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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青 青 Qīng abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province HSK 5
立 立 lì to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
试图 試圖 shì tú to attempt; to try HSK 5
歌曲 歌曲 gē qǔ song HSK 5
礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
时光 時光 shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
碎 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
接触 接觸 jiē chù to touch; to contact; access; in touch with HSK 5
记忆 記憶 jì yì to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
邀请 邀請 yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
高潮 高潮 gāo cháo high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
潮 潮 cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
惠子 惠子 Huì zi Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
禅宗 禪宗 Chán zōng Zen Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
潮州 潮州 Cháo zhōu Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐代 唐代 Táng dài Tang dynasty (618-907) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐朝 唐朝 Tángcháo Tang dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
茶经 茶經 Chá jīng the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by between 760-780 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
恩施 恩施 Ēn shī Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province; Enshi prefecture-level city in Hubei, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白玉县 白玉縣 Bái yù xiàn Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藏族 藏族 Zàng zú Tibetan ethnic group Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐宋 唐宋 Táng Sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大唐 大唐 Dà Táng Great Tang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
普洱 普洱 Pǔ ěr Pu'er, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
土家族 土家族 Tǔ jiā zú Tujia ethnic group of Hunan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
四川省 四川省 Sì chuān Shěng Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
康巴 康巴 Kāng bā Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group; former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
格萨尔 格薩爾 Gé sà ěr King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
森 森 Sēn forest; luxuriant vegetation ∼HSK 4
武士 武士 wǔ shì warrior; samurai ∼HSK 4
茶具 茶具 chá jù tea set; tea service ∼HSK 4
尾 尾 wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
政客 政客 zhèng kè politician ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4