Vocabulary

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花言巧语 花言巧語 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric Idiom ∼HSK 4
百年不遇 百年不遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) Idiom ∼HSK 4
化干戈为玉帛 化干戈為玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship Idiom ∼HSK 4
明摆着 明擺著 míng bǎi zhe evident; clear; undoubted Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
未央 未央 Wèi yāng Weiyang District of Xi’an, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刘宋 劉宋 Liú Sòng Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尚书 尚書 Shàng shū same as Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南安 南安 Nán ān Nan'an, county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
拓跋 拓跋 Tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓拔 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安平 安平 Ān píng Anping county in Hengshui, Hebei; Anping district of Tainan City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安平县 安平縣 Ān píng xiàn Anping county in Hengshui, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凉州 涼州 Liáng zhōu Liangzhou district of Wuwei city, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王明 王明 Wáng Míng Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同心 同心 Tóng xīn Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长孙 長孫 Zhǎng sūn two-character surname Zhangsun Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
侠 俠 xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 4
开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war; to make war; to battle against ∼HSK 4
腰带 腰帶 yāo dài belt ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
单挑 單挑 dān tiǎo to pick; to choose; to fight a duel; Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1] ∼HSK 4
安危 安危 ān wēi safety and danger; safety ∼HSK 4
沙场 沙場 shā chǎng sandpit; battleground; battlefield ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
文书 文書 wén shū document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat ∼HSK 4
借此 藉此 jiè cǐ using this as a pretext; thereby ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
有方 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right; to use the correct method ∼HSK 4
令爱 令愛 lìng ài (courteous) your daughter ∼HSK 4
首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations ∼HSK 4
定局 定局 dìng jú foregone conclusion; to be settled conclusively ∼HSK 4
为父 為父 wéi fù term used by a father to refer to himself when speaking to his child ∼HSK 4
别无选择 別無選擇 bié wú xuǎn zé to have no other choice ∼HSK 4
出兵 出兵 chū bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
守卫 守衛 shǒu wèi to guard; to defend ∼HSK 4
闪失 閃失 shǎn shī mishap; accident; accidental loss ∼HSK 4
摆布 擺布 bǎi bù to arrange; to order about; to manipulate ∼HSK 4