A Thousand Years of Huizhou

Episode review

The Horse-Head Walls

S1E7 · 第7集 片片马头墙 dì 7 jí piān piān mǎtóu qiáng

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Vocabulary

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一族 一族 yī zú social group; subculture; family; clan; see also ∼HSK 6
宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration; great ambition ∼HSK 6
有所作为 有所作為 yǒu suǒ zuò wéi (idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile; to make a positive contribution ∼HSK 6
组织者 組織者 zǔ zhī zhě organizer ∼HSK 6
家公 家公 jiā gōng head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father ∼HSK 6
开凿 開鑿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) ∼HSK 6
嘱托 囑託 zhǔ tuō to entrust a task to sb else ∼HSK 6
水渠 水渠 shuǐ qú canal ∼HSK 6
宗祠 宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple; clan hall ∼HSK 6
景致 景緻 jǐng zhì view; scenery; scene ∼HSK 6
种田 種田 zhòng tián to farm; farming ∼HSK 6
良性循环 良性循環 liáng xìng xún huán virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop) ∼HSK 6
归隐 歸隱 guī yǐn to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion ∼HSK 6
田园 田園 tián yuán fields; countryside; rural; bucolic ∼HSK 6
族谱 族譜 zú pǔ genealogical record; family history; lineage ∼HSK 6
距今 距今 jù jīn before the present; (a long period) ago ∼HSK 6
余年 餘年 yú nián one's remaining years ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
军功 軍功 jūn gōng (military) meritorious service ∼HSK 6
庞杂 龐雜 páng zá complex; complicated; many and varied ∼HSK 6
余量 餘量 yú liàng remnant; leftover; tolerance (i.e. allowed error) ∼HSK 6
木料 木料 mù liào lumber; timber ∼HSK 6
故里 故里 gù lǐ home town; native place ∼HSK 6
积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions ∼HSK 6
行善 行善 xíng shàn to do good works; to be merciful ∼HSK 6
抹去 抹去 mǒ qù to erase ∼HSK 6
浮沉 浮沉 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge ∼HSK 6
兴衰 興衰 xīng shuāi prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall ∼HSK 6
圣旨 聖旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
御赐 御賜 yù cì to be bestowed by the emperor ∼HSK 6
原作 原作 yuán zuò original works; original text; original author ∼HSK 6
满堂 滿堂 mǎn táng whole audience; a sellout (capacity audience); jam-packed ∼HSK 6
梁架 樑架 liáng jià roof beam; rafters ∼HSK 6
精美绝伦 精美絕倫 jīng měi jué lún exquisite and unmatched (idiom); of incomparable beauty and craftsmanship ∼HSK 6
敬神 敬神 jìng shén to respect a deity; to pray to a God ∼HSK 6
蕴含 蘊含 yùn hán to contain; to accumulate ∼HSK 6
音响设备 音響設備 yīn xiǎng shè bèi sound equipment; stereo ∼HSK 6
无利 無利 wú lì no profit; not profitable; a hindrance; (to lend money) at no interest ∼HSK 6
巷子 巷子 xiàng zi alley ∼HSK 6
繁盛 繁盛 fán shèng prosperous; thriving; (of vegetation) luxuriant ∼HSK 6
鼎盛期 鼎盛期 dǐng shèng qī golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity ∼HSK 6
顶峰 頂峰 dǐng fēng peak; summit; fig. high point; masterpiece ∼HSK 6
家谱 家譜 jiā pǔ genealogy; family tree ∼HSK 6
沿袭 沿襲 yán xí to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc) ∼HSK 6
采光 採光 cǎi guāng to get natural light (e.g. through a window) ∼HSK 6
水波 水波 shuǐ bō wave; (water) ripple ∼HSK 6
雕饰 雕飾 diāo shì to carve; to decorate; carved; decorated ∼HSK 6
细作 細作 xì zuò (old) spy; secret agent ∼HSK 6
辞官 辭官 cí guān to resign a government post ∼HSK 6
私宅 私宅 sī zhái private residence ∼HSK 6