Nirvana in Fire

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Choosing a Master

S1E4 · 靖王意动 霓凰遇险 jìng wáng yì dòng ní huáng yùxiǎn

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4.77 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
失敬 失敬 shī jìng I have been remiss (apology) ∼HSK 6
幕僚 幕僚 mù liáo aides and advisors of top officials ∼HSK 6
倚重 倚重 yǐ zhòng to rely heavily upon ∼HSK 6
建功立业 建功立業 jiàn gōng lì yè to achieve or accomplish goals ∼HSK 6
庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple ∼HSK 6
人脉 人脈 rén mài contacts; connections; network ∼HSK 6
驾临 駕臨 jià lín to grace sb with one's presence; your arrival (honorific); your esteemed presence ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
怪诞 怪誕 guài dàn freak; weird ∼HSK 6
麒麟 麒麟 qí lín (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe ∼HSK 6
浮云 浮雲 fú yún floating clouds; fleeting; transient ∼HSK 6
截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate ∼HSK 6
赌注 賭注 dǔ zhù stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake ∼HSK 6
三皇 三皇 sān huáng the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2] ∼HSK 6
遗腹子 遺腹子 yí fù zǐ posthumous child ∼HSK 6
男丁 男丁 nán dīng adult male ∼HSK 6
据我所知 據我所知 jù wǒ suǒ zhī as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge ∼HSK 6
遗孤 遺孤 yí gū orphan ∼HSK 6
劫后余生 劫後餘生 jié hòu yú shēng (idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity ∼HSK 6
忠烈 忠烈 zhōng liè sacrifice oneself for one's country; martyr ∼HSK 6
难以忍受 難以忍受 nán yǐ rěn shòu hard to endure; unbearable ∼HSK 6
煎熬 煎熬 jiān áo to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment ∼HSK 6
不善 不善 bù shàn bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive ∼HSK 6
权谋 權謀 quán móu trickery; tactics ∼HSK 6
凶险 兇險 xiōng xiǎn dangerous; ruthless; treacherous ∼HSK 6
沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in ∼HSK 6
伤及无辜 傷及無辜 shāng jí wú gū to harm the innocent (idiom) ∼HSK 6
罪孽 罪孽 zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
背负 背負 bēi fù to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder ∼HSK 6
大公 大公 dà gōng grand duke; impartial ∼HSK 6
惊扰 驚擾 jīng rǎo to alarm; to agitate ∼HSK 6
心惊 心驚 xīn jīng fearful; apprehensive ∼HSK 6
告之 告之 gào zhī to tell sb; to inform ∼HSK 6
卑劣 卑劣 bēi liè base; mean; despicable ∼HSK 6
常年 常年 cháng nián all year round; for years on end; average year HSK 6
不择手段 不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
祖母 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
用处 用處 yòng chu usefulness HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
多半 多半 duō bàn most; mostly; most likely HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
残疾 殘疾 cán jí disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal HSK 6
不至于 不至於 bù zhì yú unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as HSK 6
奇妙 奇妙 qí miào fantastic; wonderful HSK 6
特意 特意 tè yì specially; intentionally HSK 6
大力 大力 dà lì energetically; vigorously HSK 6