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Night Begins

S1E30 · 子初子夜 zǐ chū zǐyè

HSK 1

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	to rescind an order already given (idiom); to withdraw a command (esp. an imperial decree)	∼HSK 6
有劳有勞 yǒu láo	thank you for the trouble	∼HSK 6
恩公恩公 ēn gōng	benefactor	∼HSK 6