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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吃不消 吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage Xiehouyu ∼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
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 Léi surname Lei HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
夫君 夫君 fū jūn my husband ∼HSK 6
主使 主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator ∼HSK 6
天尊 天尊 tiān zūn Heavenly Worthy ∼HSK 6
告解 告解 gào jiě (Catholicism) to confess; confession ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
人氏 人氏 rén shì native; person from a particular place ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
设局 設局 shè jú to set a trap ∼HSK 6
莅临 蒞臨 lì lín to arrive (esp. of notable person); to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2]) ∼HSK 6
伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
衣食无忧 衣食無憂 yī shí wú yōu not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom); to be provided with the basic necessities ∼HSK 6
功勋 功勛 gōng xūn achievement; meritorious deed; contributions (for the good of society) ∼HSK 6
疆域 疆域 jiāng yù territory ∼HSK 6
百余 百餘 bǎi yú a hundred or more ∼HSK 6
怒气 怒氣 nù qì anger ∼HSK 6
下贱 下賤 xià jiàn humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible ∼HSK 6
招致 招致 zhāo zhì to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc); to incur; to lead to ∼HSK 6
得利 得利 dé lì to benefit (from sth) ∼HSK 6
蛊惑 蠱惑 gǔ huò to entice; to lead astray ∼HSK 6
哄骗 哄騙 hǒng piàn to deceive; to cheat ∼HSK 6
覆灭 覆滅 fù miè destruction ∼HSK 6
权柄 權柄 quán bǐng authority ∼HSK 6
万劫不复 萬劫不復 wàn jié bù fù consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve ∼HSK 6
背叛者 背叛者 bèi pàn zhě traitor ∼HSK 6
看顾 看顧 kàn gù to watch over ∼HSK 6
起誓 起誓 qǐ shì to vow; to swear an oath ∼HSK 6
魂魄 魂魄 hún pò soul ∼HSK 6
回护 回護 huí hù to stick up for a wrongdoer ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
案情 案情 àn qíng details of a case; case ∼HSK 6
辟谷 辟穀 bì gǔ (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast; also pr. [pi4gu3] ∼HSK 6
孤绝 孤絕 gū jué isolated; solitary ∼HSK 6
不仁 不仁 bù rén not benevolent; heartless; numb ∼HSK 6
宰相 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy ∼HSK 6
赔罪 賠罪 péi zuì to apologize ∼HSK 6
何罪之有 何罪之有 hé zuì zhī yǒu what crime is there in this? (idiom); how can this be considered an offense? ∼HSK 6
局限于 局限於 jú xiàn yú to be limited to ∼HSK 6
走漏消息 走漏消息 zǒu lòu xiāo xi to divulge secrets ∼HSK 6
草创 草創 cǎo chuàng to be in the early stages of establishing ∼HSK 6
几经 幾經 jǐ jīng to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc) ∼HSK 6
京兆 京兆 jīng zhào capital of a country ∼HSK 6