Tientsin Mystic

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Season 1 — Tientsin Mystic

河神 héshén

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横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains; undeserved fortune; illegal profit ∼HSK 6
塞牙 塞牙 sāi yá to get food stuck between one's teeth ∼HSK 6
姨父 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister; uncle ∼HSK 6
他娘的 他孃的 tā niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
虎父无犬子 虎父無犬子 hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well.; like father, like son ∼HSK 6
拳打 拳打 quán dǎ to punch ∼HSK 6
急急如律令 急急如律令 jí jí rú lǜ lìng go quickly, as the law commands! (Daoist incantation); a spell formula ordering spirits to obey at once ∼HSK 6
煎熬 煎熬 jiān áo to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment ∼HSK 6
不可告人 不可告人 bù kě gào rén to be kept secret; not to be divulged ∼HSK 6
抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; panic measures in place of timely preparation ∼HSK 6
分内之事 分內之事 fèn nèi zhī shì one's duty; a matter within one's own responsibility (idiom) ∼HSK 6
少安毋躁 少安毋躁 shǎo ān wú zào keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient ∼HSK 6
来之不易 來之不易 lái zhī bù yì hard-won; not easily obtained (idiom); to be cherished because gained with difficulty ∼HSK 6
打哑谜 打啞謎 dǎ yǎ mí to talk in riddles ∼HSK 6
润肺 潤肺 rùn fèi to moisten the lungs; to make expectoration easy (medicine) ∼HSK 6
曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra"); mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") ∼HSK 6
素雅 素雅 sù yǎ simple yet elegant ∼HSK 6
身外之物 身外之物 shēn wài zhī wù mere worldly possessions ∼HSK 6
免遭 免遭 miǎn zāo to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared ∼HSK 6
疫病 疫病 yì bìng plague; a blight ∼HSK 6
丧门星 喪門星 sàng mén xīng messenger of death; person bringing bad luck; Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1] ∼HSK 6
糨糊 糨糊 jiàng hu paste; also written; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2] ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
半死不活 半死不活 bàn sǐ bù huó half-dead; barely alive (idiom); listless and lifeless ∼HSK 6
无功而返 無功而返 wú gōng ér fǎn to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs ∼HSK 6
闲杂人等 閒雜人等 xián zá rén děng idlers and unauthorized persons; miscellaneous people with no business being there (idiom) ∼HSK 6
缴获 繳獲 jiǎo huò to capture; to seize ∼HSK 6
上钩 上鉤 shàng gōu to take the bait ∼HSK 6
叛逃 叛逃 pàn táo to defect ∼HSK 6
认栽 認栽 rèn zāi to admit defeat ∼HSK 6
客死异乡 客死異鄉 kè sǐ yì xiāng to die in a foreign land (idiom) ∼HSK 6
笼络人心 籠絡人心 lǒng luò rén xīn to win people over (by trickery or favors); to ingratiate oneself and gain others' allegiance (idiom) ∼HSK 6
凶器 兇器 xiōng qì lethal weapon; murder weapon ∼HSK 6
拔出萝卜带出泥 拔出蘿蔔帶出泥 bá chū luó bo dài chū ní lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom); fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes; to cause further problems while working on a problem ∼HSK 6
肺结核 肺結核 fèi jié hé tuberculosis; TB ∼HSK 6
名门望族 名門望族 míng mén wàng zú offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding; blue blood ∼HSK 6
加薪 加薪 jiā xīn to raise salary ∼HSK 6
堪舆 堪輿 kān yú geomancy ∼HSK 6
公差 公差 gōng chā tolerance (allowed error); common difference (of an arithmetic series) ∼HSK 6
矜持 矜持 jīn chí reserved; aloof ∼HSK 6
解封 解封 jiě fēng to lift a ban; to end a lockdown ∼HSK 6
继任 繼任 jì rèn to succeed sb in a job; successor ∼HSK 6
溃烂 潰爛 kuì làn to fester; to ulcerate ∼HSK 6
冥冥之中 冥冥之中 míng míng zhī zhōng in the unseen world of spirits; mysteriously and inexorably ∼HSK 6
入土 入土 rù tǔ to bury; buried; interred ∼HSK 6
另当别论 另當別論 lìng dāng bié lùn to treat differently; another cup of tea ∼HSK 6
阴宅 陰宅 yīn zhái (feng shui term) tomb ∼HSK 6
殉情 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love; to sacrifice oneself for love ∼HSK 6
误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work; to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work; loss of working time; a holdup ∼HSK 6
垫付 墊付 diàn fù to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later ∼HSK 6