//The Long River - S1/Ep01/25 words - 5 min
定[定]	ding4	to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order	45
匀[勻]	yun2	even; well-distributed; uniform; to distribute evenly; to share	11
埽[埽]	sao4	dike; old variant of 掃|扫[sao4]	8
用于[用于]	yong4 yu2	use in; use on; use for	4
构筑[構築]	gou4 zhu4	to build; to construct	1
堤坝[堤壩]	di1 ba4	dam; dike	22
护[護]	hu4	to protect	32
岸[岸]	an4	bank; shore; beach; coast; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
工程[工程]	gong1 cheng2	engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]	87
抢险[搶險]	qiang3 xian3	emergency (measures); to react to an emergency	2
堵[堵]	du3	to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)	12
准[準]	zhun3	accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-	15
桩[樁]	zhuang1	stump; stake; pile; classifier for items	4
钉死[釘死]	ding4 si3	to nail securely; to execute by means of impalement; to crucify	1
下水[下水]	xia4 shui3	downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot	8
绑[綁]	bang3	to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap	12
绳子[繩子]	sheng2 zi5	cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]	4
势[勢]	shi4	power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals	18
猛烈[猛烈]	meng3 lie4	fierce; violent (criticism etc)	1
拽[拽]	ye4	to drag; to haul	7
脚下[腳下]	jiao3 xia4	under the foot	4
黄龙[黃龍]	Huang2 long2	Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi	24
明[明]	ming2	bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods	225
皇上[皇上]	huang2 shang5	the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty	1735
不顺[不順]	bu4 shun4	unfavorable; adverse	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/50 words - 6 min
魔[魔]	mo2	devil; magic	2
似的[似的]	shi4 de5	seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]	20
景山[景山]	Jing3 shan1	Jingshan (name of a hill in Jingshan park)	1
老天爷[老天爺]	lao3 tian1 ye2	God; Heavens	17
关上[關上]	guan1 shang4	to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)	4
口子[口子]	kou3 zi5	hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent	4
不定[不定]	bu4 ding4	indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious	11
倒楣[倒楣]	dao3 mei2	variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]	5
胡说八道[胡說八道]	hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4	to talk rubbish	18
起开[起開]	qi3 kai5	(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!	4
闪[閃]	shan3	to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine	2
闪开[閃開]	shan3 kai1	to get out of the way	16
奏[奏]	zou4	to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)	186
报[報]	bao4	to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]	185
莫[莫]	mo4	do not; there is none who	23
风寒[風寒]	feng1 han2	wind chill; cold weather; common cold (medicine)	4
明珠[明珠]	ming2 zhu1	pearl; jewel (of great value)	138
叩见[叩見]	kou4 jian4	to kowtow in salute	37
黄河[黃河]	Huang2 He2	Yellow River or Huang He	318
情急[情急]	qing2 ji2	anxious	2
御[御]	yu4	to resist; imperial; (classical) to drive (a chariot); to manage; to govern	31
失仪[失儀]	shi1 yi2	discourteous; failure of etiquette	2
不带[不帶]	bu4 dai4	not to have; without; un-	3
梁[梁]	liang2	roof beam; beam (structure); bridge	25
九[九]	jiu3	nine; 9	52
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/75 words - 7 min
功[功]	gong1	meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)	63
奶子[奶子]	nai3 zi5	(coll.) milk; (coll.) breast; booby; tit	3
喳[喳]	zha1	(onom.) chirp, twitter, etc	202
保[保]	bao3	to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)	87
殿[殿]	dian4	palace hall	14
学士[學士]	xue2 shi4	bachelor's degree; person holding a university degree	11
索[索]	suo3	to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated	351
额[額]	e2	forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount	87
图[圖]	tu2	diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek	76
随[隨]	sui2	to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently	19
旨[旨]	zhi3	imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose	75
觐见[覲見]	jin4 jian4	to have an audience (with the Emperor)	7
奴[奴]	nu2	slave	32
正事[正事]	zheng4 shi4	one's proper business	12
看一看[看一看]	kan4 yi1 kan4	to have a look	11
钦[欽]	qin1	to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself	43
监[監]	jian1	to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison	12
嘉[嘉]	jia1	excellent; auspicious; to praise; to commend	2
靖[靖]	jing4	quiet; peaceful; to make tranquil; to pacify	5
至今[至今]	zhi4 jin1	so far; to this day; until now	8
雨量[雨量]	yu3 liang4	rainfall	3
江宁[江寧]	Jiang1 ning2	Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏	13
积[積]	ji1	to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing	11
寸[寸]	cun4	a unit of length; inch; thumb	12
宿迁[宿遷]	Su4 qian1	Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/100 words - 7 min
徐州[徐州]	Xu2 zhou1	Xuzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu	6
河南[河南]	He2 nan2	Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]	22
溃决[潰決]	kui4 jue2	to collapse (of a dam); to burst	31
河道[河道]	he2 dao4	river course; river channel	321
衙门[衙門]	ya2 men5	government office in feudal China; yamen	31
冲[沖]	chong1	(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with	17
毁[毀]	hui3	to destroy; to damage; to ruin; to defame; to slander	18
最新[最新]	zui4 xin1	latest; newest	1
河[河]	he2	river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]	805
危及[危及]	wei1 ji2	to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)	1
洪泽湖[洪澤湖]	Hong2 ze2 Hu2	Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province	16
一路[一路]	yi1 lu4	the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind	33
堰[堰]	yan4	weir	33
堤[堤]	di1	dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2]	244
一旦[一旦]	yi1 dan4	in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day	22
里[里]	li3	li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels	41
州[州]	zhou1	prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)	19
县[縣]	xian4	county	68
泽[澤]	ze2	pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist	2
国[國]	guo2	country; nation; state; national; CL:個|个[ge4]	53
奴才[奴才]	nu2 cai5	slave; fig. flunkey	444
督促[督促]	du1 cu4	to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on	1
加紧[加緊]	jia1 jin3	to intensify; to speed up; to step up	4
修筑[修築]	xiu1 zhu4	to build	4
大坝[大壩]	da4 ba4	dam	24
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/125 words - 8 min
加固[加固]	jia1 gu4	to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen	8
天命[天命]	Tian1 ming4	Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span	3
担忧[擔憂]	dan1 you1	to worry; to be concerned	3
无益[無益]	wu2 yi4	no good; not good for; not beneficial	2
运[運]	yun4	to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate	45
湖南[湖南]	Hu2 nan2	Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1]	15
广州[廣州]	Guang3 zhou1	Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong; Canton	1
军粮[軍糧]	jun1 liang2	army provisions	11
山东[山東]	Shan1 dong1	Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lu3], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2]	11
阻滞[阻滯]	zu3 zhi4	to clog up; silted up	1
前线[前線]	qian2 xian4	front line; military front; workface; cutting edge	5
六十[六十]	liu4 shi2	sixty; 60	2
将士[將士]	jiang4 shi4	officers and soldiers	8
日日[日日]	ri4 ri4	every day	4
夜夜[夜夜]	ye4 ye4	every night	3
吴三桂[吳三桂]	Wu2 San1 gui4	Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty	23
血战[血戰]	xue4 zhan4	bloody battle	3
盼[盼]	pan4	to hope for; to long for; to expect	12
粮食[糧食]	liang2 shi5	foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]	43
粮草[糧草]	liang2 cao3	army provisions; rations and fodder	3
仗[仗]	zhang4	weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle	51
京师[京師]	jing1 shi1	capital of a country (literary)	76
大清[大清]	Da4 Qing1	Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)	80
掌管[掌管]	zhang3 guan3	in charge of; to control	1
中华[中華]	Zhong1 hua2	China (alternate formal name)	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/150 words - 9 min
灰溜溜[灰溜溜]	hui1 liu1 liu1	dull gray; gloomy; dejected; crestfallen; with one's tail between one's legs	1
退出[退出]	tui4 chu1	to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)	3
山海关[山海關]	Shan1 hai3 guan1	Shanhai pass, the Eastern pass of the Great Wall; Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei	5
息怒[息怒]	xi1 nu4	to calm down; to quell one's anger	12
朕[朕]	zhen4	I; we (imperial use); subtle	687
发火[發火]	fa1 huo3	to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry	1
打仗[打仗]	da3 zhang4	to fight a battle; to go to war	30
打的[打的]	da3 di1	(coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi	4
银子[銀子]	yin2 zi5	money; silver	149
后方[後方]	hou4 fang1	the rear; far behind the front line	3
冲垮[衝垮]	chong1 kua3	to burst; to break through; to topple	2
入关[入關]	ru4 guan1	to enter a pass; to go through customs	9
血本[血本]	xue4 ben3	hard-earned capital	1
拚[拚]	pin1	variant of 拼[pin1]	1
圈地[圈地]	quan1 di4	staking a claim to territory; enclosure	3
好不容易[好不容易]	hao3 bu4 rong2 yi4	with great difficulty; very difficult	5
积攒[積攢]	ji1 zan3	to save bit by bit; to accumulate	1
民心[民心]	min2 xin1	popular sentiment	10
行文[行文]	xing2 wen2	writing style (formal); to send an official written communication	4
各地[各地]	ge4 di4	in all parts of (a country); various regions	5
漕运[漕運]	cao2 yun4	(old) to transport by water; to ship grain as tax	16
陆运[陸運]	lu4 yun4	land transport	1
尽快[儘快]	jin3 kuai4	as quickly as possible; as soon as possible; with all speed	3
接济[接濟]	jie1 ji4	to give material assistance to	1
前方[前方]	qian2 fang1	ahead; the front	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/175 words - 9 min
今年[今年]	jin1 nian2	this year	38
两湖[兩湖]	Liang3 Hu2	Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces	1
敌我[敵我]	di2 wo3	the enemy and us	1
湖北[湖北]	Hu2 bei3	Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]	3
支援[支援]	zhi1 yuan2	to provide assistance; to support; to back	2
联系[聯繫]	lian2 xi4	connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch	4
京城[京城]	jing1 cheng2	capital of a country	36
大小[大小]	da4 xiao3	dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority	7
官员[官員]	guan1 yuan2	official (in an organization or government); administrator	131
马匹[馬匹]	ma3 pi3	horse	2
骡子[騾子]	luo2 zi5	mule; CL:匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]	2
集中[集中]	ji2 zhong1	to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together	2
佣[傭]	yong1	to hire; to employ; servant; hired laborer; domestic help	3
民间[民間]	min2 jian1	among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments	7
车马[車馬]	che1 ma3	vehicles and horses	5
赶到[趕到]	gan3 dao4	to hurry (to some place)	2
搁浅[擱淺]	ge1 qian3	to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop	1
地点[地點]	di4 dian3	place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
好歹[好歹]	hao3 dai3	good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever	18
万万[萬萬]	wan4 wan4	absolutely; wholly	35
忧心[憂心]	you1 xin1	concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious	4
传旨[傳旨]	chuan2 zhi3	issue a decree	7
裕[裕]	yu4	abundant	89
办事[辦事]	ban4 shi4	to handle (affairs); to work	35
不力[不力]	bu4 li4	not to do one's best; not to exert oneself	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/200 words - 13 min
脑袋[腦袋]	nao3 dai4	head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]	56
一道[一道]	yi1 dao4	together	21
旨意[旨意]	zhi3 yi4	decree; order	28
务必[務必]	wu4 bi4	must; to need to; to be sure to	7
守住[守住]	shou3 zhu5	to hold on to; to defend; to keep; to guard	6
亡[亡]	wang2	to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased	7
省[省]	sheng3	to save; to economize; to do without; to omit; to leave out; province; (archaic) central government department	66
省[省]	xing3	to inspect; to examine; to be aware; to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)	66
巡抚[巡撫]	xun2 fu3	inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times	25
总督[總督]	zong3 du1	governor-general; viceroy; governor	97
民[民]	min2	the people; nationality; citizen	59
夫[夫]	fu1	husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)	14
派遣[派遣]	pai4 qian3	to send (on a mission); to dispatch	1
军民[軍民]	jun1 min2	army-civilian; military-masses; military-civilian	2
者[者]	zhe3	(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this	57
失[失]	shi1	to lose; to miss; to fail	20
城[城]	cheng2	city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]	27
论[論]	lun4	opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)	26
洪水[洪水]	hong2 shui3	deluge; flood	14
安徽[安徽]	An1 hui1	Anhui Province (Anhwei) in south central China, abbr. 皖[Wan3], capital Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2]	29
奉旨[奉旨]	feng4 zhi3	on imperial orders	22
巡查[巡查]	xun2 cha2	to patrol	6
弟兄们[弟兄們]	di4 xiong1 men5	brothers; comrades; men; brethren	8
官[官]	guan1	government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]	432
干活[幹活]	gan4 huo2	to work; to be employed	33
列[列]	lie4	to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row	14
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/225 words - 14 min
祖[祖]	zu3	ancestor; forefather; grandparents	13
宗[宗]	zong1	school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs	15
肖[肖]	xiao4	similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like	2
孙[孫]	sun1	grandson; descendant	16
玄[玄]	xuan2	black; mysterious	12
烨[燁]	ye4	blaze of fire; glorious	11
德[德]	de2	virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind	10
业[業]	ye4	line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already	2
修[修]	xiu1	to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)	95
遭[遭]	zao1	to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident	12
此[此]	ci3	this; these	140
谴[譴]	qian3	to censure; to reprimand	1
罪孽[罪孽]	zui4 nie4	sin; crime; wrongdoing	4
深重[深重]	shen1 zhong4	very serious; grave; profound	3
愧[愧]	kui4	ashamed	5
创世[創世]	chuang4 shi4	the creation (in mythology and Genesis 1-2); the first foundational steps	1
降[降]	jiang4	to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend	12
降[降]	xiang2	to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tame	12
暴雨[暴雨]	bao4 yu3	torrential rain; rainstorm; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]	1
受难[受難]	shou4 nan4	to suffer a calamity; to suffer (e.g. under torture); distress	2
藩[藩]	fan1	fence; hedge; screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]	66
万分[萬分]	wan4 fen1	very much; extremely; one ten thousandth part	5
危急[危急]	wei1 ji2	critical; desperate (situation)	3
天下[天下]	tian1 xia4	land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule	105
固[固]	gu4	hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly	3
则[則]	ze2	(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; standard; norm; principle; to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items	19
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/250 words - 16 min
邦[邦]	bang1	country; nation; state	1
宁[寧]	ning2	peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)	20
宁[寧]	ning4	would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]	20
祈[祈]	qi2	to implore; to pray; to request	2
上天[上天]	shang4 tian1	Heaven; Providence; God; the day before; the sky above; to fly to the sky; to take off and fly into space; to die; to pass away	6
保佑[保佑]	bao3 you4	to bless and protect; blessing	2
黎民[黎民]	li2 min2	the common people; the great unwashed	4
百姓[百姓]	bai3 xing4	common people	113
不住[不住]	bu4 zhu4	repeatedly; continuously; constantly; unable to (resist, conceal etc)	31
使劲[使勁]	shi3 jin4	to exert all one's strength	17
猛[猛]	meng3	ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome	2
挡[擋]	dang3	to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)	14
救命[救命]	jiu4 ming4	to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!	33
哪儿[哪兒]	na3 r5	where?; wherever; anywhere	114
老娘[老娘]	lao3 niang2	my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife	11
让开[讓開]	rang4 kai1	to get out of the way; to step aside	34
娘[娘]	niang2	mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate	111
一来[一來]	yi1 lai2	firstly, ...	25
夥[夥]	huo3	many; numerous	27
儿[兒]	er2	child; son	135
汉子[漢子]	han4 zi5	man; fellow; (dialect) husband	5
队伍[隊伍]	dui4 wu3	ranks; troops; queue; line; procession; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]	1
洪[洪]	hong2	flood; big; great	25
峰[峰]	feng1	(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance; highest level; classifier for camels	11
过境[過境]	guo4 jing4	to pass through a country's territory; transit	14
浪头[浪頭]	lang4 tou5	wave	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/275 words - 17 min
请教[請教]	qing3 jiao4	to ask for guidance; to consult	10
靳[靳]	jin4	martingale; stingy	687
辅[輔]	fu3	to assist; to complement; auxiliary	337
巡视[巡視]	xun2 shi4	to patrol; to make a tour; to inspect; to scan with one's eyes	5
这儿[這兒]	zhe4 r5	here	221
外婆[外婆]	wai4 po2	(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother	4
慈[慈]	ci2	compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	19
悲[悲]	bei1	sad; sadness; sorrow; grief	4
观世音[觀世音]	Guan1 shi4 yin1	Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)	3
菩萨[菩薩]	Pu2 sa4	Bodhisattva (Buddhism)	5
祢[禰]	mi2	memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father	7
下雨[下雨]	xia4 yu3	to rain	3
保不住[保不住]	bao3 bu5 zhu4	cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well	10
弟子[弟子]	di4 zi3	disciple; follower	3
大不了[大不了]	da4 bu4 liao3	at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming	6
吃斋[吃齋]	chi1 zhai1	to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian	1
老爷[老爺]	lao3 ye5	(respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather	112
圣旨[聖旨]	sheng4 zhi3	imperial edict	26
戊[戊]	wu4	fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta	3
字号[字號]	zi4 hao4	characters and numbers (as used in a code); alphanumeric code; serial number	2
坝[壩]	ba4	dam; dike; embankment; CL:條|条[tiao2]	40
大水[大水]	da4 shui3	flood	34
冲走[沖走]	chong1 zou3	to flush away	6
守[守]	shou3	to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining	46
撤[撤]	che4	to remove; to take away; to withdraw	16
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/300 words - 18 min
立[立]	li4	to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately	51
碑[碑]	bei1	a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]	2
保住[保住]	bao3 zhu4	to preserve; to save	14
祖宗[祖宗]	zu3 zong1	ancestor; forebear	45
河工[河工]	he2 gong1	river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc); river conservancy worker	41
死伤[死傷]	si3 shang1	casualties; dead and injured	2
领[領]	ling3	neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc	45
饷[餉]	xiang3	soldier's pay	15
安家[安家]	an1 jia1	to settle down; to set up a home	8
报功[報功]	bao4 gong1	to report a heroic deed; to mention sb in dispatches	1
快报[快報]	kuai4 bao4	bulletin board	3
吾[吾]	wu2	I; my (old)	33
皇[皇]	huang2	emperor; old variant of 惶[huang2]	148
万岁[萬歲]	wan4 sui4	Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty	65
宫[宮]	gong1	palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale	51
抄[抄]	chao1	to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms	25
洪福齐天[洪福齊天]	hong2 fu2 qi2 tian1	flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign	3
效力[效力]	xiao4 li4	effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)	14
从此[從此]	cong2 ci3	from now on; since then; henceforth	2
安定[安定]	an1 ding4	stable; quiet; settled; stabilize; maintain; stabilized; calm and orderly	3
可喜可贺[可喜可賀]	ke3 xi3 ke3 he4	worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!	2
汛期[汛期]	xun4 qi1	flood season	25
圣人[聖人]	sheng4 ren2	saint; sage; refers to Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]; the current reigning Emperor	23
胸怀[胸懷]	xiong1 huai2	one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish	3
安危[安危]	an1 wei1	safety and danger; safety	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/325 words - 19 min
昼夜[晝夜]	zhou4 ye4	day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop	3
忧思[憂思]	you1 si1	to be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive	3
好生[好生]	hao3 sheng1	(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly	11
惭愧[慚愧]	can2 kui4	ashamed	6
力[力]	li4	power; force; strength; ability; strenuously	16
挨家挨户[挨家挨戶]	ai1 jia1 ai1 hu4	to go from house to house	1
募捐[募捐]	mu4 juan1	to solicit contributions; to collect donations	1
所得[所得]	suo3 de2	what one acquires; one's gains	3
银两[銀兩]	yin2 liang3	silver currency; currency of the Qing dynasty based on the silver tael 兩|两	30
犒赏[犒賞]	kao4 shang3	reward; to reward	3
请缨[請纓]	qing3 ying1	to volunteer for military service; to offer oneself for an assignment	1
八旗[八旗]	Ba1 qi2	Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty	26
健儿[健兒]	jian4 er2	top athlete; heroic warrior	1
治[治]	zhi4	to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research	290
绝不[絕不]	jue2 bu4	in no way; not in the least; absolutely not	14
回京[回京]	hui2 Jing1	to return to the capital	11
众志成城[眾志成城]	zhong4 zhi4 cheng2 cheng2	unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)	1
何[何]	he2	what; how; why; which; carry	58
愁[愁]	chou2	to worry about	14
臣[臣]	chen2	state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131	386
愿[願]	yuan4	to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing	28
家丁[家丁]	jia1 ding1	(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc	3
前往[前往]	qian2 wang3	to leave for; to proceed towards; to go	2
分忧[分憂]	fen1 you1	to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties	3
君臣[君臣]	jun1 chen2	a ruler and his ministers (old)	14
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/350 words - 20 min
一体[一體]	yi1 ti3	an integral whole; all concerned; everybody	11
好事[好事]	hao3 shi4	good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead	13
朝廷[朝廷]	chao2 ting2	court; imperial household; dynasty	210
每年[每年]	mei3 nian2	every year; each year; yearly	26
拨[撥]	bo1	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	25
养兵[養兵]	yang3 bing1	to train troops	2
兵[兵]	bing1	soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]	65
一时[一時]	yi1 shi2	a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time	15
怀[懷]	huai2	bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)	5
私心[私心]	si1 xin1	selfishness; selfish motives	6
妨碍[妨礙]	fang2 ai4	to hinder; to obstruct	5
务[務]	wu4	affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means	101
国法[國法]	guo2 fa3	national law	13
无情[無情]	wu2 qing2	pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless	2
姨[姨]	yi2	mother's sister; aunt	1
金银[金銀]	jin1 yin2	gold and silver	4
首饰[首飾]	shou3 shi4	jewelry; head ornament	2
私房钱[私房錢]	si1 fang2 qian2	secret purse; secret stash of money	6
房子[房子]	fang2 zi5	house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]	19
现[現]	xian4	to appear; present; now; existing; current	14
馍[饃]	mo2	small loaf of steamed bread	8
割[割]	ge1	to cut; to cut apart	4
麦[麥]	mai4	wheat; barley; oats	3
别着急[別著急]	bie2 zhao2 ji2	Don't worry!	7
咱[咱]	zan2	I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)	61
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/375 words - 21 min
赶紧[趕緊]	gan3 jin3	hurriedly; without delay	71
爷[爺]	ye2	grandpa; old gentleman	254
写信[寫信]	xie3 xin4	to write a letter	6
丢人现眼[丟人現眼]	diu1 ren2 xian4 yan3	to make an exhibition of oneself; to be a disgrace	1
送信[送信]	song4 xin4	to send word; to deliver a letter	1
门外[門外]	men2 wai4	outside the door	8
口信[口信]	kou3 xin4	oral message	2
京[京]	jing1	capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)	35
享[享]	xiang3	to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of	3
福[福]	fu2	good fortune; happiness; luck	23
自个儿[自個兒]	zi4 ge3 r5	(dialect) oneself; by oneself	17
跳河[跳河]	tiao4 he2	to drown oneself by jumping into the river	2
死去[死去]	si3 qu4	to die	4
捞[撈]	lao1	to fish up; to dredge up	3
吐[吐]	tu4	to vomit; to throw up	5
荐[薦]	jian4	to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat	4
忠心[忠心]	zhong1 xin1	good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication	7
万一[萬一]	wan4 yi1	just in case; if by any chance; contingency	24
岂[豈]	qi3	how? (emphatic question)	27
依[依]	yi1	to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of	28
棋[棋]	qi2	chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]	7
小卒[小卒]	xiao3 zu2	foot soldier; minor figure; a nobody; (chess) pawn	2
尸体[屍體]	shi1 ti3	dead body; corpse; carcass; CL:具[ju4]	9
找不着[找不著]	zhao3 bu5 zhao2	to be unable to find	6
说法[說法]	shuo1 fa5	way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation	10
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/400 words - 24 min
一会儿[一會兒]	yi1 hui4 r5	a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]	26
一个个[一個個]	yi1 ge4 ge4	each and every one	6
相公[相公]	xiang4 gong5	lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband	3
害死[害死]	hai4 si3	to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death	6
乡亲[鄉親]	xiang1 qin1	fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home	12
妳[妳]	ni3	you (female); variant of 你[ni3]	204
爹[爹]	die1	dad	44
父老[父老]	fu4 lao3	elders	8
草[草]	cao3	grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]	6
裹[裹]	guo3	to bind; to wrap; a bundle; a parcel	5
人命[人命]	ren2 ming4	human life; CL:條|条[tiao2]	4
鬼门关[鬼門關]	gui3 men2 guan1	the gates of hell	2
填[填]	tian2	to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in	6
激动[激動]	ji1 dong4	to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite	4
斗[鬥]	dou4	to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together	9
爹娘[爹娘]	die1 niang2	(dialect) parents	4
全家[全家]	quan2 jia1	whole family	20
逃荒[逃荒]	tao2 huang1	to escape from a famine; to get away from a famine-stricken region	4
合眼[合眼]	he2 yan3	to close one's eyes; to get to sleep	3
感激[感激]	gan3 ji1	to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful	6
恩德[恩德]	en1 de2	benevolence; favor	7
逃[逃]	tao2	to escape; to run away; to flee	21
完了[完了]	wan2 le5	to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no	20
俸禄[俸祿]	feng4 lu4	official's salary (in feudal times)	11
即便[即便]	ji2 bian4	even if; even though; right away; immediately	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/425 words - 26 min
赎[贖]	shu2	to redeem; to ransom	1
不清[不清]	bu4 qing1	unclear	2
卷[卷]	juan3	to roll up; roll; classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)	6
卷[卷]	juan4	scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll	6
撒[撒]	sa1	to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to	4
撒[撒]	sa3	to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill	4
要冲[要衝]	yao4 chong1	road hub; major crossroad	2
人才[人才]	ren2 cai2	talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks	12
穷[窮]	qiong2	poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly	21
千金[千金]	qian1 jin1	thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter	3
躯[軀]	qu1	human body	6
亲临[親臨]	qin1 lin2	to go in person	5
特意[特意]	te4 yi4	specially; intentionally	4
小人[小人]	xiao3 ren2	person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character	35
前来[前來]	qian2 lai2	to come (formal); before; previously	7
探望[探望]	tan4 wang4	to visit; to call on sb; to look around	1
大路[大路]	da4 lu4	avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
滑[滑]	hua2	to slip; to slide; smooth; slippery; cunning	6
上好[上好]	shang4 hao3	first-rate; top-notch	3
蔘[蔘]	shen1	ginseng	3
补[補]	bu3	to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	22
身子[身子]	shen1 zi5	body; pregnancy; health	4
洪灾[洪災]	hong2 zai1	flood	2
过后[過後]	guo4 hou4	after the event	4
弥天[彌天]	mi2 tian1	filling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)	3
勇[勇]	yong3	brave	7
堤岸[堤岸]	di1 an4	embankment; bank; levee	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/450 words - 27 min
勤劳[勤勞]	qin2 lao2	hardworking; industrious; diligent	1
指望[指望]	zhi3 wang4	to hope for sth; to count on; hope	5
拚命[拚命]	pan4 ming4	see 拼命[pin1 ming4]	3
临阵脱逃[臨陣脫逃]	lin2 zhen4 tuo1 tao2	see 臨陣退縮|临阵退缩[lin2 zhen4 tui4 suo1]	3
体己[體己]	ti1 ji5	intimate; private saving of family members	1
十有八九[十有八九]	shi2 you3 ba1 jiu3	most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority	2
担[擔]	dan1	to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility	18
见证[見證]	jian4 zheng4	to be witness to; witness; evidence	1
尽力而为[盡力而為]	jin4 li4 er2 wei2	to try one's utmost; to strive	1
天灾人祸[天災人禍]	tian1 zai1 ren2 huo4	natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)	1
好意[好意]	hao3 yi4	good intention; kindness	1
如今[如今]	ru2 jin1	nowadays; now	13
眼睁睁[眼睜睜]	yan3 zheng1 zheng1	to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly	3
淹死[淹死]	yan1 si3	to drown	10
脖子[脖子]	bo2 zi5	neck; CL:個|个[ge4]	8
铁[鐵]	tie3	iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)	22
及[及]	ji2	and; to reach; up to; in time for	14
地方官[地方官]	di4 fang1 guan1	local official	22
督[督]	du1	to supervise and direct; army title (archaic)	112
责[責]	ze2	duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame	7
朝[朝]	chao2	imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards	97
朝[朝]	zhao1	morning	97
人保[人保]	ren2 bao3	personal guarantee; to sign as guarantor	1
得了[得了]	de2 le5	all right!; that's enough!	2
轿子[轎子]	jiao4 zi5	sedan chair; palanquin; litter	6
抬[抬]	tai2	to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry	13
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/475 words - 30 min
做官[做官]	zuo4 guan1	to take an official post; to become a government employee	31
郭[郭]	guo1	outer city wall	37
叔[叔]	shu1	uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]	65
师[師]	shi1	teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops	16
伙[伙]	huo3	meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2]); variant of 夥|伙[huo3]	5
大锅[大鍋]	da4 guo1	a big wok; cauldron	1
熬[熬]	ao2	to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure	22
催[催]	cui1	to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite	8
尽快[盡快]	jin4 kuai4	see 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]	6
否则[否則]	fou3 ze2	if not; otherwise; else; or else	8
端[端]	duan1	end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular	9
狗窝[狗窩]	gou3 wo1	doghouse; kennel	3
对面[對面]	dui4 mian4	(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face	4
炸[炸]	zha2	to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zha4]	28
炸[炸]	zha4	to explode	28
桃源[桃源]	tao2 yuan2	see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]	13
谷[谷]	gu3	valley	6
老百姓[老百姓]	lao3 bai3 xing4	ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]	69
迁[遷]	qian1	to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote	19
灭族[滅族]	mie4 zu2	extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)	1
罪[罪]	zui4	guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	156
灭[滅]	mie4	to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown	9
族[族]	zu2	race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)	23
令[令]	ling4	to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old)	25
吹[吹]	chui1	to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through	20
筏子[筏子]	fa2 zi5	raft	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/500 words - 34 min
报名[報名]	bao4 ming2	to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist	2
家属[家屬]	jia1 shu3	family member; (family) dependent	1
抚[撫]	fu3	to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor	3
从优[從優]	cong2 you1	preferential treatment; most favored terms	2
样[樣]	yang4	manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type	11
逃难[逃難]	tao2 nan4	to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee	5
痛快[痛快]	tong4 kuai4	delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]	11
不愧[不愧]	bu4 kui4	to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be	3
豫[豫]	yu4	happy; carefree; at one's ease; variant of 預|预[yu4]; old variant of 與|与[yu4]	36
赏[賞]	shang3	to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)	78
孝敬[孝敬]	xiao4 jing4	to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents	10
号子[號子]	hao4 zi5	work chant; prison cell; type; sort; mark; sign; signal; (Tw) brokerage firm	1
阎王爷[閻王爺]	Yan2 wang2 ye2	same as 閻羅王|阎罗王; Yama, King of Hell; translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja	2
专[專]	zhuan1	for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized	6
胆子[膽子]	dan3 zi5	courage; nerve; guts	15
得救[得救]	de2 jiu4	to be saved	7
太后[太后]	tai4 hou4	Empress Dowager	12
摔[摔]	shuai1	to throw down; to fall; to drop and break	15
皇帝[皇帝]	huang2 di4	emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]	62
马鞭[馬鞭]	ma3 bian1	horsewhip	2
匹[匹]	pi3	classifier for horses, mules etc; Taiwan pr. [pi1]; ordinary person; classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower	8
马[馬]	ma3	horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess	57
轻轻[輕輕]	qing1 qing1	lightly; softly	9
抽[抽]	chou1	to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash	8
牠[牠]	ta1	it (used for animals)	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/525 words - 36 min
骑[騎]	qi2	to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses	23
科尔沁[科爾沁]	Ke1 er3 qin4	Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer; Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市|通辽市[Tong1 liao2 shi4], Inner Mongolia	12
孩儿[孩兒]	hai2 er2	child	26
亲自[親自]	qin1 zi4	personally; in person; oneself	44
省亲[省親]	xing3 qin1	to visit one's parents	3
屋[屋]	wu1	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]	27
囚[囚]	qiu2	prisoner	4
半辈子[半輩子]	ban4 bei4 zi5	half of a lifetime	3
咱俩[咱倆]	zan2 lia3	the two of us	45
密[密]	mi4	secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	9
么[麼]	me5	suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc	69
膳[膳]	shan4	meals	6
咱们[咱們]	zan2 men5	we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [za2 men5]	246
水灾[水災]	shui3 zai1	flood; flood damage	22
大臣[大臣]	da4 chen2	chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister	71
放在心上[放在心上]	fang4 zai4 xin1 shang4	to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart	1
好话[好話]	hao3 hua4	friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions	5
直到现在[直到現在]	zhi2 dao4 xian4 zai4	even now; until now; right up to the present	2
轻举妄动[輕舉妄動]	qing1 ju3 wang4 dong4	to act blindly without thinking (idiom)	4
不必[不必]	bu4 bi4	need not; does not have to; not necessarily	26
胜负[勝負]	sheng4 fu4	victory or defeat; the outcome of a battle	1
料[料]	liao4	material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess	14
家破人亡[家破人亡]	jia1 po4 ren2 wang2	family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless	1
