The Longest Day in Chang'an

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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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将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
坐而论道 坐而論道 zuò ér lùn dào to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 Shuài surname Shuai HSK 4
靖安 靖安 Jìng ān Jing'an county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长安 長安 Cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2]; now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大唐 大唐 Dà Táng Great Tang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
灵武 靈武 Líng wǔ see 靈武市|灵武市[Ling2wu3 Shi4] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武侯 武侯 Wǔ hóu Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇甫 皇甫 Huáng fǔ two-character surname Huangfu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
荆州 荊州 Jīng zhōu see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1zhou1 Shi4] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大运 大運 Dà yùn World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會|大学生运动会[Da4xue2sheng1 Yun4dong4hui4]) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺 大理寺 Dà lǐ sì Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
头儿 頭兒 tóu r head, leader ∼HSK 4
坊 坊 Fāng surname Fang ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; CL:位[wei4]; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
案牍 案牘 àn dú official documents or correspondence ∼HSK 4
宅 宅 zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
结交 結交 jié jiāo to make friends with ∼HSK 4
坚 堅 jiān hard, strong, firm; resolute ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
执 執 zhí hold in hand; keep; carry out ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
羽 羽 yǔ feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
别处 別處 bié chù elsewhere ∼HSK 4
开脱 開脫 kāi tuō to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
症 症 zhèng disease, illness, ailment ∼HSK 4
毕生 畢生 bì shēng all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 4
自诩 自詡 zì xǔ to pose as; to flaunt oneself as; to boast of; to brag ∼HSK 4
失怙 失怙 shī hù to be orphaned of one's father ∼HSK 4
方能 方能 fāng néng can then (and only then) ∼HSK 4
掌控 掌控 zhǎng kòng to control; in control of ∼HSK 4
痛处 痛處 tòng chù sore spot; place that hurts ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
密会 密會 mì huì secret meeting; to meet secretly ∼HSK 4
秘 祕 mì secret, mysterious, abstruse ∼HSK 4
万户侯 萬戶侯 wàn hù hóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles ∼HSK 4
做文章 做文章 zuò wén zhāng to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance ∼HSK 4