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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兽类 獸類 shòu lèi animals ∼HSK 6
垦荒 墾荒 kěn huāng to open up land (for agriculture) ∼HSK 6
名臣 名臣 míng chén important official or statesman (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
外柔内刚 外柔內剛 wài róu nèi gāng 外: out, outside, external; foreign · 柔: soft; gentle, pliant · 内: inside · 刚: hard, tough, rigid, strong ∼HSK 6
躲懒 躲懶 duǒ lǎn to shy away from work; to get by without attending duty ∼HSK 6
急吼吼 急吼吼 jí hǒu hǒu impatient ∼HSK 6
轻徭薄赋 輕徭薄賦 qīng yáo báo fù 轻: light; easy, simple; gentle · 徭: conscript labor, compulsory labor · 薄: thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy · 赋: tax; give; endow; army; diffuse ∼HSK 6
撕咬 撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) ∼HSK 6
证据确凿 證據確鑿 zhèng jù què záo 证: prove, confirm, verify; proof · 据: to occupy, take possession of; a base, position · 确: sure, certain; real, true · 凿: chisel; bore, pierce ∼HSK 6
同案犯 同案犯 tóng àn fàn accomplice ∼HSK 6
讯问 訊問 xùn wèn to interrogate; to ask about ∼HSK 6
爽约 爽約 shuǎng yuē to miss an appointment ∼HSK 6
铁塔 鐵塔 tiě tǎ iron tower ∼HSK 6
挖坟 挖墳 wā fén to dig a grave; (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc) ∼HSK 6
饵诱 餌誘 ěr yòu to lure; to entice ∼HSK 6
陶器 陶器 táo qì pottery ∼HSK 6
着魔 著魔 zháo mó obsessed; bewitched; enchanted; as if possessed ∼HSK 6
消肿 消腫 xiāo zhǒng to reduce swelling; detumescence; (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc) ∼HSK 6
熬药 熬藥 áo yào to decoct medicinal herbs ∼HSK 6
逼问 逼問 bī wèn to question intensely; to interrogate; to demand information ∼HSK 6
妻儿老少 妻兒老少 qī ér lǎo shǎo 妻: wife · 儿: son, child; KangXi radical 10 · 老: old, aged; experienced · 少: few, less, inadequate ∼HSK 6
主顾 主顧 zhǔ gù client; customer ∼HSK 6
靠谱 靠譜 kào pǔ reliable; reasonable; probable ∼HSK 6
认作 認作 rèn zuò to regard as; to view; to consider sth as; to treat as ∼HSK 6
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life ∼HSK 6
卜卦 卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the eight trigrams ∼HSK 6
断章取义 斷章取義 duàn zhāng - qǔ yì (idiom) to quote out of context ∼HSK 6
瞎忙 瞎忙 xiā máng to putter around; to work to no avail ∼HSK 6
扣帽子 扣帽子 kòu mào zi to tag sb with unfair label; power word ∼HSK 6
造舆论 造輿論 zào yú lùn to build up public opinion; to create a fuss ∼HSK 6
恩断义绝 恩斷義絕 ēn duàn yì jué to split up; to break all ties ∼HSK 6
才识 才識 cái shí ability and insight ∼HSK 6
供称 供稱 gòng chēng to make a confession (law) ∼HSK 6
安身立命 安身立命 ān shēn - lì mìng (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life ∼HSK 6
大势已去 大勢已去 dà shì yǐ qù 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 势: power, force; tendency · 已: already; finished; stop · 去: go away, leave, depart ∼HSK 6
拿捏 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten ∼HSK 6
不足为虑 不足為慮 bù zú wéi lǜ to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about ∼HSK 6
人尽皆知 人盡皆知 rén jìn jiē zhī known by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
生死未卜 生死未卜 shēng sǐ wèi bǔ 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 死: die; dead; death · 未: not yet; 8th terrestrial branch · 卜: fortune telling; prophesy ∼HSK 6
审时度势 審時度勢 shěn shí duó shì to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock ∼HSK 6
牢狱之灾 牢獄之災 láo yù zhī zāi imprisonment ∼HSK 6
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice ∼HSK 6
呈递 呈遞 chéng dì to present; to submit ∼HSK 6
捕杀 捕殺 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) ∼HSK 6
须要 須要 xū yào must; have to ∼HSK 6
形同虚设 形同虛設 xíng tóng xū shè to exist in name only; empty shell; useless (idiom) ∼HSK 6
憋气 憋氣 biē qì to hold one's breath; to feel suffocated (for lack of air); choked with bottled-up resentment ∼HSK 6
诈死 詐死 zhà sǐ to feign death; to fake death ∼HSK 6
横死 橫死 hèng sǐ to die by violence ∼HSK 6