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Palace Secrets

S1E35 · 李莲花入皇城阻止单孤刀 lǐ liánhuā rù huángchéng zǔzhǐ shàn gū dāo

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尽力而为 盡力而為 jìn lì ér wéi to try one's utmost; to strive ∼HSK 6
妙手 妙手 miào shǒu miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 ∼HSK 6
赌约 賭約 dǔ yuē bet; wager ∼HSK 6
挽留 挽留 wǎn liú to urge to stay; to detain ∼HSK 6
调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize ∼HSK 6
顺气 順氣 shùn qì nice; pleasant ∼HSK 6
稀世 稀世 xī shì rare ∼HSK 6
靠谱 靠譜 kào pǔ reliable; reasonable; probable ∼HSK 6
清查 清查 qīng chá to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements) ∼HSK 6
丫鬟 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 6
供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post ∼HSK 6
疆土 疆土 jiāng tǔ territory ∼HSK 6
垂涎 垂涎 chuí xián to water at the mouth; to drool ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
山野 山野 shān yě wild mountain ∼HSK 6
后发制人 後發制人 hòu fā zhì rén to gain mastery by striking only after the opponent has struck (idiom); to prevail by holding back and counterattacking ∼HSK 6
落于下风 落於下風 luò yú xià fēng to be at a disadvantage ∼HSK 6
诬蔑 誣蔑 wū miè variant of ∼HSK 6
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by ∼HSK 6
诬告 誣告 wū gào to frame sb; to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
监牢 監牢 jiān láo prison; jail ∼HSK 6
棋局 棋局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard ∼HSK 6
拘礼 拘禮 jū lǐ to stand on ceremony; punctilious ∼HSK 6
畅饮 暢飲 chàng yǐn to have a few drinks; to drink to one's heart's content ∼HSK 6
盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door; fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) ∼HSK 6
病愈 病癒 bìng yù to recover (from an illness) ∼HSK 6
何来 何來 hé lái wherefore ∼HSK 6
福泽 福澤 fú zé good fortune ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc) ∼HSK 6
膝下 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) ∼HSK 6
进殿 進殿 jìn diàn enter the palace ∼HSK 6
些许 些許 xiē xǔ a few; a little; a bit ∼HSK 6
赏赐 賞賜 shǎng cì to bestow a reward; a reward ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
故而 故而 gù ér therefore ∼HSK 6
吉兆 吉兆 jí zhào lucky omen ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
灵气 靈氣 líng qì spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness ∼HSK 6
识得 識得 shí de to know ∼HSK 6
锦囊 錦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice) ∼HSK 6
信手拈来 信手拈來 xìn shǒu niān lái to come effortlessly to hand (idiom); to produce with great ease (esp. in writing) ∼HSK 6
斗胆 斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
人人皆知 人人皆知 rén rén jiē zhī known to everyone ∼HSK 6
市井 市井 shì jǐng marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people ∼HSK 6
可解 可解 kě jiě soluble (i.e. can be solved) ∼HSK 6
旱情 旱情 hàn qíng drought conditions ∼HSK 6
刮目相看 刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) ∼HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6