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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Vocabulary

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家道中落 家道中落 jiā dào zhōng luò to come down in the world (idiom); to suffer a reversal of fortune Idiom ∼HSK 4
翻江倒海 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
长安 長安 Cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an) capital of China during Tang Dynasty; now, a district of Xi'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大唐 大唐 Dà Táng Great Tang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺 大理寺 Dà lǐ sì Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西域 西域 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县令 縣令 xiàn lìng county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功县 武功縣 Wǔ gōng Xiàn Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天命 天命 Tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺卿 大理寺卿 Dà lǐ sì qīng Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
狄仁杰 狄仁傑 Dí Rén jié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends; master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee translated Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
镇子 鎮子 zhèn zi town; village Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青木 青木 Qīng mù Aoki (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
无名 無名 wú míng nameless; obscure ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
卢 盧 Lú cottage, hut; surname; black ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
昨夜 昨夜 zuó yè last night ∼HSK 4
此类 此類 cǐ lèi this kind; these kinds; such ∼HSK 4
旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case; long-standing legal dispute ∼HSK 4
诡异 詭異 guǐ yì strange; weird ∼HSK 4
揭开 揭開 jiē kāi to uncover; to open ∼HSK 4
败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community; degenerate ∼HSK 4
归案 歸案 guī àn to bring to justice; to file away (a document) ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
天色 天色 tiān sè color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
翻身 翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
腰间 腰間 yāo jiān waist ∼HSK 4
翻过 翻過 fān guò to turn over; to transform ∼HSK 4
定能 定能 dìng néng to be definitely able (to do sth) ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
幽 幽 yōu quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark ∼HSK 4
明察 明察 míng chá to note clearly; to perceive ∼HSK 4
难测 難測 nán cè hard to fathom ∼HSK 4
翻动 翻動 fān dòng to flip over; to turn (a page); to scroll (an electronic document); to stir (food in a pot etc); to move things about; to rummage ∼HSK 4
明示 明示 míng shì to state explicitly; to clearly indicate ∼HSK 4
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint ∼HSK 4
面具 面具 miàn jù mask ∼HSK 4
安息 安息 Ān xī Parthia (ancient country in central Asia) ∼HSK 4