Nirvana in Fire

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The Missing Gunpowder

S1E13 · 年尾祭礼 杀机渐起 niánwěi jìlǐ shājī jiān qǐ

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Vocabulary

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情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
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
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
山穷水尽 山窮水盡 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 biān cháng mò jí lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence; too far to be able to help Idiom ∼HSK 6
血迹斑斑 血跡斑斑 xuè jì bān bān bloodstained Idiom ∼HSK 6
温情脉脉 溫情脈脈 wēn qíng mò mò full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted Idiom ∼HSK 6
以防万一 以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities Idiom ∼HSK 6
心悦诚服 心悅誠服 xīn yuè chéng fú to submit cheerfully; to accept willingly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
分崩离析 分崩離析 fēn bēng lí xī to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up; falling to pieces Idiom ∼HSK 6
天衣无缝 天衣無縫 tiān yī wú fèng lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom); fig. flawless Idiom ∼HSK 6
大逆不道 大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤魂野鬼 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom); person who has no family or friends to rely on Idiom ∼HSK 6
天翻地覆 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head Idiom ∼HSK 6
神不知鬼不觉 神不知鬼不覺 shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué top secret; hush-hush Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难熬 難熬 nán áo (of pain or hardship) hard to bear Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu 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
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼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
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
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
柑橘 柑橘 gān jú citrus ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
风寒 風寒 fēng hán cold (TCM) ∼HSK 6
炼丹 煉丹 liàn dān to concoct pills of immortality ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
狠绝 狠絕 hěn jué ruthless ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
太师 太師 tài shī Grand Tutor ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
皇位 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor ∼HSK 6
呈报 呈報 chéng bào to (submit a) report ∼HSK 6
一日不如一日 一日不如一日 yī rì bù rú yī rì to be getting worse by the day ∼HSK 6
核定 核定 hé dìng to audit and determine; to check and ratify; to appraise and decide; determination; on a deemed basis (taxation); to deem ∼HSK 6
优等 優等 yōu děng first-rate; of the highest order; high-class; excellent; superior ∼HSK 6
心肝 心肝 xīn gān darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity ∼HSK 6
无望 無望 wú wàng without hope; hopeless; without prospects ∼HSK 6
人算不如天算 人算不如天算 rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn man proposes, God disposes (idiom); one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events ∼HSK 6
闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door ∼HSK 6
泡温泉 泡溫泉 pào wēn quán to soak in a spa or hot spring ∼HSK 6