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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文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
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
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
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism 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
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
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
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
烤箱 烤箱 kǎo xiāng oven ∼HSK 6
玉露 玉露 yù lù gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea); (old) early-morning autumn dew; fine liquor ∼HSK 6
文化交流 文化交流 wén huà jiāo liú cultural exchange ∼HSK 6
感悟 感悟 gǎn wù to come to realize; to appreciate (feelings) ∼HSK 6
清香 清香 qīng xiāng sweet scent; fragrant odor ∼HSK 6
抹茶 抹茶 mǒ chá green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) ∼HSK 6
薄纱 薄紗 báo shā gauze (cloth) ∼HSK 6
外侧 外側 wài cè outer side ∼HSK 6
横过 橫過 héng guò to traverse ∼HSK 6
茶壶 茶壺 chá hú teapot ∼HSK 6
散漫 散漫 sǎn màn undisciplined; unorganized ∼HSK 6
御用 御用 yù yòng for use by the emperor; imperial; (derog.) in the pay of the ruler ∼HSK 6
研磨 研磨 yán mó milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle ∼HSK 6
调味料 調味料 tiáo wèi liào seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences ∼HSK 6
发芽 發芽 fā yá to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop ∼HSK 6
勤勉 勤勉 qín miǎn diligence; diligent; industrious ∼HSK 6
大侠 大俠 dà xiá knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero ∼HSK 6
贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken; poor ∼HSK 6
揉搓 揉搓 róu cuo to rub; to torment; to torture ∼HSK 6
抛散 拋散 pāo sàn to scatter; to disperse ∼HSK 6
整形 整形 zhěng xíng shaping; reshaping; plastic surgery or orthopedics ∼HSK 6
吐露 吐露 tǔ lù to tell; to disclose; to reveal ∼HSK 6
切磋 切磋 qiē cuō to compare notes; to learn from one another ∼HSK 6
以降 以降 yǐ jiàng since (some point in the past) ∼HSK 6
参禅 參禪 cān chán practice Chan meditation ∼HSK 6
昏暗 昏暗 hūn àn dusky ∼HSK 6
禅房 禪房 chán fáng monk's chamber ∼HSK 6
拜祭 拜祭 bài jì to worship; to observe religious rites; to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) ∼HSK 6
结缘 結緣 jié yuán to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth) ∼HSK 6
端上 端上 duān shàng to serve (food, tea etc) ∼HSK 6
依序 依序 yī xù in order; sequentially ∼HSK 6
吹奏 吹奏 chuī zòu to play (wind instruments) ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
嘱托 囑託 zhǔ tuō to entrust a task to sb else ∼HSK 6
烙印 烙印 lào yìn to brand (cattle etc); brand; (fig.) to leave a lasting mark; to stigmatize; mark; stamp; stigma ∼HSK 6
莫大 莫大 mò dà greatest; most important ∼HSK 6
剑道 劍道 jiàn dào kendō (sports) ∼HSK 6