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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小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
隐情 隱情 yǐn qíng sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided HSK 7
每逢 每逢 měi féng every time; on each occasion; whenever HSK 7
相传 相傳 xiāng chuán to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend HSK 7
就近 就近 jiù jìn nearby; in a close neighborhood HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
就地 就地 jiù dì locally; on the spot HSK 7
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique HSK 7
据此 據此 jù cǐ according to this; on the ground of the above; (formally introduces reported speech in writing) HSK 7
勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry; to delay; to stop over HSK 7
鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid; lively; (of food ingredients) live or fresh HSK 7
忌 忌 jì to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth HSK 7
炭 炭 tàn wood charcoal; coal HSK 7
高低 高低 gāo dī height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end HSK 7
私自 私自 sī zì private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval HSK 7
奢望 奢望 shē wàng an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations HSK 7
缺失 缺失 quē shī lack; deficiency; shortcoming; flaw; defect; to be deficient; to lack HSK 7
集结 集結 jí jié to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal HSK 7
无须 無須 wú xū need not; not obliged to; not necessarily HSK 7
倒塌 倒塌 dǎo tā to collapse (of building); to topple over HSK 7
废墟 廢墟 fèi xū ruins HSK 7
货运 貨運 huò yùn freight transport; cargo; transported goods HSK 7
推断 推斷 tuī duàn to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate HSK 7
务必 務必 wù bì must; to need to; to be sure to HSK 7
判定 判定 pàn dìng to judge; to decide; judgment; determination HSK 7
不宜 不宜 bù yí not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate HSK 7
预先 預先 yù xiān beforehand; in advance HSK 7
过往 過往 guò wǎng to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous HSK 7
根源 根源 gēn yuán origin; root (cause) HSK 7
亩 畝 mǔ classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare HSK 7
暗中 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
破碎 破碎 pò suì to smash to pieces; to shatter HSK 7
暂 暫 zàn temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn] HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
接手 接手 jiē shǒu to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc) HSK 7
雇佣 雇傭 gù yōng to employ; to hire HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
昂贵 昂貴 áng guì expensive; costly HSK 7
泄露 泄露 xiè lù to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xiè lòu] HSK 7
不妨 不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
设法 設法 shè fǎ to try; to make an attempt; to think of a way (to accomplish sth) HSK 7
蔓延 蔓延 màn yán to extend; to spread HSK 7
私下 私下 sī xià in private HSK 7
人情 人情 rén qíng human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn HSK 7
延 延 Yán surname Yan HSK 7
亲近 親近 qīn jìn intimate; to get close to HSK 7
墨 墨 Mò surname Mo; abbr. for 哥, Mexico HSK 7
手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure HSK 7