The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Sun at the West

S1E10 · 未 日西斜 wèi rì xī xié

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4.07 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to Idiom ∼HSK 6
唧唧喳喳 唧唧喳喳 jī jī zhā zhā (onom.) chattering or giggling Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
猫腻 貓膩 māo nì (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shi1shou5-fen1li2] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shi1shou5-yi4chu4], decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy ∼HSK 6
商铺 商鋪 shāng pù shop; store ∼HSK 6
浪子 浪子 làng zǐ loafer; wastrel; prodigal son ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
核查 核查 hé chá to examine; to inspect ∼HSK 6
瞒报 瞞報 mán bào to conceal or deceive in a report; to falsify by over- or underreporting ∼HSK 6
箭头 箭頭 jiàn tóu arrowhead; arrow symbol ∼HSK 6
自幼 自幼 zì yòu from childhood ∼HSK 6
家公 家公 jiā gōng head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father ∼HSK 6
殴斗 毆鬥 ōu dòu to have a fist fight; fist fight; brawl ∼HSK 6
速去 速去 sù qù go quickly ∼HSK 6
斗殴 鬥毆 dòu ōu to brawl; to scuffle ∼HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
探子 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer; spy; detective; scout; sound (medical instrument); long and narrow probing and sampling utensil ∼HSK 6
行止 行止 xíng zhǐ movements; attitude; behavior; whereabouts; tracks ∼HSK 6
充饥 充飢 chōng jī to allay one's hunger ∼HSK 6
贼窝 賊窩 zéi wō thieves' lair ∼HSK 6
驰援 馳援 chí yuán to rush to the rescue ∼HSK 6
蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd; queer; strange; fishy ∼HSK 6
犀利 犀利 xī lì sharp; incisive; penetrating ∼HSK 6
便溺 便溺 biàn niào to urinate or defecate; urine and feces ∼HSK 6
威逼 威逼 wēi bī to threaten; to coerce; to intimidate ∼HSK 6
撑腰 撐腰 chēng yāo to support; to brace ∼HSK 6
形貌 形貌 xíng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
看顾 看顧 kàn gù to watch over ∼HSK 6
奉公 奉公 fèng gōng to pursue public affairs ∼HSK 6
伏法 伏法 fú fǎ to be executed ∼HSK 6
如期 如期 rú qī as scheduled; on time; punctual ∼HSK 6
活计 活計 huó jì handicraft; needlework; work ∼HSK 6
报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness ∼HSK 6
望楼 望樓 wàng lóu watchtower; lookout tower ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
余党 餘黨 yú dǎng remnants (of a defeated clique); rump ∼HSK 6
捷报 捷報 jié bào report of success; report of a victory ∼HSK 6
顾念 顧念 gù niàn to care for; to worry about ∼HSK 6
据传 據傳 jù chuán it is rumored that ...; it is reported that ... ∼HSK 6
不妙 不妙 bù miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring ∼HSK 6
今晨 今晨 jīn chén this morning ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
以假乱真 以假亂真 yǐ jiǎ - luàn zhēn (idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing ∼HSK 6
破损 破損 pò sǔn to become damaged ∼HSK 6
大仙 大仙 dà xiān Great Immortal ∼HSK 6