Under the Microscope

Whole-title review

Season 1 — Under the Microscope

显微镜下的大明之丝绢案 xiǎnwēijìng xià de dà míng zhī sī juàn àn

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Vocabulary

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获胜 獲勝 huò shèng victorious; to win; to triumph HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
枚 枚 méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
非法 非法 fēi fǎ illegal HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
案件 案件 àn jiàn case; instance HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) 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
拒之门外 拒之門外 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb Idiom ∼HSK 6
油嘴滑舌 油嘴滑舌 yóu zuǐ huá shé glib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking Idiom ∼HSK 6
玩物丧志 玩物喪志 wán wù sàng zhì lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress; excessive attention to trivia saps the will Idiom ∼HSK 6
防患于未然 防患於未然 fáng huàn yú wèi rán to prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall; to nip sth in the bud Idiom ∼HSK 6
一笔勾销 一筆勾銷 yī bǐ gōu xiāo to write off at one stroke Idiom ∼HSK 6
目不识丁 目不識丁 mù bù shí dīng lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate Idiom ∼HSK 6
趋之若鹜 趨之若鶩 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase Idiom ∼HSK 6
独吞 獨吞 dú tūn to hog; to keep everything for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
平白无故 平白無故 píng bái - wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
胡搅蛮缠 胡攪蠻纏 hú jiǎo mán chán (idiom) to pester endlessly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom); fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
借题发挥 借題發揮 jiè tí fā huī to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss 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
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
赌坊 賭坊 dǔ fāng (archaic) gambling house ∼HSK 6
还债 還債 huán zhài to settle a debt ∼HSK 6
纹银 紋銀 wén yín fine silver ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by ∼HSK 6
赖账 賴賬 lài zhàng to renege on a debt ∼HSK 6
账房 賬房 zhàng fáng an accounts office (in former times); an accountant; a cashier ∼HSK 6
公心 公心 gōng xīn fair-mindedness; public spirit ∼HSK 6
田亩 田畝 tián mǔ field ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
价码 價碼 jià mǎ price tag ∼HSK 6
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil ∼HSK 6
相抵 相抵 xiāng dǐ to balance up; to offset; to counterbalance ∼HSK 6