The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Sun on the Horizon

S1E43 · 寅 平旦 yín píngdàn

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4.52 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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评事 評事 píng shì to discuss and evaluate; to appraise ∼HSK 6
苦熬 苦熬 kǔ áo to endure (years of suffering) ∼HSK 6
水渠 水渠 shuǐ qú canal ∼HSK 6
督办 督辦 dū bàn to oversee; to supervise; superintendent ∼HSK 6
舞弊 舞弊 wǔ bì to engage in fraud ∼HSK 6
决绝 決絕 jué jué to sever all relations with sb; determined; decisive ∼HSK 6
灭口 滅口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb ∼HSK 6
顶缸 頂缸 dǐng gāng to take the blame; to be a scapegoat; to carry the can ∼HSK 6
懈怠 懈怠 xiè dài slack; lazy; remiss ∼HSK 6
休要 休要 xiū yāo do not ∼HSK 6
良机 良機 liáng jī a good chance; a golden opportunity ∼HSK 6
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
大权旁落 大權旁落 dà quán páng luò power slips into others' hands (idiom); to lose one's authority/control ∼HSK 6
顾念 顧念 gù niàn to care for; to worry about ∼HSK 6
不仁 不仁 bù rén not benevolent; heartless; numb ∼HSK 6
拿主意 拿主意 ná zhǔ yi to make a decision; to make up one's mind ∼HSK 6
切莫 切莫 qiè mò you must not; Please don't...; be sure not to; on no account (do it) ∼HSK 6
窥伺 窺伺 kuī sì to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity) ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
尚可 尚可 shàng kě not bad; satisfactory ∼HSK 6
黎民 黎民 lí mín the common people; the great unwashed ∼HSK 6
滔天 滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense ∼HSK 6
莫名 莫名 mò míng inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable ∼HSK 6
设若 設若 shè ruò if ∼HSK 6
上疏 上疏 shàng shū (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old) ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
嘉许 嘉許 jiā xǔ favorable; praise ∼HSK 6
暗渠 暗渠 àn qú underground water channel; covered ditch; culvert ∼HSK 6
岔路 岔路 chà lù fork in the road ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shi1shou5-fen1li2] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shi1shou5-yi4chu4], decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
露出马脚 露出馬腳 lù chū mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away ∼HSK 6
打探 打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries; to scout out ∼HSK 6
觊觎 覬覦 jì yú (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on ∼HSK 6
袍子 袍子 páo zi Chinese-style gown ∼HSK 6
扎眼 扎眼 zhā yǎn garish; dazzling; offensively conspicuous ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
无损 無損 wú sǔn to do no harm (to sth); intact; (computing) lossless ∼HSK 6
沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in ∼HSK 6
邀功 邀功 yāo gōng to take the credit for sb's achievement ∼HSK 6
惦念 惦念 diàn niàn to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind ∼HSK 6
旗手 旗手 qí shǒu a flag carrier (army); ensign ∼HSK 6
同袍 同袍 tóng páo fellow soldier; comrade; companion; intimate friend ∼HSK 6
清闲 清閒 qīng xián idle; leisurely ∼HSK 6
怠惰 怠惰 dài duò idleness ∼HSK 6
卷铺盖 捲鋪蓋 juǎn pū gai to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things; (fig.) to quit; (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack ∼HSK 6
天灵盖 天靈蓋 tiān líng gài crown of the head ∼HSK 6
充作 充作 chōng zuò to serve as; to be a substitute for ∼HSK 6
沿路 沿路 yán lù along the way; on the way; area beside a road ∼HSK 6
搜捕 搜捕 sōu bǔ to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt ∼HSK 6
莫要 莫要 mò yāo do not ∼HSK 6