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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剥皮 剝皮 bāo pí to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
猫腻 貓膩 māo nì (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
整治 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) Colloquialism HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism 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
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
望楼 望樓 wàng lóu watchtower; lookout tower ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy ∼HSK 6
评事 評事 píng shì to discuss and evaluate; to appraise ∼HSK 6
昌明 昌明 chāng míng flourishing; thriving ∼HSK 6
援军 援軍 yuán jūn (military) reinforcements ∼HSK 6
主使 主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
不良人 不良人 bù liáng rén (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers ∼HSK 6
京兆 京兆 jīng zhào capital of a country ∼HSK 6
宅子 宅子 zhái zi house; residence ∼HSK 6
麒麟 麒麟 qí lín (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
谋刺 謀刺 móu cì to plot to assassinate ∼HSK 6
蚍蜉 蚍蜉 pí fú a type of large ant ∼HSK 6
莫要 莫要 mò yāo do not ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
官署 官署 guān shǔ official institution; state bureau ∼HSK 6
宰相 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
诗文 詩文 shī wén poetry and literature ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
酒肆 酒肆 jiǔ sì wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub ∼HSK 6
恩公 恩公 ēn gōng benefactor ∼HSK 6
烽燧 烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
祥瑞 祥瑞 xiáng ruì auspicious sign ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
尊驾 尊駕 zūn jià lit. your honored carriage; your highness; honored Sir (also sarcastic); you ∼HSK 6
藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor ∼HSK 6
司仪 司儀 sī yí master of ceremonies (MC) ∼HSK 6