Nirvana in Fire

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The Rescue

S1E35 · 巧妙设局 请君入瓮 qiǎomiào shèjú qǐngjūnrùwèng

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4.61 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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龙潭虎穴 龍潭虎穴 lóng tán - hǔ xué lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom); fig. dangerous place; hostile territory Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤注一掷 孤注一擲 gū zhù yī zhì to stake all on one throw Idiom ∼HSK 6
高深莫测 高深莫測 gāo shēn mò cè profound mystery Idiom ∼HSK 6
惹不起 惹不起 rě bu qǐ can't afford to offend; dare not provoke; difficult to deal with; insufferable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 Léi surname Lei HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
地牢 地牢 dì láo prison; dungeon ∼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
兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
宗主 宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
徒儿 徒兒 tú rén disciple (address) ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
何事 何事 hé shì what matter ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
劫狱 劫獄 jié yù to break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners ∼HSK 6
副将 副將 fù jiàng deputy general ∼HSK 6
差遣 差遣 chāi qiǎn to send (on errand) ∼HSK 6
入关 入關 rù guān to enter a pass; to go through customs ∼HSK 6
情面 情面 qíng miàn feelings and sensibilities; sentiment and face; sensitivity to other's feelings ∼HSK 6
情商 情商 qíng shāng emotional intelligence; emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) (abbr. for 情緒商數|情绪商数[qing2xu4 shang1shu4]); (Tw) to ask a special favor of (sb) ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
赏赐 賞賜 shǎng cì to bestow a reward; a reward ∼HSK 6
何故 何故 hé gù what for?; what's the reason? ∼HSK 6
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old) ∼HSK 6
卧房 臥房 wò fáng bedroom; a sleeping compartment (on a train) ∼HSK 6
自寻死路 自尋死路 zì xún sǐ lù to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction ∼HSK 6
筋骨 筋骨 jīn gǔ muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage ∼HSK 6
不足为虑 不足為慮 bù zú wéi lǜ to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about ∼HSK 6
活罪 活罪 huó zuì bitter sufferings; great hardships ∼HSK 6
一个样 一個樣 yī ge yàng the same; of the same type ∼HSK 6
强攻 強攻 qiáng gōng (military) to take by storm ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
诗酒风流 詩酒風流 shī jiǔ fēng liú the romantic life of poetry and wine (idiom); the refined, dissolute elegance of a literatus ∼HSK 6
素来 素來 sù lái consistently; always (in the past and now) ∼HSK 6
子虚乌有 子虛烏有 zǐ xū wū yǒu (idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination ∼HSK 6
潜逃 潛逃 qián táo to abscond; to slink off ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
作案 作案 zuò àn to commit a crime ∼HSK 6
大盗 大盜 dà dào thief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety) ∼HSK 6
抓捕 抓捕 zhuā bǔ to seize; to capture ∼HSK 6
身陷 身陷 shēn xiàn to be trapped; to be imprisoned ∼HSK 6
施以 施以 shī yǐ to inflict (punishment); to provide (training etc); to apply (pressure etc) ∼HSK 6