Nirvana in Fire

Episode review

The Fisherman’s Gain

S1E25 · 靖王获利 般若求救 jìng wáng huòlì bōrě qiújiù

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Vocabulary

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偏袒 偏袒 piān tǎn to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
重臣 重臣 zhòng chén important minister; major figure in government ∼HSK 6
名望 名望 míng wàng renown; prestige ∼HSK 6
后知后觉 後知後覺 hòu zhī - hòu jué to realize in hindsight; to realize belatedly; to be late to the party ∼HSK 6
训令 訓令 xùn lìng order; instruction ∼HSK 6
印信 印信 yìn xìn official seal; legally binding seal ∼HSK 6
怒气冲冲 怒氣沖沖 nù qì - chōng chōng (idiom) spitting anger; in a rage ∼HSK 6
无缘无故 無緣無故 wú yuán - wú gù (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for ∼HSK 6
闲聊 閒聊 xián liáo to chat; casual conversation ∼HSK 6
逆鳞 逆鱗 nì lín (Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon; (fig.) sensitive subject or trigger issue that provokes a strong emotional reaction when sb's views on it are ∼HSK 6
难解 難解 nán jiě hard to solve; hard to dispel; hard to understand; hard to undo ∼HSK 6
锋芒 鋒芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard ∼HSK 6
始料未及 始料未及 shǐ liào wèi jí not expected at the outset (idiom); unforeseen; to be surprised by the turn of events ∼HSK 6
羽翼 羽翼 yǔ yì wing; (fig.) assistant ∼HSK 6
惊心 驚心 jīng xīn staggering; shocking; frightened ∼HSK 6
未尝 未嘗 wèi cháng not ever; not necessarily ∼HSK 6
憎恶 憎惡 zēng è to hate evil ∼HSK 6
耳目众多 耳目眾多 ěr mù zhòng duō to have eyes and ears everywhere; with many informers/spies on the watch (idiom) ∼HSK 6
姑母 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister; paternal aunt ∼HSK 6
独到 獨到 dú dào original ∼HSK 6
帝都 帝都 dì dū imperial capital ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
懈怠 懈怠 xiè dài slack; lazy; remiss ∼HSK 6
往昔 往昔 wǎng xī the past ∼HSK 6
尚且 尚且 shàng qiě (not) even; yet; still ∼HSK 6
惊艳 驚艷 jīng yàn variant of 驚豔|惊艳[jing1yan4] ∼HSK 6
诡谲 詭譎 guǐ jué weird; sly; treacherous ∼HSK 6
灵气 靈氣 líng qì spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness ∼HSK 6
宗庙 宗廟 zōng miào temple; ancestral shrine ∼HSK 6
顾念 顧念 gù niàn to care for; to worry about ∼HSK 6
寿辰 壽辰 shòu chén birthday (of an old person) ∼HSK 6
许诺 許諾 xǔ nuò promise; pledge ∼HSK 6
残存 殘存 cán cún to survive; remnant ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
存亡 存亡 cún wáng to live or die; to exist or perish ∼HSK 6
隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish ∼HSK 6
从长计议 從長計議 cóng cháng jì yì (idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
善后 善後 shàn hòu to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations ∼HSK 6
忌惮 忌憚 jì dàn to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear ∼HSK 6
圣心 聖心 shèng xīn Sacred Heart (Christian) ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
母子 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest HSK 6
采纳 採納 cǎi nà to accept; to adopt HSK 6
用处 用處 yòng chu usefulness HSK 6
镇压 鎮壓 zhèn yā suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell HSK 6
编制 編制 biān zhì to establish (a unit or department); staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff) HSK 6