The Longest Day in Chang'an

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Midnight

S1E31 · 子初 中夜 zǐ chū zhōng yè

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4.69 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
袭击 襲擊 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
节外生枝 節外生枝 jié wài - shēng zhī (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly Idiom ∼HSK 6
始作俑者 始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice Idiom ∼HSK 6
和颜悦色 和顏悅色 hé yán yuè sè amiable manner; pleasant countenance Idiom ∼HSK 6
灰飞烟灭 灰飛煙滅 huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke Idiom ∼HSK 6
狼子野心 狼子野心 láng zǐ yě xīn ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs Idiom ∼HSK 6
受宠若惊 受寵若驚 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
手痒 手癢 shǒu yǎng (fig.) to itch (to do sth) Xiehouyu ∼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
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 Léi surname Lei HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
评事 評事 píng shì to discuss and evaluate; to appraise ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
依附 依附 yī fù to adhere; to attach oneself to; to append ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
质押 質押 zhì yā to pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan) ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
便当 便當 biàn dāng convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box); lunchbox ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person; useless person ∼HSK 6
拿捏 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten ∼HSK 6
莫要 莫要 mò yāo do not ∼HSK 6
速去 速去 sù qù go quickly ∼HSK 6
用计 用計 yòng jì to employ a stratagem ∼HSK 6
看押 看押 kān yā to detain; to take into custody; to imprison temporarily ∼HSK 6
速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
虚职 虛職 xū zhí nominal position ∼HSK 6
不足为虑 不足為慮 bù zú wéi lǜ to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
昌明 昌明 chāng míng flourishing; thriving ∼HSK 6
栽赃 栽贓 zāi zāng to frame sb (by planting sth on them) ∼HSK 6
构陷 構陷 gòu xiàn to frame; to bring false charges against ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6