A Thousand Years of Huizhou

Episode review

The First Good Thing

S1E3 · 第3集 第一等好事 dì jí dìyī děng hǎoshì

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互为表里 互為表裡 hù wéi biǎo lǐ to be mutually complementary (idiom); to form an inseparable inside and outside; closely interdependent Idiom ∼HSK 7
不远万里 不遠萬里 bù yuǎn wàn lǐ lit. not considering ten thousand li too far (idiom); fig. to travel a great distance regardless of the hardship Idiom ∼HSK 7
深入人心 深入人心 shēn rù rén xīn to enter deeply into people's hearts; to have a real impact on the people (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name Idiom HSK 7
刻苦 刻苦 kè kǔ hardworking; assiduous Xiehouyu HSK 7
一连串 一連串 yī lián chuàn a succession of; a series of Xiehouyu HSK 7
尴尬 尷尬 gān gà awkward; embarrassed Xiehouyu HSK 7
报亭 報亭 bào tíng kiosk; newsstand HSK 7
耿直 耿直 gěng zhí honest; frank; candid HSK 7
桂花 桂花 guì huā osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans HSK 7
对联 對聯 duì lián rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway HSK 7
积淀 積澱 jī diàn deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom HSK 7
勉励 勉勵 miǎn lì to encourage HSK 7
学子 學子 xué zǐ (literary) student; scholar HSK 7
改为 改為 gǎi wéi to change into HSK 7
官吏 官吏 guān lì bureaucrat; official HSK 7
难能可贵 難能可貴 nán néng kě guì rare and precious; valuable; remarkable HSK 7
学堂 學堂 xué táng college; school (old) HSK 7
建树 建樹 jiàn shù to make a contribution; to establish; to found; contribution HSK 7
求学 求學 qiú xué to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college HSK 7
励志 勵志 lì zhì to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational HSK 7
廉洁 廉潔 lián jié incorruptible; unbribable; honest HSK 7
山川 山川 shān chuān mountains and rivers; landscape HSK 7
发扬光大 發揚光大 fā yáng guāng dà to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development HSK 7
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties HSK 7
文人 文人 wén rén scholar; literati HSK 7
文科 文科 wén kē liberal arts; humanities HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
民俗 民俗 mín sú popular custom HSK 7
传人 傳人 chuán rén to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant HSK 7
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light HSK 7
算盘 算盤 suàn pán abacus; plan; scheme HSK 7
伯父 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother; term of respect for older man HSK 7
相传 相傳 xiāng chuán to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend HSK 7
沧桑 滄桑 cāng sāng great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 HSK 7
根基 根基 gēn jī foundation HSK 7
着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution HSK 7
残缺 殘缺 cán quē badly damaged; shattered HSK 7
破例 破例 pò lì to make an exception HSK 7
落成 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project HSK 7
变故 變故 biàn gù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune HSK 7
倡议 倡議 chàng yì to suggest; to initiate; proposal; initiative HSK 7
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty HSK 7
屯 屯 tún to station (soldiers); to store up; village HSK 7
务实 務實 wù shí pragmatic; dealing with concrete issues HSK 7
不得而知 不得而知 bù dé ér zhī unknown; unable to find out HSK 7
雄厚 雄厚 xióng hòu substantial; robust; ample; abundant HSK 7
人文 人文 rén wén humanities; human affairs; culture HSK 7
坝 壩 bà dam; dike; embankment HSK 7
显赫 顯赫 xiǎn hè illustrious; celebrated HSK 7