决堤[決隄]	jue2 di1	(of a watercourse) to breach its dike; (of dikes) to collapse	15
局面[局面]	ju2 mian4	aspect; phase; situation	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/550 words - 37 min
旗[旗]	qi2	banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]	17
反[反]	fan3	contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system	16
丧[喪]	sang1	mourning; funeral; (old) corpse	3
丧[喪]	sang4	to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged	3
性命[性命]	xing4 ming4	life	14
岁入[歲入]	sui4 ru4	annual revenue; annual income	3
百万[百萬]	bai3 wan4	million; millions	29
白银[白銀]	bai2 yin2	silver	9
一半[一半]	yi1 ban4	half	16
军队[軍隊]	jun1 dui4	army; troops; CL:支[zhi1],個|个[ge4]	18
招募[招募]	zhao1 mu4	to recruit; to enlist	1
委派[委派]	wei3 pai4	to appoint	1
这不[這不]	zhe4 bu5	(coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted)	29
养虎为患[養虎為患]	yang3 hu3 wei2 huan4	lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity; fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)	1
几年[幾年]	ji3 nian2	a few years; several years; how many years	30
有钱[有錢]	you3 qian2	well-off; wealthy	16
整顿[整頓]	zheng3 dun4	to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify	5
收复[收復]	shou1 fu4	to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture	12
台湾[台灣]	Tai2 wan1	variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tai2 wan1]	80
婆子[婆子]	po2 zi5	old woman	1
做主[做主]	zuo4 zhu3	see 作主[zuo4 zhu3]	9
果然[果然]	guo3 ran2	really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed	5
拿走[拿走]	na2 zou3	to take away	6
鞭子[鞭子]	bian1 zi5	whip; CL:根[gen1]	3
编[編]	bian1	to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate	10
皇太后[皇太後]	huang2 tai4 hou4	empress dowager	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/575 words - 38 min
废[廢]	fei4	to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste	10
皇后[皇后]	huang2 hou4	empress; imperial consort	16
疯疯癫癫[瘋瘋癲癲]	feng1 feng5 dian1 dian1	deranged; erratic	1
造[造]	zao4	to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops	22
玛[瑪]	ma3	agate; cornelian	100
谣[謠]	yao2	popular ballad; rumor	3
背后[背後]	bei4 hou4	behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back	8
嘲笑[嘲笑]	chao2 xiao4	to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision	4
体制[體制]	ti3 zhi4	system; organization	2
托庇[托庇]	tuo1 bi4	to rely on sb for protection	1
安乐[安樂]	an1 le4	peace and happiness	1
便是[便是]	bian4 shi4	(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as	17
妄想[妄想]	wang4 xiang3	to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion	2
在意[在意]	zai4 yi4	to care about; to mind	2
昭[昭]	zhao1	bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly	9
妃[妃]	fei1	imperial concubine	8
家眷[家眷]	jia1 juan4	one's wife and children	3
遏[遏]	e4	to restrain; to check; to hold back	1
必[必]	bi4	certainly; must; will; necessarily	25
隆[隆]	long2	grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge	12
世[世]	shi4	life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble	18
恩[恩]	en1	favor; grace; kindness	49
势力[勢力]	shi4 li5	power; (ability to) influence	3
家奴[家奴]	jia1 nu2	domestic slave; slave servant	2
壮丁[壯丁]	zhuang4 ding1	able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/600 words - 39 min
召集[召集]	zhao4 ji2	to convene; to gather	5
开赴[開赴]	kai1 fu4	(of troops) to depart for; to head for	1
战场[戰場]	zhan4 chang3	battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
大用[大用]	da4 yong4	to put sb in powerful position; to empower	2
龙[龍]	long2	dragon; CL:條|条[tiao2]; imperial	20
下面[下面]	xia4 mian4	below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]	19
閒[閒]	jian1	variant of 間|间[jian1]	19
收敛[收斂]	shou1 lian3	to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge	4
册封[冊封]	ce4 feng1	to confer a title upon sb; to dub; to crown; to invest with rank or title	2
回头[回頭]	hui2 tou2	to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by	14
当头[當頭]	dang1 tou2	coming right into one's face; imminent; to put first	2
天天[天天]	tian1 tian1	every day	39
后宫[後宮]	hou4 gong1	harem; chambers of imperial concubines	2
提拔[提拔]	ti2 ba2	to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion	15
年轻人[年輕人]	nian2 qing1 ren2	young people; youngster	2
镇住[鎮住]	zhen4 zhu4	to dominate; to control; to subdue; to crush	1
越[越]	yue4	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more	35
隆重[隆重]	long2 zhong4	grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn	1
婚礼[婚禮]	hun1 li3	wedding ceremony; wedding; CL:場|场[chang3]	1
示[示]	shi4	to show; to reveal	11
镇定[鎮定]	zhen4 ding4	calm; unperturbed; cool	2
军[軍]	jun1	army; military; arms; CL:個|个[ge4]	44
操守[操守]	cao1 shou3	personal integrity	4
吏部[吏部]	Li4 bu4	Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)	17
清查[清查]	qing1 cha2	to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements)	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/625 words - 41 min
全国[全國]	quan2 guo2	whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national	5
品行[品行]	pin3 xing2	behavior; moral conduct	3
胡言乱语[胡言亂語]	hu2 yan2 luan4 yu3	babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch	2
欺蒙[欺矇]	qi1 meng2	to deceive; to dupe	4
汉[漢]	han4	man	17
推荐[推薦]	tui1 jian4	to recommend; recommendation	8
人人[人人]	ren2 ren2	everyone; every person	9
不和[不和]	bu4 he2	not to get along well; to be on bad terms; to be at odds; discord	5
岂非[豈非]	qi3 fei1	wouldn't it be ... ?	3
搬弄[搬弄]	ban1 nong4	to fiddle with; to play and move sth about; to show off (what one can do); to parade (one's capabilities); to cause trouble	1
和稀泥[和稀泥]	huo4 xi1 ni2	to try to smooth things over; to paper over the issues; to gloss things over	2
烂[爛]	lan4	soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad	11
谅[諒]	liang4	to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect	1
成天[成天]	cheng2 tian1	(coll.) all day long; all the time	6
装模作样[裝模作樣]	zhuang1 mo2 zuo4 yang4	to put on an act (idiom); to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics	2
用人[用人]	yong4 ren2	servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff	7
之际[之際]	zhi1 ji4	during; at the time of	4
阵[陣]	zhen4	disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration	7
更换[更換]	geng1 huan4	to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)	1
主帅[主帥]	zhu3 shuai4	(military) commander-in-chief; (sports) team manager; coach	1
人心[人心]	ren2 xin1	popular feeling; the will of the people	3
不稳[不穩]	bu4 wen3	unstable; unsteady	4
治罪[治罪]	zhi4 zui4	to punish sb (for a crime)	7
清廉[清廉]	qing1 lian2	honest; uncorrupted	14
能干[能幹]	neng2 gan4	capable; competent	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep01/633 words - 42 min
垮[垮]	kua3	to collapse; to break or wear down; to defeat	6
心思[心思]	xin1 si5	mind; thoughts; inclination; mood	14
圣心[聖心]	sheng4 xin1	Sacred Heart (Christian)	4
仁慈[仁慈]	ren2 ci2	benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful	1
银[銀]	yin2	silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency	71
斗嘴[鬥嘴]	dou4 zui3	to quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee	2
卸[卸]	xie4	to unload; to unhitch; to remove or strip; to get rid of	8
有罪[有罪]	you3 zui4	guilty	23
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/25 words - 3 min
旗牌[旗牌]	qi2 pai2	flag or banner	10
认得[認得]	ren4 de5	to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know	10
尚方宝剑[尚方寶劍]	shang4 fang1 bao3 jian4	variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4]; imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill	5
容[容]	rong2	to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance	8
靡费[靡費]	mi2 fei4	to waste; to squander	7
境[境]	jing4	border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	3
插手[插手]	cha1 shou3	to get involved in; to meddle; interference	4
中饱私囊[中飽私囊]	zhong1 bao3 si1 nang2	to stuff one's pockets; to take bribes	2
肆意[肆意]	si4 yi4	wantonly; recklessly; willfully	2
应当[應當]	ying1 dang1	should; ought to	4
斩[斬]	zhan3	to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop	48
中饱[中飽]	zhong1 bao3	to embezzle; to misappropriate; to line one's pockets with public funds	1
证据[證據]	zheng4 ju4	evidence; proof; testimony	7
何在[何在]	he2 zai4	where?; what place?	3
事务[事務]	shi4 wu4	(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)	3
守土有责[守土有責]	shou3 tu3 you3 ze2	duty to defend the country (idiom)	1
军令状[軍令狀]	jun1 ling4 zhuang4	military order	4
上下[上下]	shang4 xia4	up and down; top and bottom; old and new; length; about	15
府[府]	fu3	seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)	122
凡[凡]	fan2	ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale	3
流[流]	liu2	to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade	21
经[經]	jing1	classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]	25
听候[聽候]	ting1 hou4	to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)	1
差遣[差遣]	chai1 qian3	to send (on errand)	5
先斩后奏[先斬後奏]	xian1 zhan3 hou4 zou4	first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/50 words - 8 min
那儿[那兒]	na4 r5	there	78
告[告]	gao4	to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue	30
自行[自行]	zi4 xing2	voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-	1
了断[了斷]	liao3 duan4	to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem)	1
造反[造反]	zao4 fan3	to rebel; to revolt	13
箱子[箱子]	xiang1 zi5	suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]	9
里头[裡頭]	li3 tou5	inside; interior	21
贪[貪]	tan1	to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt	19
因[因]	yin1	cause; reason; because	8
墨[墨]	mo4	ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead	5
无能[無能]	wu2 neng2	incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless	8
导致[導致]	dao3 zhi4	to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about	3
决[決]	jue2	to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly	38
抓住[抓住]	zhua1 zhu4	to grab; to capture	12
溃[潰]	kui4	to be dispersed; to break down; to fester; to ulcerate	4
贪污[貪污]	tan1 wu1	to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle	25
所致[所致]	suo3 zhi4	to be caused by	3
到时[到時]	dao4 shi2	at that (future) time	5
下发[下發]	xia4 fa1	to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels; to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)	1
工人[工人]	gong1 ren2	worker; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]	2
其[其]	qi2	his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	46
炸毁[炸燬]	zha4 hui3	to blow up; to destroy with explosives	2
丧心病狂[喪心病狂]	sang4 xin1 bing4 kuang2	deranged; demented; berserk (idiom)	1
尤[尤]	you2	outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against	1
令人发指[令人髮指]	ling4 ren2 fa4 zhi3	to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/75 words - 9 min
由此[由此]	you2 ci3	hereby; from this	3
肆虐[肆虐]	si4 nu:e4	to wreak havoc; to devastate	8
地区[地區]	di4 qu1	local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or county level city); CL:個|个[ge4]	5
遂[遂]	sui4	to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach	2
督导[督導]	du1 dao3	to direct; to oversee	1
严[嚴]	yan2	tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father	11
死罪[死罪]	si3 zui4	mortal crime; capital offense	5
发文[發文]	fa1 wen2	to issue a document; document issued by an authority; outgoing messages; (Internet) to post an article online	1
枷[枷]	jia1	cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)	37
祈望[祈望]	qi2 wang4	to hope; to wish; hope; wish; (old) name of an official post	1
速[速]	su4	fast; rapid; quick; velocity	5
赈济[賑濟]	zhen4 ji4	to give relief aid	11
吏治[吏治]	li4 zhi4	style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office	4
地步[地步]	di4 bu4	stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); situation; leeway	4
启[啟]	qi3	to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform	16
禀[稟]	bing3	to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow; to receive; petition	19
刑部[刑部]	Xing2 bu4	Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)	62
拘押[拘押]	ju1 ya1	to arrest; to take into custody	1
文书[文書]	wen2 shu1	document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat	6
畏罪[畏罪]	wei4 zui4	to dread punishment; afraid of being arrested for a crime	2
自尽[自盡]	zi4 jin4	to kill oneself; suicide	4
尸骨[屍骨]	shi1 gu3	skeleton of the dead	5
残害[殘害]	can2 hai4	to injure; to devastate; to slaughter	3
无辜[無辜]	wu2 gu1	innocent; innocence; not guilty (law)	1
墓[墓]	mu4	grave; tomb; mausoleum	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/100 words - 10 min
世世代代[世世代代]	shi4 shi4 dai4 dai4	for many generations	2
泡[泡]	pao4	bubble; foam; blister (i.e. skin bubble); to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to shilly-shally; to hang about; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions	1
水里[水里]	Shui3 li3	Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan	7
不得[不得]	bu4 de2	must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot	32
安宁[安寧]	an1 ning2	peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry	5
南方[南方]	nan2 fang1	south; the southern part of the country; the South	6
战事[戰事]	zhan4 shi4	war; hostilities; fighting	3
望[望]	wang4	full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards	24
过度[過度]	guo4 du4	excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue	1
难辞其咎[難辭其咎]	nan2 ci2 qi2 jiu4	cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame	1
柄[柄]	bing3	handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades	3
平民[平民]	ping2 min2	ordinary people; commoner; civilian	3
愤[憤]	fen4	indignant; anger; resentment	7
当务之急[當務之急]	dang1 wu4 zhi1 ji2	top priority job; matter of vital importance	5
审问[審問]	shen3 wen4	to interrogate; to examine; to question	1
处决[處決]	chu3 jue2	to execute (a condemned criminal)	3
祸国殃民[禍國殃民]	huo4 guo2 yang1 min2	to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)	3
辈[輩]	bei4	lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people	5
甚[甚]	shen2	variant of 什[shen2]	17
甚[甚]	shen4	what; very; extremely; any	17
大大[大大]	da4 da4	greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle	3
几时[幾時]	ji3 shi2	what time?; when?	2
春汛[春汛]	chun1 xun4	spring flood	6
四月[四月]	Si4 yue4	April; fourth month (of the lunar year)	1
大修[大修]	da4 xiu1	overhaul	13
顶[頂]	ding3	apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc	53
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/125 words - 11 min
伏汛[伏汛]	fu2 xun4	summer flood	2
秋汛[秋汛]	qiu1 xun4	autumn flood	20
尽心竭力[盡心竭力]	jin4 xin1 jie2 li4	to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost	2
户部[戶部]	Hu4 bu4	Ministry of Revenue in imperial China	56
存[存]	cun2	to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive	16
粮[糧]	liang2	grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain	72
秋收[秋收]	qiu1 shou1	fall harvest; to reap	3
使用[使用]	shi3 yong4	to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of	4
手里[手裡]	shou3 li3	in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands	27
石[石]	shi2	rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	53
动用[動用]	dong4 yong4	to utilize; to put sth to use	1
为何[為何]	wei4 he2	why	10
直隶[直隸]	Zhi2 li4	Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong	4
山[山]	shan1	mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座[zuo4]; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable	35
东三省[東三省]	Dong1 san1 Sheng3	the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3], Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]	1
灾民[災民]	zai1 min2	victim (of a disaster)	16
便[便]	bian4	plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards	25
纷纷[紛紛]	fen1 fen1	one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell	1
进京[進京]	jin4 Jing1	to enter the capital; to go to Beijing	23
乞食[乞食]	qi3 shi2	to beg for food	1
储备[儲備]	chu3 bei4	reserves; to store up	3
昌平[昌平]	Chang1 ping2	Changping district of Beijing, formerly Changping county	1
大兴[大興]	da4 xing1	to go in for something in a big way; to undertake on a large scale	1
顺义[順義]	Shun4 yi4	Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county	1
设[設]	she4	to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display	15
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/150 words - 15 min
粥厂[粥廠]	zhou1 chang3	food relief center; soup kitchen	1
粥棚[粥棚]	zhou1 peng2	food relief center; soup kitchen	4
惊扰[驚擾]	jing1 rao3	to alarm; to agitate	7
筹[籌]	chou2	chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; means	3
苦[苦]	ku3	bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly	20
伺机[伺機]	si4 ji1	to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance	2
修复[修復]	xiu1 fu4	to restore; to renovate; restoration; (computing) to fix (a bug)	4
胳膊[胳膊]	ge1 bo5	arm; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1]	3
慌慌张张[慌慌張張]	huang1 huang1 zhang1 zhang1	helter-skelter	1
套[套]	tao4	to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)	14
吩咐[吩咐]	fen1 fu4	to tell; to instruct; to command	11
耽搁[耽擱]	dan1 ge5	to tarry; to delay; to stop over	10
咧[咧]	lie5	modal particle expressing exclamation	21
工夫[工夫]	gong1 fu5	period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort	7
仓[倉]	cang1	barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)	16
库[庫]	ku4	warehouse; storehouse; (file) library	51
底[底]	di3	background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base	18
腿[腿]	tui3	leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]	19
细[細]	xi4	thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal	15
雪片[雪片]	xue3 pian4	snowflake	2
弹劾[彈劾]	tan2 he2	to accuse of misconduct (in official task); to impeach	15
失职[失職]	shi1 zhi2	to lose one's job; unemployment; not to fulfill one's obligations; to neglect one's job; dereliction of duty	2
典[典]	dian3	canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn	9
刑[刑]	xing2	punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment	22
压[壓]	ya1	to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure	17
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/175 words - 16 min
底下[底下]	di3 xia5	the location below sth; afterwards	25
胡作非为[胡作非為]	hu2 zuo4 fei1 wei2	to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages	5
灾[災]	zai1	disaster; calamity	8
服[服]	fu2	clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes	21
众[眾]	zhong4	many; numerous; crowd; multitude	7
眼珠子[眼珠子]	yan3 zhu1 zi5	eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)	2
屁股[屁股]	pi4 gu5	buttocks; bottom; butt; back part	10
圣上[聖上]	sheng4 shang4	courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor	7
公[公]	gong1	public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)	21
忠[忠]	zhong1	loyal; devoted; honest	14
体[體]	ti3	body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)	7
太平[太平]	tai4 ping2	peace and security	7
好心[好心]	hao3 xin1	kindness; good intentions	6
罪过[罪過]	zui4 guo5	sin; offense	11
头上[頭上]	tou2 shang4	overhead; above	9
反过来[反過來]	fan3 guo5 lai2	conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction	2
表功[表功]	biao3 gong1	to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.)	2
糜烂[糜爛]	mi2 lan4	dissipated; rotten; decaying	1
未必[未必]	wei4 bi4	not necessarily; maybe not	14
不见得[不見得]	bu4 jian4 de5	not necessarily; not likely	2
大员[大員]	da4 yuan2	high official	7
押解[押解]	ya1 jie4	to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)	7
过堂[過堂]	guo4 tang2	to appear in court for trial (old); (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall	1
定案[定案]	ding4 an4	to reach a verdict; to conclude a judgment	1
将军[將軍]	jiang1 jun1	general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot	29
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/200 words - 17 min
失利[失利]	shi1 li4	to lose; to suffer defeat	2
砍头[砍頭]	kan3 tou2	to decapitate; to behead	7
不成[不成]	bu4 cheng2	won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?	31
嘉奖[嘉獎]	jia1 jiang3	to award; commendation; citation	5
稍[稍]	shao1	somewhat; a little	5
失误[失誤]	shi1 wu4	lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)	5
不问[不問]	bu4 wen4	to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off	8
刀[刀]	dao1	knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs	41
砍[砍]	kan3	to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb	23
险些[險些]	xian3 xie1	narrowly; almost; nearly	6
绝境[絕境]	jue2 jing4	desperate straits	2
实行[實行]	shi2 xing2	to implement; to carry out; to put into practice	1
军法[軍法]	jun1 fa3	martial law	2
砸[砸]	za2	to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle	16
差事[差事]	chai1 shi5	errand; assignment; job; commission; CL:件[jian4]; see also 差使[chai1 shi5]	41
下场[下場]	xia4 chang5	the end; to conclude	8
仁义[仁義]	ren2 yi4	benevolence and righteousness	4
首先[首先]	shou3 xian1	first (of all); in the first place	9
旧[舊]	jiu4	old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)	11
自我[自我]	zi4 wo3	self-; ego (psychology)	3
中原[中原]	Zhong1 yuan2	Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei	7
以来[以來]	yi3 lai2	since (a previous event)	14
事实[事實]	shi4 shi2	fact; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
赖[賴]	lai4	to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on	2
不合[不合]	bu4 he2	to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/225 words - 18 min
情理[情理]	qing2 li3	reason; sense	2
其中[其中]	qi2 zhong1	among; in; included among these	4
难处[難處]	nan2 chu5	trouble; difficulty; problem	7
贪赃枉法[貪贓枉法]	tan1 zang1 wang3 fa3	corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law	1
轻易[輕易]	qing1 yi4	easily; lightly; rashly	9
有失[有失]	you3 shi1	to fail or lose (used in fixed expressions)	4
公正[公正]	gong1 zheng4	just; fair; equitable	6
怨声载道[怨聲載道]	yuan4 sheng1 zai4 dao4	lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced	4
处事[處事]	chu3 shi4	to handle affairs; to deal with	2
不明[不明]	bu4 ming2	not clear; unknown; to fail to understand	4
冤屈[冤屈]	yuan1 qu1	to receive unjust treatment; injustice	2
无处[無處]	wu2 chu4	nowhere	2
伸冤[伸冤]	shen1 yuan1	to right wrongs; to redress an injustice	2
民怨[民怨]	min2 yuan4	popular grievance; complaints of the people	3
纠结[糾結]	jiu1 jie2	to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled; confused; to be at a loss	2
十万[十萬]	shi2 wan4	hundred thousand	11
聚在一起[聚在一起]	ju4 zai4 yi1 qi3	to get together	1
后果[後果]	hou4 guo3	consequences; aftermath	2
不堪设想[不堪設想]	bu4 kan1 she4 xiang3	too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable	1
难免[難免]	nan2 mian3	hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably	4
挨[挨]	ai1	in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to	6
挨[挨]	ai2	to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle	6
言[言]	yan2	words; speech; to say; to talk	39
极[極]	ji2	extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top	18
自取其咎[自取其咎]	zi4 qu3 qi2 jiu4	see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]	1
圣明[聖明]	sheng4 ming2	enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)	36
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/250 words - 20 min
议[議]	yi4	to comment on; to discuss; to suggest	55
罪名[罪名]	zui4 ming2	criminal charge; accusation	5
公布[公佈]	gong1 bu4	to announce; to make public; to publish	1
中外[中外]	zhong1 wai4	Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad	3
总之[總之]	zong3 zhi1	in a word; in short; in brief	5
声势[聲勢]	sheng1 shi4	fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum	1
义气[義氣]	yi4 qi4	spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5]	2
素[素]	su4	raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever	8
来往[來往]	lai2 wang3	to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with	3
杀人[殺人]	sha1 ren2	homicide; to murder; to kill (a person)	41
日后[日後]	ri4 hou4	sometime; someday (in the future)	13
后人[後人]	hou4 ren2	later generation	13
有方[有方]	you3 fang1	to do things right; to use the correct method	1
无力[無力]	wu2 li4	powerless; lacking strength	2
并非[並非]	bing4 fei1	really isn't	5
一朝一夕[一朝一夕]	yi1 zhao1 yi1 xi1	lit. one morning and one evening (idiom); fig. in a short period of time; overnight	2
警[警]	jing3	to alert; to warn; police	1
策[策]	ce4	policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy	8
个把[個把]	ge4 ba3	one or two; a couple of	1
君[君]	jun1	monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	20
话说回来[話說回來]	hua4 shuo1 hui2 lai5	returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow	3
古[古]	gu3	ancient; old; paleo-	16
欣慰[欣慰]	xin1 wei4	to be gratified	1
稍微[稍微]	shao1 wei1	a little bit	2
拖[拖]	tuo1	to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on	28
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/275 words - 21 min
训斥[訓斥]	xun4 chi4	to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism	3
级[級]	ji2	level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level	2
事后[事後]	shi4 hou4	after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect	1
黄[黃]	huang2	yellow; pornographic; to fall through	66
马褂[馬褂]	ma3 gua4	buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代[Qing1 dai4] (1644-1911)	2
上演[上演]	shang4 yan3	to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging	1
周瑜打黄盖[周瑜打黃蓋]	Zhou1 Yu2 da3 Huang2 Gai4	fig. with the connivance of both sides; fig. by mutual consent; cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4]	1
工部[工部]	Gong1 Bu4	Ministry of Works (in imperial China)	12
尚[尚]	shang4	still; yet; to value; to esteem	18
冀[冀]	ji4	(literary) to hope for	7
锡[錫]	xi1	tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	5
侍郎[侍郎]	shi4 lang2	ancient official title; assistant minister	6
伊[伊]	yi1	(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; that (preceding a noun)	98
桑[桑]	sang1	mulberry tree	47
一带[一帶]	yi1 dai4	region; district	13
线索[線索]	xian4 suo3	trail; clues; thread (of a story)	2
落下[落下]	luo4 xia4	to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)	2
风闻[風聞]	feng1 wen2	to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth	5
勾结[勾結]	gou1 jie2	to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with	19
帐[帳]	zhang4	covering veil; canopy; screen; tent; variant of 賬|账[zhang4]	39
揪出[揪出]	jiu1 chu1	to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit)	1
蛀虫[蛀蟲]	zhu4 chong2	insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin	2
政[政]	zheng4	political; politics; government	14
往后[往後]	wang3 hou4	from now on; in the future; time to come	14
叩[叩]	kou4	to knock; to kowtow	14
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/300 words - 23 min
圣[聖]	sheng4	holy; sacred; saint; sage	40
劳顿[勞頓]	lao2 dun4	(literary) fatigued; wearied	2
刻[刻]	ke4	quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals	12
自备[自備]	zi4 bei4	to provide one's own...; own; self-provided; self-contained	1
干粮[乾糧]	gan1 liang2	rations (to take on expedition)	1
一口[一口]	yi1 kou3	readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite	11
即刻[即刻]	ji2 ke4	immediately; instant; instantly	3
修补[修補]	xiu1 bu3	to mend	3
工[工]	gong1	work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor	46
一共[一共]	yi1 gong4	altogether	4
乡[鄉]	xiang1	country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)	3
抽调[抽調]	chou1 diao4	to transfer (personnel or material)	1
劳力[勞力]	lao2 li4	labor; able-bodied worker; laborer; work force	3
包括[包括]	bao1 kuo4	to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of	5
青[青]	qing1	green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)	25
运输[運輸]	yun4 shu1	to transport; to carry; transportation	2
依我看[依我看]	yi1 wo3 kan4	in my opinion	4
土坯[土坯]	tu3 pi1	mud brick; adobe; unfired earthenware	1
可不是[可不是]	ke3 bu5 shi4	that's just the way it is; exactly!	27
芯[芯]	xin1	lamp pith; wick	1
芯[芯]	xin4	core	1
搁[擱]	ge1	to place; to put aside; to shelve	11
后边[後邊]	hou4 bian5	back; rear; behind	13
加上[加上]	jia1 shang4	plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that	10
工钱[工錢]	gong1 qian2	salary; wages	7
人数[人數]	ren2 shu4	number of people	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/325 words - 25 min
劳工[勞工]	lao2 gong1	labor; laborer	4
慢慢来[慢慢來]	man4 man4 lai2	take your time; take it easy	1
不足[不足]	bu4 zu2	insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not	10
消耗[消耗]	xiao1 hao4	to use up; to consume	4
三两[三兩]	san1 liang3	two or three	4
康熙[康熙]	Kang1 xi1	Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]	27
天梯[天梯]	tian1 ti1	stairway to heaven; high mountain road; tall ladder on a building or other large structure; space elevator	1
骆马[駱馬]	luo4 ma3	llama	12
湖[湖]	hu2	lake; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]	16
新修[新修]	xin1 xiu1	revise; revised	2
饶[饒]	rao2	rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although	7
看不见[看不見]	kan4 bu5 jian4	unseen; to be invisible	6
总得[總得]	zong3 dei3	must; have to; be bound to	9
帐篷[帳篷]	zhang4 peng5	tent; CL:頂|顶[ding3],座[zuo4]	2
请安[請安]	qing3 an1	to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])	57
桌[桌]	zhuo1	table; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc	7
燕[燕]	yan4	swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴[yan4]	2
席[席]	xi2	woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc	48
钦差[欽差]	qin1 chai1	imperial envoy	45
显得[顯得]	xian3 de5	to seem; to look; to appear	4
寒酸[寒酸]	han2 suan1	wretched; poverty-stricken; unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)	3
款待[款待]	kuan3 dai4	to entertain; to be hospitable to	1
卑[卑]	bei1	low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble	42
职[職]	zhi2	office; duty	54
康[康]	kang1	healthy; peaceful; abundant	51
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/350 words - 26 min
熙[熙]	xi1	prosperous; splendid	87
榜[榜]	bang3	notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees	5
重修[重修]	chong2 xiu1	to reconstruct; to repair; to revamp; to revise; to retake a failed course	4
横[橫]	heng2	horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent	5
宽[寬]	kuan1	lenient; wide; broad	8
丈[丈]	zhang4	measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male	23
需[需]	xu1	to require; to need; to want; necessity; need	12
几何[幾何]	ji3 he2	geometry; (literary) how much	13
个数[個數]	ge4 shu4	number of items or individuals	1
上官[上官]	shang4 guan1	high-ranking official; superior	12
哑巴[啞巴]	ya3 ba5	mute; muted; a dumb person; to be dumb	4
新建[新建]	xin1 jian4	new construction; newly built	1
筹划[籌劃]	chou2 hua4	to plan and prepare	7
之中[之中]	zhi1 zhong1	inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during	15
道路[道路]	dao4 lu4	road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
泥泞[泥濘]	ni2 ning4	muddy; mud	2
施工[施工]	shi1 gong1	construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs	2
踏勘[踏勘]	ta4 kan1	to go and inspect (a site); to do an on-site survey	17
一遍[一遍]	yi1 bian4	one time (all the way through); once through	22
计画[計畫]	ji4 hua4	variant of 計劃|计划[ji4 hua4]	12
款[款]	kuan3	section; paragraph; funds; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]; classifier for versions or models (of a product)	13
嗦[嗦]	suo1	suck	6
纹丝[紋絲]	wen2 si1	tiny bit; a jot; whisker	1
未[未]	wei4	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°	23
帽子[帽子]	mao4 zi5	hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]	14
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/375 words - 29 min
摘[摘]	zhai1	to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)	16
参[參]	can1	to take part in; to participate; to join; to attend; to counsel; unequal; varied; irregular; uneven; not uniform; abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House	59
扫[掃]	sao3	to sweep	4
扫[掃]	sao4	broom	4
兴[興]	xing1	to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)	19
兴[興]	xing4	feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement	19
年前[年前]	nian2 qian2	before the end of the year; before the new year	2
平日[平日]	ping2 ri4	ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually	3
现今[現今]	xian4 jin1	now; nowadays; modern	1
下不来[下不來]	xia4 bu4 lai2	awkward; embarrassed; cannot be accomplished	5
敬[敬]	jing4	to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	31
醉[醉]	zui4	intoxicated	8
老兄[老兄]	lao3 xiong1	'old chap' (form of address between male friends)	18
驿[驛]	yi4	post horse; relay station	2
馆[館]	guan3	building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]	15
深夜[深夜]	shen1 ye4	very late at night	9
言官[言官]	yan2 guan1	imperial censor	9
状[狀]	zhuang4	accusation; suit; state; condition; strong; great; -shaped	8
不得了[不得了]	bu4 de2 liao3	desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly	11
明日[明日]	ming2 ri4	tomorrow	22
今儿[今兒]	jin1 r5	(coll.) today	18
确实[確實]	que4 shi2	indeed; really; reliable; real; true	22
纸[紙]	zhi3	paper; CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]; classifier for documents, letter etc	19
不至于[不至於]	bu4 zhi4 yu2	unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as	8
疯狂[瘋狂]	feng1 kuang2	crazy; frantic; extreme popularity	2
张嘴[張嘴]	zhang1 zui3	to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape	4
咬[咬]	yao3	to bite; to nip	10
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/400 words - 31 min
宽心[寬心]	kuan1 xin1	relieved; comforted; to relieve anxieties; at ease; relaxed; reassuring; happy	2
长沙[長沙]	Chang2 sha1	Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China	6
捷[捷]	jie2	victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt	10
击溃[擊潰]	ji1 kui4	to defeat; to smash; to rout	2
女婿[女婿]	nu:3 xu5	daughter's husband; son-in-law	1
夏[夏]	xia4	summer	2
部队[部隊]	bu4 dui4	army; armed forces; troops; force; unit; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
联名[聯名]	lian2 ming2	jointly (signed, declared, sponsored)	2
部分[部分]	bu4 fen5	part; share; section; piece; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
冰[冰]	bing1	ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine	1
碳[碳]	tan4	carbon (chemistry)	1
全都[全都]	quan2 dou1	all; without exception	21
家产[家產]	jia1 chan3	family property	7
无非[無非]	wu2 fei1	only; nothing else	11
院子[院子]	yuan4 zi5	courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant	2
商铺[商舖]	shang1 pu4	shop; store	1
旗下[旗下]	qi2 xia4	under the banner of	2
攒[攢]	zan3	to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save	3
规矩[規矩]	gui1 ju5	lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved	52
外心[外心]	wai4 xin1	(of a married person) interest in a third person; (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition; (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon)	2
作对[作對]	zuo4 dui4	to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair	3
大事[大事]	da4 shi4	major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]	31
忍心[忍心]	ren3 xin1	to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task	3
菜市[菜市]	cai4 shi4	food market	4
