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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免不了 免不了 miǎn bù liǎo unavoidable; can't be avoided Xiehouyu HSK 7
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
操控 操控 cāo kòng to control; to manipulate HSK 7
娇气 嬌氣 jiāo qì delicate; squeamish; finicky HSK 7
陪葬 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) HSK 7
出土 出土 chū tǔ to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground HSK 7
隐情 隱情 yǐn qíng sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided HSK 7
铲子 鏟子 chǎn zi shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil) HSK 7
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7
苦力 苦力 kǔ lì bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times HSK 7
把关 把關 bǎ guān to guard a pass; to check on sth HSK 7
忌讳 忌諱 jì huì taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from HSK 7
岔 岔 chà fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times) HSK 7
领事 領事 lǐng shì consul HSK 7
刨 刨 bào carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc) HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
手帕 手帕 shǒu pà handkerchief HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
行家 行家 háng jiā connoisseur; expert; veteran HSK 7
阻拦 阻攔 zǔ lán to stop; to obstruct HSK 7
火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot HSK 7
揣 揣 chuāi to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] HSK 7
涮 涮 shuàn to rinse; to trick; to fool sb; to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) HSK 7
瞅 瞅 chǒu (dialect) to look at HSK 7
没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest HSK 7
费劲 費勁 fèi jìn to require effort; strenuous HSK 7
立足 立足 lì zú to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on HSK 7
蘸 蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) HSK 7
招数 招數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as 着数 HSK 7
坚硬 堅硬 jiān yìng hard; solid HSK 7
磨损 磨損 mó sǔn to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out HSK 7
禁忌 禁忌 jìn jì taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
陷害 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
迁 遷 qiān to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
收敛 收斂 shōu liǎn to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge HSK 7
寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) HSK 7
惭愧 慚愧 cán kuì ashamed HSK 7
当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of; in the presence of HSK 7
上任 上任 shàng rèn to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor HSK 7
难堪 難堪 nán kān hard to take; embarrassed HSK 7