The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Sun Begins Setting

S1E12 · 未 日西斜 wèi rì xī xié

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4.16 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department ∼HSK 6
避讳 避諱 bì huì to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders) ∼HSK 6
胡麻 胡麻 hú má sesame; (botany) flax; linseed ∼HSK 6
战功 戰功 zhàn gōng outstanding military service ∼HSK 6
虚空 虛空 xū kōng void; hollow; empty ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
把持 把持 bǎ chí to control; to dominate; to monopolize ∼HSK 6
何事 何事 hé shì what matter ∼HSK 6
酬金 酬金 chóu jīn monetary reward; remuneration ∼HSK 6
眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country) ∼HSK 6
文武 文武 wén wǔ civil and military ∼HSK 6
学识 學識 xué shí erudition; scholarly knowledge ∼HSK 6
俱佳 俱佳 jù jiā excellent; wonderful ∼HSK 6
胆识 膽識 dǎn shí courage and insight ∼HSK 6
谋略 謀略 móu lüè stratagem; strategy; resourcefulness ∼HSK 6
贤能 賢能 xián néng sage ∼HSK 6
恩同父母 恩同父母 ēn tóng fù mǔ kindness as great as a parent's (idiom); to be indebted as if to one's own father and mother ∼HSK 6
主使 主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator ∼HSK 6
命相 命相 mìng xiàng horoscope ∼HSK 6
起誓 起誓 qǐ shì to vow; to swear an oath ∼HSK 6
故友 故友 gù yǒu old friend; deceased friend ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
三弦 三絃 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra ∼HSK 6
今晨 今晨 jīn chén this morning ∼HSK 6
熏香 薰香 xūn xiāng incense ∼HSK 6
织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade; silk fabric with colored pattern ∼HSK 6
游侠 遊俠 yóu xiá knight-errant ∼HSK 6
饮酒作乐 飲酒作樂 yǐn jiǔ zuò lè drinking party; to go on a binge; to paint the town red ∼HSK 6
偏爱 偏愛 piān ài to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite ∼HSK 6
宰相 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
搅扰 攪擾 jiǎo rǎo to disturb; to annoy ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
怠惰 怠惰 dài duò idleness ∼HSK 6
援军 援軍 yuán jūn (military) reinforcements ∼HSK 6
英雄豪杰 英雄豪傑 yīng xióng háo jié heroes and outstanding figures (idiom); valiant and gallant people ∼HSK 6
踏踏实实 踏踏實實 tā tā shí shí steady; steadfast ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
撒气 撒氣 sā qì to leak (of air); to go flat (of a tire); to vent one's anger ∼HSK 6
尽失 盡失 jìn shī (of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost ∼HSK 6
人烟稀少 人煙稀少 rén yān xī shǎo no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate ∼HSK 6
驾云 駕雲 jià yún to ride the clouds; fig. self-satisfied; arrogant ∼HSK 6
速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism ∼HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
近日 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days HSK 6
公安 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
此处 此處 cǐ chù this place; here (literary) HSK 6
一道 一道 yī dào together HSK 6
战友 戰友 zhàn yǒu comrade-in-arms; battle companion HSK 6