杀头[殺頭]	sha1 tou2	to behead	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/425 words - 33 min
谋[謀]	mou2	to plan; to seek; scheme	6
全尸[全屍]	quan2 shi1	intact corpse; dead body with no parts missing	2
良田[良田]	liang2 tian2	good agricultural land; fertile land	21
珠宝[珠寶]	zhu1 bao3	pearls; jewels; precious stones	2
一句话[一句話]	yi1 ju4 hua4	in a word; in short	20
该死[該死]	gai1 si3	Damn it!; damned; wretched	8
连累[連累]	lian2 lei3	to involve; to implicate sb; to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc)	4
夫人[夫人]	fu1 ren5	lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]	18
充军[充軍]	chong1 jun1	to banish (to an army post, as a punishment)	3
古塔[古塔]	Gu3 ta3	Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning	2
许[許]	xu3	to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps	13
诺[諾]	nuo4	to consent; to promise; (literary) yes!	1
保全[保全]	bao3 quan2	to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard	16
三族[三族]	san1 zu2	(old) three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)	5
食言[食言]	shi2 yan2	lit. to eat one's words; to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege; unsworn testimony	3
绢[絹]	juan4	thin, tough silk fabric	1
柔[柔]	rou2	soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)	8
到处[到處]	dao4 chu4	everywhere	18
死尸[死屍]	si3 shi1	a corpse; a dead body	2
堆[堆]	dui1	to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount	10
街上[街上]	jie1 shang5	on the street; in town	3
埋[埋]	mai2	to bury	9
埋[埋]	man2	to blame	9
寺[寺]	si4	Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)	8
糖葫芦[糖葫蘆]	tang2 hu2 lu5	sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick; tanghulu	3
驴[驢]	lu:2	donkey; CL:頭|头[tou2]	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/450 words - 37 min
打滚[打滾]	da3 gun3	to roll about	1
口水[口水]	kou3 shui3	saliva	2
噎[噎]	ye1	to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate	2
任务[任務]	ren4 wu5	mission; assignment; task; duty; role; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]	2
保管[保管]	bao3 guan3	to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator	1
誓[誓]	shi4	oath; vow; to swear; to pledge	6
不许[不許]	bu4 xu3	not to allow; must not; can't	16
别管[別管]	bie2 guan3	no matter (who, what etc)	7
走水[走水]	zou3 shui3	to leak; to flow; to catch on fire	7
接着[接著]	jie1 zhe5	to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn	30
打水[打水]	da3 shui3	to draw water; to splash water	4
天地[天地]	tian1 di4	heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity	9
豺狼虎豹[豺狼虎豹]	chai2 lang2 hu3 bao4	jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom); animals who are dangerous to man and cattle; fierce and cruel people	1
摇[搖]	yao2	to shake; to rock; to row; to crank	2
见驾[見駕]	jian4 jia4	to have an audience (with the emperor)	3
官场[官場]	guan1 chang3	officialdom; bureaucracy	20
流氓[流氓]	liu2 mang2	rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior	2
窝[窩]	wo1	nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods	14
杀人放火[殺人放火]	sha1 ren2 fang4 huo3	to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson	1
手段[手段]	shou3 duan4	method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
自杀[自殺]	zi4 sha1	to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide	8
辜负[辜負]	gu1 fu4	to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint	5
祸害[禍害]	huo4 hai4	disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck	12
贻[貽]	yi2	to present; to bequeath	2
国事[國事]	guo2 shi4	affairs of the nation; politics	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/475 words - 39 min
颜面[顏面]	yan2 mian4	face; prestige	5
颜[顏]	yan2	color; face; countenance	3
苍生[蒼生]	cang1 sheng1	(area where) vegetation grows; the common people	4
于是[於是]	yu2 shi4	thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence	3
笔[筆]	bi3	pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]	40
帖[帖]	tie1	fitting snugly; appropriate; suitable; variant of 貼|贴[tie1]; to paste; to obey	2
式[式]	shi4	type; form; pattern; style	4
篇[篇]	pian1	sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article	9
谢罪[謝罪]	xie4 zui4	to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault	4
文章[文章]	wen2 zhang1	article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]	18
畏惧[畏懼]	wei4 ju4	to fear; to dread; foreboding	2
二来[二來]	er4 lai2	secondly, ...	8
至[至]	zhi4	to arrive; most; to; until	21
立即[立即]	li4 ji2	immediately	4
执行[執行]	zhi2 xing2	to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run	1
新任[新任]	xin1 ren4	newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office)	3
人选[人選]	ren2 xuan3	choice of person; candidate	6
得罪[得罪]	de2 zui5	to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 得罪[de2 zui4]	31
粮荒[糧荒]	liang2 huang1	famine; critical shortage of grain	2
遍[遍]	bian4	everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time	8
琉璃[琉璃]	liu2 li5	colored glass; ceramic glaze	17
蛋[蛋]	dan4	egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]; oval-shaped thing	15
贫民[貧民]	pin2 min2	poor people	1
困[困]	kun4	to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute	6
赐[賜]	ci4	to confer; to bestow; to grant	26
//The Long River - S1/Ep02/500 words - 42 min
座[座]	zuo4	seat; base; stand; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects	32
千头万绪[千頭萬緒]	qian1 tou2 wan4 xu4	plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic	2
主持[主持]	zhu3 chi2	to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor	5
不但[不但]	bu4 dan4	not only (... but also...)	10
倒像[倒像]	dao4 xiang4	inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down)	1
逼死[逼死]	bi1 si3	to hound sb to death	5
自认[自認]	zi4 ren4	to believe (sth in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as; to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself); to resign oneself to	1
因此[因此]	yin1 ci3	thus; consequently; as a result	5
遗[遺]	yi2	to lose; to leave behind; to omit; to bequeath; sth lost; involuntary discharge (of urine etc)	2
折[摺]	zhe2	variant of 折[zhe2]; to fold	11
之上[之上]	zhi1 shang4	above	6
敬畏[敬畏]	jing4 wei4	to revere	1
虽[雖]	sui1	although; even though	12
处死[處死]	chu3 si3	an execution; to put sb to death	1
名单[名單]	ming2 dan1	list of names	6
沿[沿]	yan2	along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge	6
尔[爾]	er3	thus; so; like that; you; thou	71
乱窜[亂竄]	luan4 cuan4	to flee in disarray; to scatter	2
冒险[冒險]	mao4 xian3	to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure	2
打捞[打撈]	da3 lao1	to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)	1
财物[財物]	cai2 wu4	property; belongings	2
奸淫[姦淫]	jian1 yin2	fornication; adultery; rape; seduction	2
偷盗[偷盜]	tou1 dao4	to steal	1
违者[違者]	wei2 zhe3	violator	1
救治[救治]	jiu4 zhi4	to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/25 words - 4 min
翻过来[翻過來]	fan1 guo4 lai2	to overturn; to turn upside down	2
活着[活著]	huo2 zhe5	alive	22
时时[時時]	shi2 shi2	often; constantly	3
惦记[惦記]	dian4 ji4	to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about	7
碗[碗]	wan3	bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]	9
淘[淘]	tao2	to wash; to clean out; to cleanse; to eliminate; to dredge	4
净[淨]	jing4	clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role	15
泼[潑]	po1	to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish	7
打架[打架]	da3 jia4	to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows; CL:場|场[chang2]	3
汤药[湯藥]	tang1 yao4	tisane; decoction (Chinese medicine)	1
大半[大半]	da4 ban4	more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely	7
江[江]	jiang1	river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]	115
于[于]	yu2	to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 於|于[yu2]	239
振[振]	zhen4	to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself	113
甲[甲]	jia3	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°	116
不快[不快]	bu4 kuai4	unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp	3
鱼[魚]	yu2	fish; CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]	15
虾[蝦]	xia1	shrimp; prawn	4
要死[要死]	yao4 si3	extremely; awfully	10
冤魂[冤魂]	yuan1 hun2	ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances	1
天网恢恢[天網恢恢]	tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1	lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law	1
疏而不漏[疏而不漏]	shu1 er2 bu4 lou4	loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape	1
元凶[元凶]	yuan2 xiong1	chief offender; main culprit	2
总算[總算]	zong3 suan4	at long last; finally; on the whole	10
得力[得力]	de2 li4	able; capable; competent; efficient	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/50 words - 6 min
即[即]	ji2	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	4
奉天[奉天]	Feng4 tian1	old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province	9
承运[承運]	cheng2 yun4	to provide transport; to accept the Mandate of Heaven; to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor	8
诏[詔]	zhao4	imperial order	12
曰[曰]	yue1	to speak; to say	17
递[遞]	di4	to hand over; to pass on sth; to gradually increase or decrease; progressively	26
解[解]	jie3	to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection	16
护送[護送]	hu4 song4	to escort; to accompany	1
且[且]	qie3	and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)	3
半点[半點]	ban4 dian3	the least bit	5
委屈[委屈]	wei3 qu5	to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance	20
不敢当[不敢當]	bu4 gan3 dang1	lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me	6
刑具[刑具]	xing2 ju4	punishment equipment; torture instrument	5
平平[平平]	ping2 ping2	average; mediocre	2
舒舒服服[舒舒服服]	shu1 shu5 fu5 fu5	comfortable; with ease	1
公然[公然]	gong1 ran2	openly; publicly; undisguised	5
庇护[庇護]	bi4 hu4	asylum; shelter; to shield; to put under protection; to take under one's wing	1
王法[王法]	wang2 fa3	the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion	11
罪人[罪人]	zui4 ren2	sinner	6
板子[板子]	ban3 zi5	board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment	3
不像话[不像話]	bu4 xiang4 hua4	unreasonable; shocking; outrageous	6
瞧不起[瞧不起]	qiao2 bu4 qi3	to look down upon; to hold in contempt	4
比起[比起]	bi3 qi3	compared with	5
烧高香[燒高香]	shao1 gao1 xiang1	to burn incense; to thank profusely	1
尊[尊]	zun1	senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel	10
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/75 words - 7 min
赵[趙]	zhao4	to surpass (old)	5
秦桧[秦檜]	Qin2 Hui4	Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]	7
蔡[蔡]	Cai4	surname Cai	3
俅[俅]	qiu2	ornamental cap	1
递解[遞解]	di4 jie4	to escort a criminal under guard (in former times)	3
吃住[吃住]	chi1 zhu4	food and lodging; to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)	1
用不着[用不著]	yong4 bu5 zhao2	not need; have no use for	7
鸡蛋[雞蛋]	ji1 dan4	(chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]	12
留给[留給]	liu2 gei3	to set aside for	5
旁人[旁人]	pang2 ren2	other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders	2
纯[純]	chun2	pure; simple; unmixed; genuine	2
孝[孝]	xiao4	filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel	2
随从[隨從]	sui2 cong2	to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant	2
笑话[笑話]	xiao4 hua4	joke; jest; CL:個|个[ge4]; to laugh at; to mock	16
官老爷[官老爺]	guan1 lao3 ye5	nickname for official	2
奸[奸]	jian1	wicked; crafty; traitor; variant of 姦|奸[jian1]	6
若[若]	ruo4	to seem; like; as; if	68
万事[萬事]	wan4 shi4	all things	2
欺[欺]	qi1	to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat	21
今日[今日]	jin1 ri4	today	22
年迈[年邁]	nian2 mai4	old; aged	3
颇为[頗為]	po1 wei2	rather; quite	2
同情[同情]	tong2 qing2	to sympathize with; sympathy	4
颠倒黑白[顛倒黑白]	dian1 dao3 hei1 bai2	lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong	2
妇人之仁[婦人之仁]	fu4 ren2 zhi1 ren2	excessive tendency to clemency (idiom); soft-hearted (pejorative)	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/100 words - 9 min
心中[心中]	xin1 zhong1	central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart	9
竟[竟]	jing4	unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed	9
窃喜[竊喜]	qie4 xi3	to be secretly delighted	1
简[簡]	jian3	simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)	7
帝[帝]	di4	emperor	7
无耻[無恥]	wu2 chi3	without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless	2
升迁[升遷]	sheng1 qian1	promote; promotion	1
念[念]	nian4	to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)	26
欺骗[欺騙]	qi1 pian4	to deceive; to cheat	2
母亲[母親]	mu3 qin1	mother; also pr. [mu3 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
禽兽不如[禽獸不如]	qin2 shou4 bu4 ru2	worse than a beast; to behave immorally	2
赵高[趙高]	Zhao4 Gao1	Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty	2
酒菜[酒菜]	jiu3 cai4	food and drink; food to accompany wine	1
从头到尾[從頭到尾]	cong2 tou2 dao4 wei3	from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing)	1
一五一十[一五一十]	yi1 wu3 yi1 shi2	lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail	1
主子[主子]	zhu3 zi5	Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)	30
罪责[罪責]	zui4 ze2	guilt	4
居心叵测[居心叵測]	ju1 xin1 po3 ce4	harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)	2
喊冤[喊冤]	han3 yuan1	to cry out a grievance	2
撑腰[撐腰]	cheng1 yao1	to support; to brace	5
高升[高升]	gao1 sheng1	to get a promotion	2
无罪[無罪]	wu2 zui4	innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)	6
大怒[大怒]	da4 nu4	angry; indignant	1
非得[非得]	fei1 dei3	(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must	17
消气[消氣]	xiao1 qi4	to cool one's temper	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/125 words - 12 min
要不[要不]	yao4 bu4	otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...)	24
死活[死活]	si3 huo2	life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me	8
妻子[妻子]	qi1 zi5	wife; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
有所[有所]	you3 suo3	somewhat; to some extent	10
无不[無不]	wu2 bu4	none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception	3
实[實]	shi2	real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely	31
威风[威風]	wei1 feng1	might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive	5
奔腾[奔騰]	ben1 teng2	(of waves) to surge forward; to roll on in waves; to gallop	1
万里[萬里]	wan4 li3	far away; thousands of miles; 10000 li	2
两岸[兩岸]	liang3 an4	bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland	31
单[單]	dan1	bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]	14
了不起[了不起]	liao3 bu5 qi3	amazing; terrific; extraordinary	9
人物[人物]	ren2 wu4	person; character (in a play, novel etc); protagonist; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
歇[歇]	xie1	to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while	16
书写[書寫]	shu1 xie3	to write	1
妙[妙]	miao4	clever; wonderful	10
河水[河水]	he2 shui3	river water	10
读[讀]	du2	to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]	44
缓不济急[緩不濟急]	huan3 bu4 ji4 ji2	lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; too slow to meet a pressing need	2
亡羊补牢[亡羊補牢]	wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2	lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted	1
为时未晚[為時未晚]	wei2 shi2 wei4 wan3	it is not too late (idiom)	1
汛[汛]	xun4	high water; flood; to sprinkle water	3
凌汛[凌汛]	ling2 xun4	ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)	1
明年[明年]	ming2 nian2	next year	20
警示[警示]	jing3 shi4	to warn; to alert; warning; cautionary	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/150 words - 13 min
白读[白讀]	bai2 du2	colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character	1
古人[古人]	gu3 ren2	people from ancient times; the ancients; the late (i.e. person who has passed away)	21
教训[教訓]	jiao4 xun5	lesson; moral; to chide sb; to lecture sb	11
大禹[大禹]	Da4 Yu3	Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods	31
疏[疏]	shu1	to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation	12
为主[為主]	wei2 zhu3	to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to	2
拓宽[拓寬]	tuo4 kuan1	to broaden	2
深挖[深挖]	shen1 wa1	to dredge	4
河床[河床]	he2 chuang2	riverbed	11
筑[築]	zhu4	to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]	44
纵[縱]	zong4	warp (the vertical threads in weaving); vertical; longitudinal; north-south (lines of longitude); lengthwise; to release; to indulge; even if	4
天河[天河]	Tian1 he2	Milky Way; Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong	1
无妨[無妨]	wu2 fang2	no harm (in doing it); One might as well.; It won't hurt.; no matter; it's no bother	4
那时候[那時候]	na4 shi2 hou5	at that time	10
运河[運河]	yun4 he2	canal	45
地理[地理]	di4 li3	geography	5
水文[水文]	shui3 wen2	hydrology	1
均[均]	jun1	equal; even; all; uniform	5
刻舟求剑[刻舟求劍]	ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4	lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances	4
有用[有用]	you3 yong4	useful	6
呈[呈]	cheng2	to present to a superior; memorial; petition; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)	16
益[益]	yi4	benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more	1
兄[兄]	xiong1	elder brother	71
见解[見解]	jian4 jie3	opinion; view; understanding	4
称[稱]	cheng1	to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise	8
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/175 words - 15 min
自幼[自幼]	zi4 you4	since childhood	4
了解[了解]	liao3 jie3	to understand; to realize; to find out	6
民生[民生]	min2 sheng1	people's livelihood; people's welfare	5
倒悬[倒懸]	dao4 xuan2	lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits	1
如若[如若]	ru2 ruo4	if	1
唯有[唯有]	wei2 you3	only	4
可笑[可笑]	ke3 xiao4	funny; ridiculous	5
幼稚[幼稚]	you4 zhi4	young; childish; puerile	6
佩服[佩服]	pei4 fu2	to admire	15
重用[重用]	zhong4 yong4	to put in an important position	9
成就[成就]	cheng2 jiu4	accomplishment; success; achievement; CL:個|个[ge4]; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about	7
大业[大業]	da4 ye4	great cause; great undertaking	4
朽[朽]	xiu3	rotten	2
云梯[雲梯]	yun2 ti1	escalade	4
镇[鎮]	zhen4	to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)	15
啥[啥]	sha2	dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]	6
瞅[瞅]	chou3	(dialect) to look at	9
村子[村子]	cun1 zi5	village	10
天灾[天災]	tian1 zai1	natural disaster	1
后生[後生]	hou4 sheng1	young generation; youth; young man	4
干嘛[幹嘛]	gan4 ma2	what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?	45
估计[估計]	gu1 ji4	to estimate; to reckon; CL:個|个[ge4]; (coll.) to suppose	3
想不开[想不開]	xiang3 bu5 kai1	cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be depressed; to fret over trifles	1
见得[見得]	jian4 de2	to seem; to appear; (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure	2
沉[沉]	chen2	to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/200 words - 17 min
烧酒[燒酒]	shao1 jiu3	name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]	2
灌[灌]	guan4	to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music)	2
水性[水性]	shui3 xing4	swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc)	7
狗日[狗日]	gou3 ri4	lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking	1
潜[潛]	qian2	hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive	1
稳[穩]	wen3	settled; steady; stable	7
姥姥[姥姥]	lao3 lao5	(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother	1
流速[流速]	liu2 su4	flow speed; rate of flow	14
屈原[屈原]	Qu1 Yuan2	Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞	1
石头[石頭]	shi2 tou5	stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	42
找死[找死]	zhao3 si3	to court death; taking risks	2
河伯[河伯]	He2 bo2	name or river God associated with Yellow river	27
投胎[投胎]	tou2 tai1	to be reincarnated	16
疯子[瘋子]	feng1 zi5	madman; lunatic	9
一家[一家]	yi1 jia1	the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group	6
客栈[客棧]	ke4 zhan4	tavern; guest house; inn; hotel	4
房[房]	fang2	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)	22
不下[不下]	bu4 xia4	to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)	6
放屁[放屁]	fang4 pi4	to fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense; Utter rubbish!	15
轰[轟]	hong1	explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel	8
腾[騰]	teng2	to soar; to gallop; to prance; to turn over; to vacate; to clear	8
押[押]	ya1	to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign	18
为此[為此]	wei4 ci3	for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end	1
更深[更深]	geng1 shen1	deep at night	1
特地[特地]	te4 di4	specially; for a special purpose	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/225 words - 18 min
叮嘱[叮囑]	ding1 zhu3	to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again	3
露宿[露宿]	lu4 su4	to sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open	2
遵[遵]	zun1	to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with	17
骚扰[騷擾]	sao1 rao3	to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass	7
愣[愣]	leng4	to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly	9
棚[棚]	peng2	shed; canopy; shack	6
挤[擠]	ji3	to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)	6
里边[裡邊]	li3 bian5	inside	16
小店[小店]	xiao3 dian4	small store	5
自家[自家]	zi4 jia1	oneself; one's own family	5
鸡[雞]	ji1	fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute	20
鸭[鴨]	ya1	duck; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) male prostitute	3
坛[罈]	tan2	earthen jar	2
莲花白[蓮花白]	lian2 hua1 bai2	(dialect) cabbage	2
后院[後院]	hou4 yuan4	rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)	5
上房[上房]	shang4 fang2	see 正房[zheng4 fang2]	1
收拾[收拾]	shou1 shi5	to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb	10
吃完[吃完]	chi1 wan2	to finish eating	6
伺候[伺候]	ci4 hou4	to serve; to wait upon	28
肥[肥]	fei2	fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure	5
鸭子[鴨子]	ya1 zi5	duck; male prostitute (slang)	2
同屋[同屋]	tong2 wu1	roommate; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
赊[賒]	she1	to buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time); to forgive	2
一块儿[一塊兒]	yi1 kuai4 r5	erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]	12
结[結]	jie2	knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)	11
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/250 words - 20 min
懒得[懶得]	lan3 de2	not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to	3
状元[狀元]	zhuang4 yuan2	top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light	7
宰相[宰相]	zai3 xiang4	prime minister (in feudal China)	8
不知天高地厚[不知天高地厚]	bu4 zhi1 tian1 gao1 di4 hou4	not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities	2
作[作]	zuo4	to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works	38
村[村]	cun1	village	31
使[使]	shi3	to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger	33
河边[河邊]	he2 bian1	river bank	9
叨[叨]	dao1	garrulous	3
扰[擾]	rao3	to disturb	10
屋子[屋子]	wu1 zi5	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]	4
赶考[趕考]	gan3 kao3	to go and take an imperial examination	7
举[舉]	ju3	to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed	32
饭食[飯食]	fan4 shi2	food	3
家伙[傢伙]	jia1 huo5	variant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]	7
偷偷[偷偷]	tou1 tou1	stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly	9
台甫[臺甫]	tai2 fu3	(polite) courtesy name	2
客[客]	ke4	customer; visitor; guest	13
途[途]	tu2	way; route; road	2
行人[行人]	xing2 ren2	pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor	2
足[足]	zu2	foot; to be sufficient; ample	10
大米[大米]	da4 mi3	(husked) rice	1
蹭[蹭]	ceng4	to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload	1
食[食]	shi2	to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse	22
既[既]	ji4	already; since; both... (and...)	8
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/275 words - 21 min
文[文]	wen2	language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67	27
武官[武官]	wu3 guan1	military official; military attaché	5
何以见得[何以見得]	he2 yi3 jian4 de2	how can one be sure?	2
卧[臥]	wo4	to lie; to crouch	3
腔[腔]	qiang1	cavity of body; barrel (e.g. engine cylinder); compartment; tune; accent of speech	6
读书[讀書]	du2 shu1	to read a book; to study; to attend school	12
眼神[眼神]	yan3 shen2	expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)	2
老茧[老繭]	lao3 jian3	callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼	1
皱纹[皺紋]	zhou4 wen2	wrinkle; CL:道[dao4]	1
喝酒[喝酒]	he1 jiu3	to drink (alcohol)	27
贬职[貶職]	bian3 zhi2	to demote	1
谓[謂]	wei4	to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense	4
今[今]	jin1	today; modern; present; current; this; now	14
忧患[憂患]	you1 huan4	suffering; misery; hardship	4
发自[發自]	fa1 zi4	to evolve from	1
青海[青海]	Qing1 hai3	Qinghai province (Tsinghai) in west China, abbr. 青, capital Xining 西寧|西宁	1
贵德[貴德]	Gui4 de2	Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai	1
陕甘[陝甘]	Shan3 Gan1	Shaanxi and Gansu provinces	2
黄土[黃土]	huang2 tu3	loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)	1
激流[激流]	ji1 liu2	torrent; torrential current; whitewater	4
斗[斗]	dou3	dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡[dou3]	7
沙[沙]	sha1	granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia	27
居[居]	ju1	to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms	8
开封[開封]	Kai1 feng1	Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan; old name Bianliang 汴梁	4
地势[地勢]	di4 shi4	terrain; topography relief	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/300 words - 22 min
平缓[平緩]	ping2 huan3	level; almost flat; not strongly sloping; fig. moderate; mild-mannered; gentle	2
水流[水流]	shui3 liu2	river; stream	7
缓慢[緩慢]	huan3 man4	slow; slow-moving	3
淤[淤]	yu1	silt; river sludge; to silt up; choked with silt; variant of 瘀[yu1]	80
鲁[魯]	lu3	(bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)	6
南[南]	nan2	south	68
皖[皖]	Wan3	abbr. for Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]	1
西[西]	xi1	west	23
伏[伏]	fu2	to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt	1
秋[秋]	qiu1	autumn; fall; harvest time	7
呜呼[嗚呼]	wu1 hu1	alas; alack; welladay; wellaway; to die	1
发源[發源]	fa1 yuan2	to rise; to originate; source; derivation	2
今人[今人]	jin1 ren2	modern people	1
耳[耳]	er3	ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)	3
获得[獲得]	huo4 de2	to obtain; to receive; to get	1
据说[據說]	ju4 shuo1	it is said that; reportedly	2
宋[宋]	Song4	surname Song; the Song dynasty (960-1279); also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)	11
年间[年間]	nian2 jian1	in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)	5
高人[高人]	gao1 ren2	very able person	1
庸人[庸人]	yong1 ren2	mediocre person	1
实不相瞒[實不相瞞]	shi2 bu4 xiang1 man2	truth to tell; to be quite honest...	1
法子[法子]	fa3 zi5	way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]	13
对不住[對不住]	dui4 bu5 zhu4	to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal)	4
陈[陳]	chen2	to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale	355
潢[潢]	huang2	dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll	202
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/325 words - 23 min
取笑[取笑]	qu3 xiao4	to tease; to make fun of	2
在下[在下]	zai4 xia4	under; myself (humble)	5
出生[出生]	chu1 sheng1	to be born	3
生下[生下]	sheng1 xia4	to give birth to	1
漂流[漂流]	piao1 liu2	to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting	1
易经[易經]	Yi4 jing1	The Book of Changes ("I Ching")	1
一生[一生]	yi1 sheng1	all one's life; throughout one's life	20
亲近[親近]	qin1 jin4	intimate; to get close to	7
故道[故道]	gu4 dao4	old road; old way; old course (of a river)	2
得志[得誌]	de2 zhi4	to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success	2
早晚[早晚]	zao3 wan3	morning and evening; sooner or later	19
收服[收服]	shou1 fu2	to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe	2
研读[研讀]	yan2 du2	to study attentively (a book); to delve into	1
恨不得[恨不得]	hen4 bu5 de5	wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth	12
同时[同時]	tong2 shi2	at the same time; simultaneously	10
想不到[想不到]	xiang3 bu5 dao4	unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that	8
面对面[面對面]	mian4 dui4 mian4	face to face	1
不得其门而入[不得其門而入]	bu4 de2 qi2 men2 er2 ru4	to be unable to get in; to fail to find a proper approach to handling sth	1
明眼人[明眼人]	ming2 yan3 ren2	perspicacious person; sb with a discerning eye; sighted person (as opposed to blind)	1
伪[偽]	wei3	false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]	2
讬[託]	tuo1	variant of 託|托[tuo1]	22
难得[難得]	nan2 de2	seldom; rare; hard to come by	10
遇见[遇見]	yu4 jian4	to meet	4
多礼[多禮]	duo1 li3	too polite; overcourteous	3
术[術]	shu4	method; technique	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/350 words - 24 min
专攻[專攻]	zhuan1 gong1	to specialize in; to major in	1
五体投地[五體投地]	wu3 ti3 tou2 di4	to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb	1
日夜[日夜]	ri4 ye4	day and night; around the clock	5
忧心忡忡[憂心忡忡]	you1 xin1 chong1 chong1	deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)	1
辅佐[輔佐]	fu3 zuo3	to assist (usually a ruler)	1
治理[治理]	zhi4 li3	to govern; to administer; to manage; to control; governance	11
万世[萬世]	wan4 shi4	all ages	1
功德[功德]	gong1 de2	achievements and virtue	3
李冰[李冰]	Li3 Bing1	Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[Du1 jiang1 yan4] irrigation system in Sichuan	8
这类[這類]	zhe4 lei4	this kind (of)	1
倾[傾]	qing1	to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out	5
财[財]	cai2	money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	5
万人[萬人]	wan4 ren2	ten thousand people; all the people; everyman	2
驱[驅]	qu1	to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly	1
呼吸[呼吸]	hu1 xi1	to breathe	1
变色[變色]	bian4 se4	to change color; to discolor; to change countenance; to become angry	1
顿足[頓足]	dun4 zu2	stamp (one's feet)	1
改道[改道]	gai3 dao4	to change route; to divert (a road or a watercourse)	2
寄人篱下[寄人籬下]	ji4 ren2 li2 xia4	to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity	1
帮闲[幫閑]	bang1 xian2	to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc	1
瞒[瞞]	man2	to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark	11
奉[奉]	feng4	to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)	9
深知[深知]	shen1 zhi1	to know well; to be fully aware of	4
遇[遇]	yu4	to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance	8
清官[清官]	qing1 guan1	honest and upright official (traditional)	17
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/375 words - 26 min
崩[崩]	beng1	to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise	10
晚点[晚點]	wan3 dian3	(of trains etc) late; delayed; behind schedule; light dinner	1
贪官[貪官]	tan1 guan1	corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin	12
呈献[呈獻]	cheng2 xian4	to present respectfully	1
问心无愧[問心無愧]	wen4 xin1 wu2 kui4	lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience	1
坠入[墜入]	zhui4 ru4	to drop into; to fall into	1
地狱[地獄]	di4 yu4	hell; infernal; underworld	3
狗屁不通[狗屁不通]	gou3 pi4 bu4 tong1	incoherent (writing or speech); nonsensical; a load of crap	2
如同[如同]	ru2 tong2	like; as	3
狗屁[狗屁]	gou3 pi4	bullshit; nonsense	3
告辞[告辭]	gao4 ci2	to say goodbye; to take one's leave	17
意[意]	yi4	idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate	34
心领[心領]	xin1 ling3	I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer)	1
由头[由頭]	you2 tou5	pretext; excuse; justification; reason	1
来得[來得]	lai2 de5	to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to	4
题[題]	ti2	topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]	11
说说[說說]	shuo1 shuo5	to say sth	42
题目[題目]	ti2 mu4	subject; title; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
井上[井上]	Jing3 shang4	Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")	4
李[李]	li3	plum	19
棵[棵]	ke1	classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc	8
李子[李子]	li3 zi5	plum; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
树[樹]	shu4	tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up	14
破题[破題]	po4 ti2	writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset; opposite of 冒題|冒题[mao4 ti2]	1
高明[高明]	gao1 ming2	brilliant; superior; tall and bright	12
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/400 words - 27 min
拍马屁[拍馬屁]	pai1 ma3 pi4	to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; boot-licking	10
似[似]	si4	to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than	6
桃[桃]	tao2	peach	2
非[非]	fei1	to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; to reproach or blame; (colloquial) to insist on; simply must	28
一层[一層]	yi1 ceng2	layer	6
毛[毛]	mao2	hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])	8
杏[杏]	xing4	apricot; almond	2
缝[縫]	feng2	to sew; to stitch	3
缝[縫]	feng4	seam; crack; narrow slit; CL:道[dao4]	3
八股[八股]	ba1 gu3	an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing	1
本事[本事]	ben3 shi5	ability; skill	16
考[考]	kao3	to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father	23
考上[考上]	kao3 shang4	to pass a university entrance exam	11
无奈[無奈]	wu2 nai4	helpless; without choice; for lack of better option; grudgingly; willy-nilly; nolens volens; abbr. for 無可奈何|无可奈何[wu2 ke3 nai4 he2]	2
当道[當道]	dang1 dao4	in the middle of the road; to be in the way; to hold power; (fig.) to predominate; to be in vogue	3
棺材[棺材]	guan1 cai5	coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]	3
伸手[伸手]	shen1 shou3	to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle	7
要钱[要錢]	yao4 qian2	to charge; to demand payment	4
只怕[只怕]	zhi3 pa4	I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely	4
塞[塞]	sai1	to stop up; to squeeze in; to stuff; cork; stopper	8
牙缝[牙縫]	ya2 feng4	gap between teeth	1
生意[生意]	sheng1 yi4	life force; vitality	3
士[士]	shi4	member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker	95
奇[奇]	qi2	strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually	89
老丈[老丈]	lao3 zhang4	sir (respectful form of address for an old man)	8
小可[小可]	xiao3 ke3	small; unimportant; (polite) my humble person	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/425 words - 28 min
批[批]	pi1	to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)	24
吉凶[吉凶]	ji2 xiong1	good and bad luck (in astrology)	3
乃[乃]	nai3	to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	12
南华[南華]	nan2 hua2	south or southern China	2
真人[真人]	zhen1 ren2	a real person; Daoist spiritual master	1
退钱[退錢]	tui4 qian2	to refund money	1
病人[病人]	bing4 ren2	sick person; patient; invalid; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
祖传[祖傳]	zu3 chuan2	passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation	2
儒[儒]	ru2	scholar; Confucian	5
医[醫]	yi1	medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat	3
行医[行醫]	xing2 yi1	to practice medicine (esp. in private practice)	1
悬壶济世[懸壺濟世]	xuan2 hu2 ji4 shi4	practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public	1
除[除]	chu2	to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including	8
徐[徐]	xu2	slowly; gently	138
乃是[乃是]	nai3 shi4	equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]	15
