Tientsin Mystic

Episode review

Battle of wits at the docks

S1E11 · 码头文斗 mǎtóu wén dǒu

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3.95 Beginner

Vocabulary

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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
耍小聪明 耍小聰明 shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming to get smart; to resort to petty tricks ∼HSK 6
独一 獨一 dú yī only; unique ∼HSK 6
瓦亮 瓦亮 wǎ liàng shiny; very bright ∼HSK 6
诈尸 詐屍 zhà shī sudden movement of a corpse (superstition); fig. sudden torrent of abuse ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
大牢 大牢 dà láo prison ∼HSK 6
大红袍 大紅袍 dà hóng páo an expensive type of oolong tea ∼HSK 6
基业 基業 jī yè foundation; base; family estate ∼HSK 6
现如今 現如今 xiàn rú jīn nowadays; now ∼HSK 6
矫情 矯情 jiáo qing (Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
塞牙 塞牙 sāi yá to get food stuck between one's teeth ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
睁一只眼闭一只眼 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼 zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye ∼HSK 6
西洋景 西洋景 xī yáng jǐng (old) peep show; (fig.) hanky-panky; trickery ∼HSK 6
栽赃 栽贓 zāi zāng to frame sb (by planting sth on them) ∼HSK 6
奉陪 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company ∼HSK 6
他娘的 他孃的 tā niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
揣着明白装糊涂 揣著明白裝糊塗 chuāi zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu to pretend to not know; to play dumb ∼HSK 6
邪魔歪道 邪魔歪道 xié mó wāi dào 邪: wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox · 魔: demon, evil spirits; magic power · 歪: slant; inclined; askewd, awry · 道: path, road, street; method, way ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit ∼HSK 6
谷子 穀子 gǔ zi millet; (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu") ∼HSK 6
隐秘 隱秘 yǐn mì secret; hidden ∼HSK 6
洪灾 洪災 hóng zāi flood ∼HSK 6
不可告人 不可告人 bù kě gào rén to be kept secret; not to be divulged ∼HSK 6
停尸房 停屍房 tíng shī fáng mortuary ∼HSK 6
档子 檔子 dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc ∼HSK 6
焦糖 焦糖 jiāo táng caramel ∼HSK 6
石磨 石磨 shí mò grindstone ∼HSK 6
葱花 蔥花 cōng huā chopped green onions ∼HSK 6
香酥 香酥 xiāng sū crisp-fried ∼HSK 6
几样 幾樣 jǐ yàng several kinds ∼HSK 6
糖葫芦 糖葫蘆 táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
气概 氣概 qì gài lofty quality; mettle; spirit HSK 6
一行 一行 yī xíng party; delegation HSK 6
秘书长 秘書長 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general HSK 6
勺 勺 sháo spoon; ladle; abbr. for 勺, centiliter (unit of volume) HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
繁殖 繁殖 fán zhí to breed; to reproduce; to propagate HSK 6
凡是 凡是 fán shì each and every; every; all; any HSK 6
联手 聯手 lián shǒu lit. to join hands; to act together HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6