The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Stretch of the World

S1E47 · 辰 万物舒伸 chén wànwù shū shēn

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4.52 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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宅邸 宅邸 zhái dǐ residence of a high-ranking official ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
核算 核算 hé suàn to calculate; accounting ∼HSK 6
调档 調檔 diào dàng to transfer a dossier; to consult a dossier ∼HSK 6
仵作 仵作 wǔ zuò coroner (old) ∼HSK 6
勒死 勒死 lēi sǐ to strangle ∼HSK 6
蚍蜉 蚍蜉 pí fú a type of large ant ∼HSK 6
选入 選入 xuǎn rù selected (for admission); elected ∼HSK 6
晦涩 晦澀 huì sè difficult to understand; cryptic ∼HSK 6
难解 難解 nán jiě hard to solve; hard to dispel; hard to understand; hard to undo ∼HSK 6
京兆 京兆 jīng zhào capital of a country ∼HSK 6
存档 存檔 cún dàng to archive; to place on file; saved data (for a video game etc) ∼HSK 6
次之 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
拌嘴 拌嘴 bàn zuǐ to bicker; to squabble; to quarrel ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
感怀 感懷 gǎn huái to recall with emotion; to feel sentiments ∼HSK 6
失仪 失儀 shī yí discourteous; failure of etiquette ∼HSK 6
醉心于 醉心於 zuì xīn yú to be infatuated with ∼HSK 6
脾胃 脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences; one's taste (e.g. in literature) ∼HSK 6
入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family ∼HSK 6
满腹 滿腹 mǎn fù filled with; preoccupied with ∼HSK 6
学识 學識 xué shí erudition; scholarly knowledge ∼HSK 6
搭救 搭救 dā jiù to rescue ∼HSK 6
赐给 賜給 cì gěi to bestow; to give ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) ∼HSK 6
精研 精研 jīng yán to research carefully; to study intensively ∼HSK 6
乐章 樂章 yuè zhāng movement (of a symphony) ∼HSK 6
贤相 賢相 xián xiàng sagacious prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
往昔 往昔 wǎng xī the past ∼HSK 6
大抵 大抵 dà dǐ generally speaking; by and large; for the most part ∼HSK 6
俸禄 俸祿 fèng lù official's salary (in feudal times) ∼HSK 6
不辱使命 不辱使命 bù rǔ shǐ mìng 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 辱: humiliate, insult, abuse · 使: cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction ∼HSK 6
车驾 車駕 jū jià carriage ∼HSK 6
预判 預判 yù pàn to predict; to anticipate ∼HSK 6
运筹 運籌 yùn chóu to plan; operations; logistics ∼HSK 6
拨动 撥動 bō dòng to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc) ∼HSK 6
乾坤 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe ∼HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
地下钱庄 地下錢莊 dì xià qián zhuāng underground bank; illegal private bank; loan shark ∼HSK 6
纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern; wrinkles; vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc) ∼HSK 6
唤作 喚作 huàn zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 6
治罪 治罪 zhì zuì to punish sb (for a crime) ∼HSK 6
铺子 鋪子 pù zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
罗织 羅織 luó zhī to frame sb; to cook up imaginary charges against sb ∼HSK 6
诬告 誣告 wū gào to frame sb; to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
保命 保命 bǎo mìng to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival ∼HSK 6
一行 一行 yī xíng party; delegation HSK 6