相国[相國]	xiang4 guo2	prime minister (in ancient China)	1
学问[學問]	xue2 wen4	learning; knowledge; CL:個|个[ge4]	34
测[測]	ce4	to survey; to measure; to conjecture	9
仙[仙]	xian1	immortal	3
真传[真傳]	zhen1 chuan2	authentic tradition; handed-down teachings or techniques	1
周公[周公]	Zhou1 gong1	Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"	1
擅长[擅長]	shan4 chang2	to be good at; to be expert in	1
梦到[夢到]	meng4 dao4	to dream of; to dream about	2
色子[色子]	shai3 zi5	dice (used in gambling)	3
牛皮[牛皮]	niu2 pi2	cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/450 words - 30 min
鼓[鼓]	gu3	drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell	7
莫非[莫非]	mo4 fei1	can it be possible that; could it be	5
纳[納]	na4	to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing	4
妾[妾]	qie4	concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)	8
貌[貌]	mao4	appearance	2
神人[神人]	shen2 ren2	God; deity	1
收银[收銀]	shou1 yin2	to receive payment	5
掷[擲]	zhi4	to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]	3
有色[有色]	you3 se4	colored; non-white; non-ferrous (metals)	1
有声有色[有聲有色]	you3 sheng1 you3 se4	having sound and color (idiom); vivid; dazzling	2
大吉大利[大吉大利]	da4 ji2 da4 li4	great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving	1
福气[福氣]	fu2 qi5	good fortune; a blessing	12
多谢[多謝]	duo1 xie4	many thanks; thanks a lot	33
风向[風向]	feng1 xiang4	wind direction; the way the wind is blowing; fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones); how things are developing; course of events	3
惊[驚]	jing1	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	3
自称[自稱]	zi4 cheng1	to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title	2
补药[補藥]	bu3 yao4	tonic	1
倍[倍]	bei4	(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply	5
再不[再不]	zai4 bu4	if not, then; otherwise	4
玉皇大帝[玉皇大帝]	Yu4 huang2 Da4 di4	Jade Emperor	2
观音菩萨[觀音菩薩]	Guan1 yin1 Pu2 sa4	Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)	1
魔怔[魔怔]	mo2 zheng1	crazed; possessed; bewitched	1
酒钱[酒錢]	jiu3 qian2	tip	1
挣[掙]	zheng4	to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)	8
待会儿[待會兒]	dai1 hui4 r5	in a moment; later; also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/475 words - 32 min
打点[打點]	da3 dian5	to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in)	3
仨[仨]	sa1	three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个)	7
老头[老頭]	lao3 tou2	old fellow; old man; father; husband	2
娶[娶]	qu3	to take a wife; to marry (a woman)	4
实话实说[實話實說]	shi2 hua4 shi2 shuo1	to tell the truth; to tell it as it is	1
指教[指教]	zhi3 jiao4	to give advice or comments	6
老骨头[老骨頭]	lao3 gu3 tou5	weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)	1
葬送[葬送]	zang4 song4	to hold a funeral procession and burial; to give sb a final send-off; (fig.) to ruin (one's future prospects etc)	1
皮[皮]	pi2	leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhang1]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty	18
厚道[厚道]	hou4 dao5	kind and honest; generous; sincere	1
学究[學究]	xue2 jiu1	pedant	2
多亏[多虧]	duo1 kui1	thanks to; luckily	3
聪慧[聰慧]	cong1 hui4	bright; witty; intelligent	1
愚鲁[愚魯]	yu2 lu3	dull-witted; foolish	3
质朴[質樸]	zhi4 pu3	simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy	1
博大精深[博大精深]	bo2 da4 jing1 shen1	wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep	1
拍[拍]	pai1	to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)	8
马屁[馬屁]	ma3 pi4	horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking	2
听不见[聽不見]	ting1 bu5 jian4	not be able to hear	1
哥儿[哥兒]	ge1 r5	brothers; boys	5
正经[正經]	zheng4 jing1	decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards	2
大雨[大雨]	da4 yu3	heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]	3
阻[阻]	zu3	to hinder; to block; to obstruct	5
跳蚤[跳蚤]	tiao4 zao5	flea	1
瞧[瞧]	qiao2	to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit	33
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/500 words - 34 min
权当[權當]	quan2 dang1	to act as if; to treat sth as if it were	1
赔本[賠本]	pei2 ben3	loss; to sustain losses	1
汉代[漢代]	Han4 dai4	the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)	2
古物[古物]	gu3 wu4	antique	1
在外[在外]	zai4 wai4	outer; excluded	6
何必[何必]	he2 bi4	there is no need; why should	19
房费[房費]	fang2 fei4	room charge	2
掌柜[掌櫃]	zhang3 gui4	shopkeeper	2
煤[煤]	mei2	coal; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	1
面[麵]	mian4	flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless	3
眼看[眼看]	yan3 kan4	soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens	4
玩儿完[玩兒完]	wan2 r5 wan2	finished; to be done with sth	1
不要脸[不要臉]	bu4 yao4 lian3	to have no sense of shame; shameless	2
外边[外邊]	wai4 bian5	outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home	17
忍[忍]	ren3	to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself	15
坟[墳]	fen2	grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book	6
粗[粗]	cu1	coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude	10
少林寺[少林寺]	Shao4 lin2 Si4	Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks	1
大哥[大哥]	da4 ge1	eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss	61
膛[膛]	tang2	chest (of body); hollow space; throat	4
捅[捅]	tong3	to stab; to poke; to prod; to nudge; to disclose	4
弄死[弄死]	nong4 si3	to kill; to put to death	9
坟头[墳頭]	fen2 tou2	burial mound	1
辱[辱]	ru3	disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating; Taiwan pr. [ru4]	9
斯文[斯文]	si1 wen2	refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/525 words - 37 min
老子[老子]	lao3 zi5	father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)	22
拆[拆]	chai1	to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	19
弟[弟]	di4	younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)	10
赶走[趕走]	gan3 zou3	to drive out; to turn back	2
一家人[一家人]	yi1 jia1 ren2	household; the whole family	12
窗口[窗口]	chuang1 kou3	window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground	1
地下[地下]	di4 xia4	underground; subterranean; covert	6
囚犯[囚犯]	qiu2 fan4	prisoner; convict	4
门口[門口]	men2 kou3	doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]	11
提防[提防]	di1 fang2	to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); also pr. [ti2 fang2]	1
逃走[逃走]	tao2 zou3	to escape; to flee; to run away	7
功课[功課]	gong1 ke4	homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study; CL:門|门[men2]	2
做法[做法]	zuo4 fa3	way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
曾子[曾子]	Zeng1 zi3	Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]	1
回想[回想]	hui2 xiang3	to recall; to recollect; to think back	1
白天[白天]	bai2 tian1	daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
善[善]	shan4	good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect	16
恶[惡]	e4	evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm	10
恶[惡]	wu4	to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander	10
理学[理學]	li3 xue2	science	4
耽误[耽誤]	dan1 wu5	to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with	16
妙处[妙處]	miao4 chu4	ideal place; suitable location; merit; advantage	1
没用[沒用]	mei2 yong4	useless	11
圣贤[聖賢]	sheng4 xian2	a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine	2
法[法]	fa3	law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist	43
涤净[滌淨]	di2 jing4	to cleanse; to purge	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/550 words - 38 min
肮脏[骯髒]	ang1 zang1	dirty; filthy	1
念头[念頭]	nian4 tou5	thought; idea; intention	1
学会[學會]	xue2 hui4	to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association	8
行为[行為]	xing2 wei2	action; conduct; behavior; activity	1
长久[長久]	chang2 jiu3	(for a) long time	2
比如[比如]	bi3 ru2	for example; for instance; such as	4
开通[開通]	kai1 tong1	to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)	4
隋炀帝[隋煬帝]	Sui2 Yang2 di4	Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618	2
耗费[耗費]	hao4 fei4	to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander	6
国力[國力]	guo2 li4	a nation's power	7
挖[挖]	wa1	to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	59
世人[世人]	shi4 ren2	people (in general); people around the world; everyone	1
骄奢淫逸[驕奢淫逸]	jiao1 she1 yin2 yi4	extravagant and dissipated; decadent	1
不顾[不顧]	bu4 gu4	in spite of; regardless of	9
享受[享受]	xiang3 shou4	to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]	1
好处[好處]	hao3 chu5	benefit; advantage; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3 chu4]; CL:個|个[ge4]	13
大唐[大唐]	Da4 Tang2	the Tang dynasty (618-907)	2
兴盛[興盛]	xing1 sheng4	to flourish; to thrive	1
调派[調派]	diao4 pai4	to send on assignment; to deploy (troops)	1
夕[夕]	xi1	dusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xi4]	2
仁[仁]	ren2	humane; kernel	7
不仁[不仁]	bu4 ren2	not benevolent; heartless; numb	3
尧[堯]	Yao2	surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]	4
在位[在位]	zai4 wei4	on the throne; reigning (monarch)	2
帝位[帝位]	di4 wei4	imperial throne	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/575 words - 40 min
传给[傳給]	chuan2 gei3	to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; to pass to (in football etc)	2
耳朵[耳朵]	er3 duo5	ear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]; handle (on a cup)	8
深山[深山]	shen1 shan1	deep in the mountains	2
隐居[隱居]	yin3 ju1	to live in seclusion	1
高洁[高潔]	gao1 jie2	noble and clean-living; lofty and unsullied	2
人云亦云[人云亦云]	ren2 yun2 yi4 yun2	to say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view; to follow the herd	2
阳光普照[陽光普照]	yang2 guang1 pu3 zhao4	(idiom) sunlight shines over all things; drenched in sunlight	1
土地[土地]	tu3 di4	land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]	23
生出[生出]	sheng1 chu1	to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce	2
五谷[五穀]	wu3 gu3	five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley	1
滋养[滋養]	zi1 yang3	to nourish	1
礼仪[禮儀]	li3 yi2	etiquette; ceremony	6
鸟兽[鳥獸]	niao3 shou4	birds and beasts; fauna	1
为伍[為伍]	wei2 wu3	to associate with; to keep company with	1
本身[本身]	ben3 shen1	itself; in itself; per se	2
追求[追求]	zhui1 qiu2	to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo	1
名声[名聲]	ming2 sheng1	reputation	11
做事[做事]	zuo4 shi4	to work; to handle matters; to have a job	18
简直[簡直]	jian3 zhi2	simply; at all; practically	11
蠢材[蠢材]	chun3 cai2	idiot	1
摆弄[擺弄]	bai3 nong4	to move back and forth; to fiddle with	1
棋子[棋子]	qi2 zi3	chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]	1
受教[受教]	shou4 jiao4	to receive instruction; to benefit from advice	2
见地[見地]	jian4 di4	opinion; view; insight	3
话说[話說]	hua4 shuo1	It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount	12
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/600 words - 42 min
大坏蛋[大壞蛋]	da4 huai4 dan4	scoundrel; bastard	1
大丈夫[大丈夫]	da4 zhang4 fu5	a manly man; a man of character	4
修行[修行]	xiu1 xing2	to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft	1
晓[曉]	xiao3	dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit	3
残月[殘月]	can2 yue4	waning moon	1
伴[伴]	ban4	partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany	2
眠[眠]	mian2	to sleep; to hibernate	2
至极[至極]	zhi4 ji2	very; extremely	2
屁[屁]	pi4	fart; flatulence; nonsense; (usu. in the negative) what; (not) a damn thing	7
吕[呂]	lu:3	pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system	4
登仙[登仙]	deng1 xian1	to become immortal; big promotion; die	1
台[臺]	tai2	platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines	8
巍巍[巍巍]	wei1 wei1	towering; imposing	1
哉[哉]	zai1	(exclamatory or interrogative particle)	2
陈词滥调[陳詞濫調]	chen2 ci2 lan4 diao4	cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype	1
携[攜]	xie2	to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]	2
卢[盧]	lu2	(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 廬|庐[lu2]; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy	5
空中[空中]	kong1 zhong1	in the sky; in the air	1
语[語]	yu3	dialect; language; speech	6
俗不可耐[俗不可耐]	su2 bu4 ke3 nai4	intolerably vulgar	1
口德[口德]	kou3 de2	propriety in speech	1
墙[牆]	qiang2	wall; CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]	10
诗[詩]	shi1	poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse	38
丧气[喪氣]	sang4 qi5	unlucky	1
势利小人[勢利小人]	shi4 li5 xiao3 ren2	snob	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep03/605 words - 42 min
虽说[雖說]	sui1 shuo1	though; although	3
庙[廟]	miao4	temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial	8
慕[慕]	mu4	to admire	13
逮[逮]	dai4	(literary) to arrest; to seize; to overtake; until	6
捧[捧]	peng3	to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter	12
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点化[點化]	dian3 hua4	magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal; fig. to reveal; to enlighten	1
幻化[幻化]	huan4 hua4	to be transformed; to metamorphose; transformation; metamorphosis	1
小米[小米]	xiao3 mi3	millet	2
干饭[乾飯]	gan1 fan4	cooked and dried rice	1
枕头[枕頭]	zhen3 tou5	pillow	5
梦见[夢見]	meng4 jian4	to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream	3
金榜题名[金榜題名]	jin1 bang3 ti2 ming2	to win top marks in the imperial examinations	1
高中[高中]	gao1 zhong1	senior high school; abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]	15
郎[郎]	lang2	(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth	43
骑马[騎馬]	qi2 ma3	to ride a horse	10
街[街]	jie1	street; CL:條|条[tiao2]	3
驸马[駙馬]	fu4 ma3	emperor's son-in-law	1
不在话下[不在話下]	bu4 zai4 hua4 xia4	to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch	1
一品[一品]	yi1 pin3	superb; first-rate; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank	5
恰[恰]	qia4	exactly; just	2
逢[逢]	feng2	to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon	9
边境[邊境]	bian1 jing4	frontier; border	1
入侵[入侵]	ru4 qin1	to invade	2
弃[棄]	qi4	to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away	15
武[武]	wu3	martial; military	12
立下[立下]	li4 xia4	to set up; to establish	1
汗马功劳[汗馬功勞]	han4 ma3 gong1 lao2	war exploits; (fig.) heroic contribution	1
封[封]	feng1	to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters	50
大将军[大將軍]	da4 jiang1 jun1	important general; generalissimo	6
叱咤风云[叱咤風雲]	chi4 zha4 feng1 yun2	lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world; all-powerful	1
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权[權]	quan2	authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary	14
门生[門生]	men2 sheng1	disciple; student (of a famous master)	12
繁华[繁華]	fan2 hua2	flourishing; bustling	2
富贵[富貴]	fu4 gui4	riches and honor	9
留恋[留戀]	liu2 lian4	reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly	1
吕洞宾[呂洞賓]	Lu:3 Dong4 bin1	Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]	1
上山[上山]	shang4 shan1	to go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away	1
修道[修道]	xiu1 dao4	to practice Daoism	1
神仙[神仙]	shen2 xian1	Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person	6
白白[白白]	bai2 bai2	in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white	11
消磨[消磨]	xiao1 mo2	to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away	1
岁月[歲月]	sui4 yue4	years; time	2
一场空[一場空]	yi1 chang2 kong1	all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing; futile	3
到头来[到頭來]	dao4 tou2 lai2	in the end; finally; as a result	1
怪物[怪物]	guai4 wu5	monster; freak; eccentric person	9
侥[僥]	jiao3	by mere luck	6
丹[丹]	dan1	red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	55
县官[縣官]	xian4 guan1	district magistrate; county magistrate	1
有的是[有的是]	you3 de5 shi4	have plenty of; there's no lack of	11
同乡[同鄉]	tong2 xiang1	person from the same village, town, or province	2
刘[劉]	Liu2	surname Liu	12
瞎子[瞎子]	xia1 zi5	blind person	1
门路[門路]	men2 lu4	way of doing sth; the right social connection	2
堂[堂]	tang2	(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture	24
知县[知縣]	zhi1 xian4	county head magistrate (old)	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/75 words - 5 min
表弟[表弟]	biao3 di4	younger male cousin via female line	1
纯金[純金]	chun2 jin1	pure gold	1
立马[立馬]	li4 ma3	at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly	4
做生意[做生意]	zuo4 sheng1 yi4	to do business	3
心甘[心甘]	xin1 gan1	to be willing; to be satisfied	1
情愿[情願]	qing2 yuan4	willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)	3
货[貨]	huo4	goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
童叟无欺[童叟無欺]	tong2 sou3 wu2 qi1	cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.	1
书生[書生]	shu1 sheng1	scholar; intellectual; egghead	7
寡妇[寡婦]	gua3 fu5	widow	2
粗鄙[粗鄙]	cu1 bi3	vulgar; coarse; uncouth	1
功名[功名]	gong1 ming2	scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory	18
何况[何況]	he2 kuang4	let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more	10
小官[小官]	xiao3 guan1	petty official; minor functionary	8
送礼[送禮]	song4 li3	to give a present	10
朝代[朝代]	chao2 dai4	dynasty; reign (of a king)	1
花钱[花錢]	hua1 qian2	to spend money	14
交友[交友]	jiao1 you3	to make friends	1
帮衬[幫襯]	bang1 chen4	to help; to assist financially	3
共同[共同]	gong4 tong2	common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative	8
进退[進退]	jin4 tui4	to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety	6
糊[糊]	hu2	muddled; paste; scorched	9
小二[小二]	xiao3 er4	waiter	3
房钱[房錢]	fang2 qian2	charges for a room; house rental	1
轰走[轟走]	hong1 zou3	to drive away	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/100 words - 7 min
落脚[落腳]	luo4 jiao3	to stay for a time; to stop over; to lodge; to sink down (into soft ground); leftovers	1
备[備]	bei4	to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip	12
学生[學生]	xue2 sheng5	student; schoolchild	45
格[格]	ge2	square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively	8
狂放[狂放]	kuang2 fang4	wild; unrestrained	2
无形[無形]	wu2 xing2	incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible	1
大多[大多]	da4 duo1	for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly	3
太守[太守]	tai4 shou3	governor of a province	1
榆[榆]	yu2	elm	4
木[木]	mu4	tree; wood; coffin; wooden; simple; numb; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	13
瓜子[瓜子]	gua1 zi3	melon seeds	1
少见[少見]	shao3 jian4	rare; not familiar (to the speaker); sth rarely experience; hard to see	2
身分[身分]	shen1 fen4	variant of 身份; identity; status; capacity; dignity; position; rank	7
性子[性子]	xing4 zi5	temper	10
勿[勿]	wu4	do not	10
急性子[急性子]	ji2 xing4 zi5	impetuous person; excitable person	1
紫[紫]	zi3	purple; violet	73
垣[垣]	yuan2	wall	70
方才[方才]	fang1 cai2	just now; then	2
苟同[苟同]	gou3 tong2	to agree blindly	4
嘴巴[嘴巴]	zui3 ba5	mouth; CL:張|张[zhang1]; slap in the face; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
丝[絲]	si1	silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; CL:條|条[tiao2]; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc	5
敬佩[敬佩]	jing4 pei4	to esteem; to admire	1
转念[轉念]	zhuan3 nian4	to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of	1
孤儿[孤兒]	gu1 er2	orphan	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/125 words - 10 min
当地[當地]	dang1 di4	local	8
会馆[會館]	hui4 guan3	provincial or county guild hall	3
赶路[趕路]	gan3 lu4	to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on	2
要紧[要緊]	yao4 jin3	important; urgent	4
侯[侯]	hou2	marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman or high official	15
风流[風流]	feng1 liu2	distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose	3
落魄[落魄]	luo4 po4	down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4]	2
邯郸[邯鄲]	Han2 dan1	Handan prefecture-level city in Hebei; also Handan county	2
钱塘[錢塘]	Qian2 tang2	Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]	6
男儿[男兒]	nan2 er2	a (real) man; boy; son	1
本应[本應]	ben3 ying1	should have; ought to have	2
中人[中人]	zhong1 ren2	go-between; mediator; intermediary	1
有志气[有志氣]	you3 zhi4 qi4	ambitious	3
隐士[隱士]	yin3 shi4	hermit	1
疙瘩[疙瘩]	ge1 da5	swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; preoccupation; problem	1
害人精[害人精]	hai4 ren2 jing1	goblin that kills or harms people; fig. wicked scoundrel; terrible pest	1
疏忽[疏忽]	shu1 hu5	to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness	3
债[債]	zhai4	debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	8
上将[上將]	shang4 jiang4	general; admiral; air chief marshal	1
一并[一併]	yi1 bing4	to lump together; to treat along with all the others	3
重重[重重]	chong2 chong2	layer upon layer; one after another	6
天底下[天底下]	tian1 di3 xia5	in this world; under the sun	9
担惊受怕[擔驚受怕]	dan1 jing1 shou4 pa4	to feel apprehensive; to be alarmed	1
找出[找出]	zhao3 chu1	to find; to search out	1
潘[潘]	Pan1	surname Pan; Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes	12
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季[季]	ji4	season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields	13
驯[馴]	xun4	to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xun2]	12
科举[科舉]	ke1 ju3	imperial examination	12
策论[策論]	ce4 lun4	essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old)	1
诸[諸]	zhu1	all; various	4
考生[考生]	kao3 sheng1	exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam	3
各抒己见[各抒己見]	ge4 shu1 ji3 jian4	everyone gives their own view	2
选拔[選拔]	xuan3 ba2	to select the best	4
不拘一格[不拘一格]	bu4 ju1 yi1 ge2	not stick to one pattern	4
千古[千古]	qian1 gu3	for all eternity; throughout all ages	14
读书人[讀書人]	du2 shu1 ren2	scholar; intellectual	14
幸[幸]	xing4	fortunate; lucky	4
野[野]	ye3	field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral	2
田间[田間]	tian2 jian1	field; farm; farming area; village	1
委[委]	wei3	to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly	2
重任[重任]	zhong4 ren4	heavy responsibility	3
访[訪]	fang3	to visit; to call on; to seek; to inquire; to investigate	4
有理[有理]	you3 li3	reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational	1
降级[降級]	jiang4 ji2	to demote; to relegate; to degrade	4
书房[書房]	shu1 fang2	study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]	60
称职[稱職]	chen4 zhi2	well qualified; competent; to be equal to the task; able to do sth very well	1
主动[主動]	zhu3 dong4	to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)	1
犯错[犯錯]	fan4 cuo4	to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing	3
撤职[撤職]	che4 zhi2	to eliminate; to sack; to remove from office	2
领头[領頭]	ling3 tou2	to take the lead; to be first to start	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/175 words - 13 min
用得着[用得著]	yong4 de5 zhao2	to be able to use; useable; to have a use for sth; (in interrogative sentence) to be necessary to	7
稳重[穩重]	wen3 zhong4	steady; earnest; staid	1
帘子[簾子]	lian2 zi5	curtain	2
赔罪[賠罪]	pei2 zui4	to apologize	2
绊[絆]	ban4	to trip; to stumble; to hinder	3
坑[坑]	keng1	hole; pit; tunnel; to defraud	3
德性[德性]	de2 xing4	moral integrity	3
松手[鬆手]	song1 shou3	to relinquish one's grip; to let go	3
木兰[木蘭]	mu4 lan2	lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)	2
围场[圍場]	wei2 chang3	enclosure; pig pen; hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)	2
草原[草原]	cao3 yuan2	grassland; prairie; CL:片[pian4]	14
贡[貢]	gong4	to offer tribute; tribute; gifts	4
果[果]	guo3	fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really	4
嚷嚷[嚷嚷]	rang1 rang5	to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach	7
散[散]	san3	scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine	18
散[散]	san4	to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack	18
散心[散心]	san4 xin1	to drive away cares; to relieve boredom	2
胜仗[勝仗]	sheng4 zhang4	victory; victorious battle	4
滇[滇]	Dian1	abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2] in southwest China	1
进贡[進貢]	jin4 gong4	to offer tribute; to pay tribute that a vassal owes to his suzerain	1
供[供]	gong1	to provide; to supply	9
女眷[女眷]	nu:3 juan4	the females in a family; womenfolk	4
董[董]	dong3	to supervise; to direct; director	9
狐狸精[狐狸精]	hu2 li5 jing1	fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress	3
个子[個子]	ge4 zi5	height; stature; build; size	1
小的[小的]	xiao3 de5	I (when talking to a superior)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/200 words - 16 min
史[史]	shi3	history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China	17
真相[真相]	zhen1 xiang4	the truth about sth; the actual facts	9
千里[千里]	qian1 li3	a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance	9
萎[萎]	wei3	to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]	2
落[落]	luo4	to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement	22
颜色[顏色]	yan2 se4	color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff	3
出家[出家]	chu1 jia1	to leave home (to become a Buddhist monk or nun)	1
暴毙[暴斃]	bao4 bi4	to die suddenly	1
酸[酸]	suan1	sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid	12
词[詞]	ci2	word; statement; speech; lyrics; CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2]; CL:首[shou3]	15
询问[詢問]	xun2 wen4	to inquire	1
事儿[事兒]	shi4 r5	one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; erhua variant of 事[shi4]; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]	1
羞耻[羞恥]	xiu1 chi3	(a feeling of) shame	1
矣[矣]	yi3	classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]	13
国史[國史]	guo2 shi3	national history; dynastic history	2
叫花子[叫花子]	jiao4 hua1 zi5	beggar	3
领子[領子]	ling3 zi5	shirt collar	2
蓝[藍]	lan2	blue; indigo plant	1
佣人[傭人]	yong1 ren2	servant	1
哈巴狗[哈巴狗]	ha3 ba1 gou3	pekingese (dog); (fig.) sycophant; lackey	2
背地里[背地裡]	bei4 di4 li5	behind sb's back	1
某[某]	mou3	some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such	10
冲进[衝進]	chong1 jin4	to rush in; to charge in	1
紫禁城[紫禁城]	Zi3 jin4 cheng2	the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]	3
小屁孩[小屁孩]	xiao3 pi4 hai2	wimpy kid; brat	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/225 words - 19 min
政令[政令]	zheng4 ling4	government decree	1
胆大妄为[膽大妄為]	dan3 da4 wang4 wei2	daring; presumptuous; daredevil	1
历史[歷史]	li4 shi3	history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]	2
胡编乱造[胡編亂造]	hu2 bian1 luan4 zao4	to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom); to make things up	1
人们[人們]	ren2 men5	people	4
大喊大叫[大喊大叫]	da4 han3 da4 jiao4	shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly; to rant; to kick up a racket; to conduct vigorous propaganda	1
跟上[跟上]	gen1 shang4	to catch up with; to keep pace with	8
好不[好不]	hao3 bu4	not at all ...; how very ...	1
好玩[好玩]	hao3 wan2	amusing; fun; interesting	2
陕西[陝西]	Shan3 xi1	Shaanxi (formerly Shensi), province in northwest China, abbr. 陝|陕[Shan3], capital Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]	1
福建[福建]	Fu2 jian4	Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 閩|闽, capital Fuzhou 福州; Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan	3
耿[耿]	geng3	bright; honest; upright	2
精[精]	jing1	essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)	12
分水岭[分水嶺]	fen1 shui3 ling3	dividing range; drainage divide; (fig.) dividing line; watershed	4
兵力[兵力]	bing1 li4	military strength; armed forces; troops	8
弱[弱]	ruo4	weak; feeble; young; inferior; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than	4
其一[其一]	qi2 yi1	one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly	4
贼[賊]	zei2	thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely	18
打击[打擊]	da3 ji1	to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)	1
陕[陝]	Shan3	abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province	1
闽[閩]	Min3	short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4]; also pr. [Min2]	2
粤[粵]	Yue4	Cantonese; short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]	3
以及[以及]	yi3 ji2	as well as; too; and	5
江西[江西]	Jiang1 xi1	Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌	2
先后[先後]	xian1 hou4	early or late; priority; in succession; one after another	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/250 words - 20 min
平定[平定]	ping2 ding4	to pacify	8
犹豫[猶豫]	you2 yu4	to hesitate	1
意志[意志]	yi4 zhi4	will; willpower; determination; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
坚[堅]	jian1	strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute	3
指挥[指揮]	zhi3 hui1	to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra); CL:個|个[ge4]	5
吃亏[吃虧]	chi1 kui1	to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately	2
野心[野心]	ye3 xin1	ambition; wild schemes; careerism	2
铺[鋪]	pu1	to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker	8
铺[鋪]	pu4	plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station	8
收缩[收縮]	shou1 suo1	to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole	2
大军[大軍]	da4 jun1	army; main forces	6
云集[雲集]	yun2 ji2	to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm	1
恐怕[恐怕]	kong3 pa4	fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe	24
不太好[不太好]	bu4 tai4 hao3	not so good; not too well	3
对付[對付]	dui4 fu5	to handle; to deal with; to cope; to get by with	17
鼠[鼠]	shu3	rat; mouse; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	2
两端[兩端]	liang3 duan1	both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes	1
双手[雙手]	shuang1 shou3	both hands	3
回事[回事]	hui2 shi4	(old) to report to one's master	5
耍滑头[耍滑頭]	shua3 hua2 tou2	see 耍滑[shua3 hua2]	2
消灭[消滅]	xiao1 mie4	to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)	2
构成[構成]	gou4 cheng2	to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing)	1
威胁[威脅]	wei1 xie2	to threaten; to menace	1
剿[剿]	jiao3	to destroy; to extirpate	1
人多势众[人多勢眾]	ren2 duo1 shi4 zhong4	many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength; There is safety in numbers.	1
恐惧[恐懼]	kong3 ju4	to be frightened; fear; dread	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/275 words - 21 min
信心[信心]	xin4 xin1	confidence; faith (in sb or sth); CL:個|个[ge4]	4
其二[其二]	qi2 er4	secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second	4
口不择言[口不擇言]	kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2	to speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly	1
赶明儿[趕明兒]	gan3 ming2 r5	(coll.) some day; one of these days	2
好大喜功[好大喜功]	hao4 da4 xi3 gong1	to rejoice in grandiose deeds; to strive to achieve extraordinary things	1
拿出[拿出]	na2 chu1	to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)	7
兵马[兵馬]	bing1 ma3	troops and horses; military forces	3
广东[廣東]	Guang3 dong1	Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yue4], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州	1
湿[濕]	shi1	moist; wet	4
战[戰]	zhan4	to fight; fight; war; battle	23
分散[分散]	fen1 san4	to scatter; to disperse; to distribute	1
反倒[反倒]	fan3 dao4	but on the contrary; but expectedly	5
喘息[喘息]	chuan3 xi1	to gasp for breath; to take a breather	1
机[機]	ji1	machine; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point; flexible (quick-witted); organic; CL:臺|台[tai2]	2
透澈[透澈]	tou4 che4	variant of 透徹|透彻[tou4 che4]	2
岳[岳]	yue4	wife's parents and paternal uncles	1
乐[樂]	le4	happy; cheerful; to laugh	15
乐[樂]	yue4	music	15
夹攻[夾攻]	jia1 gong1	attack from two sides; pincer movement; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks	2
攻[攻]	gong1	to attack; to accuse; to study	14
侧[側]	ce4	the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side	1
勒[勒]	le4	to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux	5
锦[錦]	jin3	brocade; embroidered work; bright	5
率[率]	lu:4	rate; frequency	2
率[率]	shuai4	to lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually	2
直[直]	zhi2	straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters	15
抵[抵]	di3	to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to equal; to balance; to make up for; to mortgage; to arrive at; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/300 words - 21 min
荆州[荊州]	Jing1 zhou1	Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei	1
武昌[武昌]	Wu3 chang1	Wuchang district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei	1
正面[正面]	zheng4 mian4	front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open	1
攻击[攻擊]	gong1 ji1	to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)	4
馀[餘]	yu2	variant of 餘|余[yu2], remainder	43
清剿[清剿]	qing1 jiao3	to suppress (insurgents); clean-up operation	2
前进[前進]	qian2 jin4	to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward	1
逐渐[逐漸]	zhu2 jian4	gradually	5
围[圍]	wei2	to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)	7
不停[不停]	bu4 ting2	incessant	7
采取[採取]	cai3 qu3	to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take	2
进攻[進攻]	jin4 gong1	to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports)	2
态势[態勢]	tai4 shi4	posture; situation	2
选取[選取]	xuan3 qu3	to choose	1
有力[有力]	you3 li4	powerful; forceful; vigorous	3
截断[截斷]	jie2 duan4	to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate	1
粮道[糧道]	liang2 dao4	route for providing foodstuff	1
吴[吳]	Wu2	surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in Southern China at different historical periods	3
优势[優勢]	you1 shi4	superiority; dominance; advantage	2
战斗力[戰鬥力]	zhan4 dou4 li4	fighting strength	2
充分[充分]	chong1 fen4	ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full	1
战略[戰略]	zhan4 lu:e4	strategy	1
纵深[縱深]	zong4 shen1	depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time); (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc)	1
贼心[賊心]	zei2 xin1	evil intentions	2
疑[疑]	yi2	to doubt; to suspect	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/325 words - 23 min
形成[形成]	xing2 cheng2	to form; to take shape	3
合围[合圍]	he2 wei2	to surround; to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)	1
援[援]	yuan2	to help; to assist; to aid	2
摆[擺]	bai3	to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum	15
香案[香案]	xiang1 an4	incense burner table	2
方面[方面]	fang1 mian4	respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
无论如何[無論如何]	wu2 lun4 ru2 he2	whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means	4
此地[此地]	ci3 di4	here; this place	5
葛[葛]	ge2	kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth	50
猎[獵]	lie4	hunting	2
乌[烏]	wu1	crow; black	2
达[達]	da2	to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent	26
盟[盟]	meng2	oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia	2
万[万]	Mo4	see 万俟[Mo4 qi2]	3
城门[城門]	cheng2 men2	city gate	3
科考[科考]	ke1 kao3	preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration	8
京郊[京郊]	Jing1 jiao1	suburbs of Beijing	1
逃亡[逃亡]	tao2 wang2	to flee; flight (from danger); fugitive	4
攻城[攻城]	gong1 cheng2	to besiege (a town)	2
晃[晃]	huang3	to dazzle; to flash past	6
晃[晃]	huang4	to sway; to shake; to wander about	6
圈[圈]	quan1	circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to surround; to circle	5
空城计[空城計]	kong1 cheng2 ji4	the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff	1
大型[大型]	da4 xing2	large; large-scale	1
器具[器具]	qi4 ju4	implement; ware	1
