Nirvana in Fire

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Grand Empress Dowager

S1E2 · 霓凰招亲 宫中重逢 ní huáng zhāoqīn gōng zhōng chóngféng

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4.85 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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一般人 一般人 yī bān rén average person ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
亲信 親信 qīn xìn (often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant; to put one's trust in (sb) ∼HSK 3
军方 軍方 jūn fāng military ∼HSK 3
成婚 成婚 chéng hūn to get married ∼HSK 3
人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur ∼HSK 3
领教 領教 lǐng jiào much obliged; thank you; to ask advice; (ironically or humorously) to experience; to taste ∼HSK 3
统 統 tǒng govern, command, control; unite ∼HSK 3
流居 流居 liú jū to live in exile ∼HSK 3
得无 得無 dé wú (literary) isn't it that...? ∼HSK 3
化名 化名 huà míng to go by an alias; to assume a false name; alias; pseudonym; assumed name ∼HSK 3
管他 管他 guǎn tā no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter ∼HSK 3
帮派 幫派 bāng pài gang; faction ∼HSK 3
抗 抗 kàng resist, oppose, defy, reject ∼HSK 3
心机 心機 xīn jī thinking; scheme ∼HSK 3
确 確 què sure, certain; real, true ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
一方 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region ∼HSK 3
铁血 鐵血 tiě xuè iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict; (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die ∼HSK 3
日内 日內 rì nèi in a few days; one of these days ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
不巧 不巧 bù qiǎo too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it ∼HSK 3
再者 再者 zài zhě moreover; besides ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
世子 世子 shì zǐ crown prince; heir of a noble house ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
家世 家世 jiā shì family background ∼HSK 3
初试 初試 chū shì preliminary exam; qualifying exam; first try; preliminary testing ∼HSK 3
擂台 擂臺 lèi tái elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; arena; ring ∼HSK 3
午时 午時 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
初选 初選 chū xuǎn primary election ∼HSK 3
禀报 稟報 bǐng bào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
转头 轉頭 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn; volte face; to repent ∼HSK 3
留步 留步 liú bù (said by departing guest) no need to see me out ∼HSK 3
并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ... ∼HSK 3
短时间 短時間 duǎn shí jiān short term; short time ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
老太太 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother HSK 3
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments HSK 3
近期 近期 jìn qī near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent HSK 3
秋 秋 Qiū surname Qiu HSK 3
冬 冬 dōng winter HSK 3
早已 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
不安 不安 bù ān unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
夏 夏 Xià the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432); surname Xia HSK 3
好奇 好奇 hào qí inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity HSK 3