Tientsin Mystic

Episode review

Outwitting the bandit chief

S1E10 · 智斗贼首 zhì dǒu zéi shǒu

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4.13 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player HSK 7
脖子 脖子 bó zi neck HSK 7
抛 拋 pāo to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon HSK 7
监狱 監獄 jiān yù prison HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
死灰复燃 死灰復燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence; sth malevolent returns to haunt one Idiom ∼HSK 6
草木皆兵 草木皆兵 cǎo mù jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy; to feel beleaguered Idiom ∼HSK 6
贼眉鼠眼 賊眉鼠眼 zéi méi shǔ yǎn shifty-eyed; crafty-looking (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
原封不动 原封不動 yuán fēng - bù dòng lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom); fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact Idiom ∼HSK 6
同行 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry Xiehouyu HSK 6
苦主 苦主 kǔ zhǔ (old) the family of the victim in a murder case; (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc); (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral; counter; chip; token; (old) ready money; cash; standard weight (used on a balance scale) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
甭管 甭管 béng guǎn (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism 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
下葬 下葬 xià zàng to bury; to inter ∼HSK 6
翡翠 翡翠 fěi cuì jadeite; tree kingfisher ∼HSK 6
麻酱 麻醬 má jiàng sesame paste ∼HSK 6
丁卯 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 ∼HSK 6
仙姑 仙姑 xiān gū female immortal; sorceress ∼HSK 6
盗墓 盜墓 dào mù to rob a tomb ∼HSK 6
邪术 邪術 xié shù sorcery ∼HSK 6
剿灭 剿滅 jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force) ∼HSK 6
诈尸 詐屍 zhà shī sudden movement of a corpse (superstition); fig. sudden torrent of abuse ∼HSK 6
尸身 屍身 shī shēn corpse; dead body ∼HSK 6
酒壶 酒壺 jiǔ hú wine pot; wine cup ∼HSK 6
理儿 理兒 lǐ r reason ∼HSK 6
渔夫 漁夫 yú fū fisherman ∼HSK 6
拳脚 拳腳 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking ∼HSK 6
警探 警探 jǐng tàn police detective ∼HSK 6
超凡 超凡 chāo fán out of the ordinary; exceedingly (good) ∼HSK 6
绝伦 絕倫 jué lún outstanding; peerless; beyond compare ∼HSK 6
眼里揉不得沙子 眼裡揉不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zi can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom); unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind; not prepared to turn a blind eye ∼HSK 6
通情达理 通情達理 tōng qíng dá lǐ (idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason ∼HSK 6
惹事 惹事 rě shì to cause trouble ∼HSK 6
验尸 驗屍 yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
弄清 弄清 nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
五谷 五穀 wǔ gǔ five crops, e.g. millet, soybean, sesame, barley, rice or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley ∼HSK 6
跑堂 跑堂 pǎo táng waiter (old) ∼HSK 6
稀粥 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel; thin porridge ∼HSK 6