Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty

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Season 1 — Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty

唐朝诡事录 tángcháo guǐ shì lù

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装神弄鬼 裝神弄鬼 zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus Idiom ∼HSK 5
心神不宁 心神不寧 xīn shén bù níng to feel ill at ease Idiom ∼HSK 5
歌舞升平 歌舞昇平 gē wǔ - shēng píng lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom); fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 5
达官贵人 達官貴人 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good Idiom ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
尉 尉 Wèi officer, military rank ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
窦 竇 Dòu surname; hole, burrow; corrupt ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
裴 裴 Péi surname; look of a flowing gown ∼HSK 5
萧 蕭 Xiāo common artemisia; dejected ∼HSK 5
射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) ∼HSK 5
命案 命案 mìng àn homicide case; murder case ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) ∼HSK 5
狄 狄 Dí tribe from northern china; surnam ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
频发 頻發 pín fā (usu. of bad things) to frequently happen; to occur often ∼HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5
饮 飲 yǐn drink ∼HSK 5
畜生 畜生 chù sheng domestic animal; brute; bastard ∼HSK 5
绝非 絕非 jué fēi absolutely not ∼HSK 5
廨 廨 xiè government office, public office ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
伍 伍 Wǔ five, company of five; troops ∼HSK 5
寓所 寓所 yù suǒ dwelling ∼HSK 5
无礼 無禮 wú lǐ rude; rudely ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
驿 驛 yì post station ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
可否 可否 kě fǒu can/may? ∼HSK 5
擅 擅 shàn monopolize; claim; arbitrarily; to dare ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
胆敢 膽敢 dǎn gǎn to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
逞 逞 chěng indulge oneself; brag, show off ∼HSK 5
纣 紂 Zhòu name of an emperor; saddle part ∼HSK 5
无妨 無妨 wú fáng no harm (in doing it); One might as well.; It won't hurt.; no matter; it's no bother ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
有理 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation ∼HSK 5
血汗 血汗 xuè hàn (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work ∼HSK 5
诓 誆 kuāng cheat, swindle, lie ∼HSK 5
臭味 臭味 chòu wèi bad smell; foul odor ∼HSK 5
贩 販 fàn peddler, hawker, street merchant ∼HSK 5
哀 哀 Āi sad, mournful, pitiful; pity ∼HSK 5
显贵 顯貴 xiǎn guì dignitary; distinguished person; royalty; nobleman; big shot ∼HSK 5
神人 神人 shén rén God; deity ∼HSK 5