Tea: Story of the Leaf

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Tea: The Story of the Leaf

S1E3 · 烧水煮茶的事 shāoshuǐ zhǔ chá de shì

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4.14 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
一板一眼 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter; scrupulous attention to detail Idiom ∼HSK 3
心里有数 心裡有數 xīn lǐ yǒu shù to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
宋代 宋代 Sòng dài Song dynasty (960-1279) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
静山 靜山 Jìng Shān Cheng San (precinct in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore); Cheng Shan GRC, formerly (until the 1997 elections) a group representation constituency (electoral division) in Singapore Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
金刚 金剛 Jīn gāng King Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
和静 和靜 Hé jìng Xéjing nahiyisi or Hejing county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
宋朝 宋朝 Sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
明朝 明朝 Míng cháo Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
明代 明代 Míng dài the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
沙 沙 Shā sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
香气 香氣 xiāng qì fragrance; aroma; incense ∼HSK 3
流派 流派 liú pài tributary (stream); (fig.) school (of thought); genre; style ∼HSK 3
修行 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft ∼HSK 3
饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments; to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
随性 隨性 suí xìng casual; laid-back; doing as one pleases ∼HSK 3
第一步 第一步 dì yī bù step one; first step ∼HSK 3
简 簡 jiǎn simple, terse, succinct, a letter ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3
以此 以此 yǐ cǐ with this; thereby; thus; because of this ∼HSK 3
状 狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
初年 初年 chū nián early years ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
存活 存活 cún huó to survive (a serious accident); survival ∼HSK 3
现代人 現代人 xiàn dài rén modern man; Homo sapiens ∼HSK 3
从简 從簡 cóng jiǎn to adopt a simplified approach; to keep things simple ∼HSK 3
城市化 城市化 chéng shì huà urbanization ∼HSK 3
有的时候 有的時候 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes; at times ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
易容 易容 yì róng to change one's appearance ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
谷 穀 gǔ valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
久远 久遠 jiǔ yuǎn old; ancient; far away ∼HSK 3
肉类 肉類 ròu lèi meat ∼HSK 3
群山 群山 qún shān mountains; a range of hills ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
家世 家世 jiā shì family background ∼HSK 3
邻里 鄰里 lín lǐ neighbor; neighborhood ∼HSK 3
锻造 鍛造 duàn zào to forge (metal); forging ∼HSK 3
知音 知音 zhī yīn intimate friend; soul mate ∼HSK 3
禅修 禪修 chán xiū to practice Zen (esp. meditation) ∼HSK 3
不复 不復 bù fù no longer; not again ∼HSK 3
代课 代課 dài kè to teach as substitute for absent teacher ∼HSK 3
名相 名相 míng xiàng famous prime minister (in ancient China); names and appearances (Buddhism) ∼HSK 3
传回 傳回 chuán huí to send back ∼HSK 3