Tientsin Mystic

Episode review

Investigating the Xue residence

S1E3 · 薛府查案 xuē fǔ zhā àn

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4.26 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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道袍 道袍 dào páo Taoist robe; traditional men's gown ∼HSK 6
搭理 搭理 dā li variant of ∼HSK 6
色泽 色澤 sè zé color and luster ∼HSK 6
提携 提攜 tí xié to lead by the hand; to guide; to support ∼HSK 6
惹麻烦 惹麻煩 rě má fan to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble ∼HSK 6
打探 打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries; to scout out ∼HSK 6
人母 人母 rén mǔ mother (as a social role) ∼HSK 6
水患 水患 shuǐ huàn flooding; inundation ∼HSK 6
水灵 水靈 shuǐ líng (of fruit etc) fresh; (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking; (of eyes) moist and bright; lustrous ∼HSK 6
显形 顯形 xiǎn xíng to show one's true nature (derog.); to betray oneself ∼HSK 6
祸乱 禍亂 huò luàn calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil ∼HSK 6
暴毙 暴斃 bào bì to die suddenly ∼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
蛞蝓 蛞蝓 kuò yú (zoology) slug ∼HSK 6
分泌物 分泌物 fēn mì wù secretion ∼HSK 6
肺结核 肺結核 fèi jié hé tuberculosis; TB ∼HSK 6
停尸 停屍 tíng shī to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation) ∼HSK 6
橄榄 橄欖 gǎn lǎn Chinese olive; olive ∼HSK 6
尊姓大名 尊姓大名 zūn xìng dà míng 尊: respect, revere, venerate; honor · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 名: name, rank, title, position ∼HSK 6
讨教 討教 tǎo jiào to consult; to ask for advice ∼HSK 6
舍命 捨命 shě mìng to risk one's life ∼HSK 6
理所应当 理所應當 lǐ suǒ yīng dāng (idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying ∼HSK 6
家母 家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
洋味 洋味 yáng wèi Western taste; Western style ∼HSK 6
赔罪 賠罪 péi zuì to apologize ∼HSK 6
包涵 包涵 bāo han to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant ∼HSK 6
局限于 局限於 jú xiàn yú to be limited to ∼HSK 6
少安毋躁 少安毋躁 shǎo ān wú zào keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient ∼HSK 6
膝下 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) ∼HSK 6
独女 獨女 dú nǚ a daughter who is an only child ∼HSK 6
早逝 早逝 zǎo shì early demise; untimely death ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
哄骗 哄騙 hǒng piàn to deceive; to cheat ∼HSK 6
私奔 私奔 sī bēn to elope ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
失足 失足 shī zú to lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life ∼HSK 6
弃婴 棄嬰 qì yīng to abandon an infant; abandoned baby ∼HSK 6
验尸 驗屍 yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
置办 置辦 zhì bàn to purchase; to buy ∼HSK 6
难产 難產 nán chǎn difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve ∼HSK 6
狠心 狠心 hěn xīn callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] HSK 6
母子 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest HSK 6
脚印 腳印 jiǎo yìn footprint HSK 6
秘书长 秘書長 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general HSK 6
此前 此前 cǐ qián before this; before then; previously HSK 6
凡是 凡是 fán shì each and every; every; all; any HSK 6