Tientsin Mystic

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Cracking the cipher

S1E17 · 破解密码 pòjiě mìmǎ

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4.17 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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警探 警探 jǐng tàn police detective ∼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
顺道 順道 shùn dào on the way ∼HSK 6
魔怔 魔怔 mó zhēng crazed; possessed; bewitched ∼HSK 6
保险柜 保險櫃 bǎo xiǎn guì a safe; strongbox ∼HSK 6
破译 破譯 pò yì to decipher; to decode ∼HSK 6
废纸 廢紙 fèi zhǐ waste paper ∼HSK 6
摸清 摸清 mō qīng to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain ∼HSK 6
出人命 出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death ∼HSK 6
认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault; to admit the truth; to acknowledge a debt ∼HSK 6
杂念 雜念 zá niàn distracting thoughts ∼HSK 6
灵验 靈驗 líng yàn efficacious; effective; (of a prediction) accurate; correct ∼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
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
赋税 賦稅 fù shuì taxation ∼HSK 6
酬劳 酬勞 chóu láo reward ∼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
卑劣 卑劣 bēi liè base; mean; despicable ∼HSK 6
运输业 運輸業 yùn shū yè transportation industry ∼HSK 6
腾出 騰出 téng chū to make (some time or space) available (for sb) ∼HSK 6
阴宅 陰宅 yīn zhái (feng shui term) tomb ∼HSK 6
横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains; undeserved fortune; illegal profit ∼HSK 6
咽气 嚥氣 yàn qì to die; to breathe one's last ∼HSK 6
新闻工作者 新聞工作者 xīn wén gōng zuò zhě journalist ∼HSK 6
绝密 絕密 jué mì top secret ∼HSK 6
死胡同 死衚衕 sǐ hú tòng dead end; blind alley ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
发祥 發祥 fā xiáng to give rise to (sth good); to emanate from ∼HSK 6
绝顶 絕頂 jué dǐng (lit. and fig.) summit; peak; extremely; utterly ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
下葬 下葬 xià zàng to bury; to inter ∼HSK 6
瞎编 瞎編 xiā biān to fabricate (a story) ∼HSK 6
打探 打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries; to scout out ∼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
整除 整除 zhěng chú to divide exactly without remainder (in integer arithmetic) ∼HSK 6
交割 交割 jiāo gē delivery (commerce) ∼HSK 6
大吉 大吉 dà jí very auspicious; extremely lucky ∼HSK 6
远赴 遠赴 yuǎn fù to travel to (a distant place) ∼HSK 6
御寒 禦寒 yù hán to defend against the cold; to keep warm ∼HSK 6
远渡重洋 遠渡重洋 yuǎn dù chóng yáng to travel across the oceans ∼HSK 6
漂洋 漂洋 piāo yáng to cross the ocean ∼HSK 6
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
谜题 謎題 mí tí puzzle; riddle ∼HSK 6
蹭吃蹭喝 蹭吃蹭喝 cèng chī cèng hē to cadge a meal ∼HSK 6
还魂 還魂 huán hún to return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products) ∼HSK 6
尸骸 屍骸 shī hái corpse; skeleton ∼HSK 6
邪门 邪門 xié mén strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6