Episode review

Middle of the Night

S1E32 · 子初夜半 zǐ chū yèbàn

HSK 1

4.34 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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此处此處 cǐ chù	this place; here (literary)	HSK 6
往来往來 wǎng lái	dealings; contacts; to go back and forth	HSK 6
捕捕 bǔ	to catch; to seize; to capture	HSK 6
政权政權 zhèng quán	regime; political power	HSK 6
牢牢 láo	firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison	HSK 6
园園 Yuán	surname Yuan	HSK 6
此事此事 cǐ shì	this matter	HSK 6
从不從不 cóng bù	never	HSK 6
妙妙 miào	clever; wonderful	HSK 6
大道大道 dà dào	main street; avenue	HSK 6
罢了罷了 bà le	a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)	HSK 6
一时一時 yī shí	a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time	HSK 6
扎扎 zhā	to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")	HSK 6
宫宮 Gōng	surname Gong	HSK 6
肯肎 kěn	old variant of 肯	HSK 6
平衡平衡 píng héng	balance; equilibrium	HSK 6
埋埋 mái	to bury	HSK 6
公公 gōng	public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)	HSK 6
将军將軍 jiāng jūn	general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot	HSK 6
再说再說 zài shuō	to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides	HSK 6
为何為何 wèi hé	why	HSK 6
混混 hún	confused; dirty; to mix; muddy; variant of 浑	HSK 6
理理 lǐ	texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up	HSK 6
服服 fú	clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes	HSK 6
命命 mìng	life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc	HSK 6
若若 ruò	to seem; like; as; if	HSK 6
权權 Quán	surname Quan	HSK 6
清清 Qīng	Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911); surname Qing	HSK 6
便便 biàn	plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards	HSK 6
入入 rù	to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声	HSK 6
于於 yú	to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 于	HSK 6
与與 yǔ	and; to give; together with	HSK 6
大势所趋大勢所趨 dà shì - suǒ qū	(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
为难為難 wéi nán	to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)	Xiehouyu HSK 5
檀檀 Tán	sandalwood, hardwood; surname	∼HSK 5
何何 hé	what (literary)	∼HSK 5
姚姚 Yáo	handsome, elegant; surname	∼HSK 5
宴宴 yàn	banquet	∼HSK 5
遭遭 zāo	encounter, suffer	∼HSK 5
侍侍 shì	serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai	∼HSK 5
婢婢 bì	servant girl; your servant	∼HSK 5
丞丞 chéng	assist, aid, rescue	∼HSK 5
知晓知曉 zhī xiǎo	to know; to understand	∼HSK 5
逆转逆轉 nì zhuǎn	to turn back; to reverse	∼HSK 5
责罚責罰 zé fá	to punish	∼HSK 5
甘甘 Gān	sweetness; sweet, tasty	∼HSK 5
骁驍 xiāo	excellent horse; brave, valiant	∼HSK 5
越演越烈越演越烈 yuè yǎn yuè liè	to be intensifying; to be getting worse and worse; to start to run rampant	∼HSK 5
掌掌 zhǎng	palm of hand, sole of foot, paw	∼HSK 5
器重器重 qì zhòng	to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc)	∼HSK 5