Nirvana in Fire

Episode review

Even Without a Trace

S1E12 · 殊霓相认 物是人非 shū ní xiāngrèn wùshì-rénfēi

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4.72 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
直言不讳 直言不諱 zhí yán bù huì to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words Idiom ∼HSK 6
在所不辞 在所不辭 zài suǒ bù cí not to refuse to (idiom); not to hesitate to Idiom ∼HSK 6
时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
如日中天 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc Idiom ∼HSK 6
非同小可 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important; no small matter Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
原原本本 原原本本 yuán yuán běn běn from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
宗主 宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
老朽 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) ∼HSK 6
足下 足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation); below the foot ∼HSK 6
炮竹 炮竹 pào zhú firecracker ∼HSK 6
恩师 恩師 ēn shī (greatly respected) teacher ∼HSK 6
理当 理當 lǐ dāng should; ought ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
副将 副將 fù jiàng deputy general ∼HSK 6
尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead ∼HSK 6
蜡炬 蠟炬 là jù (literary) candle ∼HSK 6
臣妾 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) ∼HSK 6
谋面 謀面 móu miàn to meet ∼HSK 6
盛名 盛名 shèng míng famous reputation ∼HSK 6
满腔 滿腔 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with; full of (joy) ∼HSK 6
愤懑 憤懣 fèn mèn depressed; resentful; discontented; indignant; perturbed ∼HSK 6
违逆 違逆 wéi nì to disobey; to defy an edict; to violate; to go against; to run counter to ∼HSK 6
故而 故而 gù ér therefore ∼HSK 6
庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple ∼HSK 6
违心之论 違心之論 wéi xīn zhī lùn a statement against one's true convictions (idiom); insincere words said against one's conscience ∼HSK 6
澹泊 澹泊 dàn bó variant of 淡泊[dan4 bo2] ∼HSK 6
有生之年 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years ∼HSK 6
高足 高足 gāo zú honorific: Your distinguished disciple; Your most brilliant pupil ∼HSK 6
旧情 舊情 jiù qíng old affection ∼HSK 6
莫名 莫名 mò míng inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable ∼HSK 6
边塞 邊塞 biān sài frontier fortress ∼HSK 6
飞扬 飛揚 fēi yáng to rise; to fly upward ∼HSK 6
绝顶 絕頂 jué dǐng (lit. and fig.) summit; peak; extremely; utterly ∼HSK 6
聪颖 聰穎 cōng yǐng smart; intelligent ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
寒冬腊月 寒冬臘月 hán dōng là yuè the cold of midwinter; the depths of winter (the twelfth lunar month) ∼HSK 6
落拓 落拓 luò tuò down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
相逢 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across ∼HSK 6
如若 如若 rú ruò if ∼HSK 6
钦犯 欽犯 qīn fàn criminal whose arrest has been ordered by the emperor ∼HSK 6
榜首 榜首 bǎng shǒu top of the list ∼HSK 6
叛国 叛國 pàn guó treason ∼HSK 6
评说 評說 píng shuō to comment; to evaluate ∼HSK 6