The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Night Begins

S1E30 · 子初 子夜 zǐ chū zǐyè

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4.27 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) HSK 7
放过 放過 fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
有机 有機 yǒu jī organic HSK 7
倒下 倒下 dǎo xià to collapse; to topple over HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
性命 性命 xìng mìng life HSK 7
砖 磚 zhuān variant of 砖 HSK 7
不惜 不惜 bù xī not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth) HSK 7
身子 身子 shēn zi body; pregnancy; health HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
人选 人選 rén xuǎn choice of person; candidate HSK 7
难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) HSK 7
无辜 無辜 wú gū innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) HSK 7
劫 刦 jié variant of 劫 HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
催 催 cuī to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public); financial HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
亦 亦 yì also HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law; law enforcement HSK 7
惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
许 許 Xǔ surname Xu HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
案件 案件 àn jiàn case; instance HSK 7
经 經 Jīng surname Jing HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
锦衣玉食 錦衣玉食 jǐn yī yù shí brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance Idiom ∼HSK 6
知法犯法 知法犯法 zhī fǎ fàn fǎ to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules Idiom ∼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
雷 雷 Léi surname Lei HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) ∼HSK 6
朝臣 朝臣 cháo chén court councilor ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
官署 官署 guān shǔ official institution; state bureau ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
呈送 呈送 chéng sòng to present; to render ∼HSK 6
供状 供狀 gòng zhuàng written confession ∼HSK 6
堪忧 堪憂 kān yōu worrying; bleak ∼HSK 6
收回成命 收回成命 shōu huí chéng mìng 收: gather together, collect; harvest · 回: return, turn around; a time · 成: completed, finished, fixed · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
恩公 恩公 ēn gōng benefactor ∼HSK 6