The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

The Darkness

S1E14 · 申 阴 shēn yīn

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4.41 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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以防万一 以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities Idiom ∼HSK 6
凶多吉少 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster Idiom ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 Léi surname Lei 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
祥瑞 祥瑞 xiáng ruì auspicious sign ∼HSK 6
昌明 昌明 chāng míng flourishing; thriving ∼HSK 6
皇太子 皇太子 huáng tài zǐ crown prince ∼HSK 6
望楼 望樓 wàng lóu watchtower; lookout tower ∼HSK 6
配制 配製 pèi zhì to compound (medicines etc); to prepare (by mixing ingredients); to concoct ∼HSK 6
酒肆 酒肆 jiǔ sì wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub ∼HSK 6
挚友 摯友 zhì yǒu intimate friend; close friend ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
顾念 顧念 gù niàn to care for; to worry about ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
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
转瞬 轉瞬 zhuǎn shùn in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash; to turn one's eyes ∼HSK 6
灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire; firefighting ∼HSK 6
黑炭 黑炭 hēi tàn coal; charcoal; (of skin) darkly pigmented; charcoal (color); bituminous coal (mining) ∼HSK 6
不良人 不良人 bù liáng rén (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers ∼HSK 6
待命 待命 dài mìng to be on call; to be on standby ∼HSK 6
听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs ∼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
误伤 誤傷 wù shāng to injure accidentally; accidental injury ∼HSK 6
赊账 賒賬 shē zhàng to buy or sell on credit; outstanding account; to have an outstanding account ∼HSK 6
浊酒 濁酒 zhuó jiǔ unfiltered rice wine ∼HSK 6
仆役 僕役 pú yì servant ∼HSK 6
俸禄 俸祿 fèng lù official's salary (in feudal times) ∼HSK 6
质铺 質鋪 zhì pù pawn shop ∼HSK 6
祖屋 祖屋 zǔ wū ancestral house ∼HSK 6
卷宗 卷宗 juàn zōng file; folder; dossier ∼HSK 6
有人情 有人情 yǒu rén qíng humane ∼HSK 6
隐秘 隱秘 yǐn mì secret; hidden ∼HSK 6
真心真意 真心真意 zhēn xīn zhēn yì with all one's heart and sincerity (idiom); wholeheartedly genuine ∼HSK 6
赋税 賦稅 fù shuì taxation ∼HSK 6
行止 行止 xíng zhǐ movements; attitude; behavior; whereabouts; tracks ∼HSK 6
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼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
援兵 援兵 yuán bīng (military) reinforcements ∼HSK 6
探明 探明 tàn míng to ascertain; to verify ∼HSK 6
延绵 延綿 yán mián to extend continuously ∼HSK 6
扑灭 撲滅 pū miè to eradicate; to extinguish ∼HSK 6
殒命 殞命 yǔn mìng to die; to perish ∼HSK 6
故而 故而 gù ér therefore ∼HSK 6
规制 規制 guī zhì to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building) ∼HSK 6
辖制 轄制 xiá zhì to control ∼HSK 6
国策 國策 guó cè a national policy ∼HSK 6
同乐 同樂 tóng lè to enjoy together ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6