The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

The Knot of Start and End

S1E39 · 丑 纽也 chǒu niǔ yě

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4.09 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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当今 當今 dāng jīn current; present; now; nowadays HSK 7
心意 心意 xīn yì intention; regard; kindly feelings HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
守护 守護 shǒu hù to guard; to protect HSK 7
眼下 眼下 yǎn xià now; at present; subocular (medicine) HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
不已 不已 bù yǐ endlessly; incessantly HSK 7
无力 無力 wú lì powerless; lacking strength HSK 7
故 故 gù happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead HSK 7
安心 安心 ān xīn at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth HSK 7
拦 攔 lán to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) HSK 7
沾 沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
凡 凡 fán ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale HSK 7
反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
撤 撤 chè to remove; to take away HSK 7
功 功 gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
绑 綁 bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
条例 條例 tiáo lì regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes HSK 7
拼命 拼命 pīn mìng to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
宗 宗 Zōng surname Zong HSK 7
坑 坑 kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
感激 感激 gǎn jī to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
丁 丁 Dīng surname Ding HSK 7
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
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
制 製 zhì system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation 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
风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea) Idiom ∼HSK 6
雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 diāo chóng xiǎo jì insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
打退堂鼓 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail Idiom ∼HSK 6
百折不挠 百折不撓 bǎi zhé bù náo to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom); to be undaunted by repeated setbacks; to be indomitable Idiom ∼HSK 6
堂堂正正 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square Idiom ∼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
烽燧 烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) ∼HSK 6
磨刀 磨刀 mó dāo to hone (a knife) ∼HSK 6
所言非虚 所言非虛 suǒ yán fēi xū (after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6