A Thousand Years of Huizhou

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Confucian Wind Renowned Across the Land

S1E4 · 第4集 儒风称天下 dì jí rú fēng chèn tiānxià

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Vocabulary

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故土 故土 gù tǔ native country; one's homeland ∼HSK 6
沉吟 沉吟 chén yín to mutter to oneself irresolutely ∼HSK 6
颂歌 頌歌 sòng gē carol ∼HSK 6
特使 特使 tè shǐ special envoy; special ambassador ∼HSK 6
隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish ∼HSK 6
大族 大族 dà zú large and influential family; clan ∼HSK 6
学识 學識 xué shí erudition; scholarly knowledge ∼HSK 6
燎原 燎原 liáo yuán to start a prairie fire ∼HSK 6
满腹 滿腹 mǎn fù filled with; preoccupied with ∼HSK 6
故里 故里 gù lǐ home town; native place ∼HSK 6
隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion ∼HSK 6
潜心 潛心 qián xīn to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
稚嫩 稚嫩 zhì nèn young and tender; puerile; soft and immature ∼HSK 6
回荡 迴盪 huí dàng to resound; to reverberate; to echo ∼HSK 6
勾勒 勾勒 gōu lè to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of ∼HSK 6
耕读 耕讀 gēng dú to be both a farmer and a scholar; to work the land and also undertake academic studies ∼HSK 6
消融 消融 xiāo róng to melt (e.g. an icecap) ∼HSK 6
浩瀚 浩瀚 hào hàn vast (of ocean); boundless ∼HSK 6
旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore ∼HSK 6
穿凿附会 穿鑿附會 chuān záo fù huì (idiom) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations ∼HSK 6
肆意 肆意 sì yì wantonly; recklessly; willfully ∼HSK 6
曲解 曲解 qū jiě to misrepresent; to misinterpret ∼HSK 6
灯盏 燈盞 dēng zhǎn lantern; uncovered oil lamp ∼HSK 6
劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs) ∼HSK 6
独善其身 獨善其身 dú shàn qí shēn to maintain one's own integrity (idiom); to look after only oneself; to stay aloof ∼HSK 6
自欺 自欺 zì qī to deceive oneself ∼HSK 6
蕴含 蘊含 yùn hán to contain; to accumulate ∼HSK 6
顿悟 頓悟 dùn wù a flash of realization; the truth in a flash; a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
思辨 思辨 sī biàn to think critically; (philosophy) to reason; to speculate ∼HSK 6
履历 履歷 lǚ lì background (academic and work); curriculum vitae; résumé ∼HSK 6
玄学 玄學 xuán xué Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) ∼HSK 6
陷入僵局 陷入僵局 xiàn rù jiāng jú to fall into a stalemate; to reach a deadlock (idiom) ∼HSK 6
为师 為師 wéi shī as your teacher ∼HSK 6
挥师 揮師 huī shī in command of the army ∼HSK 6
锦囊 錦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice) ∼HSK 6
开国功臣 開國功臣 kāi guó gōng chén outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state) ∼HSK 6
通俗易懂 通俗易懂 tōng sú yì dǒng easy to understand ∼HSK 6
忠孝节义 忠孝節義 zhōng xiào jié yì loyalty, filial piety, integrity and righteousness (idiom); the cardinal Confucian virtues ∼HSK 6
家训 家訓 jiā xùn instructions to one's children; family precepts ∼HSK 6
晃动 晃動 huàng dòng to shake; to sway; to rock ∼HSK 6
炊烟 炊煙 chuī yān smoke from kitchen chimneys ∼HSK 6
农耕 農耕 nóng gēng farming; agriculture ∼HSK 6
劳作 勞作 láo zuò work; manual labor ∼HSK 6
捐资 捐資 juān zī to contribute funds ∼HSK 6
粗壮 粗壯 cū zhuàng thick and solid ∼HSK 6
山洪 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt ∼HSK 6
咆哮 咆哮 páo xiào (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar ∼HSK 6
木料 木料 mù liào lumber; timber ∼HSK 6
百余 百餘 bǎi yú a hundred or more ∼HSK 6