The Longest Day in Chang'an

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Yan Emerges

S1E33 · 子初 一阳生 zǐ chū yī yáng shēng

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4.61 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 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
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; sense of priority Idiom ∼HSK 6
闭月羞花 閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom); fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world Idiom ∼HSK 6
炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ - chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection Idiom ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
蠢货 蠢貨 chǔn huò blockhead; idiot; dunce; moron; fool 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
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
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
面圣 面聖 miàn shèng (old) to have an audience with the emperor ∼HSK 6
活埋 活埋 huó mái to bury alive ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
捉住 捉住 zhuō zhù to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto ∼HSK 6
大殿 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
爆燃 爆燃 bào rán to deflagrate ∼HSK 6
案情 案情 àn qíng details of a case; case ∼HSK 6
依循 依循 yī xún to follow; to comply ∼HSK 6
奴家 奴家 nú jiā (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female) ∼HSK 6
贤相 賢相 xián xiàng sagacious prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
光耀 光耀 guāng yào dazzling; brilliant ∼HSK 6
复命 復命 fù mìng to report on completion of a mission; debriefing ∼HSK 6
宠信 寵信 chǒng xìn to dote on and trust ∼HSK 6
谋刺 謀刺 móu cì to plot to assassinate ∼HSK 6
罪状 罪狀 zuì zhuàng charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense ∼HSK 6
政理 政理 zhèng lǐ politics; government affairs ∼HSK 6
伟业 偉業 wěi yè exploit; great undertaking ∼HSK 6
贪心 貪心 tān xīn greedy ∼HSK 6
宰相 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
评事 評事 píng shì to discuss and evaluate; to appraise ∼HSK 6
相救 相救 xiāng jiù rescue ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
景致 景緻 jǐng zhì view; scenery; scene ∼HSK 6
鲲鹏 鯤鵬 kūn péng kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts; peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6