Mysterious Lotus Casebook

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When Waves Rise

S1E28 · 李莲花诚邀方多病合作 lǐ liánhuā chéngyāo fāng duō bìng hézuò

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牛头马面 牛頭馬面 niú tóu mǎ miàn lit. Ox-Head and Horse-Face (idiom); two guards of the underworld in Chinese mythology; fig. evil-looking people; ugly thugs Idiom ∼HSK 7
能谋善断 能謀善斷 néng móu shàn duàn resourceful and decisive (idiom); good at planning and quick to act Idiom ∼HSK 7
沽名钓誉 沽名釣譽 gū míng diào yù to angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments Idiom HSK 7
足智多谋 足智多謀 zú zhì duō móu resourceful; full of stratagems Idiom HSK 7
美中不足 美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment Idiom HSK 7
形影不离 形影不離 xíng yǐng bù lí inseparable (as form and shadow) Idiom HSK 7
水落石出 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light Idiom HSK 7
讨价还价 討價還價 tǎo jià huán jià to haggle over price; to bargain Idiom HSK 7
窟窿 窟窿 kū long hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt Xiehouyu HSK 7
荒凉 荒涼 huāng liáng desolate Xiehouyu HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
古怪 古怪 gǔ guài strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
损 損 sǔn to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ Colloquialism 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
矿藏 礦藏 kuàng cáng mineral resources HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
了却 了卻 liǎo què to resolve; to settle HSK 7
阎王 閻王 Yán wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person HSK 7
波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves; billows HSK 7
盛产 盛產 shèng chǎn to produce in abundance; to be rich in HSK 7
探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family HSK 7
流转 流轉 liú zhuǎn to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital) HSK 7
双边 雙邊 shuāng biān bilateral HSK 7
绝招 絕招 jué zhāo unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke; finishing blow HSK 7
谜团 謎團 mí tuán riddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
呼啸 呼嘯 hū xiào to whistle; to scream; to whiz HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7
清凉 清涼 qīng liáng cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing HSK 7
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique HSK 7
仇人 仇人 chóu rén foe; one's personal enemy HSK 7
执意 執意 zhí yì to be determined to; to insist on HSK 7
先天 先天 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 后天 [hòu tiān]); inborn; innate; natural HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
交情 交情 jiāo qing friendship; friendly relations HSK 7
英明 英明 yīng míng wise; brilliant HSK 7
提防 提防 dī fang to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng] HSK 7
碰巧 碰巧 pèng qiǎo by chance; by coincidence; to happen to HSK 7
勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
反倒 反倒 fǎn dào but on the contrary; but expectedly HSK 7
来历 來歷 lái lì history; antecedents; origin HSK 7
如实 如實 rú shí as things really are; realistic HSK 7
算计 算計 suàn ji to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme HSK 7
动向 動向 dòng xiàng trend; tendency HSK 7
腹泻 腹瀉 fù xiè diarrhea; to have the runs HSK 7
知己 知己 zhī jǐ to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend HSK 7