The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Forming Essentials

S1E25 · 亥初 皆坚核 hài chū jiē jiān hé

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4.67 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
枚 枚 Méi surname Mei HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
探 探 tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
袭击 襲擊 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
罗 羅 Luó surname Luo HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 Wén surname Wen HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation 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
尽人皆知 盡人皆知 jìn rén jiē zhī known by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name Idiom ∼HSK 6
如履薄冰 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom); fig. extremely cautious Idiom ∼HSK 6
粉身碎骨 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn - suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom); fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life Idiom ∼HSK 6
安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call; to have a narrow escape 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
甭管 甭管 béng guǎn (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) 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
望楼 望樓 wàng lóu watchtower; lookout tower ∼HSK 6
格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn to be executed on the spot without trial (idiom); shoot/kill on sight without question ∼HSK 6
伏击 伏擊 fú jī ambush; to ambush ∼HSK 6
评事 評事 píng shì to discuss and evaluate; to appraise ∼HSK 6
铺子 鋪子 pù zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
税法 稅法 shuì fǎ tax code; tax law ∼HSK 6
蚍蜉 蚍蜉 pí fú a type of large ant ∼HSK 6
不良人 不良人 bù liáng rén (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
缉拿 緝拿 jī ná to arrest; to seize ∼HSK 6
藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
夫君 夫君 fū jūn my husband ∼HSK 6
识货 識貨 shí huò to know what's what ∼HSK 6
故交 故交 gù jiāo former acquaintance; old friend ∼HSK 6
看不清 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
莫不是 莫不是 mò bù shì probably; perhaps; could it be that...? ∼HSK 6
探子 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer; spy; detective; scout; sound (medical instrument); long and narrow probing and sampling utensil ∼HSK 6
挥斥方遒 揮斥方遒 huī chì fāng qiú full of vim ∼HSK 6
孤身 孤身 gū shēn alone; lonely ∼HSK 6