Tientsin Mystic

Episode review

Xiao San's plot unravels

S1E21 · 肖三事败 xiāo sān shì bài

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Vocabulary

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之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
自打 自打 zì dǎ (coll.) since Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
市政府 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall; city government Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
全城 全城 quán chéng whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
古道 古道 gǔ dào ancient road; precepts of the antiquity ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
人中龙凤 人中龍鳳 rén zhōng lóng fèng a giant among men (idiom) ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
不合 不合 bù hé to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
千金 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
交由 交由 jiāo yóu to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb); to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process) ∼HSK 3
空子 空子 kòng zi gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
水性 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc) ∼HSK 3
澡 澡 zǎo wash, bathe ∼HSK 3
有线 有線 yǒu xiàn wired; cable (television) ∼HSK 3
把酒 把酒 bǎ jiǔ to raise one's wine cup ∼HSK 3
指路 指路 zhǐ lù to give directions ∼HSK 3
总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward ∼HSK 3
输赢 輸贏 shū yíng win or loss; outcome ∼HSK 3
可能性 可能性 kě néng xìng possibility; probability ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
总有 總有 zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
进退 進退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety ∼HSK 3
费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
想得美 想得美 xiǎng de měi to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation; (as an interjection) what a dreamer! ∼HSK 3
历年 曆年 lì nián calendar year ∼HSK 3
调配 調配 diào pèi to allocate; to deploy ∼HSK 3
保镖 保鏢 bǎo biāo bodyguard ∼HSK 3
终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) ∼HSK 3
敌 敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
调派 調派 diào pài to send on assignment; to deploy (troops) ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
卫 衛 Wèi guard, protect, defend ∼HSK 3
突破口 突破口 tū pò kǒu breach; gap; breakthrough point ∼HSK 3
不光 不光 bù guāng not the only one; not only HSK 3
干吗 幹嗎 gàn má see 干嘛 HSK 3
吵架 吵架 chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3