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Night Begins

S1E30 · 子初子夜 zǐ chū zǐyè

HSK 1

4.27 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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令令 líng	used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng])	HSK 5
声聲 shēng	sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds	HSK 5
杀殺 shā	to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely	HSK 5
其其 qí	his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	HSK 5
肯定肯定 kěn dìng	to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)	HSK 5
如此如此 rú cǐ	like this; so; such	HSK 5
搞搞 gǎo	to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of	HSK 5
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
抱粗腿抱粗腿 bào cū tuǐ	to latch on to the rich and powerful	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
穷困窮困 qióng kùn	destitute; wretched poverty	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹熱鬧 rè nao	bustling with noise and excitement; lively	Xiehouyu HSK 4
案子案子 àn zi	long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job	Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
李李 Lǐ	Li (surname)	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
靖安靖安 Jìng ān	Jing'an county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大唐大唐 Dà Táng	Great Tang	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尚书尚書 Shàng shū	same as 書經\|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History	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
怀远懷遠 Huái yuǎn	Huaiyuan, a county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4bu4], Anhui	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
村姑村姑 cūn gū	village girl; country bumpkin	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
翰林翰林 Hàn lín	refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刑部刑部 Xíng bù	Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺大理寺 Dà lǐ sì	Imperial Court of Judicial Review	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺卿大理寺卿 Dà lǐ sì qīng	Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西域西域 Xī yù	Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關\|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
暖暖暖暖 Nuǎn nuǎn	Nuannuan District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇城皇城 Huáng chéng	Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李适李適 Lǐ Kuò	Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗[De2 Zong1], (742-805), reigned 779-805	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇甫皇甫 Huáng fǔ	two-character surname Huangfu	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
相相 Xiāng	mutually	∼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
公子公子 gōng zǐ	son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific)	∼HSK 4
头儿頭兒 tóu r	head, leader	∼HSK 4
四方四方 sì fāng	four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere	∼HSK 4
颁頒 bān	confer, bestow; publish, promulgate	∼HSK 4
若是若是 ruò shì	if	∼HSK 4
坊坊 Fāng	surname Fang	∼HSK 4
结了結了 jié le	that's that; that's it; that will do	∼HSK 4
律律 Lǜ	statute, principle, regulation	∼HSK 4
江湖江湖 jiāng hú	rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠\|武侠[wu3xia2]); (	∼HSK 4
万民萬民 wàn mín	all the people	∼HSK 4
法子法子 fǎ zi	way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]	∼HSK 4
案牍案牘 àn dú	official documents or correspondence	∼HSK 4
私私 sī	private, personal; secret	∼HSK 4
秘祕 mì	secret, mysterious, abstruse	∼HSK 4
未成未成 wèi chéng	incomplete; unfinished	∼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
咱俩咱倆 zán liǎ	the two of us	∼HSK 4
此间此間 cǐ jiān	here; this place	∼HSK 4
意意 Yì	meaning, intent	∼HSK 4