炫耀[炫耀]	xuan4 yao4	dazzling; to show off; to flaunt	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/350 words - 24 min
武力[武力]	wu3 li4	military force	2
探[探]	tan4	to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward	41
主力[主力]	zhu3 li4	main force; main strength of an army	1
胆[膽]	dan3	gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)	2
厚[厚]	hou4	thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress	17
每人[每人]	mei3 ren2	each person; everybody; per person	2
斤[斤]	jin1	catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g	12
肉[肉]	rou4	meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130	21
锐[銳]	rui4	acute	1
健[健]	jian4	healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in	1
营[營]	ying2	camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for	17
骑兵[騎兵]	qi2 bing1	cavalry	9
吹牛[吹牛]	chui1 niu2	to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)	5
怎么着[怎麼著]	zen3 me5 zhao1	what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]	20
交朋友[交朋友]	jiao1 peng2 you5	to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb	1
想念[想念]	xiang3 nian4	to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again	1
灰头土脸[灰頭土臉]	hui1 tou2 tu3 lian3	head and face filthy with grime (idiom); covered in dirt; dejected and depressed	1
口气[口氣]	kou3 qi4	tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone	9
平[平]	ping2	flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]	60
自乱阵脚[自亂陣腳]	zi4 luan4 zhen4 jiao3	(idiom) to lose one's head; to panic; to go to pieces	1
小祖宗[小祖宗]	xiao3 zu3 zong1	brat; little devil	1
姥爷[姥爺]	lao3 ye5	maternal grandfather (dialectal)	22
时辰[時辰]	shi2 chen5	time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day	17
交班[交班]	jiao1 ban1	to hand over to the next workshift	1
忙于[忙於]	mang2 yu2	busy with	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/375 words - 28 min
军务[軍務]	jun1 wu4	military affairs	10
惯[慣]	guan4	accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)	6
太子[太子]	tai4 zi3	crown prince	84
脏[髒]	zang1	dirty; filthy	5
调皮[調皮]	tiao2 pi2	naughty; mischievous; unruly	1
老虎[老虎]	lao3 hu3	tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	15
前边[前邊]	qian2 bian5	front; the front side; in front of	1
听见[聽見]	ting1 jian4	to hear	17
位子[位子]	wei4 zi5	place; seat	3
合适[合適]	he2 shi4	suitable; fitting; appropriate	12
勇武[勇武]	yong3 wu3	brave	1
朱砂[硃砂]	zhu1 sha1	cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS	3
血盆大口[血盆大口]	xue4 pen2 da4 kou3	bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey; fig. greedy exploiter; rapacious aggressor	1
什么的[什麼的]	shen2 me5 de5	and so on; and what not	4
红彤彤[紅彤彤]	hong2 tong1 tong1	bright red	2
鼻头[鼻頭]	bi2 tou5	(dialect) nose	1
招呼[招呼]	zhao1 hu5	to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not	3
不动[不動]	bu4 dong4	motionless	9
养蜂[養蜂]	yang3 feng1	to raise bees	13
夹道[夾道]	jia1 dao4	a narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street	14
交割[交割]	jiao1 ge1	delivery (commerce)	3
案子[案子]	an4 zi5	long table; counter; case; law case; legal case; judicial case	28
若是[若是]	ruo4 shi4	if	28
良[良]	liang2	good; very; very much	31
冤枉[冤枉]	yuan1 wang5	to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile	27
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/400 words - 30 min
付[付]	fu4	to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things	7
走丢[走丟]	zou3 diu1	to wander off; to get lost	1
告知[告知]	gao4 zhi1	to inform	3
下落[下落]	xia4 luo4	whereabouts; to drop; to fall	2
物[物]	wu4	thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理	6
光明[光明]	guang1 ming2	light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted	1
复[復]	fu4	to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out	11
中锋[中鋒]	zhong1 feng1	midfielder; center (basketball); center forward (hockey, football)	3
中间[中間]	zhong1 jian1	between; intermediate; mid; middle	10
心地[心地]	xin1 di4	character	1
正大光明[正大光明]	zheng4 da4 guang1 ming2	just and honorable	2
勾[勾]	gou1	to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude; variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook	2
撇[撇]	pie1	to cast away; to fling aside	1
捺[捺]	na4	(downwards-right concave character stroke); press down firmly	1
偏锋[偏鋒]	pian1 feng1	brush stroke to the side (calligraphy); fig. side stroke; lateral thinking	1
划船[划船]	hua2 chuan2	to row a boat; rowing boat; rowing (sport)	1
桨[槳]	jiang3	oar; paddle	1
劲头[勁頭]	jin4 tou2	enthusiasm; zeal; vigor; strength	1
琢磨[琢磨]	zuo2 mo5	to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]	3
傻乎乎[傻乎乎]	sha3 hu1 hu1	feeble-minded; dim-witted	1
师傅[師傅]	shi1 fu5	master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	8
经常[經常]	jing1 chang2	frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily	6
听得懂[聽得懂]	ting1 de5 dong3	to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)	1
听不懂[聽不懂]	ting1 bu5 dong3	unable to make sense of what one is hearing	5
总有[總有]	zong3 you3	inevitably there will be	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/425 words - 32 min
做人[做人]	zuo4 ren2	to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity	7
这就[這就]	zhe4 jiu4	immediately; at once	25
满人[滿人]	Man3 ren2	a Manchu	20
汉人[漢人]	Han4 ren2	Han Chinese person or people	12
底子[底子]	di3 zi5	base; foundation; bottom	5
努力[努力]	nu3 li4	great effort; to strive; to try hard	1
超越[超越]	chao1 yue4	to surpass; to exceed; to transcend	1
一味[一味]	yi1 wei4	blindly; invariably	7
忠厚[忠厚]	zhong1 hou4	honest and considerate	3
阿斗[阿斗]	A1 dou3	A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263; fig. weak and inept person	2
说实话[說實話]	shuo1 shi2 hua4	to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly	11
小小[小小]	xiao3 xiao3	very small; very few; very minor	15
根基[根基]	gen1 ji1	foundation	5
擦[擦]	ca1	to wipe; to erase; rubbing (brush stroke in painting); to clean; to polish	2
猫[貓]	mao1	cat; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem	4
甜食[甜食]	tian2 shi2	dessert; sweet	1
积食[積食]	ji1 shi2	(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)	1
安置[安置]	an1 zhi4	to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement	3
信不过[信不過]	xin4 bu4 guo4	to distrust; to be suspicious	1
日夜兼程[日夜兼程]	ri4 ye4 jian1 cheng2	to travel day and night	1
人犯[人犯]	ren2 fan4	criminal; culprit; suspect (old)	6
审[審]	shen3	to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)	44
骨[骨]	gu3	bone	6
张扬[張揚]	zhang1 yang2	to display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public; to spread around; flamboyant; brash	1
扯[扯]	che3	to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/450 words - 34 min
震动[震動]	zhen4 dong4	to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration	3
政局[政局]	zheng4 ju2	political situation	2
千里迢迢[千里迢迢]	qian1 li3 tiao2 tiao2	from distant parts	8
定罪[定罪]	ding4 zui4	to convict (sb of a crime)	5
议论[議論]	yi4 lun4	to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
三长两短[三長兩短]	san1 chang2 liang3 duan3	unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death	3
违背[違背]	wei2 bei4	to go against; to be contrary to; to violate	4
初衷[初衷]	chu1 zhong1	original intention	1
看好[看好]	kan4 hao3	optimistic (about the outcome); bullish; to think highly of; to support	5
生死[生死]	sheng1 si3	life or death	12
系[繫]	xi4	to connect; to arrest; to worry	1
滴水不漏[滴水不漏]	di1 shui3 bu4 lou4	lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)	2
大胆[大膽]	da4 dan3	brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless	4
乱政[亂政]	luan4 zheng4	to corrupt politics	4
不当[不當]	bu4 dang4	unsuitable; improper; inappropriate	6
主管[主管]	zhu3 guan3	in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager	2
佐证[佐證]	zuo3 zheng4	evidence; proof; to confirm; corroboration	1
弄到[弄到]	nong4 dao4	to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by	5
罪犯[罪犯]	zui4 fan4	criminal	2
候审[候審]	hou4 shen3	awaiting trial	1
大牢[大牢]	da4 lao2	prison	9
违反[違反]	wei2 fan3	to violate (a law)	1
规制[規制]	gui1 zhi4	to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building)	1
小子[小子]	xiao3 zi5	(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow	20
斥责[斥責]	chi4 ze2	to lash out; to reprimand	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/475 words - 38 min
番[番]	fan1	foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort	10
相骂[相罵]	xiang1 ma4	to hurl insults at each other	1
正色[正色]	zheng4 se4	stern; grim; resolute; firm; unflinching; fundamental colors	1
废话[廢話]	fei4 hua4	nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)	10
请罪[請罪]	qing3 zui4	to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness	5
破坏[破壞]	po4 huai4	destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy	8
法令[法令]	fa3 ling4	decree; ordinance	12
罪魁祸首[罪魁禍首]	zui4 kui2 huo4 shou3	criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster	1
了得[了得]	liao3 de5	exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling	6
邀功[邀功]	yao1 gong1	to take the credit for sb's achievement	1
小聪明[小聰明]	xiao3 cong1 ming5	clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded	4
狠狠[狠狠]	hen3 hen3	resolutely; firmly; ferociously; ruthlessly	8
辞[辭]	ci2	to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre); variant of 詞|词[ci2]	4
养老[養老]	yang3 lao3	to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement	3
扔[扔]	reng1	to throw; to throw away	14
帽[帽]	mao4	hat; cap	7
搅[攪]	jiao3	to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir	6
头疼[頭疼]	tou2 teng2	headache	3
减[減]	jian3	to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	54
按照[按照]	an4 zhao4	according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of	20
市[市]	shi4	market; city; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
怨气[怨氣]	yuan4 qi4	grievance; resentment; complaint	3
作为[作為]	zuo4 wei2	one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be	7
过于[過於]	guo4 yu2	too much; excessively	1
牢[牢]	lao2	firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/500 words - 40 min
病死[病死]	bing4 si3	to fall ill and die; to die of illness	2
便宜[便宜]	pian2 yi5	cheap; inexpensive; small advantages; to let sb off lightly	4
跪[跪]	gui4	to kneel	44
万物[萬物]	wan4 wu4	all living things	3
逆旅[逆旅]	ni4 lu:3	guest-house; inn	1
光阴[光陰]	guang1 yin1	time available	1
代[代]	dai4	to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon	11
过客[過客]	guo4 ke4	passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner	1
浮[浮]	fu2	to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus	3
欢[歡]	huan1	joyous; happy; pleased	3
择[擇]	ze2	to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]	3
不善[不善]	bu4 shan4	bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive	3
肃静[肅靜]	su4 jing4	silence; solemnly silent; peaceful; to pacify	3
脑[腦]	nao3	brain; mind; head; essence	3
嗡[嗡]	weng1	(onom.) buzz; hum; drone	1
苍蝇[蒼蠅]	cang1 ying5	housefly; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	4
气死[氣死]	qi4 si3	to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger	4
潇洒[瀟灑]	xiao1 sa3	confident and at ease; free and easy	1
想像[想像]	xiang3 xiang4	to imagine; to conceive of; to visualize; imagination	1
俗人[俗人]	su2 ren2	common people; laity (i.e. not priests)	1
自娱[自娛]	zi4 yu2	to amuse oneself	1
甭[甭]	beng2	contraction of 不用; need not; please don't	8
嘴脸[嘴臉]	zui3 lian3	features, face (esp. derogatorily); look; appearance; countenance	4
角色[角色]	jue2 se4	role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiao3 se4]	1
出[齣]	chu1	variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)	15
//The Long River - S1/Ep04/519 words - 42 min
戏[戲]	xi4	trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]	23
打杂[打雜]	da3 za2	to do odd jobs; to do unskilled work	2
大厅[大廳]	da4 ting1	hall; lounge	1
着呢[著呢]	zhe5 ne5	comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather	25
钟[鐘]	zhong1	clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell; CL:架[jia4],座[zuo4]	5
献[獻]	xian4	to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)	8
奔[奔]	ben1	to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope	6
不打紧[不打緊]	bu4 da3 jin3	unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind	1
朝中[朝中]	Chao2 Zhong1	North Korea-China	12
忌讳[忌諱]	ji4 hui4	taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from	11
一概[一概]	yi1 gai4	all; without any exceptions; categorically	8
犯嘀咕[犯嘀咕]	fan4 di2 gu5	to hesitate; to have second thoughts; to be concerned; to brood (over sth); to complain	1
屎[屎]	shi3	stool; feces; ear wax; nasal mucus	2
盆子[盆子]	pen2 zi5	basin	2
扣[扣]	kou4	to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code	6
等于[等於]	deng3 yu2	to equal; to be tantamount to	3
但凡[但凡]	dan4 fan2	every single; as long as	10
裙带关系[裙帶關係]	qun2 dai4 guan1 xi5	favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative; (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates	2
坏事[壞事]	huai4 shi4	bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/25 words - 3 min
礼[禮]	li3	gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy	19
眼窝[眼窩]	yan3 wo1	eye socket	2
浅[淺]	qian3	shallow; light (color)	4
据[據]	ju4	according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy	9
说明[說明]	shuo1 ming2	to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
相见[相見]	xiang1 jian4	to see each other; to meet in person	2
恨透[恨透]	hen4 tou4	to hate bitterly	1
色[色]	se4	color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex	5
钉子[釘子]	ding1 zi5	nail; snag; saboteur	1
劲[勁]	jin4	strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]	14
科[科]	ke1	branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]	15
进士[進士]	jin4 shi4	successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate	12
江南[江南]	Jiang1 nan2	south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)	13
水田[水田]	shui3 tian2	paddy field; rice paddy	9
亩[畝]	mu3	classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare	22
八成[八成]	ba1 cheng2	eighty percent; most probably; most likely	4
划[劃]	hua4	to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character	4
敬赠[敬贈]	jing4 zeng4	to present respectfully; with (sb's) compliments; complimentary	1
纹银[紋銀]	wen2 yin2	fine silver	1
像话[像話]	xiang4 hua4	proper	6
竟敢[竟敢]	jing4 gan3	to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to	2
口出狂言[口出狂言]	kou3 chu1 kuang2 yan2	to speak conceited nonsense; to come out with arrogant claptrap	1
狂[狂]	kuang2	mad; wild; violent	8
能耐[能耐]	neng2 nai4	ability; capability	7
敛[斂]	lian3	to hold back; to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; Taiwan pr. [lian4]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/50 words - 5 min
狂言[狂言]	kuang2 yan2	ravings; delirious utterances; kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)	1
歇息[歇息]	xie1 xi5	to have a rest; to stay for the night; to go to bed; to sleep	8
退下[退下]	tui4 xia4	to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down	6
北[北]	bei3	north; to be defeated (classical)	15
热闹[熱鬧]	re4 nao5	bustling with noise and excitement; lively	7
家门[家門]	jia1 men2	house door; family clan	3
贴[貼]	tie1	to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip	15
告示[告示]	gao4 shi5	announcement	3
说情[說情]	shuo1 qing2	to intercede; to plead for sb else	5
翰林院[翰林院]	Han4 lin2 yuan4	Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911	19
授[授]	shou4	to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	2
内阁[內閣]	nei4 ge2	(government) cabinet	14
外放[外放]	wai4 fang4	extroverted; outgoing; to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones); (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital	2
一方[一方]	yi1 fang1	a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region	4
岁数[歲數]	sui4 shu5	age (number of years old)	4
调[調]	diao4	to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody	13
调[調]	tiao2	to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite	13
上床[上床]	shang4 chuang2	to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex	1
聒噪[聒噪]	guo1 zao4	a clamor; noisy	1
寒窗[寒窗]	han2 chuang1	a life of strenuous studies (idiom)	2
才子[才子]	cai2 zi3	gifted scholar	9
负[負]	fu4	to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)	12
友[友]	you3	friend	10
两句[兩句]	liang3 ju4	(say) a few words	14
苟[苟]	gou3	if; supposing; careless; negligent; temporarily	2
无论[無論]	wu2 lun4	no matter what or how; regardless of whether...	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/75 words - 10 min
提携[提攜]	ti2 xie2	to lead by the hand; to guide; to support	4
互相[互相]	hu4 xiang1	each other; mutually; mutual	7
方[方]	fang1	square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter	15
事业[事業]	shi4 ye4	undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]	8
枉[枉]	wang3	to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain	1
相交[相交]	xiang1 jiao1	to cross over (e.g. traffic); to intersect; to make friends	1
重地[重地]	zhong4 di4	important place; strategic location	1
严禁[嚴禁]	yan2 jin4	to strictly prohibit	1
喧[喧]	xuan1	clamor; noise	1
乙[乙]	yi3	second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°	1
丙[丙]	bing3	third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl	2
丁[丁]	ding1	fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fourth in order; letter "D" or Roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; butyl; cubes (of food)	5
队[隊]	dui4	squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
排[排]	pai2	a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc	10
进场[進場]	jin4 chang3	to go into; to enter an arena (e.g. sporting)	1
搜身[搜身]	sou1 shen1	to do a body search; to frisk	1
夹带[夾帶]	jia1 dai4	to carry within it; to be mixed in; to slip sth in; to intersperse; (hydrology etc) to entrain; to smuggle; notes smuggled into an exam	2
逐出[逐出]	zhu2 chu1	to expel; to evict; to drive out	2
考场[考場]	kao3 chang3	exam room	3
交头接耳[交頭接耳]	jiao1 tou2 jie1 er3	to whisper to one another's ear	1
冒名顶替[冒名頂替]	mao4 ming2 ding3 ti4	to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate; to pose under a false name	1
院[院]	yuan4	courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]	14
往前[往前]	wang3 qian2	to move forwards	9
厂[廠]	chang3	factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant	9
插图[插圖]	cha1 tu2	illustration	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/100 words - 13 min
冬天[冬天]	dong1 tian1	winter; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
狂妄[狂妄]	kuang2 wang4	egotistical; arrogant; brassy	10
著名[著名]	zhu4 ming2	famous; noted; well-known; celebrated	1
狡猾[狡猾]	jiao3 hua2	crafty; cunning; sly	3
交卷[交卷]	jiao1 juan4	to hand in one's examination script	3
写完[寫完]	xie3 wan2	to finish writing	5
开头[開頭]	kai1 tou2	beginning; to start	1
伸[伸]	shen1	to stretch; to extend	6
难受[難受]	nan2 shou4	to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear	13
晚饭[晚飯]	wan3 fan4	evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]	5
臆[臆]	yi4	feelings; opinion; thoughts	2
症[症]	zheng4	disease; illness	4
恩准[恩准]	en1 zhun3	approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow	4
夸奖[誇獎]	kua1 jiang3	to praise; to applaud; to compliment	7
来自[來自]	lai2 zi4	to come from (a place); From: (in email header)	4
浙江[浙江]	Zhe4 jiang1	Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州	6
提前[提前]	ti2 qian2	to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance	7
道喜[道喜]	dao4 xi3	to congratulate	3
吃食[吃食]	chi1 shi5	food; edibles	3
使不得[使不得]	shi3 bu5 de5	cannot be used; must not (do sth); unacceptable	11
寒门[寒門]	han2 men2	poor and humble family; my family (humble)	1
龙门[龍門]	Long2 men2	Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong; mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon	4
鸟[鳥]	niao3	bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddam	4
届[屆]	jie4	to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)	2
心绞痛[心絞痛]	xin1 jiao3 tong4	angina	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/125 words - 16 min
只得[只得]	zhi3 de2	to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to	2
席子[席子]	xi2 zi5	woven mat	2
想起[想起]	xiang3 qi3	to recall; to think of; to call to mind	5
详情[詳情]	xiang2 qing2	details; particulars	1
轻浮[輕浮]	qing1 fu2	frivolous; careless; giddy	1
徒[徒]	tu2	disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare or empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence	6
耍[耍]	shua3	to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)	15
混饭[混飯]	hun4 fan4	to work for a living	1
卷子[卷子]	juan4 zi5	test paper; examination paper	4
污[污]	wu1	dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth	2
册[冊]	ce4	book; booklet; classifier for books	8
磨[磨]	mo2	to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist	4
耗[耗]	hao4	to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally	10
肺[肺]	fei4	lung; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
气炸[氣炸]	qi4 zha4	to burst with rage; to blow one's top	1
监察[監察]	jian1 cha2	to supervise; to control	1
不了了之[不了了之]	bu4 liao3 liao3 zhi1	to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite	3
上心[上心]	shang4 xin1	carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth	1
手下[手下]	shou3 xia4	under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; to take action	3
担待[擔待]	dan1 dai4	to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility	6
三分[三分]	san1 fen1	somewhat; to some degree	4
落户[落戶]	luo4 hu4	to settle; to set up home	1
用心[用心]	yong4 xin1	motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful	6
销[銷]	xiao1	to melt (metal); to cancel or annul; to sell; to spend; to fasten with a bolt; bolt or pin	6
物料[物料]	wu4 liao4	material	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/150 words - 17 min
没法[沒法]	mei2 fa3	at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice	9
天大[天大]	tian1 da4	gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous	5
插[插]	cha1	to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	3
淮[淮]	Huai2	name of a river	36
三河[三河]	San1 he2	Three rivers; Sanhe county level city in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei	3
江北[江北]	Jiang1 bei3	Jiangbei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan; Chongqing's main airport; Jiangbei district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang	2
命脉[命脈]	ming4 mai4	lifeline	2
决口[決口]	jue2 kou3	(of a watercourse) to breach its banks; (of a dam) to burst	39
北方[北方]	bei3 fang1	north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River	4
寸步难行[寸步難行]	cun4 bu4 nan2 xing2	unable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation	1
危亡[危亡]	wei1 wang2	at stake; in peril	2
商议[商議]	shang1 yi4	to negotiate; discussion; proposal	15
迁都[遷都]	qian1 du1	to move the capital (city)	1
利害[利害]	li4 hai5	terrible; formidable; serious; devastating; tough; capable; sharp; severe; fierce	1
当成[當成]	dang4 cheng2	to consider as; to take to be	4
尖子[尖子]	jian1 zi5	best of its kind; cream of the crop	1
任[任]	ren4	to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)	19
管住[管住]	guan3 zhu4	to take control of; to manage; to curb	1
刻薄[刻薄]	ke4 bo2	unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions	2
从来不[從來不]	cong2 lai2 bu4	never	2
活该[活該]	huo2 gai1	(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should	4
前些[前些]	qian2 xie1	a few (days, years etc) ago	4
前后[前後]	qian2 hou4	around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear	3
左右[左右]	zuo3 you4	left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence	3
心寒[心寒]	xin1 han2	bitterly disappointed; frightened	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/175 words - 20 min
生怕[生怕]	sheng1 pa4	to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to	1
御史[御史]	yu4 shi3	imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)	13
审查[審查]	shen3 cha2	to examine; to investigate; to censor out; censorship	2
火力[火力]	huo3 li4	fire; firepower	2
包庇[包庇]	bao1 bi4	to shield; to harbor; to cover up	7
别有用心[別有用心]	bie2 you3 yong4 xin1	to have an ulterior motive (idiom); a hidden agenda	1
盘[盤]	pan2	plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess	9
第一步[第一步]	di4 yi1 bu4	step one; first step	3
拟定[擬定]	ni3 ding4	to draw up; to draft; to formulate	1
渎职[瀆職]	du2 zhi2	wrongdoing; failure to do one's duty	1
连坐[連坐]	lian2 zuo4	to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc)	1
国体[國體]	guo2 ti3	state system; national prestige	1
藐视[藐視]	miao3 shi4	to despise; to look down on	1
警醒[警醒]	jing3 xing3	to be alert	1
会议[會議]	hui4 yi4	meeting; conference; CL:場|场[chang3],屆|届[jie4]	8
理应[理應]	li3 ying1	should; ought to	3
回避[迴避]	hui2 bi4	to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)	11
裁[裁]	cai2	to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment	2
赦[赦]	she4	to pardon (a convict)	11
宽免[寬免]	kuan1 mian3	to reduce payment; to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc); to let sb off paying	3
男丁[男丁]	nan2 ding1	adult male	1
披甲[披甲]	pi1 jia3	to don armor	2
官府[官府]	guan1 fu3	authorities; feudal official	4
寡[寡]	gua3	few; scant; widowed	2
置于[置于]	zhi4 yu2	to place; to put (at or in a position); to be located	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/200 words - 24 min
信任[信任]	xin4 ren4	to trust; to have confidence in	15
烂摊子[爛攤子]	lan4 tan1 zi5	terrible mess; shambles	3
此次[此次]	ci3 ci4	this time	6
糜[糜]	mei2	millet	2
处置[處置]	chu3 zhi4	to handle; to take care of; to punish	8
更衣[更衣]	geng1 yi1	to change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism)	6
汗[汗]	han4	perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)	35
凉[涼]	liang2	cool; cold	12
布[布]	bu4	cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known	38
一身[一身]	yi1 shen1	whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes	12
闷[悶]	men4	bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed	11
玩艺儿[玩藝兒]	wan2 yi4 r5	variant of 玩意兒|玩意儿[wan2 yi4 r5]	1
服贴[服貼]	fu2 tie1	variant of 服帖[fu2 tie1]	2
塌[塌]	ta1	to collapse; to droop; to settle down	8
平静[平靜]	ping2 jing4	tranquil; undisturbed; serene	1
亲眼[親眼]	qin1 yan3	with one's own eyes; personally	4
还乡[還鄉]	huan2 xiang1	to return home; fig. to retire from public life	2
恳请[懇請]	ken3 qing3	to request earnestly	5
毕[畢]	bi4	the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished	3
灵通[靈通]	ling2 tong1	fast and abundant (news); clever; effective	1
排炮[排炮]	pai2 pao4	to fire a salvo; broadside; cannonade	1
指[指]	zhi3	finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end	12
允[允]	yun3	just; fair; to permit; to allow	1
挽留[挽留]	wan3 liu2	to urge to stay; to detain	1
没得说[沒得說]	mei2 de5 shuo1	really good; excellent	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/225 words - 26 min
顺势[順勢]	shun4 shi4	to take advantage; to seize an opportunity; in passing; without taking extra trouble; conveniently	1
合力[合力]	he2 li4	to cooperate	1
自有[自有]	zi4 you3	to possess; to own; to have	4
忠勇[忠勇]	zhong1 yong3	loyal and brave	1
可嘉[可嘉]	ke3 jia1	laudable	3
冒[冒]	mao4	to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover	5
生命[生命]	sheng1 ming4	life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature; CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]	1
非要[非要]	fei1 yao4	to want absolutely; to insist on (doing something)	6
大动干戈[大動干戈]	da4 dong4 gan1 ge1	to go to war (idiom); to make a big fuss over sth	1
不惜[不惜]	bu4 xi1	not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth)	2
而后[而後]	er2 hou4	after that; then	2
透[透]	tou4	to penetrate; to pass through; thoroughly; completely; transparent; to appear; to show	10
免[免]	mian3	to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited	10
玩弄[玩弄]	wan2 nong4	to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to	1
股掌[股掌]	gu3 zhang3	(have sb in) the palm of one's hand; fig. (under) one's complete control	1
笨蛋[笨蛋]	ben4 dan4	fool; idiot	3
建议[建議]	jian4 yi4	to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation; CL:個|个[ge4],點|点[dian3]	4
加以[加以]	jia1 yi3	in addition; moreover; (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)	2
惩戒[懲戒]	cheng2 jie4	to discipline; reprimand	1
律[律]	lu:4	law	15
防[防]	fang2	to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent	15
等同[等同]	deng3 tong2	to equate; equal to	1
溃败[潰敗]	kui4 bai4	utterly defeated; routed; crushed; to collapse (of army)	1
狼子野心[狼子野心]	lang2 zi3 ye3 xin1	ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs	1
公开[公開]	gong1 kai1	public; to publish; to make public	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/250 words - 29 min
出口[出口]	chu1 kou3	an exit; CL:個|个[ge4]; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port	1
恶气[惡氣]	e4 qi4	evil smell; resentment; unpleasant manner	3
置[置]	zhi4	to install; to place; to put; to buy	6
蔑视[蔑視]	mie4 shi4	to loathe; to despise; contempt	1
放在眼里[放在眼裡]	fang4 zai4 yan3 li3	to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to	2
辩解[辯解]	bian4 jie3	to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself	1
裁决[裁決]	cai2 jue2	ruling; adjudication	1
个体[個體]	ge4 ti3	individual	1
暗无天日[暗無天日]	an4 wu2 tian1 ri4	all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice	1
绝望[絕望]	jue2 wang4	to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation	1
后尘[後塵]	hou4 chen2	lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life	1
身亡[身亡]	shen1 wang2	to die	1
那时[那時]	na4 shi2	then; at that time; in those days	1
纯粹[純粹]	chun2 cui4	pure; unadulterated; purely; completely	1
狡辩[狡辯]	jiao3 bian4	to quibble	4
擅[擅]	shan4	without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at	2
督抚[督撫]	du1 fu3	governor general 总督 and inspector general 巡抚	3
协理[協理]	xie2 li3	assistant manager; to cooperate in managing	1
待遇[待遇]	dai4 yu4	treatment; pay; salary; status; rank	2
例[例]	li4	example; precedent; rule; case; instance	9
罢免[罷免]	ba4 mian3	to remove sb from their post; to dismiss	2
匡正[匡正]	kuang1 zheng4	to correct; to amend; to redress (evils)	1
罢了[罷了]	ba4 le5	a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)	7
澄清[澄清]	cheng2 qing1	clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)	3
字画[字畫]	zi4 hua4	the strokes of a character; calligraphy and painting	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/275 words - 31 min
古玩[古玩]	gu3 wan2	antique; curio	1
府上[府上]	fu3 shang4	(polite) your home; residence	13
进门[進門]	jin4 men2	to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage	1
大典[大典]	da4 dian3	ceremony; collection of classical writings	2
泼妇[潑婦]	po1 fu4	shrew; vixen	2
吵闹[吵鬧]	chao3 nao4	noisy; raucous; to shout and scream	1
国有[國有]	guo2 you3	nationalized; public; government owned; state-owned	1
不比[不比]	bu4 bi3	unlike	4
遵守[遵守]	zun1 shou3	to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)	4
朱[朱]	zhu1	vermilion	5
不愿[不願]	bu4 yuan4	unwilling; unwillingness	4
心服口服[心服口服]	xin1 fu2 kou3 fu2	to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over	2
负荆请罪[負荊請罪]	fu4 jing1 qing3 zui4	lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology	1
我去[我去]	wo3 qu4	(slang) dang!; shoot!	1
天伦之乐[天倫之樂]	tian1 lun2 zhi1 le4	family love and joy; domestic bliss	1
不能不[不能不]	bu4 neng2 bu4	have to; cannot but	6
懂事[懂事]	dong3 shi4	sensible; thoughtful; intelligent	4
奇才[奇才]	qi2 cai2	genius	5
立国[立國]	li4 guo2	to found a country	2
独[獨]	du2	alone; independent; single; sole; only	5
擒[擒]	qin2	to capture	6
鳌[鰲]	ao2	mythological sea turtle	12
圣朝[聖朝]	sheng4 chao2	the current imperial dynasty; one's own court	1
奇事[奇事]	qi2 shi4	marvel	2
老夫[老夫]	lao3 fu1	I (spoken by an old man)	32
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/300 words - 32 min
跟前[跟前]	gen1 qian2	the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date)	8
二等[二等]	er4 deng3	second class; second-rate	3
亲历[親歷]	qin1 li4	personal experience	1
役[役]	yi4	forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle	1
凡人[凡人]	fan2 ren2	ordinary person; mortal; earthling	2
兵刃[兵刃]	bing1 ren4	(bladed) weapons	1
膀[膀]	bang3	upper arm; wing	1
力气[力氣]	li4 qi5	strength; CL:把[ba3]	11
呼[呼]	hu1	to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	3
风筝[風箏]	feng1 zheng1	kite	3
手巧[手巧]	shou3 qiao3	to be skillful with one's hands; to be manually adroit	2
假山[假山]	jia3 shan1	rock garden; rockery	8
后脑[後腦]	hou4 nao3	hindbrain; back of the head	1
偷袭[偷襲]	tou1 xi2	to mount a sneak attack; to raid	2
打倒[打倒]	da3 dao3	to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !	1
头功[頭功]	tou2 gong1	first class merit	1
胡说[胡說]	hu2 shuo1	to talk nonsense; drivel	3
茶馆[茶館]	cha2 guan3	teahouse; CL:家[jia1]	1
说书[說書]	shuo1 shu1	folk art consisting of storytelling to music	1
舌头[舌頭]	she2 tou5	tongue; CL:個|个[ge4]; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information	4
夹袄[夾襖]	jia2 ao3	lined jacket; double layered jacket; CL:件[jian4]	1
慢走[慢走]	man4 zou3	Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care!	11
悄悄[悄悄]	qiao1 qiao1	quietly; secretly; stealthily; quiet; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3 qiao3]	3
揭[揭]	jie1	to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask	4
看戏[看戲]	kan4 xi4	to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/325 words - 35 min
上台[上台]	shang4 tai2	to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater)	2
一边[一邊]	yi1 bian1	one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while	17
好友[好友]	hao3 you3	close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
帮帮忙[幫幫忙]	bang1 bang5 mang2	to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break!	2
吏[吏]	li4	minor government official or functionary (old)	3
前程[前程]	qian2 cheng2	future (career etc) prospects	5
二话[二話]	er4 hua4	objection; differing opinion	2
独独[獨獨]	du2 du2	alone	1
交情[交情]	jiao1 qing5	friendship; friendly relations	1
一面[一面]	yi1 mian4	one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face	6
死定[死定]	si3 ding4	to be screwed; to be toast	1
别处[別處]	bie2 chu4	elsewhere	2
受累[受累]	shou4 lei3	to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)	3
盒[盒]	he2	small box; case	1
捎[捎]	shao1	to bring sth to sb; to deliver	3
米粒[米粒]	mi3 li4	grain of rice; granule	1
可作[可作]	ke3 zuo4	can be used for	1
远远[遠遠]	yuan3 yuan3	distant; by far	6
一眼[一眼]	yi1 yan3	a glance; a quick look; a glimpse	6
没完没了[沒完沒了]	mei2 wan2 mei2 liao3	without end; incessantly; on and on	3
防火[防火]	fang2 huo3	to protect against fire	2
王八蛋[王八蛋]	wang2 ba1 dan4	bastard (insult); son of a bitch	3
巴结[巴結]	ba1 jie5	to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to	7
平起平坐[平起平坐]	ping2 qi3 ping2 zuo4	to be on an equal footing	1
抄后路[抄後路]	chao1 hou4 lu4	to outflank and attack from the rear	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/350 words - 38 min
爷爷[爺爺]	ye2 ye5	(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
开解[開解]	kai1 jie3	to straighten out; to explain; to ease sb's anxiety	2
