The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Middle of the Night

S1E32 · 子初 夜半 zǐ chū yèbàn

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4.34 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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须要 須要 xū yào must; have to ∼HSK 6
车驾 車駕 jū jià carriage ∼HSK 6
舍命 捨命 shě mìng to risk one's life ∼HSK 6
粉头 粉頭 fěn tóu prostitute (old); crafty character (in opera) ∼HSK 6
凶险 兇險 xiōng xiǎn dangerous; ruthless; treacherous ∼HSK 6
主谋 主謀 zhǔ móu mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter ∼HSK 6
挪用 挪用 nuó yòng to shift (funds); to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another; to embezzle; to misappropriate ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
大印 大印 dà yìn stamp; official seal ∼HSK 6
会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) ∼HSK 6
形同虚设 形同虛設 xíng tóng xū shè to exist in name only; empty shell; useless (idiom) ∼HSK 6
依法治国 依法治國 yī fǎ zhì guó to rule according to the law ∼HSK 6
一言堂 一言堂 yī yán táng (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old); having things decided by the will of a single individual; autocratic rule; (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2]) ∼HSK 6
质押 質押 zhì yā to pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan) ∼HSK 6
斡旋 斡旋 wò xuán to mediate (a conflict etc) ∼HSK 6
刺探 刺探 cì tàn to pry into; to spy on; to probe into ∼HSK 6
仁义 仁義 rén yì benevolence and righteousness ∼HSK 6
赠与 贈與 zèng yǔ variant of 贈予|赠予[zeng4 yu3] ∼HSK 6
身家性命 身家性命 shēn jiā xìng mìng one's life and one's family's fortunes (idiom); everything one has including life itself ∼HSK 6
大红袍 大紅袍 dà hóng páo an expensive type of oolong tea ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
瞎猜 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess; blind guess ∼HSK 6
官印 官印 guān yìn official seal ∼HSK 6
凶嫌 兇嫌 xiōng xián alleged killer (or attacker); suspect in a case of violent crime ∼HSK 6
赴宴 赴宴 fù yàn to attend a banquet ∼HSK 6
袍子 袍子 páo zi Chinese-style gown ∼HSK 6
不吉 不吉 bù jí unlucky; inauspicious; ominous ∼HSK 6
赶不及 趕不及 gǎn bù jí not enough time (to do sth); too late (to do sth) ∼HSK 6
尸身 屍身 shī shēn corpse; dead body ∼HSK 6
搭把手 搭把手 dā bǎ shǒu to help out ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
憋气 憋氣 biē qì to hold one's breath; to feel suffocated (for lack of air); choked with bottled-up resentment ∼HSK 6
出人命 出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death ∼HSK 6
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs ∼HSK 6
堪比 堪比 kān bǐ to be comparable to ∼HSK 6
逃命 逃命 táo mìng to escape; to flee; to run for one's life ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
邀功 邀功 yāo gōng to take the credit for sb's achievement ∼HSK 6
稀松 稀鬆 xī sōng poor; sloppy; unconcerned; heedless; lax; unimportant; trivial; loose; porous ∼HSK 6
罪状 罪狀 zuì zhuàng charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense ∼HSK 6
大功 大功 dà gōng great merit; great service ∼HSK 6
诈死 詐死 zhà sǐ to feign death; to fake death ∼HSK 6
横死 橫死 hèng sǐ to die by violence ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) ∼HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
忠心 忠心 zhōng xīn good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication HSK 6
奏 奏 zòu to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) 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