Vocabulary

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(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
qiān xīn wàn to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort Idiom ∼HSK 4
Dǒu zhuǎn xīng lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3] Idiom ∼HSK 4
ān rán yàng safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) Idiom ∼HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
liáng capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states; CL:根[gen1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tuò branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓拔 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jiāng shān see 江山市[Jiang1shan1 Shi4] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bīng Ministry of War (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Huò zhōu Huozhou, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
guāng Buddha's teachings; aura (around the head of Buddha) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
shī shǒu (military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands; (fig.) to take a turn for the worse Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lín hǎi see 臨海市|临海市[Lin2hai3 Shi4] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan 陽泉|阳泉[Yang2 quan2], Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Ān kāng see 安康市[An1kang1 Shi4] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Láng Langya, a district in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2zhou1 Shi4], Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chén āi luò dìng "Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3xi1] ∼HSK 4
bīng military strength; armed forces; troops ∼HSK 4
feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
chéng wáng bài kòu see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] ∼HSK 4
bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
qīng upset, pour out, overflow ∼HSK 4
Xuān declare, announce, proclaim ∼HSK 4
statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
dǐng zhēn thimble ∼HSK 4
po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
duī pile ∼HSK 4
bu see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4] ∼HSK 4
chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
xīng bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
pàn luàn armed rebellion ∼HSK 4
pài bīng to dispatch troops ∼HSK 4