The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

The Sun at Its Highest

S1E2 · 午初 阳气炽盛 wǔ chū yáng qì chìshèng

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4.83 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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落 落 là to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
否则 否則 fǒu zé otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
的确 的確 dí què really; indeed HSK 4
丈夫 丈夫 zhàng fu husband HSK 4
兄弟 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
王 王 Wáng surname Wang HSK 4
参与 參與 cān yù to participate (in sth) HSK 4
附近 附近 fù jìn nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood HSK 4
非 非 Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
考虑 考慮 kǎo lǜ to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
曾 曾 Zēng surname Zeng HSK 4
处 處 chù place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què old variant of 却 HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
全城 全城 quán chéng whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
工部 工部 Gōng Bù Ministry of Works (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
朝中 朝中 Cháo Zhōng North Korea-China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
卫 衛 Wèi guard, protect, defend ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
死囚 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] ∼HSK 3
源 源 yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
监 監 jiān supervise, control, direct ∼HSK 3
大福 大福 dà fú a great blessing; daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
世人 世人 shì rén people (in general); people around the world; everyone ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
报时 報時 bào shí to give the correct time ∼HSK 3
衫 衫 shān shirt; robe; gown; jacket ∼HSK 3
保长 保長 bǎo cháng (math.) distance-preserving; isometric ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
把头 把頭 bǎ tóu labor contractor; gangmaster ∼HSK 3
旧历 舊曆 jiù lì old calendar; the Chinese lunar calendar; same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4] ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends; to cherish old friendships; for old time's sake ∼HSK 3
冶游 冶遊 yě yóu to go courting; to visit a brothel (old); related to 野遊|野游[ye3 you2] ∼HSK 3
升天 昇天 shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven; to die ∼HSK 3
世家 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations; aristocratic family ∼HSK 3
罪名 罪名 zuì míng charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation ∼HSK 3