The Longest Day in Chang'an

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Season 1 — The Longest Day in Chang'an

长安十二时辰 cháng'ān shí'èr shíchén

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Vocabulary

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死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 2
沆瀣一气 沆瀣一氣 hàng xiè yī qì to act in collusion (idiom); in cahoots with; villains will look after one another Idiom ∼HSK 2
天涯海角 天涯海角 Tiān yá Hǎi jiǎo Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya Idiom ∼HSK 2
三教九流 三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.) Idiom ∼HSK 2
高风亮节 高風亮節 gāo fēng liàng jié of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
不闻不问 不聞不問 bù wén bù wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned Idiom ∼HSK 2
大手大脚 大手大腳 dà shǒu dà jiǎo extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful; wasteful Idiom ∼HSK 2
风吹草动 風吹草動 fēng chuī - cǎo dòng lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble Idiom ∼HSK 2
出人头地 出人頭地 chū rén tóu dì to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel Idiom ∼HSK 2
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
说不得 說不得 shuō bu de to be unmentionable; be unspeakable; must; cannot but Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
完事 完事 wán shì to be finished (with sth) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
靠不住 靠不住 kào bu zhù unreliable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
面熟 面熟 miàn shú to look familiar; familiar-looking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
近在眼前 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
拉倒 拉倒 lā dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
轻信 輕信 qīng xìn to easily trust; gullible; naïve Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
高才 高才 gāo cái great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
要不得 要不得 yào bu de intolerable; unacceptable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
没完没了 沒完沒了 méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
要脸 要臉 yào liǎn (coll.) to have a sense of shame Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
弄走 弄走 nòng zǒu (coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
上元节 上元節 Shàng yuán jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天长 天長 Tiān cháng Tianchang, a sub-prefecture-level city in Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
他信 他信 Tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万年 萬年 Wàn nián Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黄山 黃山 Huáng shān Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
河西 河西 Hé xī land west of the Yellow river; Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces Proper Noun ∼HSK 2