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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人尽皆知 人盡皆知 rén jìn jiē zhī see 盡人皆知|尽人皆知[jin4 ren2 jie1 zhi1] ∼HSK 6
油脂 油脂 yóu zhī grease; oil; fat ∼HSK 6
易主 易主 yì zhǔ (of property) to change owners; (of sovereignty, political power etc) to change hands ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
生死未卜 生死未卜 shēng sǐ wèi bǔ one's fate (life or death) is uncertain (idiom); whereabouts/survival unknown ∼HSK 6
打探 打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries; to scout out ∼HSK 6
收服 收服 shōu fú to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
盯紧 盯緊 dīng jǐn to keep an eye on ∼HSK 6
审时度势 審時度勢 shěn shí duó shì to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock ∼HSK 6
素来 素來 sù lái consistently; always (in the past and now) ∼HSK 6
自持 自持 zì chí to control onself; to exercise self-restraint; self-sustaining ∼HSK 6
贬损 貶損 biǎn sǔn to mock; to disparage; to belittle ∼HSK 6
良善 良善 liáng shàn good ∼HSK 6
望楼 望樓 wàng lóu watchtower; lookout tower ∼HSK 6
牢狱之灾 牢獄之災 láo yù zhī zāi imprisonment ∼HSK 6
充裕 充裕 chōng yù abundant; ample; plenty; abundance ∼HSK 6
统御 統御 tǒng yù (literary) to have control over; to rule ∼HSK 6
一党 一黨 yī dǎng one-party (state) ∼HSK 6
撇清 撇清 piē qīng to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear ∼HSK 6
账目 賬目 zhàng mù an item in accounts; an entry ∼HSK 6
仁厚 仁厚 rén hòu kindhearted; tolerant; honest and generous ∼HSK 6
主使 主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator ∼HSK 6
凶嫌 兇嫌 xiōng xián alleged killer (or attacker); suspect in a case of violent crime ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
探子 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer; spy; detective; scout; sound (medical instrument); long and narrow probing and sampling utensil ∼HSK 6
尽忠 盡忠 jìn zhōng to display utter loyalty; to be loyal to the end ∼HSK 6
疑犯 疑犯 yí fàn a suspect ∼HSK 6
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice ∼HSK 6
斩杀 斬殺 zhǎn shā to behead ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
诋毁 詆毀 dǐ huǐ to vilify; to slander; vilification ∼HSK 6
迁怒 遷怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it) ∼HSK 6
面圣 面聖 miàn shèng (old) to have an audience with the emperor ∼HSK 6
猛攻 猛攻 měng gōng to attack violently; to storm ∼HSK 6
缉拿 緝拿 jī ná to arrest; to seize ∼HSK 6
胸中 胸中 xiōng zhōng one's mind ∼HSK 6
锦绣 錦繡 jǐn xiù beautiful ∼HSK 6
供状 供狀 gòng zhuàng written confession ∼HSK 6
呈递 呈遞 chéng dì to present; to submit ∼HSK 6
官署 官署 guān shǔ official institution; state bureau ∼HSK 6
伶俐 伶俐 líng lì clever; witty; intelligent HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
勺 勺 sháo spoon; ladle; abbr. for 勺, centiliter (unit of volume) HSK 6
奏 奏 zòu to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
此处 此處 cǐ chù this place; here (literary) HSK 6
往后 往後 wǎng hòu from now on; in the future; time to come HSK 6
寺 寺 sì Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
便是 便是 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as HSK 6