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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趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
致 緻 zhì (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
穿着 穿著 chuān zhuó attire; clothes; dress HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
业 業 Yè surname Ye HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
制 製 zhì system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 HSK 7
注 註 zhù to inject; to pour into; to concentrate; to pay attention; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; variant of 注 HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
一诺千金 一諾千金 yī nuò qiān jīn a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept Idiom ∼HSK 6
苦心经营 苦心經營 kǔ xīn jīng yíng to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
京兆 京兆 jīng zhào capital of a country ∼HSK 6
铺子 鋪子 pù zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
望楼 望樓 wàng lóu watchtower; lookout tower ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
不良人 不良人 bù liáng rén (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers ∼HSK 6
转译 轉譯 zhuǎn yì to translate (to another language); to convert ∼HSK 6
驰援 馳援 chí yuán to rush to the rescue ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
请辞 請辭 qǐng cí to ask sb to resign from a post ∼HSK 6
君王 君王 jūn wáng monarch ∼HSK 6
宰相 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
上佳 上佳 shàng jiā excellent; outstanding; great ∼HSK 6
鹰犬 鷹犬 yīng quǎn hawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs; hired thugs ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
胭脂 胭脂 yān zhī rouge ∼HSK 6
香粉 香粉 xiāng fěn face powder; talcum powder ∼HSK 6
私藏 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash ∼HSK 6