照样[照樣]	zhao4 yang4	as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless	3
咔嚓[咔嚓]	ka1 cha1	(onom.) breaking or snapping; (coll.) cut it out; stop it; also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1]	1
老脸[老臉]	lao3 lian3	self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen	2
沸腾[沸騰]	fei4 teng2	(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned	1
波澜[波瀾]	bo1 lan2	billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)	1
四起[四起]	si4 qi3	to spring up everywhere; from all around	1
纲[綱]	gang1	head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program	2
独断[獨斷]	du2 duan4	to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial	3
起色[起色]	qi3 se4	a turn for the better; to pick up; to improve	5
不知[不知]	bu4 zhi1	not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)	20
可行[可行]	ke3 xing2	feasible	6
大驾光临[大駕光臨]	da4 jia4 guang1 lin2	we are honored by your presence	1
淋[淋]	lin2	to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench	1
滋味[滋味]	zi1 wei4	taste; flavor; feeling	3
好受[好受]	hao3 shou4	feeling better; to be more at ease	3
生灵[生靈]	sheng1 ling2	(literary) the people; living thing; creature	3
吞噬[吞噬]	tun1 shi4	to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up	2
缺钱[缺錢]	que1 qian2	shortage of money	1
哄[哄]	hong1	roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)	2
危在旦夕[危在旦夕]	wei1 zai4 dan4 xi1	in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis	4
伤亡[傷亡]	shang1 wang2	casualties; injuries and deaths	1
妻儿[妻兒]	qi1 er2	wife and child	1
老小[老小]	lao3 xiao3	the old and the young; the youngest member of the family	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/375 words - 41 min
费用[費用]	fei4 yong4	cost; expenditure; expense; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]	8
安抚[安撫]	an1 fu3	to placate; to pacify; to appease	11
取[取]	qu3	to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	9
顶罪[頂罪]	ding3 zui4	to take the blame for sb else; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)	2
汪洋[汪洋]	wang1 yang2	vast body of water; CL:片[pian4]	2
土[土]	tu3	earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	24
龙王[龍王]	Long2 Wang2	Dragon King (mythology)	5
赴任[赴任]	fu4 ren4	to travel to take up a new post	1
留心[留心]	liu2 xin1	to be careful; to pay attention to	1
自命[自命]	zi4 ming4	to consider oneself to be (sth positive)	1
外行[外行]	wai4 hang2	layman; amateur	4
当机立断[當機立斷]	dang1 ji1 li4 duan4	to make prompt decisions (idiom)	1
作证[作證]	zuo4 zheng4	to bear witness; to testify	1
情面[情面]	qing2 mian4	feelings and sensibilities; sentiment and face; sensitivity to other's feelings	3
死不了[死不了]	si3 bu4 liao3	Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)	6
仔细[仔細]	zi3 xi4	careful; attentive; cautious	10
一对[一對]	yi1 dui4	couple; pair	1
早已[早已]	zao3 yi3	long ago; for a long time	4
畏罪自杀[畏罪自殺]	wei4 zui4 zi4 sha1	to commit suicide to escape punishment	1
对质[對質]	dui4 zhi4	to confront (in court etc); confrontation	1
荒废[荒廢]	huang1 fei4	to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)	1
功臣[功臣]	gong1 chen2	minister who has given outstanding service	5
逻辑[邏輯]	luo2 ji5	logic (loanword)	2
置之度外[置之度外]	zhi4 zhi1 du4 wai4	to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard	3
懂得[懂得]	dong3 de5	to understand; to know; to comprehend	8
//The Long River - S1/Ep05/388 words - 42 min
艰险[艱險]	jian1 xian3	difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils	1
争辩[爭辯]	zheng1 bian4	a dispute; to wrangle	2
脾气[脾氣]	pi2 qi5	character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:個|个[ge4]	15
撂[撂]	liao4	to put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down; to abandon or discard	2
斩首[斬首]	zhan3 shou3	to behead	3
示众[示眾]	shi4 zhong4	to publicly expose	1
永世[永世]	yong3 shi4	eternal; forever	1
安生[安生]	an1 sheng1	peaceful; restful; quiet; still	1
遭受[遭受]	zao1 shou4	to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)	1
浸泡[浸泡]	jin4 pao4	to steep; to soak; to immerse	2
恩典[恩典]	en1 dian3	favor; grace	8
有加[有加]	you3 jia1	extremely (placed after verb or adjective)	2
求得[求得]	qiu2 de2	to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/25 words - 5 min
转告[轉告]	zhuan3 gao4	to pass on; to communicate; to transmit	3
案头[案頭]	an4 tou2	on one's desk	1
赴[赴]	fu4	to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)	3
寻[尋]	xun2	to search; to look for; to seek	7
大志[大志]	da4 zhi4	high aims	3
未能[未能]	wei4 neng2	cannot; to fail to; unable to	1
如愿[如願]	ru2 yuan4	to have one's wishes fulfilled	1
憾事[憾事]	han4 shi4	a matter for regret; sth that is a (great) pity	1
恭贺[恭賀]	gong1 he4	to congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes	10
苏[蘇]	su1	Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration	5
俊[俊]	jun4	smart; eminent; handsome; talented	2
三甲[三甲]	san1 jia3	3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination	3
江都[江都]	Jiang1 du1	Jiangdu county level city in Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1], Jiangsu	3
斌[斌]	bin1	variant of 彬[bin1]	10
二甲[二甲]	er4 jia3	2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)	6
江山[江山]	jiang1 shan1	rivers and mountains; landscape; country	19
好家伙[好家伙]	hao3 jia1 huo5	my God!; oh boy!; man!	2
诸位[諸位]	zhu1 wei4	(pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs	41
江浙[江浙]	Jiang1 Zhe4	abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1] and Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]	3
骄傲[驕傲]	jiao1 ao4	pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth	1
幅[幅]	fu2	width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures	6
大气[大氣]	da4 qi4	atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish	4
魁星[魁星]	Kui2 xing1	stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper; Kuixing, Daoist God of fate	1
上门[上門]	shang4 men2	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	6
祝贺[祝賀]	zhu4 he4	to congratulate; congratulations; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/50 words - 9 min
一甲[一甲]	yi1 jia3	1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)	6
监考[監考]	jian1 kao3	to proctor (an exam); to invigilate	1
恭祝[恭祝]	gong1 zhu4	to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing)	4
明显[明顯]	ming2 xian3	clear; distinct; obvious	1
要好[要好]	yao4 hao3	to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement	4
大学[大學]	da4 xue2	university; college; CL:所[suo3]	7
功劳[功勞]	gong1 lao2	contribution; meritorious service; credit	15
抡[掄]	lun2	to select	1
初年[初年]	chu1 nian2	early years	1
滥竽充数[濫竽充數]	lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4	lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products; to masquerade as having an ability; token member of a group	1
恭[恭]	gong1	respectful	20
战乱[戰亂]	zhan4 luan4	chaos of war	2
祸[禍]	huo4	disaster; misfortune; calamity	11
不忍[不忍]	bu4 ren3	cannot bear to; disturbed	1
云南[雲南]	Yun2 nan2	Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[dian1] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明	8
士子[士子]	shi4 zi3	official; scholar (old)	2
英明[英明]	ying1 ming2	wise; brilliant	8
继[繼]	ji4	to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards	1
田[田]	tian2	field; farm; CL:片[pian4]	69
元宝[元寶]	yuan2 bao3	a silver or gold ingot; mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship); a name for ancient currency; a rare genius	3
榜眼[榜眼]	bang3 yan3	candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination; see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]	2
探花[探花]	tan4 hua1	candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination; see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]	15
星宿[星宿]	xing1 xiu4	constellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology; motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)	8
下凡[下凡]	xia4 fan2	to descend to the world (of immortals)	7
沾[沾]	zhan1	to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch	10
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/75 words - 15 min
喜气[喜氣]	xi3 qi4	hilarity; cheerful atmosphere	3
听错[聽錯]	ting1 cuo4	to mishear	2
邪[邪]	xie2	demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal	1
众人[眾人]	zhong4 ren2	everyone	3
妖[妖]	yao1	goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon	8
汉寿[漢壽]	Han4 shou4	Hanshou county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan	1
亭[亭]	ting2	pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect	5
关羽[關羽]	Guan1 Yu3	Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty; posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama	1
妖魔[妖魔]	yao1 mo2	demon	1
打死[打死]	da3 si3	to kill; to beat to death	16
巴掌[巴掌]	ba1 zhang3	palm of the hand; classifier: slap	3
乱说[亂說]	luan4 shuo1	to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks	1
耶[耶]	ye5	final particle indicating enthusiasm etc	2
爵[爵]	jue2	ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility	1
鄂[鄂]	E4	abbr. for Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] in central China; surname E	1
叩首[叩首]	kou4 shou3	to kowtow; also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]	2
谢恩[謝恩]	xie4 en1	to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official)	6
何方[何方]	he2 fang1	where?	2
神圣[神聖]	shen2 sheng4	divine; hallow; holy; sacred	2
皆[皆]	jie1	all; each and every; in all cases	24
一阵[一陣]	yi1 zhen4	a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)	3
惊喜[驚喜]	jing1 xi3	nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised	1
交加[交加]	jiao1 jia1	to occur at the same time (of two things); to be mingled; to accompany each other	1
痰[痰]	tan2	phlegm; spittle	1
迷[迷]	mi2	to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/100 words - 17 min
出汗[出汗]	chu1 han4	to perspire; to sweat	4
汗水[汗水]	han4 shui3	sweat; perspiration	1
谨[謹]	jin3	cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)	16
慎[慎]	shen4	careful; cautious	3
圣谕[聖諭]	sheng4 yu4	imperial edict; see also 上諭|上谕[shang4 yu4]	8
愚不可及[愚不可及]	yu2 bu4 ke3 ji2	impossibly stupid	1
源于[源於]	yuan2 yu2	has its origins in	1
西北[西北]	xi1 bei3	northwest	2
泥沙[泥沙]	ni2 sha1	silt	24
沉积[沉積]	chen2 ji1	sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)	3
奈[奈]	nai4	how can one help	1
逾[逾]	yu2	to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over	1
清越[清越]	qing1 yue4	clear and melodious	1
杯水车薪[杯水車薪]	bei1 shui3 che1 xin1	lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure	1
前人[前人]	qian2 ren2	predecessor; forebears; the person facing you	2
之下[之下]	zhi1 xia4	under; beneath; less than	4
获[獲]	huo4	to catch; to obtain; to capture	3
尚未[尚未]	shang4 wei4	not yet; still not	5
来得及[來得及]	lai2 de5 ji2	there's still time; able to do sth in time	7
征召[徵召]	zheng1 zhao4	to enlist; to draft; to conscript; to appoint to an official position	1
八股文[八股文]	ba1 gu3 wen2	eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties	1
劳累[勞累]	lao2 lei4	tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil	2
衰运[衰運]	shuai1 yun4	decline in fortunes	1
败[敗]	bai4	to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither	5
鬼神[鬼神]	gui3 shen2	supernatural beings	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/125 words - 21 min
无所谓[無所謂]	wu2 suo3 wei4	to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be	4
踏踏实实[踏踏實實]	ta1 ta1 shi2 shi2	steady; steadfast	1
养病[養病]	yang3 bing4	to recuperate; to convalesce; to take care of one's health after illness	1
温[溫]	wen1	warm; lukewarm; temperature; to warm up; mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); fever (TCM); old variant of 瘟[wen1]	1
吃喝[吃喝]	chi1 he1	to eat and drink; food and drink	5
脸皮[臉皮]	lian3 pi2	face; cheek	1
侧门[側門]	ce4 men2	side door	1
前辈[前輩]	qian2 bei4	senior; older generation; precursor	5
参见[參見]	can1 jian4	to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to	13
本科[本科]	ben3 ke1	undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)	1
桌子[桌子]	zhuo1 zi5	table; desk; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4]	4
笔墨[筆墨]	bi3 mo4	pen and ink; words; writing	8
砚[硯]	yan4	ink-stone	1
配发[配發]	pei4 fa1	to issue; to distribute; to publish along with	2
内务府[內務府]	Nei4 wu4 fu3	Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty)	3
整理[整理]	zheng3 li3	to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)	3
编辑[編輯]	bian1 ji2	to edit; to compile; editor; compiler	1
卯时[卯時]	mao3 shi2	5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	1
上班[上班]	shang4 ban1	to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office	1
午饭[午飯]	wu3 fan4	lunch; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]	2
有年[有年]	you3 nian2	for years	1
一月[一月]	Yi1 yue4	January; first month (of the lunar year)	2
烛火[燭火]	zhu2 huo3	candle flame	1
稀罕[稀罕]	xi1 han5	rare; uncommon; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xi1 han3]	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/150 words - 25 min
缺[缺]	que1	deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	15
打拳[打拳]	da3 quan2	to do shadowboxing	1
欺世盗名[欺世盜名]	qi1 shi4 dao4 ming2	to fool the world and usurp a good name (idiom)	1
动静[動靜]	dong4 jing4	(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness	3
微服私访[微服私訪]	wei1 fu2 si1 fang3	to mingle with the people incognito	1
美谈[美談]	mei3 tan2	anecdote passed on with approbation	2
戏子[戲子]	xi4 zi5	(derog.) opera singer; actor	2
受益[受益]	shou4 yi4	to benefit from; profit	5
须[須]	xu1	must; to have to; to wait	2
鼻子[鼻子]	bi2 zi5	nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	4
豆腐[豆腐]	dou4 fu5	tofu; bean curd	4
小丑[小丑]	xiao3 chou3	clown	3
煞[煞]	sha1	to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of 殺|杀[sha1]	3
回见[回見]	hui2 jian4	See you later!	4
会见[會見]	hui4 jian4	to meet with (sb who is paying a visit); CL:次[ci4]	1
跃[躍]	yue4	to jump; to leap	2
辙[轍]	che4	to remove; to withdraw	3
好意思[好意思]	hao3 yi4 si5	to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)	7
风采[風采]	feng1 cai3	svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing	1
昔[昔]	xi1	former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	2
自惭形秽[自慚形穢]	zi4 can2 xing2 hui4	to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom); to feel inferior	1
月底[月底]	yue4 di3	end of the month	3
汇[匯]	hui4	to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange	6
借钱[借錢]	jie4 qian2	to borrow money; to lend money	4
留神[留神]	liu2 shen2	to take care; to be careful	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/175 words - 27 min
台阶[臺階]	tai2 jie1	steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)	2
瘴[瘴]	zhang4	malaria; miasma	1
行李[行李]	xing2 li5	luggage; CL:件[jian4]	2
结了[結了]	jie2 le5	that's that; that's it; that will do	1
回老家[回老家]	hui2 lao3 jia1	to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)	6
落第[落第]	luo4 di4	to fail an exam	2
经得起[經得起]	jing1 de5 qi3	to be able to withstand; to be able to endure	1
花费[花費]	hua1 fei4	expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure	1
骨气[骨氣]	gu3 qi4	unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone	4
老师[老師]	lao3 shi1	teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	11
同年[同年]	tong2 nian2	the same year	3
动辄[動輒]	dong4 zhe2	easily; readily; frequently; at every turn; at the slightest pretext	2
衣[衣]	yi1	clothes; CL:件[jian4]; Kangxi radical 145	24
置办[置辦]	zhi4 ban4	to purchase; to buy	3
朝珠[朝珠]	chao2 zhu1	court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)	3
袖子[袖子]	xiu4 zi5	sleeve	1
老鼠[老鼠]	lao3 shu3	rat; mouse; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
浑身上下[渾身上下]	hun2 shen1 shang4 xia4	all over; from head to toe	1
精光[精光]	jing1 guang1	nothing left (money, food etc); all finished; bright and shiny; radiant; glorious	1
磕头[磕頭]	ke1 tou2	to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)	19
顺眼[順眼]	shun4 yan3	pleasing to the eye; nice to look at	1
磕[磕]	ke1	to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)	19
翰林[翰林]	Han4 lin2	refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院	2
湖广[湖廣]	Hu2 guang3	Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)	3
广西[廣西]	Guang3 xi1	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁; until 1959, Guangxi province	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/200 words - 31 min
贵州[貴州]	Gui4 zhou1	Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔[Qian2] or 貴|贵[Gui4], capital Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]	3
土匪[土匪]	tu3 fei3	bandit	1
老君[老君]	Lao3 jun1	Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi	1
八卦[八卦]	ba1 gua4	the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy	1
炼丹[煉丹]	lian4 dan1	to concoct pills of immortality	2
炉[爐]	lu2	stove; furnace	2
干瞪眼[乾瞪眼]	gan1 deng4 yan3	to watch helplessly	1
叔叔[叔叔]	shu1 shu5	father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
伯伯[伯伯]	bo2 bo5	father's elder brother; uncle	1
好听[好聽]	hao3 ting1	pleasant to hear	4
倾家荡产[傾家蕩產]	qing1 jia1 dang4 chan3	to lose a family fortune (idiom)	1
着落[著落]	zhuo2 luo4	whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution	2
打嗝儿[打嗝兒]	da3 ge2 r5	erhua variant of 打嗝[da3 ge2]	1
客官[客官]	ke4 guan1	(polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)	2
着急[著急]	zhao2 ji2	to worry; to feel anxious; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 ji2]	14
抓药[抓藥]	zhua1 yao4	to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)	2
有劳[有勞]	you3 lao2	(polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one)	3
一早[一早]	yi1 zao3	early in the morning; at dawn	8
大个儿[大個兒]	da4 ge4 r5	tall person	1
恩师[恩師]	en1 shi1	(greatly respected) teacher	4
适应[適應]	shi4 ying4	to adapt; to fit; to suit	1
初来乍到[初來乍到]	chu1 lai2 zha4 dao4	to be a newcomer; just off the boat	1
多多[多多]	duo1 duo1	many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more	14
学习[學習]	xue2 xi2	to learn; to study	3
熟读[熟讀]	shu2 du2	to read and re-read sth until one is familiar with it	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/225 words - 34 min
每每[每每]	mei3 mei3	often	3
党[黨]	dang3	party; association; club; society; CL:個|个[ge4]	39
争[爭]	zheng1	to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)	22
谨记[謹記]	jin3 ji4	to remember with reverence; to bear in mind; to keep in mind	2
家父[家父]	jia1 fu4	(polite) my father	3
倾慕[傾慕]	qing1 mu4	to adore; to admire greatly	1
为人[為人]	wei2 ren2	to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character	5
得知[得知]	de2 zhi1	to find out; to know; to learn about	2
阖家[闔家]	he2 jia1	variant of 合家[he2 jia1]	4
彻夜[徹夜]	che4 ye4	the whole night	1
心意[心意]	xin1 yi4	regard; kindly feelings; intention	12
收下[收下]	shou1 xia4	to accept; to receive	5
唯[唯]	wei2	-ism; only; alone	4
清风明月[清風明月]	qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4	lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom); fig. peaceful and clear night; (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life	1
送客[送客]	song4 ke4	to see a visitor out	1
拉屎[拉屎]	la1 shi3	to defecate; to shit; to crap	1
有何贵干[有何貴幹]	you3 he2 gui4 gan4	What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you?	2
言而有信[言而有信]	yan2 er2 you3 xin4	to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word	2
云[云]	yun2	(classical) to say	10
言而无信[言而無信]	yan2 er2 wu2 xin4	to go back on one's word; to break one's promise; to be unfaithful; to be untrustworthy	2
不久[不久]	bu4 jiu3	not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after	4
浙[浙]	Zhe4	abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China	3
义士[義士]	yi4 shi4	high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist	1
先祖[先祖]	xian1 zu3	deceased grandfather; ancestry	1
阁[閣]	ge2	pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/250 words - 37 min
世代[世代]	shi4 dai4	for many generations; generation; era; age	2
从未[從未]	cong2 wei4	never	5
天朝[天朝]	Tian1 chao2	Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	2
二心[二心]	er4 xin1	disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity	2
讨教[討教]	tao3 jiao4	to consult; to ask for advice	2
浅陋[淺陋]	qian3 lou4	shallow and crude; meager (knowledge or skill)	2
文笔[文筆]	wen2 bi3	writings; writing style	1
功夫[功夫]	gong1 fu5	skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort	6
帖子[帖子]	tie3 zi5	card; invitation; message; (forum) post	4
打发[打發]	da3 fa5	to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)	1
虚应故事[虛應故事]	xu1 ying4 gu4 shi4	to go through the motions	1
再生[再生]	zai4 sheng1	to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration	2
没齿难忘[沒齒難忘]	mo4 chi3 nan2 wang4	hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives; undying gratitude	2
天书[天書]	tian1 shu1	imperial edict; heavenly book (superstition); obscure or illegible writing; double dutch	1
怠慢[怠慢]	dai4 man4	to slight; to neglect	5
天上[天上]	tian1 shang4	celestial; heavenly	6
经不起[經不起]	jing1 bu5 qi3	can't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist	1
夸[誇]	kua1	to boast; to exaggerate; to praise	12
才华[才華]	cai2 hua2	talent; CL:份[fen4]	8
过人[過人]	guo4 ren2	to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent	5
应得[應得]	ying1 de2	to deserve	1
职责[職責]	zhi2 ze2	duty; responsibility; obligation	5
所在[所在]	suo3 zai4	place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located	2
休[休]	xiu1	to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't	10
提起[提起]	ti2 qi3	to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/275 words - 38 min
不敬[不敬]	bu4 jing4	disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior)	1
家祖[家祖]	jia1 zu3	(polite) my paternal grandfather	1
十几[十幾]	shi2 ji3	more than ten; a dozen or more	12
上当[上當]	shang4 dang4	taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped	5
侍卫[侍衛]	shi4 wei4	Imperial bodyguard	11
糙[糙]	cao1	rough; coarse (in texture)	1
借重[借重]	jie4 zhong4	to rely on sb for support	2
相对[相對]	xiang1 dui4	relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart	1
即使[即使]	ji2 shi3	even if; even though	3
粉身碎骨[粉身碎骨]	fen3 shen1 sui4 gu3	lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom); fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life	2
难以[難以]	nan2 yi3	hard to (predict, imagine etc)	6
报答[報答]	bao4 da2	to repay; to requite	1
义薄云天[義薄雲天]	yi4 bo2 yun2 tian1	supremely honorable and righteous	1
德高望重[德高望重]	de2 gao1 wang4 zhong4	a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation	1
墨水[墨水]	mo4 shui3	ink; CL:瓶[ping2]	1
打交道[打交道]	da3 jiao1 dao4	to come into contact with; to have dealings	3
爽直[爽直]	shuang3 zhi2	straightforward	1
推辞[推辭]	tui1 ci2	to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)	2
新居[新居]	xin1 ju1	new residence; new home	1
拐[拐]	guai3	to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; walking stick; crutch; seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1])	3
胡同[胡同]	hu2 tong4	lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
租[租]	zu1	to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax	5
虎[虎]	hu3	tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	16
坊[坊]	fang2	workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fang1]	1
桥[橋]	qiao2	bridge; CL:座[zuo4]	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/300 words - 40 min
宅子[宅子]	zhai2 zi5	house; residence	13
丫鬟[丫鬟]	ya1 huan5	servant girl; maid	2
老妈子[老媽子]	lao3 ma1 zi5	older female servant; amah	1
家具[家具]	jia1 ju4	furniture; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]	2
架[架]	jia4	to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc	9
太保[太保]	tai4 bao3	a very high official in ancient China; juvenile delinquents	3
马车[馬車]	ma3 che1	cart; chariot; carriage; buggy	2
赶车[趕車]	gan3 che1	to drive a cart	2
厮[廝]	si1	mutually; with one another; manservant; boy servant; guy (derog.)	1
视察[視察]	shi4 cha2	to inspect; an investigation	2
驾[駕]	jia4	to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞)	20
人员[人員]	ren2 yuan2	staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
水手[水手]	shui3 shou3	mariner; sailor; seaman	1
护卫[護衛]	hu4 wei4	to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)	2
官兵[官兵]	guan1 bing1	officers and men	6
太监[太監]	tai4 jian4	court eunuch; palace eunuch	11
快船[快船]	Kuai4 chuan2	Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)	3
艘[艘]	sou1	classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]	4
支应[支應]	zhi1 ying4	to deal with; to wait on; to provide for	2
船只[船隻]	chuan2 zhi1	ship; boat; vessel	4
携带[攜帶]	xie2 dai4	to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]	2
鸾[鸞]	luan2	mythical bird related to phoenix	1
肩[肩]	jian1	shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)	2
舆[輿]	yu2	carriage; sedan chair; world	1
船[船]	chuan2	boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]	47
//The Long River - S1/Ep06/314 words - 42 min
接近[接近]	jie1 jin4	to approach; to get close to	2
头发[頭髮]	tou2 fa5	hair (on the head)	9
手脚[手腳]	shou3 jiao3	hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure (CL: 道[dao4])	3
镣[鐐]	liao4	fetters; leg-irons; shackles	1
翅膀[翅膀]	chi4 bang3	wing; CL:個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]	1
解开[解開]	jie3 kai1	to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)	3
裤裆[褲襠]	ku4 dang1	crotch of trousers	3
糊涂[糊塗]	hu2 tu5	muddled; silly; confused	12
帐目[帳目]	zhang4 mu4	account	12
发给[發給]	fa1 gei3	to issue; to grant; to distribute	3
实际[實際]	shi2 ji4	reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual	1
辆[輛]	liang4	classifier for vehicles	2
七荤八素[七葷八素]	qi1 hun1 ba1 su4	confused; distracted	1
在所难免[在所難免]	zai4 suo3 nan2 mian3	to be unavoidable (idiom)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/25 words - 5 min
幸进[幸進]	xing4 jin4	to get through by luck; to be promoted by a fluke	3
爬[爬]	pa2	to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up	11
念旧[念舊]	nian4 jiu4	to remember old friends; to cherish old friendships; for old time's sake	1
尤其[尤其]	you2 qi2	especially; particularly	3
刀口[刀口]	dao1 kou3	the edge of a knife; cut; incision	1
铁打[鐵打]	tie3 da3	made of iron; strong as iron	3
罗汉[羅漢]	luo2 han4	abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1 luo2 han4]	2
判[判]	pan4	to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; obviously (different)	16
执意[執意]	zhi2 yi4	to be determined to; to insist on	2
费心[費心]	fei4 xin1	to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth)	2
瓜[瓜]	gua1	melon; gourd; squash	2
佳[佳]	jia1	beautiful; fine; good	2
氏[氏]	shi4	clan name; maiden name	6
红旗[紅旗]	hong2 qi2	red flag; CL:面[mian4]	1
接到[接到]	jie1 dao4	to receive (letter etc)	9
何以[何以]	he2 yi3	(literary) why; how	8
舱[艙]	cang1	cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane	2
看守[看守]	kan1 shou3	to guard; to watch over	1
金蝉脱壳[金蟬脫殼]	jin1 chan2 tuo1 qiao4	lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan	1
吵吵[吵吵]	chao1 chao5	to make a racket; to quarrel	1
牛[牛]	niu2	ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome	17
成心[成心]	cheng2 xin1	intentional; deliberate; on purpose	8
添[添]	tian1	to add; to increase; to replenish	3
可比[可比]	ke3 bi3	comparable	4
拈[拈]	nian1	to nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with; Taiwan pr. [nian2]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/50 words - 7 min
小曲[小曲]	xiao3 qu3	popular song; folk tune; ballad	1
大爷[大爺]	da4 ye5	(coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man	6
抽风[抽風]	chou1 feng1	to ventilate; to induce a draft; spasm; convulsion	1
岸上[岸上]	an4 shang4	ashore; on the riverbank	3
曲[曲]	qu1	bent; crooked; wrong	8
曲[曲]	qu3	tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]	8
是非[是非]	shi4 fei1	right and wrong; quarrel	7
蒙[矇]	meng1	to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess	2
防护[防護]	fang2 hu4	to defend; to protect	1
赏钱[賞錢]	shang3 qian5	tip; gratuity; monetary reward; bonus	3
要饭[要飯]	yao4 fan4	to beg (for food or money)	4
滚开[滾開]	gun3 kai1	to boil (of liquid); boiling hot; Get out!; Go away!; fuck off (rude)	4
势利眼[勢利眼]	shi4 li4 yan3	to be self-interested	1
民女[民女]	min2 nu:3	woman from an ordinary family	3
流浪[流浪]	liu2 lang4	to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant	1
至此[至此]	zhi4 ci3	up until now; so far	4
君子[君子]	jun1 zi3	nobleman; person of noble character	10
嗟[嗟]	jie1	sigh; also pr. [jue1]	1
饿死[餓死]	e4 si3	to starve to death; to be very hungry	15
半个[半個]	ban4 ge5	half of sth	10
之内[之內]	zhi1 nei4	inside; within	26
渣[渣]	zha1	slag (in mining or smelting); dregs	1
剩[剩]	sheng4	to remain; to be left; to have as remainder	9
鲤鱼[鯉魚]	li3 yu2	carp	2
壶[壺]	hu2	pot; classifier for bottled liquid	4
汾阳[汾陽]	Fen2 yang2	Fenyang county level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/75 words - 10 min
春[春]	chun1	spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	4
来着[來著]	lai2 zhe5	auxiliary showing sth happened in the past	6
胆量[膽量]	dan3 liang4	courage; boldness; guts	4
免得[免得]	mian3 de5	so as not to; so as to avoid	2
上报[上報]	shang4 bao4	to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter	5
鄙[鄙]	bi3	rustic; low; base; mean; to despise; to scorn	1
输给[輸給]	shu1 gei3	to lose to (sb); to be outdone by	3
牙[牙]	ya2	tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	2
撑破[撐破]	cheng1 po4	to burst	1
撑[撐]	cheng1	to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support	16
元[元]	yuan2	currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon	5
主人[主人]	zhu3 ren2	master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
彼此彼此[彼此彼此]	bi3 ci3 bi3 ci3	no better (or worse) than each other; both in the same boat	3
河面[河面]	he2 mian4	surface of a river	3
莫不是[莫不是]	mo4 bu4 shi4	probably; perhaps; could it be that...?	5
哑[啞]	ya3	dumb; mute; hoarse; husky; unexploded (of artillery shell etc)	1
炮[炮]	pao4	cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker	27
表[錶]	biao3	wrist or pocket watch	1
世面[世面]	shi4 mian4	aspects of society; the world	3
草稿[草稿]	cao3 gao3	draft; outline; sketch	3
活宝[活寶]	huo2 bao3	buffoon; clown; ridiculous person	1
潮[潮]	chao2	tide; current; damp; moist; humid	12
山坡[山坡]	shan1 po1	hillside	3
爷们[爺們]	ye2 men5	menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc	1
惧[懼]	ju4	to fear	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/100 words - 13 min
上马[上馬]	shang4 ma3	to get on a horse; to mount	5
宴[宴]	yan4	feast; repose	7
不值[不值]	bu4 zhi2	not worth	2
承[承]	cheng2	to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive	3
淹[淹]	yan1	to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay	18
下辈子[下輩子]	xia4 bei4 zi5	the next life	3
当真[當真]	dang4 zhen1	to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!	5
建[建]	jian4	to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	25
天然[天然]	tian1 ran2	natural	5
半年[半年]	ban4 nian2	half a year	6
一言[一言]	yi1 yan2	one sentence; brief remark	4
鞭[鞭]	bian1	whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)	6
坐不垂堂[坐不垂堂]	zuo4 bu4 chui2 tang2	lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger	1
诱导[誘導]	you4 dao3	to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) induction	1
乱跑[亂跑]	luan4 pao3	to run around all over the place	1
罚[罰]	fa2	to punish; to penalize	9
保障[保障]	bao3 zhang4	to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard	3
托[托]	tuo1	prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure)	2
站住[站住]	zhan4 zhu4	to stand	14
凑[湊]	cou4	to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity	6
痴心[痴心]	chi1 xin1	infatuation	1
纸条[紙條]	zhi3 tiao2	slip of paper	1
赤[赤]	chi4	red; scarlet; bare; naked	1
鬼话[鬼話]	gui3 hua4	lie; false words; nonsense; CL:篇[pian1]	1
泛[泛]	fan4	to float; to be suffused with; general; extensive; non-specific; flood; pan- (prefix)	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/125 words - 16 min
区[區]	qu1	area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
年年[年年]	nian2 nian2	year after year; yearly; every year; annually	13
施[施]	shi1	to grant; to give; to bestow; to act; to carry out	14
粥[粥]	zhou1	congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]	4
筷子[筷子]	kuai4 zi5	chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]	1
手巾[手巾]	shou3 jin1	hand towel; handkerchief	2
漏[漏]	lou4	to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)	2
夸口[誇口]	kua1 kou3	to boast	1
赈[賑]	zhen4	to provide relief; to aid	1
去年[去年]	qu4 nian2	last year	12
良心[良心]	liang2 xin1	conscience	9
截[截]	jie2	to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length	2
家当[家當]	jia1 dang4	familial property; belongings	1
有福[有福]	you3 fu2	to be blessed	1
摊[攤]	tan1	to spread out; vendor's stand	2
耍赖[耍賴]	shua3 lai4	to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened	2
合身[合身]	he2 shen1	well-fitting (of clothes)	1
眼前[眼前]	yan3 qian2	before one's eyes; now; at present	2
一毛不拔[一毛不拔]	yi1 mao2 bu4 ba2	stingy (idiom)	1
用钱[用錢]	yong4 qian5	variant of 佣錢|佣钱[yong4 qian5]	4
骨头[骨頭]	gu3 tou5	bone; CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4]; moral character; bitterness	8
油[油]	you2	oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning	5
清茶[清茶]	qing1 cha2	green tea; only tea (without food)	2
沐浴[沐浴]	mu4 yu4	to take a bath; to bathe; to immerse	1
候[候]	hou4	to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days	11
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/150 words - 18 min
召[召]	zhao4	to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)	11
真神[真神]	zhen1 shen2	the True God	3
不赖[不賴]	bu4 lai4	(coll.) not bad; good; fine	1
债主[債主]	zhai4 zhu3	creditor	1
小民[小民]	xiao3 min2	ordinary people; commoner; civilian	2
表[表]	biao3	exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)	4
正是[正是]	zheng4 shi4	(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as	10
正要[正要]	zheng4 yao4	to be just about to; to be on the point of	4
谕[諭]	yu4	order (from above)	14
暂[暫]	zan4	temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]	4
遵旨[遵旨]	zun1 zhi3	to obey the Emperor's decree; at your Imperial majesty's command	9
滥[濫]	lan4	overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate	13
患[患]	huan4	to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry	12
艰[艱]	jian1	difficult; hard; hardship	1
期间[期間]	qi1 jian1	period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
下决心[下決心]	xia4 jue2 xin1	to determine; to resolve	3
治好[治好]	zhi4 hao3	to cure	12
接待[接待]	jie1 dai4	to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter)	2
查阅[查閱]	cha2 yue4	to consult; to refer to; to look sth up in a reference source	1
治国[治國]	zhi4 guo2	to rule a country	4
爱民[愛民]	Ai4 min2	Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang	8
目[目]	mu4	eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	4
彰[彰]	zhang1	clear; conspicuous; manifest	1
当仁不让[當仁不讓]	dang1 ren2 bu4 rang4	to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others	1
自古[自古]	zi4 gu3	(since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/175 words - 19 min
