Tientsin Mystic

Episode review

Outsmarting them to seize the dossier

S1E16 · 智取档案 zhìqǔ dàng'àn

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4.33 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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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
打探 打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries; to scout out ∼HSK 6
通晓 通曉 tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through ∼HSK 6
异能 異能 yì néng different function ∼HSK 6
癔症 癔症 yì zhèng hysteria ∼HSK 6
泥鳅 泥鰍 ní qiu loach; mud fish ∼HSK 6
浸透 浸透 jìn tòu to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate ∼HSK 6
抵赖 抵賴 dǐ lài to refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege ∼HSK 6
认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault; to admit the truth; to acknowledge a debt ∼HSK 6
马屁 馬屁 mǎ pì horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking ∼HSK 6
诈尸 詐屍 zhà shī sudden movement of a corpse (superstition); fig. sudden torrent of abuse ∼HSK 6
瓷实 瓷實 cí shi (dialect) firm; robust ∼HSK 6
活尸 活屍 huó shī zombie ∼HSK 6
奉劝 奉勸 fèng quàn may I offer a bit of advice ∼HSK 6
生死有命 生死有命 shēng sǐ yǒu mìng life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) ∼HSK 6
全尸 全屍 quán shī intact corpse; dead body with no parts missing ∼HSK 6
祖坟 祖墳 zǔ fén ancestral tomb ∼HSK 6
无人不晓 無人不曉 wú rén bù xiǎo known to everyone ∼HSK 6
翻一番 翻一番 fān yī fān to increase by 100%; to double ∼HSK 6
阔气 闊氣 kuò qi lavish; generous; bounteous; prodigal ∼HSK 6
加薪 加薪 jiā xīn to raise salary ∼HSK 6
过誉 過譽 guò yù to praise too much; I really don't deserve so much praise ∼HSK 6
索命 索命 suǒ mìng to demand sb's life ∼HSK 6
寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí - nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled ∼HSK 6
裁人 裁人 cái rén to cut staff; to lay off employees ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
馊主意 餿主意 sōu zhǔ yi rotten idea ∼HSK 6
顶梁柱 頂梁柱 dǐng liáng zhù pillar; backbone ∼HSK 6
讨生活 討生活 tǎo shēng huó to eke out a living; to live from hand to mouth; to drift aimlessly ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
拙见 拙見 zhuō jiàn my unworthy opinion (humble expr.) ∼HSK 6
大费周章 大費周章 dà fèi zhōu zhāng to take great pains; to go to a lot of trouble ∼HSK 6
素未谋面 素未謀面 sù wèi móu miàn (idiom) to have never met; to be complete strangers ∼HSK 6
仙姑 仙姑 xiān gū female immortal; sorceress ∼HSK 6
拖住 拖住 tuō zhù to hold up; to hinder; to stall ∼HSK 6
人人皆知 人人皆知 rén rén jiē zhī known to everyone ∼HSK 6
吃喝嫖赌 吃喝嫖賭 chī - hē - piáo - dǔ lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom); fig. to lead a life of dissipation ∼HSK 6
伏法 伏法 fú fǎ to be executed ∼HSK 6
旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore ∼HSK 6
出岔子 出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong; to take a wrong turning ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
情意 情意 qíng yì friendly regard; affection ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
叨扰 叨擾 tāo rǎo to bother; to trouble; (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you; thank you for your time ∼HSK 6
大仙 大仙 dà xiān Great Immortal ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
半死不活 半死不活 bàn sǐ bù huó half-dead; barely alive (idiom); listless and lifeless ∼HSK 6