Nirvana in Fire

Episode review

Standoff at the Brink

S1E21 · 谢府混战 情断义绝 xiè fǔ hùnzhàn qíng duàn yì jué

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4.33 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
隐密 隱密 yǐn mì secret; hidden ∼HSK 6
一族 一族 yī zú social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族[zu2] ∼HSK 6
慷慨激昂 慷慨激昂 kāng kǎi jī áng impassioned; vehement ∼HSK 6
查探 查探 chá tàn to check; to investigate; to probe (into) ∼HSK 6
闲聊 閒聊 xián liáo to chat; casual conversation ∼HSK 6
德行 德行 dé xíng morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] ∼HSK 6
同党 同黨 tóng dǎng to belong to the same party or organization; member of the same party or organization; (derog.) confederate; accomplice ∼HSK 6
格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn to be executed on the spot without trial (idiom); shoot/kill on sight without question ∼HSK 6
掺和 摻和 chān huo to mix; to put together; to interfere in; to get involved in ∼HSK 6
莫要 莫要 mò yāo do not ∼HSK 6
弓箭 弓箭 gōng jiàn bow and arrow ∼HSK 6
堂哥 堂哥 táng gē older male patrilineal cousin ∼HSK 6
重臣 重臣 zhòng chén important minister; major figure in government ∼HSK 6
理所应当 理所應當 lǐ suǒ yīng dāng (idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying ∼HSK 6
精锐 精銳 jīng ruì elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel ∼HSK 6
赤诚 赤誠 chì chéng utterly sincere; wholly devoted ∼HSK 6
麒麟 麒麟 qí lín (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe ∼HSK 6
赴宴 赴宴 fù yàn to attend a banquet ∼HSK 6
贵客 貴客 guì kè honored guest ∼HSK 6
令郎 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
援手 援手 yuán shǒu assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand ∼HSK 6
善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà - gān xiū (idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative) ∼HSK 6
从犯 從犯 cóng fàn accessory to a crime; accomplice ∼HSK 6
纵有 縱有 zòng yǒu even if there were ∼HSK 6
罪孽 罪孽 zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
寂灭 寂滅 jì miè to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
素来 素來 sù lái consistently; always (in the past and now) ∼HSK 6
棋局 棋局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard ∼HSK 6
倾覆 傾覆 qīng fù to capsize; to collapse; to overturn; to overthrow; to undermine ∼HSK 6
父王 父王 fù wáng Father (royal address) ∼HSK 6
虚言 虛言 xū yán empty words; false words ∼HSK 6
株连 株連 zhū lián to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association ∼HSK 6
善待 善待 shàn dài to treat well ∼HSK 6
忠心 忠心 zhōng xīn good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication HSK 6
看管 看管 kān guǎn to look after HSK 6
日夜 日夜 rì yè day and night; around the clock HSK 6
来往 來往 lái wǎng to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with HSK 6
此处 此處 cǐ chù this place; here (literary) HSK 6
一道 一道 yī dào together HSK 6
不至于 不至於 bù zhì yú unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as HSK 6
烟花 煙花 yān huā fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
出路 出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products) HSK 6
赖 賴 Lài surname Lai; (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app Colloquialism HSK 6
景 景 Jǐng surname Jing HSK 6
沿 沿 yán along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge HSK 6
箭 箭 jiàn arrow HSK 6
肝 肝 gān liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy HSK 6