The Longest Day in Chang'an

Episode review

Dimming of the Sun

S1E9 · 未正 阳向幽 wèi zhēng yáng xiàng yōu

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4.35 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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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
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
瘸子 瘸子 qué zi lame person (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
京兆 京兆 jīng zhào capital of a country ∼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
不良人 不良人 bù liáng rén (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
卷宗 卷宗 juàn zōng file; folder; dossier ∼HSK 6
暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy ∼HSK 6
搏命 搏命 bó mìng to fight with all one has ∼HSK 6
援军 援軍 yuán jūn (military) reinforcements ∼HSK 6
都护 都護 dū hù (old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march ∼HSK 6
苍穹 蒼穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven ∼HSK 6
浩浩 浩浩 hào hào vast; expansive (universe); torrential (floods) ∼HSK 6
天公 天公 tiān gōng heaven; lord of heaven ∼HSK 6
驻颜 駐顏 zhù yán to maintain a youthful appearance ∼HSK 6
雪耻 雪恥 xuě chǐ to take revenge for a past insult; to expunge a disgrace or humiliation ∼HSK 6
宅子 宅子 zhái zi house; residence ∼HSK 6
黎民 黎民 lí mín the common people; the great unwashed ∼HSK 6
取悦 取悅 qǔ yuè to try to please ∼HSK 6
因公 因公 yīn gōng in the course of doing one's work; on business ∼HSK 6
嫌隙 嫌隙 xián xì hostility; animosity ∼HSK 6
秘藏 祕藏 mì cáng to stash away; a hoard; a cache ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
商铺 商鋪 shāng pù shop; store ∼HSK 6
抓捕 抓捕 zhuā bǔ to seize; to capture ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
赔罪 賠罪 péi zuì to apologize ∼HSK 6
内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story; inside information ∼HSK 6
拖延时间 拖延時間 tuō yán shí jiān to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster ∼HSK 6
诡计 詭計 guǐ jì trick; ruse; crafty scheme ∼HSK 6
贵客 貴客 guì kè honored guest ∼HSK 6
拍胸脯 拍胸脯 pāi xiōng pú to vouch for ∼HSK 6
礼俗 禮俗 lǐ sú etiquette; custom ∼HSK 6
铺子 鋪子 pù zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
权重 權重 quán zhòng weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) ∼HSK 6
自幼 自幼 zì yòu from childhood ∼HSK 6
顽劣 頑劣 wán liè stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous ∼HSK 6
游侠 遊俠 yóu xiá knight-errant ∼HSK 6
增援 增援 zēng yuán to reinforce ∼HSK 6
折损 折損 zhé sǔn to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc) ∼HSK 6
私宅 私宅 sī zhái private residence ∼HSK 6
诱拐 誘拐 yòu guǎi to abduct; to kidnap ∼HSK 6
投缘 投緣 tóu yuán to be kindred spirits; to hit it off ∼HSK 6
活捉 活捉 huó zhuō to capture alive ∼HSK 6
捉住 捉住 zhuō zhù to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto ∼HSK 6