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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索 索 Suǒ large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
警察局 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station; police department; police headquarters ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
法医 法醫 fǎ yī forensic pathologist; forensic doctor; medical examiner ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
还乡 還鄉 huán xiāng (literary) to return to one's native place ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
大家闺秀 大家閨秀 dà jiā guī xiù girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house ∼HSK 4
小家碧玉 小家碧玉 xiǎo jiā bì yù pretty daughter in a humble family ∼HSK 4
八苦 八苦 bā kǔ the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism) ∼HSK 4
接引 接引 jiē yǐn to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc); (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land ∼HSK 4
处子 處子 chǔ zǐ (literary) virgin; maiden ∼HSK 4
法子 法子 fǎ zi way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] ∼HSK 4
引路 引路 yǐn lù to guide; to show the way ∼HSK 4
降生 降生 jiàng shēng to be born; arrival of newborn; birth (of a savior or religious leader) ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
拜师 拜師 bài shī to formally become an apprentice to a master ∼HSK 4
案发现场 案發現場 àn fā xiàn chǎng crime scene ∼HSK 4
深浅 深淺 shēn qiǎn deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum ∼HSK 4
大户 大戶 dà hù great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer ∼HSK 4
有志 有志 yǒu zhì to be ambitious ∼HSK 4
守节 守節 shǒu jié faithful (to the memory of betrothed); constant (of widow who remains unmarried) ∼HSK 4
贞节牌坊 貞節牌坊 zhēn jié pái fāng memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow ∼HSK 4
何为 何為 hé wéi what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use ∼HSK 4
家主 家主 jiā zhǔ head of a household ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
宅 宅 zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
警局 警局 jǐng jú police department; police station; abbr. of 警察局 ∼HSK 4
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching ∼HSK 4
闪失 閃失 shǎn shī mishap; accident; accidental loss ∼HSK 4
走散 走散 zǒu sàn to wander off; to stray; to get lost ∼HSK 4
心切 心切 xīn qiè eager; impatient; guileless ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
究 究 jiū examine, investigate ∼HSK 4
报案 報案 bào àn to report a case to the authorities ∼HSK 4
不请自来 不請自來 bù qǐng zì lái to turn up without being invited; unsolicited ∼HSK 4
天色 天色 tiān sè color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather ∼HSK 4
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family HSK 4
抽烟 抽煙 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) HSK 4
玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
身高 身高 shēn gāo (a person's) height HSK 4