Nirvana in Fire

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A Resolution

S1E22 · 谢玉一案 党争愈烈 xiè yù yī àn dǎng zhēng yù liè

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Vocabulary

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不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
宅子 宅子 zhái zi house; residence ∼HSK 6
大略 大略 dà lüè a broad outline; the general idea; roughly ∼HSK 6
心惊 心驚 xīn jīng fearful; apprehensive ∼HSK 6
煎熬 煎熬 jiān áo to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment ∼HSK 6
隐事 隱事 yǐn shì a secret ∼HSK 6
皇族 皇族 huáng zú the imperial family; royal kin ∼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
深挖 深挖 shēn wā to dredge ∼HSK 6
月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) ∼HSK 6
情急之下 情急之下 qíng jí zhī xià in a moment of desperation ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 6
杀婴 殺嬰 shā yīng infanticide ∼HSK 6
揭穿 揭穿 jiē chuān to expose; to uncover ∼HSK 6
奉旨 奉旨 fèng zhǐ by imperial decree ∼HSK 6
良机 良機 liáng jī a good chance; a golden opportunity ∼HSK 6
蒙蔽 矇蔽 méng bì to deceive; to hoodwink ∼HSK 6
何来 何來 hé lái wherefore ∼HSK 6
内斗 內鬥 nèi dòu internal strife; power struggle; (of members of an organization) to fight each other ∼HSK 6
乌鸡 烏雞 wū jī black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie; Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson ∼HSK 6
佳境 佳境 jiā jìng the most pleasant or enjoyable stage ∼HSK 6
内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction; internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics); fig. waste or discord within an organization ∼HSK 6
招来 招來 zhāo lái to attract; to incur ∼HSK 6
觊觎 覬覦 jì yú (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on ∼HSK 6
谋士 謀士 móu shì skilled manipulator; tactician; strategist; advisor; counsellor ∼HSK 6
忠臣 忠臣 zhōng chén faithful official ∼HSK 6
柱石 柱石 zhù shí pillar ∼HSK 6
在这之前 在這之前 zài zhè zhī qián before then; up until that point ∼HSK 6
结党营私 結黨營私 jié dǎng - yíng sī (idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes ∼HSK 6
铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ∼HSK 6
异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
桩桩件件 樁樁件件 zhuāng zhuāng - jiàn jiàn each and every one ∼HSK 6
查核 查核 chá hé to check ∼HSK 6
忧思 憂思 yōu sī to be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive ∼HSK 6
郁结 鬱結 yù jié to suffer from pent-up frustrations; mental knot; emotional issue ∼HSK 6
难产 難產 nán chǎn difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
太祖 太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) ∼HSK 6
妖邪 妖邪 yāo xié evil monster ∼HSK 6
谕旨 諭旨 yù zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
案情 案情 àn qíng details of a case; case ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
呈报 呈報 chéng bào to (submit a) report ∼HSK 6
即日 即日 jí rì this or that very day; in the next few days ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
利剑 利劍 lì jiàn sharp sword ∼HSK 6