mood; spirits; interest HSK 7
凝固 凝固 níng gù to freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention HSK 7
未免 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably; can't help; really; rather HSK 7
结识 結識 jié shí to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny HSK 7
疲倦 疲倦 pí juàn to tire; tired HSK 7
下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook HSK 7
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further) HSK 7
雪山 雪山 xuě shān snow-capped mountain HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7