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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山野 山野 shān yě wild mountain ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
灯谜 燈謎 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year) ∼HSK 6
谋刺 謀刺 móu cì to plot to assassinate ∼HSK 6
要犯 要犯 yào fàn major criminal ∼HSK 6
官印 官印 guān yìn official seal ∼HSK 6
专权 專權 zhuān quán autocracy; dictatorship ∼HSK 6
速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
主谋 主謀 zhǔ móu mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter ∼HSK 6
秉公 秉公 bǐng gōng justly; impartially ∼HSK 6
诏狱 詔獄 zhào yù imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor) ∼HSK 6
家公 家公 jiā gōng head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father ∼HSK 6
游侠 遊俠 yóu xiá knight-errant ∼HSK 6
暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy ∼HSK 6
依附 依附 yī fù to adhere; to attach oneself to; to append ∼HSK 6
供称 供稱 gòng chēng to make a confession (law) ∼HSK 6
密谋 密謀 mì móu conspiracy; secret plan; to conspire ∼HSK 6
欺瞒 欺瞞 qī mán to fool; to hoodwink; to dupe ∼HSK 6
遮掩 遮掩 zhē yǎn to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) ∼HSK 6
画押 畫押 huà yā to sign; to make one's mark ∼HSK 6
踏踏实实 踏踏實實 tā tā shí shí steady; steadfast ∼HSK 6
讨巧 討巧 tǎo qiǎo to act cleverly to get what one desires; to get the best at least expense ∼HSK 6
惊扰 驚擾 jīng rǎo to alarm; to agitate ∼HSK 6
酒肆 酒肆 jiǔ sì wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub ∼HSK 6
安身立命 安身立命 ān shēn - lì mìng (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life ∼HSK 6
抹去 抹去 mǒ qù to erase ∼HSK 6
隐姓埋名 隱姓埋名 yǐn xìng mái míng to conceal one's identity; living incognito ∼HSK 6
重犯 重犯 zhòng fàn serious criminal; felon ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
绞杀 絞殺 jiǎo shā to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting; (fig.) to snuff out ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
户部尚书 戶部尚書 hù bù shàng shū Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards) ∼HSK 6
结党营私 結黨營私 jié dǎng - yíng sī (idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes ∼HSK 6
废黜 廢黜 fèi chù to depose (a king) ∼HSK 6
落魄 落魄 luò pò down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4] ∼HSK 6
顾念 顧念 gù niàn to care for; to worry about ∼HSK 6
大权 大權 dà quán power; authority ∼HSK 6
大势已去 大勢已去 dà shì yǐ qù the tide has turned (idiom); the situation is hopeless; all is lost ∼HSK 6
听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs ∼HSK 6
公安 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security HSK 6
很难说 很難說 hěn nánshuō Hard to say HSK 6
祖父 祖父 zǔ fù father's father; paternal grandfather HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
联手 聯手 lián shǒu lit. to join hands; to act together HSK 6
夺取 奪取 duó qǔ to seize; to capture; to wrest control of HSK 6
粥 粥 yù used in 荤粥 HSK 6