The Longest Day in Chang'an

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Night Begins

S1E30 · 子初 子夜 zǐ chū zǐyè

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4.27 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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逍遥 逍遙 xiāo yáo free and unfettered ∼HSK 5
旁人 旁人 páng rén other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders ∼HSK 5
鹤 鶴 hè crane; Grus species (various) ∼HSK 5
棚 棚 péng tent, awning; booth; shed ∼HSK 5
待诏 待詔 dài zhào expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties) ∼HSK 5
闲人 閑人 xián rén variant of 閒人|闲人[xian2ren2] ∼HSK 5
仆 僕 pū fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation; the truth ∼HSK 5
狱 獄 yù prison, jail; case; lawsuit ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
寐 寐 mèi sleep; be asleep ∼HSK 5
差池 差池 chā chí mistake; error; mishap ∼HSK 5
钦 欽 Qīn respect, admire; respectful ∼HSK 5
安插 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position; to assign to a job; to plant; resettlement (old) ∼HSK 5
私信 私信 sī xìn private correspondence; personal letter; (computing) personal message (PM); to message sb ∼HSK 5
甘 甘 Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly ∼HSK 5
即刻 即刻 jí kè immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
违 違 wéi disobey, violate, defy; be apart from ∼HSK 5
护送 護送 hù sòng to escort; to accompany ∼HSK 5
诏令 詔令 zhào lìng imperial order ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4] ∼HSK 5
宴 宴 yàn banquet ∼HSK 5
狗屁 狗屁 gǒu pì bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
知己知彼 知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) ∼HSK 5
韫 韞 yùn secrete, hide, conceal ∼HSK 5
刺杀 刺殺 cì shā to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner) ∼HSK 5
奈 奈 nài but, how; bear, stand, endure ∼HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
愚 愚 yú stupid, doltish, foolish ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
公了 公了 gōng liǎo to settle in court (opposite: 私了[si1 liao3]) ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
恭 恭 gōng respectful, polite, reverent ∼HSK 5
咬牙 咬牙 yǎo yá to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth; gnaw ∼HSK 5
笼 籠 lóng cage; cage-like basket ∼HSK 5
有眉目 有眉目 yǒu méi mù to begin to take shape; to be about to materialize ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
醅 醅 pēi unstrained spirits ∼HSK 5
细碎 細碎 xì suì fragments; bits and pieces ∼HSK 5
痴 痴 chī foolish, stupid, dumb, silly ∼HSK 5
盛世 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
指认 指認 zhǐ rèn to identify ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
瞧见 瞧見 qiáo jiàn to see ∼HSK 5