Tientsin Mystic

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A new lead

S1E6 · 新线索 xīn xiànsuǒ

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曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
感染 感染 gǎn rǎn to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
义不容辞 義不容辭 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty) Idiom ∼HSK 6
遥遥无期 遙遙無期 yáo yáo wú qī far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever Idiom ∼HSK 6
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
隔行如隔山 隔行如隔山 gé háng rú gé shān different trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book Idiom ∼HSK 6
懒人 懶人 lǎn rén lazy person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一锤子买卖 一錘子買賣 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
苦主 苦主 kǔ zhǔ (old) the family of the victim in a murder case; (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc); (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
兴许 興許 xīng xǔ (coll.) perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
皮痒 皮癢 pí yǎng (coll.) to need a spanking Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
料酒 料酒 liào jiǔ cooking wine ∼HSK 6
丁卯 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 ∼HSK 6
杏仁 杏仁 xìng rén almond; apricot kernel ∼HSK 6
淹死 淹死 yān sǐ to drown ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
警探 警探 jǐng tàn police detective ∼HSK 6
超凡 超凡 chāo fán out of the ordinary; exceedingly (good) ∼HSK 6
绝伦 絕倫 jué lún outstanding; peerless; beyond compare ∼HSK 6
停尸 停屍 tíng shī to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation) ∼HSK 6
枇杷 枇杷 pí pa loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica); loquat fruit ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
死讯 死訊 sǐ xùn news of sb's death ∼HSK 6
托生 託生 tuō shēng to be reincarnated; to be reborn ∼HSK 6
拳脚 拳腳 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking ∼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
拳打 拳打 quán dǎ to punch ∼HSK 6
凸起 凸起 tū qǐ convex; protruding; to protrude; to bulge; to buckle upwards ∼HSK 6
下葬 下葬 xià zàng to bury; to inter ∼HSK 6
嗖嗖 嗖嗖 sōu sōu (onom.) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts; laughingly ∼HSK 6
有预谋 有預謀 yǒu yù móu premeditated ∼HSK 6
仵作 仵作 wǔ zuò coroner (old) ∼HSK 6
结膜 結膜 jié mó conjunctiva (membrane surrounding the eyeball) ∼HSK 6
黏膜 黏膜 nián mó mucous membrane ∼HSK 6
呕吐物 嘔吐物 ǒu tù wù vomit ∼HSK 6
苦涩 苦澀 kǔ sè bitter and astringent; pained; agonized ∼HSK 6