Tientsin Mystic

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Cracking the cipher

S1E17 · 破解密码 pòjiě mìmǎ

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屡次三番 屢次三番 lǚ cì sān fān time and again (idiom); repeatedly; over and over again Idiom ∼HSK 7
水至清则无鱼 水至清則無魚 shuǐ zhì qīng wú yú lit. where the water is too clear, there are no fish (idiom); fig. one must not demand absolute purity of others Idiom ∼HSK 7
措手不及 措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared Idiom HSK 7
乱七八糟 亂七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled Idiom HSK 7
多心 多心 duō xīn oversensitive; suspicious Xiehouyu HSK 7
黑心 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (flaw in pottery) Xiehouyu HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face Xiehouyu 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
娇气 嬌氣 jiāo qì delicate; squeamish; finicky HSK 7
汪洋 汪洋 wāng yáng vast body of water HSK 7
奸诈 奸詐 jiān zhà treachery; devious; a rogue HSK 7
久仰 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. 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
拍板 拍板 pāi bǎn clapper-board; auctioneer's hammer; to beat time with clappers HSK 7
酒楼 酒樓 jiǔ lóu restaurant HSK 7
海运 海運 hǎi yùn shipping by sea HSK 7
一晃 一晃 yī huǎng (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash HSK 7
勤快 勤快 qín kuài diligent; hardworking HSK 7
孝敬 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents HSK 7
哆嗦 哆嗦 duō suo to tremble; to shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the body HSK 7
麻辣 麻辣 má là hot and numbing HSK 7
够呛 夠嗆 gòu qiàng unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely HSK 7
谋求 謀求 móu qiú to seek; to strive for HSK 7
领事 領事 lǐng shì consul HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
疏通 疏通 shū tōng to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text) HSK 7
死心 死心 sǐ xīn to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about HSK 7
刨 刨 bào carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc) HSK 7
抢夺 搶奪 qiǎng duó to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take HSK 7
表述 表述 biǎo shù to formulate; enunciation; to explain sth precisely HSK 7
长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders; older generation HSK 7
忌 忌 jì to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth HSK 7
如实 如實 rú shí as things really are; realistic HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
地段 地段 dì duàn section; district HSK 7
斑点 斑點 bān diǎn spot; stain; speckle HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
商讨 商討 shāng tǎo to discuss; to deliberate HSK 7
转型 轉型 zhuǎn xíng to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product) HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
隐患 隱患 yǐn huàn a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage; misfortune not visible from the surface HSK 7
光顾 光顧 guāng gù to visit (as a customer) HSK 7
皇室 皇室 huáng shì royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
可观 可觀 kě guān considerable; impressive; significant HSK 7
销 銷 xiāo to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt HSK 7