The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Sun Begins to Fall

S1E8 · 未初 日中而昃 wèi chū rìzhōng ér zè

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4.3 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
可疑 可疑 kě yí suspicious; dubious HSK 7
瞄准 瞄準 miáo zhǔn to take aim at; to target HSK 7
故 故 gù happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead HSK 7
煎 煎 jiān to pan fry; to sauté HSK 7
入侵 入侵 rù qīn to invade HSK 7
滋味 滋味 zī wèi taste; flavor; feeling 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
趴 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent HSK 7
无辜 無辜 wú gū innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) HSK 7
绑 綁 bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
捏 捏 niē to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
抹 抹 mā to wipe HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
熬 熬 āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace; the masses; the common people HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
宗 宗 Zōng surname Zong HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
恶 惡 ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
失踪 失蹤 shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
烤 烤 kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
业 業 Yè surname Ye HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
枚 枚 méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
注 註 zhù to inject; to pour into; to concentrate; to pay attention; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; variant of 注 HSK 7
许 許 Xǔ surname Xu HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) 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
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
堂堂正正 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square Idiom ∼HSK 6
年轻力壮 年輕力壯 nián qīng lì zhuàng young and vigorous (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
孜孜以求 孜孜以求 zī zī yǐ qiú diligent and tireless (idiom) 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
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