易[易]	yi4	easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"	7
终[終]	zhong1	end; finish	6
始[始]	shi3	to begin; to start; then; only then	7
历[歷]	li4	to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history	6
历代[歷代]	li4 dai4	successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties	7
君主[君主]	jun1 zhu3	monarch; sovereign	1
帝王[帝王]	di4 wang2	regent; monarch	4
万众一心[萬眾一心]	wan4 zhong4 yi1 xin1	millions of people all of one mind (idiom); the people united	1
却是[卻是]	que4 shi4	nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...	3
有头无尾[有頭無尾]	you3 tou2 wu2 wei3	to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span	1
有始无终[有始無終]	you3 shi3 wu2 zhong1	to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span	1
笑柄[笑柄]	xiao4 bing3	a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock	3
打通[打通]	da3 tong1	to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection)	1
永济[永濟]	Yong3 ji4	Yongji county level city in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi	1
渠[渠]	qu2	big; stream or canal; drain; ditch; CL:條|条[tiao2]; him (dialect); outer rim of a carriage wheel (old)	3
济[濟]	ji4	to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help	5
亡国[亡國]	wang2 guo2	(of a nation) to be destroyed; subjugation; vanquished nation	2
绝种[絕種]	jue2 zhong3	extinct (species); extinction	1
繁荣[繁榮]	fan2 rong2	prosperous; booming (economy)	1
基础[基礎]	ji1 chu3	base; foundation; basis; underlying; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
功过[功過]	gong1 guo4	merits and demerits; contributions and errors	2
得失[得失]	de2 shi1	gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits	3
爱惜[愛惜]	ai4 xi1	to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly	8
打擂台[打擂臺]	da3 lei4 tai2	(old) to fight on the leitai; (fig.) to enter a contest	4
百年[百年]	bai3 nian2	hundred years; century; lifetime	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/200 words - 21 min
不易[不易]	bu4 yi4	not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging	2
国策[國策]	guo2 ce4	a national policy	3
变更[變更]	bian4 geng1	to change; to alter; to modify	1
人事[人事]	ren2 shi4	personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life	6
方向[方向]	fang1 xiang4	direction; orientation; path to follow; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
财政[財政]	cai2 zheng4	finances (public); financial	3
无数[無數]	wu2 shu4	countless; numberless; innumerable	7
影子[影子]	ying3 zi5	shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
翻船[翻船]	fan1 chuan2	to capsize; (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat	1
闻[聞]	wen2	to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at	10
心惊[心驚]	xin1 jing1	fearful; apprehensive	1
胆寒[膽寒]	dan3 han2	to fear; to be terrified	1
险[險]	xian3	danger; dangerous; rugged	6
说出[說出]	shuo1 chu1	to speak out; to declare (one's view)	5
一心[一心]	yi1 xin1	wholeheartedly; heart and soul	3
成效[成效]	cheng2 xiao4	effect; result	5
兴起[興起]	xing1 qi3	to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue	1
三思而后行[三思而後行]	san1 si1 er2 hou4 xing2	think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance	1
分担[分擔]	fen1 dan1	to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)	2
诚心[誠心]	cheng2 xin1	sincerity	3
尽心[盡心]	jin4 xin1	with all of one's heart	3
绕[繞]	rao4	to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex	4
痛痛快快[痛痛快快]	tong4 tong5 kuai4 kuai4	immediately; without a moment's hesitation; with alacrity; firing from the hip	1
主意[主意]	zhu3 yi5	plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]	27
海[海]	hai3	ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous	47
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/225 words - 22 min
黄土高原[黃土高原]	Huang2 tu3 Gao1 yuan2	Loess Plateau of northwest China	1
宛[宛]	wan3	winding; as if	1
宋朝[宋朝]	Song4 chao2	Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)	1
移[移]	yi2	to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	2
交流[交流]	jiao1 liu2	to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)	1
清江[清江]	Qing1 jiang1	Qingjiang river in Hubei	6
崩塌[崩塌]	beng1 ta1	talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide	2
阻塞[阻塞]	zu3 se4	to block; to clog	1
根治[根治]	gen1 zhi4	to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure	4
利[利]	li4	sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit	8
元年[元年]	yuan2 nian2	first year of an emperor's reign	2
股[股]	gu3	thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions	3
横流[橫流]	heng2 liu2	to overflow; transverse flow; to flow over; cross flow	1
海州[海州]	Hai3 zhou1	Haizhou district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[Lian2 yun2 gang3 shi4], Jiangsu; Haizhou district of Fuxin city 阜新市[Fu4 xin1 shi4], Liaoning	1
严严实实[嚴嚴實實]	yan2 yan2 shi2 shi2	(sealed) tightly; (wrapped) closely; (covered) completely	2
沿途[沿途]	yan2 tu2	along the sides of the road; by the wayside	2
万千[萬千]	wan4 qian1	myriad; multitudinous; multifarious	1
人力[人力]	ren2 li4	manpower; labor power	5
物力[物力]	wu4 li4	physical resources (as opposed to labor resources)	4
化为乌有[化為烏有]	hua4 wei2 wu1 you3	to go up in smoke; to vanish	1
精卫填海[精衛填海]	Jing1 wei4 tian2 hai3	lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition; task of Sisyphus; determination in the face of impossible odds	2
不通[不通]	bu4 tong1	to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical	8
夸[夸]	kua1	see 夸克[kua1 ke4]	2
父[父]	fu4	father	5
反反复复[反反復復]	fan3 fan3 fu4 fu4	repeatedly; time and time again	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/250 words - 25 min
凭空[憑空]	ping2 kong1	baseless (lie); without foundation	1
束[束]	shu4	to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control	10
借用[借用]	jie4 yong4	to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use	2
这般[這般]	zhe4 ban1	like this; this way	3
加宽[加寬]	jia1 kuan1	widen	4
饮鸩止渴[飲鴆止渴]	yin3 zhen4 zhi3 ke3	lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse	1
窄[窄]	zhai3	narrow; narrow-minded; badly off	4
增强[增強]	zeng1 qiang2	to increase; to strengthen	2
低[低]	di1	low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline	10
缘木求鱼[緣木求魚]	yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2	lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible	1
独创[獨創]	du2 chuang4	to come up with (an innovation); innovation	1
酬[酬]	chou2	to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer	1
运气[運氣]	yun4 qi5	luck (good or bad)	4
处处[處處]	chu4 chu4	everywhere; in all respects	5
观[觀]	guan1	to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook	8
淮北[淮北]	Huai2 bei3	Huaibei prefecture-level city in Anhui	1
水坝[水壩]	shui3 ba4	dam; dike	49
宣[宣]	xuan1	to declare (publicly); to announce	8
冲刷[沖刷]	chong1 shua1	to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down; to erode; to wash away	5
大地[大地]	da4 di4	earth; mother earth	1
天下第一[天下第一]	tian1 xia4 di4 yi1	first under heaven; number one in the country	8
妄语[妄語]	wang4 yu3	to tell lies; to talk nonsense	1
量[量]	liang2	to measure	17
量[量]	liang4	capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word	17
减少[減少]	jian3 shao3	to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower	2
无疑[無疑]	wu2 yi2	no doubt; undoubtedly	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/275 words - 28 min
拜会[拜會]	bai4 hui4	pay an official call; call on; visit in an official capacity	6
悻悻[悻悻]	xing4 xing4	angry; resentful	1
归[歸]	gui1	to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor	16
诸葛亮[諸葛亮]	Zhu1 ge3 Liang4	Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; mastermind	4
盛世[盛世]	sheng4 shi4	a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age	17
蹉跎[蹉跎]	cuo1 tuo2	(literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally	1
何不[何不]	he2 bu4	why not?; why not do (sth)?	2
展[展]	zhan3	to spread out; to open up; to exhibit; to put into effect; to postpone; to prolong; exhibition	3
抱负[抱負]	bao4 fu4	aspiration; ambition	2
终生[終生]	zhong1 sheng1	throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong	5
天赐[天賜]	tian1 ci4	bestowed by heaven	1
祸福[禍福]	huo4 fu2	disaster and happiness	2
荣辱[榮辱]	rong2 ru3	honor and disgrace; reputation	2
公公[公公]	gong1 gong5	husband's father; grandpa; eunuch	15
千真万确[千真萬確]	qian1 zhen1 wan4 que4	absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view	1
献上[獻上]	xian4 shang4	to offer to God	1
准[准]	zhun3	to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of	5
受苦[受苦]	shou4 ku3	to suffer hardship	5
简陋[簡陋]	jian3 lou4	simple and crude	3
招待[招待]	zhao1 dai4	to receive (guests); to entertain; reception	2
涛[濤]	tao1	big wave; Taiwan pr. [tao2]	3
洞[洞]	dong4	cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]	7
箫[簫]	xiao1	xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes	1
暴风骤雨[暴風驟雨]	bao4 feng1 zhou4 yu3	violent wind and rainstorm; hurricane; tempest	1
琵琶[琵琶]	pi2 pa5	pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/300 words - 31 min
弹[彈]	dan4	crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball	4
弹[彈]	tan2	to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)	4
涧[澗]	jian4	mountain stream	23
以便[以便]	yi3 bian4	so that; so as to; in order to	1
包涵[包涵]	bao1 han2	to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to contain	1
到来[到來]	dao4 lai2	to arrive; arrival; advent	3
加快[加快]	jia1 kuai4	to accelerate; to speed up	5
样儿[樣兒]	yang4 r5	see 樣子|样子[yang4 zi5]	1
告退[告退]	gao4 tui4	to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused	17
到手[到手]	dao4 shou3	to take possession of; to get hold of	1
邪门[邪門]	xie2 men2	strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices	1
谈到[談到]	tan2 dao4	to refer to; to speak about; to talk about	2
小觑[小覷]	xiao3 qu4	to despise; to have contempt for	1
玄机[玄機]	xuan2 ji1	profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles	2
案[案]	an4	(legal) case; incident; record; file; table	55
扳回[扳回]	ban1 hui2	to pull back; to regain (one's dignity etc); to recover from (an adverse situation); to turn the tables	1
钓[釣]	diao4	to fish with a hook and bait	1
走马[走馬]	zou3 ma3	to ride (a horse); to go on horseback	2
程度[程度]	cheng2 du4	degree (level or extent); level; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
尺寸[尺寸]	chi3 cun5	size; dimension; measurement	4
审视[審視]	shen3 shi4	to look closely at; to examine	1
全局[全局]	quan2 ju2	overall situation	1
运道[運道]	yun4 dao5	fortune; luck; fate	1
看成[看成]	kan4 cheng2	to regard as	3
交汇[交匯]	jiao1 hui4	to flow together; confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads); (international) cooperation	2
必经[必經]	bi4 jing1	unavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/325 words - 32 min
淤泥[淤泥]	yu1 ni2	silt; sludge; ooze	3
引河[引河]	yin3 he2	irrigation channel	6
浦[浦]	pu3	river bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)	8
疏通[疏通]	shu1 tong1	to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text)	8
王家[王家]	wang2 jia1	princely	1
坡[坡]	po1	slope; CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted	2
墩[墩]	dun1	block; gate pillar; pier; classifier for clusters of plants; classifier for rounds in a card game: trick; (archaic) watchtower	1
旧日[舊日]	jiu4 ri4	former times; olden days	1
上游[上游]	shang4 you2	upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream	16
下游[下游]	xia4 you2	lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream	16
尺[尺]	chi3	a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]	11
设想[設想]	she4 xiang3	to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for	1
实现[實現]	shi2 xian4	to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about	2
建成[建成]	jian4 cheng2	to establish; to build	3
忧[憂]	you1	to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning	4
春风得意[春風得意]	chun1 feng1 de2 yi4	flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch	2
快马加鞭[快馬加鞭]	kuai4 ma3 jia1 bian1	to spur the horse to full speed (idiom); to go as fast as possible	1
切记[切記]	qie4 ji4	remember at all costs	2
千疮百孔[千瘡百孔]	qian1 chuang1 bai3 kong3	see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bai3 kong3 qian1 chuang1]	1
扛[扛]	kang2	to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)	7
起居[起居]	qi3 ju1	everyday life; regular pattern of life	4
昧[昧]	mei4	to conceal; dark	3
不该[不該]	bu4 gai1	should not; to owe nothing	12
引[引]	yin3	to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters	4
也罢[也罷]	ye3 ba4	(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/350 words - 35 min
官吏[官吏]	guan1 li4	bureaucrat; official	2
金文[金文]	jin1 wen2	inscription in bronze; bell-cauldron inscription	20
祥[祥]	xiang2	auspicious; propitious	20
分开[分開]	fen1 kai1	to separate; to part	5
停止[停止]	ting2 zhi3	to stop; to halt; to cease	1
国库[國庫]	guo2 ku4	public purse; state treasury; national exchequer	11
淮河[淮河]	Huai2 He2	Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1]	11
雨季[雨季]	yu3 ji4	rainy season	3
来临[來臨]	lai2 lin2	to approach; to come closer	1
或许[或許]	huo4 xu3	perhaps; maybe	7
必将[必將]	bi4 jiang1	inevitably	5
分离[分離]	fen1 li2	to separate	2
隔开[隔開]	ge2 kai1	to separate	1
先例[先例]	xian1 li4	antecedent; precedent	4
束手无策[束手無策]	shu4 shou3 wu2 ce4	lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis	2
先河[先河]	xian1 he2	priority; sth advocated first; refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea.	1
不失为[不失為]	bu4 shi1 wei2	can still be considered (to be...); may after all be accepted as	1
父亲[父親]	fu4 qin1	father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
防堵[防堵]	fang2 du3	to prevent; to combat; to counter	1
两河[兩河]	liang3 he2	two rivers; Mesopotamia	2
谨慎[謹慎]	jin3 shen4	cautious; prudent	2
再次[再次]	zai4 ci4	one more time; again; one more; once again	1
赈灾[賑災]	zhen4 zai1	disaster relief	8
受不了[受不了]	shou4 bu4 liao3	unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand	7
人肉[人肉]	ren2 rou4	to crowdsource information about sb or sth (abbr. for 人肉搜索[ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3]); human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[ren2 rou4 dun4 pai2], human shield)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/375 words - 37 min
当今[當今]	dang1 jin1	current; present; now; nowadays	9
向上[向上]	xiang4 shang4	upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress	1
连接[連接]	lian2 jie1	to link; to join; to attach; connection; a link (on web page)	1
向下[向下]	xiang4 xia4	down; downward	1
直通[直通]	zhi2 tong1	to lead directly to	1
枢纽[樞紐]	shu1 niu3	hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum	1
衙[衙]	ya2	office; yamen 衙門|衙门	2
讨好[討好]	tao3 hao3	to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor	3
媚[媚]	mei4	flatter; charm	1
顾[顧]	gu4	to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to	6
抹[抹]	mo3	to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc	2
只顾[只顧]	zhi3 gu4	solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect	4
不可收拾[不可收拾]	bu4 ke3 shou1 shi2	irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless	3
的确[的確]	di2 que4	really; indeed	6
哭穷[哭窮]	ku1 qiong2	to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor	2
出钱[出錢]	chu1 qian2	to pay	5
怨言[怨言]	yuan4 yan2	complaint	3
重塑[重塑]	chong2 su4	to reconstruct (an art object); to remodel	1
威望[威望]	wei1 wang4	prestige	2
大有[大有]	da4 you3	there is much; (literary) abundance	3
回禀[回稟]	hui2 bing3	to report back to one's superior	1
赏识[賞識]	shang3 shi2	to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation	4
名分[名分]	ming2 fen4	a person's status	1
贸然[貿然]	mao4 ran2	rashly; hastily; without careful consideration	3
存在[存在]	cun2 zai4	to exist; to be; existence	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/400 words - 41 min
心理[心理]	xin1 li3	mental; psychological	1
出发[出發]	chu1 fa1	to set off; to start (on a journey)	2
体例[體例]	ti3 li4	style (of literature); form	2
私下[私下]	si1 xia4	in private	4
掩耳盗铃[掩耳盜鈴]	yan3 er3 dao4 ling2	lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)	1
声张[聲張]	sheng1 zhang1	to make public; to disclose	1
多言[多言]	duo1 yan2	wordy; talkative	1
顺治[順治]	Shun4 zhi4	reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662)	1
未尝[未嘗]	wei4 chang2	not ever; not necessarily	1
赃[贓]	zang1	stolen goods; booty; spoils	3
黑心[黑心]	hei1 xin1	ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (flaw in pottery)	3
死守[死守]	si3 shou3	to defend one's property to the death; to cling obstinately to old habits; die-hard	3
活人[活人]	huo2 ren2	living person	4
臣子[臣子]	chen2 zi3	official in feudal court; subject	7
期待[期待]	qi1 dai4	to look forward to; to await; expectation	1
半天[半天]	ban4 tian1	half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
二百五[二百五]	er4 bai3 wu3	idiot; stupid person; a dope	5
楞[楞]	leng4	variant of 愣[leng4]; to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank	1
半吊子[半吊子]	ban4 diao4 zi5	dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person	1
大生[大生]	da4 sheng1	university student, abbr. for 大學生|大学生[da4 xue2 sheng1]	1
挑拨[挑撥]	tiao3 bo1	to incite disharmony; to instigate	1
小伙子[小伙子]	xiao3 huo3 zi5	young man; young guy; lad; youngster; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
着迷[著迷]	zhao2 mi2	to be fascinated; to be captivated	2
蜂窝[蜂窩]	feng1 wo1	bee's nest; honeycomb; fig. honeycomb figure	1
只不过[只不過]	zhi3 bu5 guo4	only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep07/409 words - 42 min
蛰[蟄]	zhe2	to hibernate	1
不知死活[不知死活]	bu4 zhi1 si3 huo2	to act recklessly (idiom)	2
枪[槍]	qiang1	gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots	13
长处[長處]	chang2 chu4	good aspects; strong points	1
捂[捂]	wu3	to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict	1
捂住[摀住]	wu3 zhu4	to cover; to bury one's face	1
时节[時節]	shi2 jie2	season; time	8
娶媳妇[娶媳婦]	qu3 xi2 fu4	to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law	2
迎宾[迎賓]	ying2 bin1	to welcome a guest; to entertain a customer (of prostitute)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/25 words - 4 min
搞错[搞錯]	gao3 cuo4	mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken	2
教诲[教誨]	jiao4 hui4	to instruct	3
三生有幸[三生有幸]	san1 sheng1 you3 xing4	the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom); (courteous language) it's my good fortune...	2
接风[接風]	jie1 feng1	to hold a welcoming dinner or reception	6
尘[塵]	chen2	dust; dirt; earth	2
道台[道臺]	dao4 tai2	(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit 道|道[dao4]), aka taotai and circuit intendant	5
最高[最高]	zui4 gao1	tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)	4
长官[長官]	zhang3 guan1	senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; CL:位[wei4]; sir (term of address for senior officer)	3
淮安[淮安]	Huai2 an1	Huai'an prefecture-level city in Jiangsu	9
冤情[冤情]	yuan1 qing2	facts of an injustice; circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice	5
诉[訴]	su4	to complain; to sue; to tell	2
筋[筋]	jin1	muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)	3
年头[年頭]	nian2 tou2	start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest	1
苦劳[苦勞]	ku3 lao2	toil; hard work	1
不胜[不勝]	bu4 sheng4	cannot bear or stand; be unequal to; very; extremely	4
酒力[酒力]	jiu3 li4	capacity for alcohol; ability to hold drink	1
共[共]	gong4	common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party	13
饮[飲]	yin3	to drink	6
检视[檢視]	jian3 shi4	to inspect; to examine	2
相关[相關]	xiang1 guan1	related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation	1
楷模[楷模]	kai3 mo2	model; example	3
天色[天色]	tian1 se4	color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather	1
年轻有为[年輕有為]	nian2 qing1 you3 wei2	young and promising	1
前途无量[前途無量]	qian2 tu2 wu2 liang4	to have boundless prospects	2
少年[少年]	shao4 nian2	early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/50 words - 7 min
俊杰[俊傑]	jun4 jie2	elite; outstanding talent; genius	4
布置[佈置]	bu4 zhi4	to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy	2
憋[憋]	bie1	to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)	3
往外[往外]	wang3 wai4	out; outbound; departing	5
掏[掏]	tao1	to fish out (from pocket); to scoop	9
体谅[體諒]	ti3 liang4	to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate	8
芝麻绿豆[芝麻綠豆]	zhi1 ma5 lu:4 dou4	trivial; minute (size)	3
迎[迎]	ying2	to welcome; to meet; to face; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)	17
误[誤]	wu4	mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly	18
家居[家居]	jia1 ju1	home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)	1
何处[何處]	he2 chu4	whence; where	3
改日[改日]	gai3 ri4	another day; some other day	3
否[否]	fou3	to negate; to deny; not	1
孙子[孫子]	sun1 zi5	grandson; son's son	8
碰见[碰見]	peng4 jian4	to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into	2
盐[鹽]	yan2	salt; CL:粒[li4]	7
新鲜[新鮮]	xin1 xian1	fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon	3
书呆子[書呆子]	shu1 dai1 zi5	bookworm; pedant; bookish fool	3
旺[旺]	wang4	prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring	2
只身[隻身]	zhi1 shen1	alone; by oneself	1
由不得[由不得]	you2 bu5 de5	cannot help; to be beyond control of	2
柳[柳]	liu3	willow	6
惠[惠]	hui4	favor; benefit; to bestow; (literary) benevolence; (honorific)	6
卯[卯]	mao3	mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east); variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]; to exert one's strength	1
难民[難民]	nan4 min2	refugee	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/75 words - 9 min
游荡[遊蕩]	you2 dang4	to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle	1
无着[無著]	wu1 zhuo2	(of income etc) to be unassured; to lack a reliable source	1
良莠不齐[良莠不齊]	liang2 you3 bu4 qi2	good and bad people intermingled	2
打家劫舍[打家劫舍]	da3 jia1 jie2 she4	to break into a house for robbery (idiom)	1
匪盗[匪盜]	fei3 dao4	bandit	1
惹祸[惹禍]	re3 huo4	to stir up trouble; to invite disaster	1
出人命[出人命]	chu1 ren2 ming4	fatal; resulting in sb's death	2
镇压[鎮壓]	zhen4 ya1	suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell	1
暴徒[暴徒]	bao4 tu2	bandit; thug; ruffian	1
维持[維持]	wei2 chi2	to keep; to maintain; to preserve	1
秩序[秩序]	zhi4 xu4	order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
拦[攔]	lan2	to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)	10
了事[了事]	liao3 shi4	to dispose of a matter; to be done with it	10
差池[差池]	cha1 chi2	mistake; error; mishap	3
娄子[婁子]	lou2 zi5	trouble; blunder	1
怨[怨]	yuan4	to blame; to complain	10
前途[前途]	qian2 tu2	prospects; future outlook; journey	3
着想[著想]	zhuo2 xiang3	to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]	7
怎[怎]	zen3	how	7
园[園]	yuan2	land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc	5
今夜[今夜]	jin1 ye4	tonight; this evening	2
伎[伎]	ji4	artistry; talent; skill; (in ancient times) female entertainer	16
练[練]	lian4	to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise	27
昨儿[昨兒]	zuo2 r5	(coll.) yesterday	1
入声[入聲]	ru4 sheng1	entering tone; checked tone; one of the four tones of Middle Chinese	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/100 words - 14 min
平声[平聲]	ping2 sheng1	level or even tone; first and second tones in modern Mandarin	2
大小姐[大小姐]	da4 xiao3 jie5	eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty	1
下回[下回]	xia4 hui2	next chapter; next time	3
瞎[瞎]	xia1	blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose	14
咋呼[咋呼]	zha1 hu5	bluster; ruckus; to boast loudly	1
免礼[免禮]	mian3 li3	(formal) you may dispense with curtseying	2
不妨[不妨]	bu4 fang2	there is no harm in; might as well	8
姑娘[姑娘]	gu1 niang5	girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]	15
报恩[報恩]	bao4 en1	to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness	8
现成[現成]	xian4 cheng2	ready-made; readily available	3
一时半会儿[一時半會兒]	yi1 shi2 ban4 hui4 r5	a short time; a little while	2
美事[美事]	mei3 shi4	a fine thing; a wonderful thing	1
上钩[上鉤]	shang4 gou1	to take the bait	2
踹[踹]	chuai4	to kick; to trample; to tread on	4
勾引[勾引]	gou1 yin3	to seduce; to tempt	1
半夜三更[半夜三更]	ban4 ye4 san1 geng1	in the depth of night; late at night	1
男女[男女]	nan2 nu:3	male-female; male and female	1
共处[共處]	gong4 chu3	to coexist; to get along (with others)	2
室[室]	shi4	room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy	2
兴致[興致]	xing4 zhi4	mood; spirits; interest	2
尿急[尿急]	niao4 ji2	urinary urgency	2
花园[花園]	hua1 yuan2	garden; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]	5
赏月[賞月]	shang3 yue4	to admire the full moon	2
随身[隨身]	sui2 shen1	to (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one	1
早晨[早晨]	zao3 chen2	early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/125 words - 16 min
准时[準時]	zhun3 shi2	on time; punctual; on schedule	1
决不[決不]	jue2 bu4	not at all; simply (can) not	1
差点[差點]	cha4 dian3	almost; nearly	3
搭[搭]	da1	to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡[da1]	6
纯属[純屬]	chun2 shu3	to be purely; pure and simple; sheer; outright	1
尿泡[尿泡]	sui1 pao5	(dialect) bladder; to urinate	1
欢喜[歡喜]	huan1 xi3	happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of	3
扳[扳]	ban1	to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation); to recoup	4
蹊跷[蹊蹺]	qi1 qiao1	odd; queer; strange; fishy; Taiwan pr. [xi1 qiao1]	1
丫头[丫頭]	ya1 tou5	girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)	1
捣[搗]	dao3	pound; beat; hull; attack; disturb; stir	1
流放[流放]	liu2 fang4	banishment; exile	7
掀起[掀起]	xian1 qi3	to lift; to raise in height; to begin; upsurge; to set off (a campaign)	1
浪[浪]	lang4	wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble	6
脱[脫]	tuo1	to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from	13
籍[籍]	ji2	book or record; registry; roll; place of one's family or ancestral records; membership	4
尽力[盡力]	jin4 li4	to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort	3
表面[表面]	biao3 mian4	surface; face; outside; appearance	3
露馅儿[露餡兒]	lou4 xian4 r5	erhua variant of 露餡|露馅[lou4 xian4]	1
事到如今[事到如今]	shi4 dao4 ru2 jin1	as matters stand; things having reached this stage	1
这时[這時]	zhe4 shi2	at this time; at this moment	3
手软[手軟]	shou3 ruan3	to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice	2
倒灌[倒灌]	dao4 guan4	to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); reverse flow; to back up (sewage)	15
广[廣]	guang3	wide; numerous; to spread	4
两样[兩樣]	liang3 yang4	two kinds; difference	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/150 words - 18 min
枯水[枯水]	ku1 shui3	scarce water; low water level	2
断流[斷流]	duan4 liu2	to run dry (of river)	5
粒[粒]	li4	grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)	2
米[米]	mi3	rice; CL:粒[li4]; meter (classifier)	6
物价[物價]	wu4 jia4	(commodity) prices; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
飞涨[飛漲]	fei1 zhang3	soaring inflation; rocketing prices	1
南下[南下]	nan2 xia4	to go down south	1
涨水[漲水]	zhang3 shui3	rise of water level	3
不少[不少]	bu4 shao3	many; a lot; not few	15
房屋[房屋]	fang2 wu1	house; building; CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]	6
农田[農田]	nong2 tian2	farmland; cultivated land	3
身为[身為]	shen1 wei2	in the capacity of; as	10
说笑[說笑]	shuo1 xiao4	to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter	2
田地[田地]	tian2 di4	field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent	17
种地[種地]	zhong4 di4	to farm; to work the land	5
常识[常識]	chang2 shi2	common sense; general knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]	1
庄稼[莊稼]	zhuang1 jia5	farm crop; CL:種|种[zhong3]	3
黏性[黏性]	nian2 xing4	stickiness; gluing strength; viscosity	1
泥[泥]	ni2	mud; clay; paste; pulp	11
汤[湯]	tang1	soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled	32
秋天[秋天]	qiu1 tian1	autumn; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
怪罪[怪罪]	guai4 zui4	to blame	6
心劲[心勁]	xin1 jin4	thoughts; what one has in one's heart	1
霸占[霸佔]	ba4 zhan4	to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate	2
天神[天神]	tian1 shen2	god; deity	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/175 words - 22 min
有为[有為]	you3 wei2	promising; to show promise	1
风华[風華]	feng1 hua2	magnificent	1
迟迟[遲遲]	chi2 chi2	late (with a task etc); slow	3
治安[治安]	zhi4 an1	law and order; public security	1
株连[株連]	zhu1 lian2	to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association	2
个个[個個]	ge4 ge4	each one individually; each and every	10
心惊胆战[心驚膽戰]	xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4	lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear; scared witless	1
活路[活路]	huo2 lu4	through road; way out; way to survive; means of subsistence	4
一头[一頭]	yi1 tou2	one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously	4
撞死[撞死]	zhuang4 si3	to knock down and kill sb with a car; to run over sb; to run sb down	2
万死不辞[萬死不辭]	wan4 si3 bu4 ci2	ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out	3
木头[木頭]	mu4 tou5	slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]	3
清理[清理]	qing1 li3	to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of	3
挑选[挑選]	tiao1 xuan3	to choose; to select	4
木材[木材]	mu4 cai2	wood	2
敲门[敲門]	qiao1 men2	to knock on a door	1
闺房[閨房]	gui1 fang2	lady's chamber; boudoir; harem	1
幻想[幻想]	huan4 xiang3	delusion; fantasy	1
凤凰[鳳凰]	feng4 huang2	phoenix	1
安慰[安慰]	an1 wei4	to comfort; to console; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
未曾[未曾]	wei4 ceng2	hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever	6
答谢[答謝]	da2 xie4	to express one's thanks	2
开创[開創]	kai1 chuang4	to initiate; to start; to found	10
一手[一手]	yi1 shou3	a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help	4
激[激]	ji1	to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/200 words - 26 min
义[義]	yi4	justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship	3
弹压[彈壓]	tan2 ya1	to suppress; to quell (a disturbance); repression	2
蜂[蜂]	feng1	bee; wasp	1
蜂拥[蜂擁]	feng1 yong1	to flock (to see); to mill; to throng	1
勇往直前[勇往直前]	yong3 wang3 zhi2 qian2	to advance bravely	1
值钱[值錢]	zhi2 qian2	valuable; costly; expensive	1
不值钱[不值錢]	bu4 zhi2 qian2	of little value	1
诽谤[誹謗]	fei3 bang4	to slander; to libel	1
报效[報效]	bao4 xiao4	render service to repay kindness	5
把门[把門]	ba3 men2	to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate	5
狗贼[狗賊]	gou3 zei2	(insult) brigand; swindler	2
酒囊饭袋[酒囊飯袋]	jiu3 nang2 fan4 dai4	wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing	1
顶用[頂用]	ding3 yong4	to be of use	3
四处[四處]	si4 chu4	all over the place; everywhere and all directions	2
搜[搜]	sou1	to search	2
老鼠洞[老鼠洞]	lao3 shu3 dong4	mouse hole	1
厅[廳]	ting1	(reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department	2
档[檔]	dang4	official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dang3]	5
破事[破事]	po4 shi4	trivial matter; trifle; annoying thing	1
进城[進城]	jin4 cheng2	to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work)	4
复命[復命]	fu4 ming4	to report on completion of a mission; debriefing	3
辩[辯]	bian4	to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss	6
曾[曾]	ceng2	once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)	6
四方[四方]	si4 fang1	four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere	3
绝[絕]	jue2	to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	22
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/225 words - 27 min
引起[引起]	yin3 qi3	to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse	3
骚乱[騷亂]	sao1 luan4	disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance	1
聪明伶俐[聰明伶俐]	cong1 ming5 ling2 li4	clever and quick-witted	1
绣花[繡花]	xiu4 hua1	to embroider; to do embroidery	2
认罪[認罪]	ren4 zui4	to admit guilt; to plead guilty	3
人证物证[人證物證]	ren2 zheng4 wu4 zheng4	human testimony and material evidence	1
俱全[俱全]	ju4 quan2	every kind; every variety under the sun; a complete gamut	1
自身[自身]	zi4 shen1	itself; oneself; one's own	2
一手遮天[一手遮天]	yi1 shou3 zhe1 tian1	lit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses	1
谣言[謠言]	yao2 yan2	rumor	3
敌[敵]	di2	enemy; to be a match for; to rival; to resist; to withstand	6
品[品]	pin3	article; commodity; product; goods; kind; grade; rank; character; disposition; nature; temperament; variety; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)	11
大佬[大佬]	da4 lao3	big shot (leading some field or group); godfather	3
舍命[捨命]	she3 ming4	to risk one's life	1
刚正[剛正]	gang1 zheng4	honest; upright	1
徇[徇]	xun4	to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. [xun2]; to follow; to expose publicly; variant of 侚[xun4]; variant of 殉[xun4]	1
私[私]	si1	personal; private; selfish	17
朝夕[朝夕]	zhao1 xi1	morning and night; all the time	4
死路一条[死路一條]	si3 lu4 yi1 tiao2	(idiom) dead end; road to ruin	2
心机[心機]	xin1 ji1	thinking; scheme	5
不及[不及]	bu4 ji2	to fall short of; not as good as; too late	3
指点[指點]	zhi3 dian3	to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at	2
就此[就此]	jiu4 ci3	at this point; thus; from then on	5
无影无踪[無影無蹤]	wu2 ying3 wu2 zong1	to disappear without trace (idiom)	1
贪恋[貪戀]	tan1 lian4	to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/250 words - 29 min
权势[權勢]	quan2 shi4	power; influence	1
特[特]	te4	special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex	10
一去不复返[一去不復返]	yi1 qu4 bu4 fu4 fan3	gone forever	1
计[計]	ji4	to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge	6
翻遍[翻遍]	fan1 bian4	to rummage through; to turn everything over; to ransack	1
全城[全城]	quan2 cheng2	whole city	2
传闻[傳聞]	chuan2 wen2	rumor	1
昨晚[昨晚]	zuo2 wan3	yesterday evening; last night	4
踪影[蹤影]	zong1 ying3	trace; vestige; presence	1
纸上谈兵[紙上談兵]	zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1	lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC	1
终究[終究]	zhong1 jiu1	in the end; after all is said and done	1
大器[大器]	da4 qi4	very capable person; precious object	1
下令[下令]	xia4 ling4	to give an order; to command	2
缉拿[緝拿]	ji1 na2	to arrest; to seize	1
深受[深受]	shen1 shou4	to receive in no small measure	2
数万[數萬]	shu4 wan4	several tens of thousands; many thousand	1
暴动[暴動]	bao4 dong4	insurrection; rebellion	2
闹事[鬧事]	nao4 shi4	to cause trouble; to create a disturbance	14
无法无天[無法無天]	wu2 fa3 wu2 tian1	regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom); maverick; undisciplined and out of control	7
借[藉]	jie4	variant of 借[jie4]	5
飞扬跋扈[飛揚跋扈]	fei1 yang2 ba2 hu4	bossy and domineering; throwing one's weight about	2
大大方方[大大方方]	da4 da4 fang1 fang1	confident; calm; natural; poised	2
黑夜[黑夜]	hei1 ye4	night	1
偷偷摸摸[偷偷摸摸]	tou1 tou1 mo1 mo1	surreptitious; sneaky	2
诸多[諸多]	zhu1 duo1	(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/275 words - 34 min
查清[查清]	cha2 qing1	to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify	8
好些[好些]	hao3 xie1	a good deal of; quite a lot	7
召见[召見]	zhao4 jian4	call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview	5
危害[危害]	wei1 hai4	to jeopardize; to harm; to endanger; harmful effect; damage; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
