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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尊驾 尊駕 zūn jià lit. your honored carriage; your highness; honored Sir (also sarcastic); you ∼HSK 6
速去 速去 sù qù go quickly ∼HSK 6
商铺 商鋪 shāng pù shop; store ∼HSK 6
户主 戶主 hù zhǔ head of the household ∼HSK 6
炽盛 熾盛 chì shèng ablaze (fire); intense (anger, desire etc); prosperous; booming ∼HSK 6
不吉利 不吉利 bù jí lì ominous ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
大仙 大仙 dà xiān Great Immortal ∼HSK 6
依着 依著 yī zhe in accordance with ∼HSK 6
识货 識貨 shí huò to know what's what ∼HSK 6
铺面 鋪面 pū miàn paving; pavement ∼HSK 6
哄骗 哄騙 hǒng piàn to deceive; to cheat ∼HSK 6
黎民 黎民 lí mín the common people; the great unwashed ∼HSK 6
呈送 呈送 chéng sòng to present; to render ∼HSK 6
十二时辰 十二時辰 shí èr shí chen twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy ∼HSK 6
持械 持械 chí xiè armed (robbery etc) ∼HSK 6
记仇 記仇 jì chóu to hold a grudge ∼HSK 6
珠玑 珠璣 zhū jī (literary) pearl; gem; (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase; pearl of wisdom ∼HSK 6
腰肢 腰肢 yāo zhī waist ∼HSK 6
窈窕 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined; comely; (esp.) slender; slim; (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded ∼HSK 6
国策 國策 guó cè a national policy ∼HSK 6
轻浮 輕浮 qīng fú frivolous; careless; giddy ∼HSK 6
弄臣 弄臣 nòng chén emperor's favorite courtier ∼HSK 6
帝都 帝都 dì dū imperial capital ∼HSK 6
昂藏 昂藏 áng cáng tall and strongly built; stalwart; courageous ∼HSK 6
罗织 羅織 luó zhī to frame sb; to cook up imaginary charges against sb ∼HSK 6
罗织罪名 羅織罪名 luó zhī zuì míng to fabricate charges (idiom); to frame someone with trumped-up accusations ∼HSK 6
铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ∼HSK 6
坑骗 坑騙 kēng piàn to cheat; to swindle ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
形制 形制 xíng zhì form; shape; structure; design ∼HSK 6
考评 考評 kǎo píng evaluation; to investigate and evaluate ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
功过 功過 gōng guò merits and demerits; contributions and errors ∼HSK 6
相抵 相抵 xiāng dǐ to balance up; to offset; to counterbalance ∼HSK 6
斡旋 斡旋 wò xuán to mediate (a conflict etc) ∼HSK 6
皇权 皇權 huáng quán imperial power ∼HSK 6
堪忧 堪憂 kān yōu worrying; bleak ∼HSK 6
收回成命 收回成命 shōu huí chéng mìng to rescind an order already given (idiom); to withdraw a command (esp. an imperial decree) ∼HSK 6
逆反 逆反 nì fǎn rebellious behavior; opposite; ob- ∼HSK 6
脂粉 脂粉 zhī fěn cosmetics ∼HSK 6
同党 同黨 tóng dǎng to belong to the same party or organization; member of the same party or organization; (derog.) confederate; accomplice ∼HSK 6
暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy ∼HSK 6
尿尿 尿尿 niào niào to pee ∼HSK 6
纵情 縱情 zòng qíng to your heart's content ∼HSK 6
漫漫长夜 漫漫長夜 màn màn cháng yè endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering ∼HSK 6
斗胆 斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
拆毁 拆毀 chāi huǐ to demolish; to tear down ∼HSK 6
民宅 民宅 mín zhái house; people's homes ∼HSK 6