The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Dimming of Everything

S1E20 · 戌初 万物朦胧 qu chū wànwù ménglóng

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4.58 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
风吹草动 風吹草動 fēng chuī - cǎo dòng lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble Idiom ∼HSK 2
靠不住 靠不住 kào bu zhù unreliable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
说不得 說不得 shuō bu de to be unmentionable; be unspeakable; must; cannot but Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
成都 成都 Chéng dū see 成都市[Cheng2du1 Shi4] Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
度牒 度牒 dù dié Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government ∼HSK 2
长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk ∼HSK 2
好生 好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ∼HSK 2
往生 往生 wǎng shēng to be reborn; to live in paradise (Buddhism); to die; (after) one's death ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
伊 伊 Yī third person pronoun; he, she, this, that ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1su1] ∼HSK 2
养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family; to raise a family ∼HSK 2
不带 不帶 bù dài not to have; without; un- ∼HSK 2
万全 萬全 wàn quán absolutely safe; surefire; thorough ∼HSK 2
沦为 淪為 lún wéi to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior) ∼HSK 2
办到 辦到 bàn dào to accomplish; to get (sth) done ∼HSK 2
听闻 聽聞 tīng wén to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
更衣 更衣 gēng yī to change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism) ∼HSK 2
宾 賓 bīn guest, visitor; surname; submit ∼HSK 2
万事 萬事 wàn shì all things ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
为重 為重 wéi zhòng to attach most importance to ∼HSK 2
有可能 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
不只 不只 bù zhǐ not only; not merely ∼HSK 2
机宜 機宜 jī yí guidelines; what to do (under given circumstances) ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
数百 數百 shù bǎi several hundred ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
天成 天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven ∼HSK 2
每日 每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
起名 起名 qǐ míng to name; to christen; to take a name ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
算出 算出 suàn chū to figure out ∼HSK 2
将会 將會 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
术 術 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2