The Prisoner of Beauty

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Season 1 — The Prisoner of Beauty

折腰 zhéyāo

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Vocabulary

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欠 欠 qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
逃 逃 táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
可惜 可惜 kě xī it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
邀请 邀請 yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
之中 之中 zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
粗茶淡饭 粗茶淡飯 cū chá dàn fàn plain tea and simple food; (fig.) bread and water Idiom ∼HSK 4
兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture 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
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
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
城池 城池 chéng chí city Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
公孙 公孫 Gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永宁 永寧 Yǒng níng Yongning county in Yinchuan, Ningxia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乔 喬 Qiáo tall, lofty; proud, stately ∼HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
辛 辛 Xīn bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
女郎 女郎 nǚ láng young woman; maiden; girl ∼HSK 4
结盟 結盟 jié méng to form an alliance; to ally oneself with; allied with; aligned; to bond with ∼HSK 4
叔父 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother; uncle ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
出兵 出兵 chū bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
王室 王室 wáng shì royal family; royal household ∼HSK 4
民心 民心 mín xīn popular sentiment ∼HSK 4
门户 門戶 mén hù door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
早些 早些 zǎo xiē a bit earlier ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
反悔 反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) ∼HSK 4