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The Cursed Tomb

S1E6 · 狮虎双煞遇险现奇案 shī hǔ shuāng shā yùxiǎn xiàn jī àn

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4.52 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
冤家路窄 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths Idiom ∼HSK 6
吹胡子瞪眼 吹鬍子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn to get angry; to fume Idiom ∼HSK 6
南腔北调 南腔北調 nán qiāng běi diào a regional accent Idiom ∼HSK 6
恩将仇报 恩將仇報 ēn jiāng chóu bào to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated Idiom ∼HSK 6
乘虚而入 乘虛而入 chéng xū ér rù to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse Idiom ∼HSK 6
激浊扬清 激濁揚清 jī zhuó yáng qīng lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good; eliminate vice and exalt virtue Idiom ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
露馅 露餡 lòu xiàn to leak; to expose (sb's secret); to spill the beans; to let the cat out of the bag Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
犯困 犯睏 fàn kùn (coll.) to get sleepy Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism 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
素手 素手 sù shǒu white hand; empty-handed ∼HSK 6
百川 百川 bǎi chuān rivers ∼HSK 6
邪术 邪術 xié shù sorcery ∼HSK 6
神医 神醫 shén yī miracle doctor ∼HSK 6
陈尸 陳屍 chén shī to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths) ∼HSK 6
吃席 吃席 chī xí to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc); (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb) ∼HSK 6
盗墓 盜墓 dào mù to rob a tomb ∼HSK 6
砍头 砍頭 kǎn tóu to decapitate; to behead ∼HSK 6
且慢 且慢 qiě màn to wait a moment; do not go too soon ∼HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) ∼HSK 6
宴席 宴席 yàn xí banquet; feast ∼HSK 6
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else ∼HSK 6
蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd; queer; strange; fishy ∼HSK 6
掺和 摻和 chān huo to mix; to put together; to interfere in; to get involved in ∼HSK 6
驱邪 驅邪 qū xié to drive out devils; exorcism ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
遗墨 遺墨 yí mò posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) ∼HSK 6
卷宗 卷宗 juàn zōng file; folder; dossier ∼HSK 6
混进 混進 hùn jìn to infiltrate; to sneak into ∼HSK 6
探案 探案 tàn àn (of a detective) to investigate a case ∼HSK 6
垂泪 垂淚 chuí lèi to shed tears ∼HSK 6
设宴 設宴 shè yàn to host a banquet ∼HSK 6
出人命 出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
偏爱 偏愛 piān ài to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite ∼HSK 6
离群索居 離群索居 lí qún suǒ jū to live in solitude apart from others (idiom); to live as a recluse ∼HSK 6
徒儿 徒兒 tú rén disciple (address) ∼HSK 6
服药 服藥 fú yào to take medicine ∼HSK 6