Tea: Story of the Leaf

Whole-title review

Season 1 — Tea: Story of the Leaf

茶，一片树叶的故事 chá， yī piān shùyè de gùshì

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Vocabulary

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之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it; to take appropriate steps Idiom ∼HSK 6
粗枝大叶 粗枝大葉 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish; rough and ready; sloppy Idiom ∼HSK 6
特立独行 特立獨行 tè lì dú xíng to be unconventional; independence of action Idiom ∼HSK 6
轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong; vigorous; large-scale Idiom ∼HSK 6
与世隔绝 與世隔絕 yǔ shì gé jué to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
融为一体 融為一體 róng wéi yī tǐ to fuse together (idiom); hypostatic union (religion) Idiom ∼HSK 6
盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time; grand fashion for a limited time Idiom ∼HSK 6
浑然天成 渾然天成 hún rán tiān chéng to resemble nature itself; of the highest quality (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
兼收并蓄 兼收並蓄 jiān shōu bìng xù incorporating diverse things (idiom); eclectic; all-embracing Idiom ∼HSK 6
悬崖峭壁 懸崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
物尽其用 物盡其用 wù jìn qí yòng to use sth to the full; to make the best use of everything Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
别具一格 別具一格 bié jù yī gé having a unique or distinctive style Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
波澜起伏 波瀾起伏 bō lán qǐ fú one climax follows another (of thrilling story) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
寿命不长 壽命不長 shòu mìng bù cháng one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often fig.) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
百分之 百分之 bǎi fēn zhī percent ∼HSK 6
融通 融通 róng tōng to circulate; to flow (esp. capital); to intermingle; to merge; to become assimilated ∼HSK 6
融融 融融 róng róng in harmony; happy; warm relations ∼HSK 6
酥油茶 酥油茶 sū yóu chá butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk) ∼HSK 6
泡茶 泡茶 pào chá to make tea ∼HSK 6
舰船 艦船 jiàn chuán warship ∼HSK 6
乌龙茶 烏龍茶 wū lóng chá oolong tea ∼HSK 6
冲泡 沖泡 chōng pào to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves); to infuse (tea) ∼HSK 6
恩师 恩師 ēn shī (greatly respected) teacher ∼HSK 6
龙井茶 龍井茶 lóng jǐng chá Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang ∼HSK 6
大红袍 大紅袍 dà hóng páo an expensive type of oolong tea ∼HSK 6
采摘 採摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck; to pick ∼HSK 6
印制 印製 yìn zhì to print; to produce (a publication) ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
清香 清香 qīng xiāng sweet scent; fragrant odor ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
感悟 感悟 gǎn wù to come to realize; to appreciate (feelings) ∼HSK 6
隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion ∼HSK 6
大吉 大吉 dà jí very auspicious; extremely lucky ∼HSK 6
山野 山野 shān yě wild mountain ∼HSK 6
烘焙 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc); to bake ∼HSK 6
祭祖 祭祖 jì zǔ to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors ∼HSK 6
和服 和服 hé fú kimono ∼HSK 6
苗子 苗子 miáo zi young successor; seedling; sapling ∼HSK 6
拐子 柺子 guǎi zi crutch; (derog.) lame person; kidnapper ∼HSK 6
产区 產區 chǎn qū place of production; manufacturing location ∼HSK 6
茶砖 茶磚 chá zhuān tea brick ∼HSK 6
结缘 結緣 jié yuán to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth) ∼HSK 6