大胜[大勝]	da4 sheng4	to defeat decisively; to win decisively; great victory; triumph	1
清单[清單]	qing1 dan1	list of items	4
记录[記錄]	ji4 lu4	to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]	8
数目[數目]	shu4 mu4	amount; number	2
视[視]	shi4	to look at; to regard; to inspect	9
珍宝[珍寶]	zhen1 bao3	a treasure	1
熄[熄]	xi1	to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	2
捣鬼[搗鬼]	dao3 gui3	to play tricks; to cause mischief	1
惹[惹]	re3	to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)	13
寄予厚望[寄予厚望]	ji4 yu3 hou4 wang4	to place high hopes	1
锅[鍋]	guo1	pot; pan; boiler; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]	8
时刻[時刻]	shi2 ke4	time; juncture; moment; period of time; CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]; constantly; always	3
大大小小[大大小小]	da4 da4 xiao3 xiao3	large and small; of all sizes	4
不公[不公]	bu4 gong1	unjust; unfair	3
无礼[無禮]	wu2 li3	rude; rudely	5
逍遥法外[逍遙法外]	xiao1 yao2 fa3 wai4	unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large	1
烈女[烈女]	lie4 nu:3	a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death	2
哪些[哪些]	na3 xie1	which ones?; who?; what?	1
清白[清白]	qing1 bai2	pure; innocent	1
陪葬[陪葬]	pei2 zang4	to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)	1
事先[事先]	shi4 xian1	in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/300 words - 41 min
泄私愤[洩私憤]	xie4 si1 fen4	to vent personal spite; to act out of malice (esp. of crime)	1
不要紧[不要緊]	bu4 yao4 jin3	unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but	3
花甲[花甲]	hua1 jia3	complete sexagenary cycle; a 60 year-old person; passage of time	1
黑龙江[黑龍江]	Hei1 long2 jiang1	Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈尔滨; Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia; Amur river	4
拟[擬]	ni3	to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-	11
气头上[氣頭上]	qi4 tou2 shang4	in a fit of anger (idiom); in a temper	2
条件[條件]	tiao2 jian4	condition; circumstances; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
带领[帶領]	dai4 ling3	to guide; to lead	5
抢修[搶修]	qiang3 xiu1	to repair in a rush; rush repairs	2
确保[確保]	que4 bao3	to ensure; to guarantee	3
万无一失[萬無一失]	wan4 wu2 yi1 shi1	surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)	1
修好[修好]	xiu1 hao3	to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds	4
午时[午時]	wu3 shi2	11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)	3
阖[闔]	he2	door; to close; whole	3
居民[居民]	ju1 min2	resident; inhabitant	3
周到[周到]	zhou1 dao4	thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhou1 dao5]	1
冤死[冤死]	yuan1 si3	to die of persecution	2
交出[交出]	jiao1 chu1	to hand over	1
不服[不服]	bu4 fu2	not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to	8
后事[後事]	hou4 shi4	future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements	1
行刑[行刑]	xing2 xing2	to carry out a (death) sentence; execution	4
冒死[冒死]	mao4 si3	to brave death	4
请求[請求]	qing3 qiu2	to request; to ask; request; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
介[介]	jie4	to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor	1
草民[草民]	cao3 min2	the grass roots; the hoi polloi	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep08/310 words - 42 min
赦免[赦免]	she4 mian3	to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment	5
推卸[推卸]	tui1 xie4	to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck	2
失察[失察]	shi1 cha2	to fail in observing or supervising; to miss; to let sth slip through	6
岳飞[岳飛]	Yue4 Fei1	Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general	3
世道[世道]	shi4 dao4	the ways of the world; the morals of the time	1
凭据[憑據]	ping2 ju4	evidence	1
满足[滿足]	man3 zu2	to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content	2
扰乱[擾亂]	rao3 luan4	to disturb; to perturb; to harass	2
公堂[公堂]	gong1 tang2	law court; hall (in castle); CL:家[jia1]	3
明察[明察]	ming2 cha2	to note clearly; to perceive	6
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/25 words - 8 min
暂停[暫停]	zan4 ting2	to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)	1
辅以[輔以]	fu3 yi3	supplemented by; accompanied by; with	1
查帐[查帳]	cha2 zhang4	to audit accounts; to inspect accounting books	4
无私[無私]	wu2 si1	selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic	3
私愤[私憤]	si1 fen4	personal spite; malice	2
造假[造假]	zao4 jia3	to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine	4
想当然[想當然]	xiang3 dang1 ran2	to take sth for granted	2
当众[當眾]	dang1 zhong4	in public; in front of everybody	1
查验[查驗]	cha2 yan4	inspection; to examine	4
喔[喔]	wo5	(particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder	4
半中腰[半中腰]	ban4 zhong1 yao1	middle; halfway	1
镰[鐮]	lian2	scythe; sickle	1
敲[敲]	qiao1	to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge	7
高粱[高粱]	gao1 liang2	sorghum; common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare)	2
真心实意[真心實意]	zhen1 xin1 shi2 yi4	genuine and sincere (idiom); wholehearted	4
个头[個頭]	ge4 tou2	size; height	4
这天[這天]	zhe4 tian1	today; this day	5
即日[即日]	ji2 ri4	this or that very day; in the next few days	1
启程[啟程]	qi3 cheng2	to set out on a journey	5
勘探[勘探]	kan1 tan4	to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting	1
一套[一套]	yi1 tao4	suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior	10
离岸[離岸]	li2 an4	offshore	1
尸位素餐[尸位素餐]	shi1 wei4 su4 can1	to hold a sinecure (idiom)	2
毫无[毫無]	hao2 wu2	not in the least; to completely lack	4
苦战[苦戰]	ku3 zhan4	bitter struggle; hard battle; arduous effort	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/50 words - 13 min
功败垂成[功敗垂成]	gong1 bai4 chui2 cheng2	to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory	2
落得[落得]	luo4 de5	ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total	2
了无生趣[了無生趣]	liao3 wu2 sheng1 qu4	to lose all interest in life (idiom)	1
多么[多麼]	duo1 me5	how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent	1
发牢骚[發牢騷]	fa1 lao2 sao1	to whine; to be grouchy	3
难听[難聽]	nan2 ting1	unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful	1
捐[捐]	juan1	to contribute; to donate; contribution; tax; to abandon	1
残[殘]	can2	to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus	1
毕生[畢生]	bi4 sheng1	all one's life; lifetime	5
精力[精力]	jing1 li4	energy	4
誓言[誓言]	shi4 yan2	to pledge; to promise; oath; vow	2
葬[葬]	zang4	to bury (the dead); to inter	2
清朝[清朝]	Qing1 chao2	Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)	13
入世[入世]	ru4 shi4	to join the WTO; to enter the world; secular	1
昂扬[昂揚]	ang2 yang2	elated; high-spirited; uplifting (music)	1
奋发图强[奮發圖強]	fen4 fa1 tu2 qiang2	to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)	1
焉知[焉知]	yan1 zhi1	(literary) how is one to know?	3
原[原]	yuan2	former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	12
接任[接任]	jie1 ren4	to take over (as minister, manager etc)	1
幕[幕]	mu4	curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)	3
誓死[誓死]	shi4 si3	to pledge one's life	1
翻[翻]	fan1	to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross	10
凶[凶]	xiong1	vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine; variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]	5
前朝[前朝]	qian2 chao2	the previous dynasty	3
战火[戰火]	zhan4 huo3	conflagration; the fire of war	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/75 words - 17 min
不断[不斷]	bu4 duan4	unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant	5
被迫[被迫]	bei4 po4	to be compelled; to be forced	1
荒芜[荒蕪]	huang1 wu2	left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild	1
百十[百十]	bai3 shi2	a hundred or so	4
人烟[人煙]	ren2 yan1	sign of human habitation	1
瞪眼[瞪眼]	deng4 yan3	to open one's eyes wide; to stare; to glare (at sb); to scowl	1
牌[牌]	pai2	mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal; CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]	19
苟安[苟安]	gou3 an1	see 苟且偷安[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]	1
立足[立足]	li4 zu2	to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on	1
决心[決心]	jue2 xin1	determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
成全[成全]	cheng2 quan2	to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off	5
败仗[敗仗]	bai4 zhang4	lost battle; defeat	1
船舱[船艙]	chuan2 cang1	hold of ship	2
戒[戒]	jie4	to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)	1
心急火燎[心急火燎]	xin1 ji2 huo3 liao3	to burn with anxiety	1
干脆[乾脆]	gan1 cui4	straightforward; clear-cut; blunt (e.g. statement); you might as well; simply	3
寿[壽]	shou4	long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary	21
清静[清靜]	qing1 jing4	quiet; peaceful and quiet	5
轻松[輕鬆]	qing1 song1	light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously	4
估算[估算]	gu1 suan4	assessment; evaluation	3
闹笑话[鬧笑話]	nao4 xiao4 hua4	made to look a fool; a laughingstock	3
水师[水師]	shui3 shi1	navy (in Qing times)	17
旱鸭子[旱鴨子]	han4 ya1 zi5	non-swimmer	1
海战[海戰]	hai3 zhan4	naval battle	5
专门[專門]	zhuan1 men2	specialist; specialized; customized	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/100 words - 19 min
施琅[施琅]	Shi1 Lang2	Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing Dynasties	47
组建[組建]	zu3 jian4	to organize; to set up; to establish	4
办不到[辦不到]	ban4 bu5 dao4	impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish	2
造船[造船]	zao4 chuan2	shipbuilding	1
百战百胜[百戰百勝]	bai3 zhan4 bai3 sheng4	to emerge victorious in every battle; to be ever-victorious	1
迟[遲]	chi2	late; delayed; slow	3
郑成功[鄭成功]	Zheng4 Cheng2 gong1	Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader	9
鬼子[鬼子]	gui3 zi5	devils; refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese	1
夺[奪]	duo2	to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose	12
精锐[精銳]	jing1 rui4	elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel	1
无比[無比]	wu2 bi3	incomparable; matchless	3
屡屡[屢屢]	lu:3 lu:3	again and again; repeatedly	3
侵犯[侵犯]	qin1 fan4	to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate; to assault	1
抓紧[抓緊]	zhua1 jin3	to grasp firmly; to pay special attention to; to rush in; to make the most of	3
支撑[支撐]	zhi1 cheng1	to prop up; to support; strut; brace	1
老家[老家]	lao3 jia1	native place; place of origin; home state or region	6
人口[人口]	ren2 kou3	population; people	3
三十[三十]	san1 shi2	thirty; 30	2
享福[享福]	xiang3 fu2	to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life	5
孤[孤]	gu1	lone; lonely	10
悬[懸]	xuan2	to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation	3
海外[海外]	hai3 wai4	overseas; abroad	5
袭[襲]	xi2	to attack; to inherit; classifier for suits (esp. of funeral robes)	1
怀仁[懷仁]	Huai2 ren2	Huairen county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi	2
大炮[大砲]	da4 pao4	big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used; CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]	12
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/125 words - 20 min
图示[圖示]	tu2 shi4	icon (computing)	1
火炮[火炮]	huo3 pao4	cannon; gun; artillery	4
看不懂[看不懂]	kan4 bu5 dong3	unable to make sense of what one is looking at	3
拉丁文[拉丁文]	La1 ding1 wen2	Latin (language)	3
天文[天文]	tian1 wen2	astronomy	4
解剖学[解剖學]	jie3 pou1 xue2	anatomy	1
哲学[哲學]	zhe2 xue2	philosophy; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
法国人[法國人]	Fa3 guo2 ren2	Frenchman; French person	1
奇瑞[奇瑞]	Qi2 rui4	Chery (car manufacturer)	1
膛线[膛線]	tang2 xian4	rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)	1
关闭[關閉]	guan1 bi4	to close; to shut	2
似乎[似乎]	si4 hu1	apparently; to seem; to appear; as if; seemingly	4
实心[實心]	shi2 xin1	sincere; solid	12
世纪[世紀]	shi4 ji4	century; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
进步[進步]	jin4 bu4	progress; improvement; to improve; to progress; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
婆[婆]	po2	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)	1
罗[羅]	luo2	gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift	4
切[切]	qie1	to cut; to slice; tangent (math)	3
切[切]	qie4	definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; close to; eager; to correspond to; see also 反切[fan3 qie4]	3
斯[斯]	si1	(phonetic); this	3
技术[技術]	ji4 shu4	technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]	4
淘汰[淘汰]	tao2 tai4	to wash out; elimination (by selection); natural selection; to knock out (in a competition); to die out; to phase out	1
炮弹[炮彈]	pao4 dan4	artillery shell; CL:枚[mei2]	9
命中率[命中率]	ming4 zhong4 lu:4	hit rate; scoring rate	2
通过[通過]	tong1 guo4	by means of; through; via; to pass through; to get through; to adopt; to pass (a bill or inspection etc); to switch over	4
开炮[開砲]	kai1 pao4	to open fire	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/150 words - 21 min
角度[角度]	jiao3 du4	angle; point of view	1
精确[精確]	jing1 que4	accurate; precise	1
预估[預估]	yu4 gu1	to estimate; to forecast; prediction; projection	1
英[英]	ying1	hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom	3
海船[海船]	hai3 chuan2	seagoing ship	3
听懂[聽懂]	ting1 dong3	to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)	2
船身[船身]	chuan2 shen1	hull; body of a ship	1
两侧[兩側]	liang3 ce4	two sides; both sides	3
利于[利於]	li4 yu2	to be beneficial; to be good for	2
推出[推出]	tui1 chu1	to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend	1
开花[開花]	kai1 hua1	to bloom; to blossom; to flower; fig. to burst open; to feel happy or elated; new development grows out	4
落地[落地]	luo4 di4	to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land	3
产生[產生]	chan3 sheng1	to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate; to appear; appearance; emergence; generation; production; yield	1
多重[多重]	duo1 chong2	multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)	1
爆炸[爆炸]	bao4 zha4	explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate	1
效果[效果]	xiao4 guo3	result; effect; quality; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
尤其是[尤其是]	you2 qi2 shi4	especially; most of all; above all; in particular	1
过程[過程]	guo4 cheng2	course of events; process; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
撕裂[撕裂]	si1 lie4	to rip apart; to tear; laceration; rent	1
战船[戰船]	zhan4 chuan2	warship	7
极限[極限]	ji2 xian4	limit; extreme boundary	1
欧洲[歐洲]	Ou1 zhou1	Europe; abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1]	2
操纵[操縱]	cao1 zong4	to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate	1
炮手[砲手]	pao4 shou3	gunner; artillery crew	1
纯熟[純熟]	chun2 shu2	skillful; proficient	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/175 words - 23 min
西洋[西洋]	xi1 yang2	the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)	6
设计[設計]	she4 ji4	plan; design; to design; to plan; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
遣[遣]	qian3	to dispatch; to send; to dispel	3
工匠[工匠]	gong1 jiang4	artisan; smith	3
铸铁[鑄鐵]	zhu4 tie3	pig iron; foundry iron	2
制作[製作]	zhi4 zuo4	to make; to manufacture	4
部件[部件]	bu4 jian4	part; component	1
模[模]	mo2	to imitate; model; norm; pattern	1
工厂[工廠]	gong1 chang3	factory; CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4]	1
具备[具備]	ju4 bei4	to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)	1
小打小闹[小打小鬧]	xiao3 da3 xiao3 nao4	small-scale	1
起落[起落]	qi3 luo4	to rise and fall; takeoff and landing; ups and downs	2
洋人[洋人]	yang2 ren2	foreigner; Westerner	6
案板[案板]	an4 ban3	kneading or chopping board	1
任人宰割[任人宰割]	ren4 ren2 zai3 ge1	to get trampled on (idiom); to be taken advantage of	1
运作[運作]	yun4 zuo4	to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)	1
崇[崇]	chong2	high; sublime; lofty; to esteem; to worship	6
技师[技師]	ji4 shi1	technician; technical expert	2
增加[增加]	zeng1 jia1	to raise; to increase	9
样式[樣式]	yang4 shi4	type; style	2
演示[演示]	yan3 shi4	to demonstrate; to show; presentation; demonstration	1
包子[包子]	bao1 zi5	steamed stuffed bun; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
算命[算命]	suan4 ming4	fortune-telling; to tell fortune	1
得空[得空]	de2 kong4	to have leisure time	1
教书匠[教書匠]	jiao1 shu1 jiang4	hack teacher; pedagogue	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/200 words - 26 min
逗[逗]	dou4	to stay; to stop; to tease (play with); amusing; short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dou4])	3
跪下[跪下]	gui4 xia5	to kneel down	13
随口[隨口]	sui2 kou3	(speak) without thinking the matter through	3
胡诌[胡謅]	hu2 zhou1	to invent crazy nonsense; to cook up (excuses); to talk at random; wild babble	1
摆摊[擺攤]	bai3 tan1	to set up a vendor's stall in the street	3
算卦[算卦]	suan4 gua4	fortune telling	2
造化[造化]	zao4 hua4	good luck; Nature (as the mother of all things)	4
惨[慘]	can3	miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy	5
老乡[老鄉]	lao3 xiang1	fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown	1
结拜[結拜]	jie2 bai4	to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers)	1
不知去向[不知去向]	bu4 zhi1 qu4 xiang4	whereabouts unknown; gone missing	1
几次[幾次]	ji3 ci4	several times	10
一气之下[一氣之下]	yi1 qi4 zhi1 xia4	in a fit of pique; in a fury	1
养活[養活]	yang3 huo5	to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth	1
男子汉大丈夫[男子漢大丈夫]	nan2 zi3 han4 da4 zhang4 fu5	(coll.) he-man	3
闯[闖]	chuang3	to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)	4
成器[成器]	cheng2 qi4	to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect	1
雪[雪]	xue3	snow; snowfall; CL:場|场[chang2]; to have the appearance of snow; to wipe away, off or out; to clean	7
融化[融化]	rong2 hua4	to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse	1
冰河[冰河]	bing1 he2	glacier	3
坐下[坐下]	zuo4 xia5	to sit down	18
头重脚轻[頭重腳輕]	tou2 zhong4 jiao3 qing1	top-heavy; fig. unbalance in organization or political structure	1
向西[向西]	xiang4 xi1	westward	1
时而[時而]	shi2 er2	occasionally; from time to time	1
向北[向北]	xiang4 bei3	northward; facing north	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/225 words - 30 min
水土[水土]	shui3 tu3	water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate	1
沿着[沿著]	yan2 zhe5	to go along; to follow	2
饿肚子[餓肚子]	e4 du4 zi5	to go hungry; to starve	2
屋顶[屋頂]	wu1 ding3	roof; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
悬崖[懸崖]	xuan2 ya2	precipice; overhanging cliff	1
深度[深度]	shen1 du4	depth; (of a speech etc) profundity; advanced stage of development	3
扶[扶]	fu2	to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help	7
尺子[尺子]	chi3 zi5	rule; ruler (measuring instrument); CL:把[ba3]	2
窟窿[窟窿]	ku1 long5	hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt	6
蹦[蹦]	beng4	to jump; to bounce; to hop	2
预备[預備]	yu4 bei4	to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory	2
点火[點火]	dian3 huo3	to ignite; to light a fire; to agitate; to start an engine; ignition; fig. to stir up trouble	2
野战[野戰]	ye3 zhan4	battlefield operation; paintball	1
射程[射程]	she4 cheng2	range; reach; firing range	3
榴弹炮[榴彈炮]	liu2 dan4 pao4	howitzer	2
加长[加長]	jia1 chang2	to lengthen	2
局[局]	ju2	office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc	3
单单[單單]	dan1 dan1	only; merely; just	1
比例[比例]	bi3 li4	proportion; scale	1
加大[加大]	jia1 da4	to increase (e.g. one's effort)	1
十倍[十倍]	shi2 bei4	tenfold; ten times (sth)	1
上万[上萬]	shang4 wan4	over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands	8
重炮[重砲]	zhong4 pao4	heavy artillery	1
精度[精度]	jing1 du4	precision	2
搬运[搬運]	ban1 yun4	freight; transport; portage; to transport; to carry	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/250 words - 31 min
储存[儲存]	chu3 cun2	stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage	1
目前[目前]	mu4 qian2	at the present time; currently	2
面临[面臨]	mian4 lin2	to face sth; to be confronted with	1
敌人[敵人]	di2 ren2	enemy; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
听话[聽話]	ting1 hua4	to do what one is told; obedient	3
部落[部落]	bu4 luo4	tribe	5
速度[速度]	su4 du4	speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
弓箭[弓箭]	gong1 jian4	bow and arrow	2
射[射]	she4	to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)	7
以上[以上]	yi3 shang4	that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.	4
范围[範圍]	fan4 wei2	range; scope; limit; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
密度[密度]	mi4 du4	density; thickness	1
阵型[陣型]	zhen4 xing2	formation (of a sports team, troops etc)	1
单独[單獨]	dan1 du2	alone; by oneself; on one's own	7
作战[作戰]	zuo4 zhan4	combat; to fight	2
不堪一击[不堪一擊]	bu4 kan1 yi1 ji1	to be unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow	3
进入[進入]	jin4 ru4	to enter; to join; to go into	2
火器[火器]	huo3 qi4	firearm; CL:架[jia4]	3
时代[時代]	shi2 dai4	age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
西方[西方]	Xi1 fang1	the West; the Occident; Western countries	1
蛮[蠻]	man2	barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless	2
消失[消失]	xiao1 shi1	to disappear; to fade away	2
唱歌[唱歌]	chang4 ge1	to sing a song	3
跳舞[跳舞]	tiao4 wu3	to dance	1
着手[著手]	zhuo2 shou3	to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/275 words - 33 min
轿[轎]	jiao4	sedan chair; palanquin; litter	4
克[克]	ke4	to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares	4
各自[各自]	ge4 zi4	each; respective; apiece	4
牛肉[牛肉]	niu2 rou4	beef	2
鸡肉[雞肉]	ji1 rou4	chicken meat	1
猪肉[豬肉]	zhu1 rou4	pork	1
耕[耕]	geng1	to plow; to till	1
辛辛苦苦[辛辛苦苦]	xin1 xin1 ku3 ku3	painstakingly; with great trouble	3
杀掉[殺掉]	sha1 diao4	to kill	1
天主教[天主教]	Tian1 zhu3 jiao4	Catholicism	1
国教[國教]	guo2 jiao4	state religion	2
若望[若望]	Ruo4 wang4	John; Saint John; less common variant of 約翰|约翰[Yue1 han4] preferred by the Catholic Church	2
意义[意義]	yi4 yi4	sense; meaning; significance; importance; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
说到[說到]	shuo1 dao4	to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for	6
试图[試圖]	shi4 tu2	to attempt; to try	1
毁掉[毀掉]	hui3 diao4	to destroy	2
在座[在座]	zai4 zuo4	to be present	4
强求[強求]	qiang3 qiu2	to insist on; to demand; to impose	3
孔子[孔子]	Kong3 zi3	Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]	4
佛[佛]	Fo2	Buddha; Buddhism	3
有着[有著]	you3 zhe5	to have; to possess	1
高尚[高尚]	gao1 shang4	noble; lofty; refined; exquisite	1
人格[人格]	ren2 ge2	personality; integrity; dignity	3
渊博[淵博]	yuan1 bo2	erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable	4
知识[知識]	zhi1 shi5	knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/300 words - 35 min
效仿[傚仿]	xiao4 fang3	see 仿傚|仿效[fang3 xiao4]	1
科学[科學]	ke1 xue2	science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]	2
想家[想家]	xiang3 jia1	homesick	3
地上[地上]	di4 shang5	on the ground; on the floor	9
浑身[渾身]	hun2 shen1	all over; from head to foot	2
开阔[開闊]	kai1 kuo4	wide; open (spaces); to open up	1
星星[星星]	xing1 xing5	star in the sky	2
踏实[踏實]	ta1 shi5	firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]	6
顶多[頂多]	ding3 duo1	at most; at best	1
幕僚[幕僚]	mu4 liao2	aids and advisors of top officials	3
考取[考取]	kao3 qu3	to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to	1
无量[無量]	wu2 liang4	measureless; immeasurable	1
要犯[要犯]	yao4 fan4	major criminal	2
高人一等[高人一等]	gao1 ren2 yi1 deng3	a cut above others; superior	2
享乐[享樂]	xiang3 le4	to enjoy life; pleasures of life	1
混日子[混日子]	hun4 ri4 zi5	to idle; to waste time	1
压榨[壓榨]	ya1 zha4	to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing	1
部属[部屬]	bu4 shu3	troops under one's command; subordinate; affiliated to a ministry	1
贿赂[賄賂]	hui4 lu4	to bribe; a bribe	5
上司[上司]	shang4 si5	boss; superior	3
和尚[和尚]	he2 shang5	Buddhist monk	4
道士[道士]	dao4 shi4	Daoist priest	2
考中[考中]	kao3 zhong4	to pass an exam	1
嫉妒[嫉妒]	ji2 du4	to be jealous; to envy; to hate	1
要命[要命]	yao4 ming4	to cause sb's death; very; extremely; frightening; annoying	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/325 words - 39 min
路过[路過]	lu4 guo4	to pass by or through	2
传说[傳說]	chuan2 shuo1	legend; folklore; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...	2
大峡谷[大峽谷]	Da4 xia2 gu3	great valley; Grand Canyon of Colorado River	1
斧子[斧子]	fu3 zi5	axe; hatchet; CL:把[ba3]	7
劈开[劈開]	pi1 kai1	to cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs)	1
部族[部族]	bu4 zu2	tribe; tribal	1
千千万万[千千萬萬]	qian1 qian1 wan4 wan4	lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands	1
用尽[用盡]	yong4 jin4	to exhaust; to use up completely	1
几千[幾千]	ji3 qian1	several thousand	6
生前[生前]	sheng1 qian2	(of a deceased) during one's life; while living	1
在乎[在乎]	zai4 hu5	to care about; equivalent of 在於|在于[zai4 yu2]	1
不大[不大]	bu4 da4	not very; not too; not often	5
极了[極了]	ji2 le5	extremely; exceedingly	2
说话算话[說話算話]	shuo1 hua4 suan4 hua4	to do as promised; to be as good as one's word; to honor one's word; to mean what one says	3
澜[瀾]	lan2	swelling water	22
星宿海[星宿海]	Xing1 xiu4 hai3	Xingxiuhai, high plateau in Qinhai close to the source of the Yellow River	3
载[載]	zai4	to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously	4
唐朝[唐朝]	Tang2 chao2	Tang dynasty (618-907)	1
贞[貞]	zhen1	chaste	1
大将[大將]	da4 jiang4	a general or admiral	8
李靖[李靖]	Li3 Jing4	Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]	1
集[集]	ji2	to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode	4
川[川]	chuan1	river; creek; plain; an area of level country	2
柏[柏]	bai3	cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]	1
海上[海上]	hai3 shang4	maritime	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep09/339 words - 42 min
览[覽]	lan3	to look at; to view; to read	5
河源[河源]	He2 yuan2	Heyuan prefecture-level city in Guangdong	1
抄写[抄寫]	chao1 xie3	to copy; to transcribe	2
卷宗[卷宗]	juan4 zong1	file; folder; dossier	2
熟悉[熟悉]	shu2 xi1	to be familiar with; to know well	5
格外[格外]	ge2 wai4	especially; particularly	5
用功[用功]	yong4 gong1	diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort	3
刑名[刑名]	xing2 ming2	criminal law (abbr. for pre-Han legalist school 刑名之学); name of crime	2
谈不上[談不上]	tan2 bu5 shang4	to be out of the question	3
感兴趣[感興趣]	gan3 xing4 qu4	to be interested	1
录[錄]	lu4	diary; record; to hit; to copy	2
借调[借調]	jie4 diao4	to temporarily transfer (personnel)	2
誊[謄]	teng2	to transcribe; to copy out; (free word)	3
从头[從頭]	cong2 tou2	anew; from the start	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/25 words - 8 min
不耐烦[不耐煩]	bu4 nai4 fan2	impatience; impatient	1
足见[足見]	zu2 jian4	it goes to show that; one can see	1
任事[任事]	ren4 shi4	appointment to an important post	8
钱粮[錢糧]	qian2 liang2	land tax; money and grain (given as tax or tribute)	4
胥吏[胥吏]	xu1 li4	low-level government official (in former times)	1
糊弄[糊弄]	hu4 nong5	to fool; to deceive; to go through the motions	5
夜班[夜班]	ye4 ban1	night shift	1
用来[用來]	yong4 lai2	to be used for	2
补贴[補貼]	bu3 tie1	to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit	3
家用[家用]	jia1 yong4	home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money	4
诚实[誠實]	cheng2 shi2	honest; honesty; honorable; truthful	1
加班[加班]	jia1 ban1	to work overtime	1
哆嗦[哆嗦]	duo1 suo5	to tremble; to shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the body	2
荣耀[榮耀]	rong2 yao4	honor; glory	2
满脸[滿臉]	man3 lian3	across one's whole face	1
故旧[故舊]	gu4 jiu4	old friends	3
鞠躬尽瘁[鞠躬盡瘁]	ju1 gong1 jin4 cui4	to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost	3
死而后已[死而後已]	si3 er2 hou4 yi3	until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life; unto one's dying day	2
办好[辦好]	ban4 hao3	to manage well	6
体面[體面]	ti3 mian4	dignity; face (as in "losing face"); honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable	2
闭上[閉上]	bi4 shang5	to close; to shut up	4
旁听[旁聽]	pang2 ting1	to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)	2
觉[覺]	jiao4	a nap; a sleep; CL:場|场[chang2]	14
觉[覺]	jue2	to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware	14
睡着[睡著]	shui4 zhao2	to fall asleep	3
挪用[挪用]	nuo2 yong4	to shift (funds); to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another; to embezzle; to misappropriate	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/50 words - 13 min
耍钱[耍錢]	shua3 qian2	(coll.) to gamble	2
一部分[一部分]	yi1 bu4 fen5	portion; part of; subset	4
歹[歹]	dai3	bad; wicked; evil; Kangxi radical 78	3
明争暗斗[明爭暗鬥]	ming2 zheng1 an4 dou4	to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)	2
同流合污[同流合污]	tong2 liu2 he2 wu1	to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others	3
填词[填詞]	tian2 ci2	to compose a poem (to a given tune)	1
出息[出息]	chu1 xi5	future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow up	4
人马[人馬]	ren2 ma3	men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur	2
弓[弓]	gong1	a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)	5
娴熟[嫻熟]	xian2 shu2	adept; skilled	1
一等[一等]	yi1 deng3	first class; grade A	2
拳法[拳法]	quan2 fa3	boxing; fighting technique	1
盖世[蓋世]	gai4 shi4	unrivalled; matchless	1
无双[無雙]	wu2 shuang1	incomparable; matchless; unique	2
勇士[勇士]	yong3 shi4	a warrior; a brave person	9
谬[謬]	miu4	to deceive; to confuse; to cheat; absurd; erroneous	2
公子[公子]	gong1 zi3	son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific)	17
兰[蘭]	lan2	orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)	1
满洲[滿洲]	Man3 zhou1	Manchuria	4
婉约[婉約]	wan3 yue1	graceful and subdued (style)	1
盘子[盤子]	pan2 zi5	tray; plate; dish; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
金饭碗[金飯碗]	jin1 fan4 wan3	secure and lucrative job	1
父子[父子]	fu4 zi3	father and son	5
坯[坯]	pi1	blank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product; Taiwan pr. [pei1]	1
乌鸦[烏鴉]	wu1 ya1	crow; raven	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/75 words - 16 min
策略[策略]	ce4 lu:e4	strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit	2
地名[地名]	di4 ming2	place name; toponym	1
错误[錯誤]	cuo4 wu4	error; mistake; CL:個|个[ge4]; mistaken; false; wrong	2
效劳[效勞]	xiao4 lao2	to serve (in some capacity); to work for	3
老东西[老東西]	lao3 dong1 xi5	(derog.) old fool; old bastard	2
醋[醋]	cu4	vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)	5
酸曲[酸曲]	suan1 qu3	love song	1
文理[文理]	wen2 li3	arts and sciences	1
通顺[通順]	tong1 shun4	smooth; clear and coherent	2
翰[翰]	han4	writing brush; writing; pen	1
隔壁[隔壁]	ge2 bi4	next door; neighbor	1
大发[大發]	Da4 fa1	Daihatsu, Japanese car company	2
垂青[垂青]	chui2 qing1	to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor	1
涤荡[滌蕩]	di2 dang4	to wash off	1
心扉[心扉]	xin1 fei1	inner heart; soul	1
兮[兮]	xi1	(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)	3
家乡[家鄉]	jia1 xiang1	hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
刘邦[劉邦]	Liu2 Bang1	Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)	3
气势[氣勢]	qi4 shi4	imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor	4
绿[綠]	lu:4	green	3
绿营[綠營]	Lu:4 ying2	Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units	9
潭柘寺[潭柘寺]	Tan2 zhe4 si4	Tanzhe Temple	4
进香[進香]	jin4 xiang1	to burn incense at a temple	1
临走[臨走]	lin2 zou3	before leaving; on departure	4
金钟[金鐘]	jin1 zhong1	Admiralty, Hong Kong	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/100 words - 19 min
原本[原本]	yuan2 ben3	originally; original	7
联[聯]	lian2	to ally; to unite; to join; (poetry) antithetical couplet	8
苦苦[苦苦]	ku3 ku3	strenuously; persistently; hard; painful	1
一说[一說]	yi1 shuo1	an expression of opinion; according to some	6
绝佳[絕佳]	jue2 jia1	exceptionally good	2
黄鹤楼[黃鶴樓]	Huang2 he4 Lou2	Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi	2
玉[玉]	yu4	jade	13
笛[笛]	di2	flute	1
省事[省事]	sheng3 shi4	to simplify matters; to save trouble	1
平时[平時]	ping2 shi2	ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime	5
留步[留步]	liu2 bu4	(said by departing guest) no need to see me out	7
冒昧[冒昧]	mao4 mei4	bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of	1
文采[文采]	wen2 cai3	literary talent; literary grace; rich and bright colors	1
斐然[斐然]	fei3 ran2	(literary) remarkable; brilliant	1
想来[想來]	xiang3 lai2	it may be assumed that	1
磅礴[磅礡]	pang2 bo2	majestic; boundless	1
不争[不爭]	bu4 zheng1	widely known; incontestable; undeniable; to not strive for; to not contend for	3
长短[長短]	chang2 duan3	length; duration; accident; right and wrong; good and bad; long and short	1
耗子[耗子]	hao4 zi5	(dialect) mouse; rat	2
掀[掀]	xian1	to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse	1
帘[簾]	lian2	hanging screen or curtain	2
露[露]	lou4	to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose	1
露[露]	lu4	dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose	1
大雪[大雪]	Da4 xue3	Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December	2
啃[啃]	ken3	to gnaw; to nibble; to bite	1
树皮[樹皮]	shu4 pi2	tree bark	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/125 words - 25 min
相约[相約]	xiang1 yue1	to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment	2
陶[陶]	tao2	pottery; pleased	2
然[然]	ran2	correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly	6
安心[安心]	an1 xin1	at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth	6
避暑[避暑]	bi4 shu3	to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke	1
里人[里人]	li3 ren2	person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower	1
赏脸[賞臉]	shang3 lian3	(polite) do me the honor	1
不在乎[不在乎]	bu4 zai4 hu5	not to care	2
满汉[滿漢]	Man3 Han4	Manchurian-Chinese (relations)	1
喋喋不休[喋喋不休]	die2 die2 bu4 xiu1	to chatter or jabber on and on	1
碍[礙]	ai4	to hinder; to obstruct; to block	2
仆人[僕人]	pu2 ren2	servant	1
听得见[聽得見]	ting1 de2 jian4	audible	3
清高[清高]	qing1 gao1	noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits	1
无心[無心]	wu2 xin1	unintentionally; not in the mood to	2
窍[竅]	qiao4	hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)	2
攀扯[攀扯]	pan1 che3	to implicate	1
不禁[不禁]	bu4 jin1	can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from	1
名臣[名臣]	ming2 chen2	important official or statesman (in feudal China)	6
犯人[犯人]	fan4 ren2	convict; prisoner; criminal	7
备案[備案]	bei4 an4	to put on record; to file	1
史籍[史籍]	shi3 ji2	historical records	1
灭门[滅門]	mie4 men2	to exterminate an entire family	1
舍[捨]	she3	to give up; to abandon; to give alms	4
没救[沒救]	mei2 jiu4	hopeless; incurable	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/150 words - 30 min
轻[輕]	qing1	light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage	17
筋骨[筋骨]	jin1 gu3	muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage	1
鲁莽[魯莽]	lu3 mang3	hot-headed; impulsive; reckless	1
尽管[儘管]	jin3 guan3	despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating	2
今儿个[今兒個]	jin1 r5 ge5	(coll.) today	3
称呼[稱呼]	cheng1 hu5	to call; to address as; appellation	1
官办[官辦]	guan1 ban4	government run; state enterprise	2
天子[天子]	tian1 zi3	the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)	8
拔[拔]	ba2	to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize	5
吹胡子瞪眼[吹鬍子瞪眼]	chui1 hu2 zi5 deng4 yan3	to get angry; to fume	1
避[避]	bi4	to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from	3
咽气[嚥氣]	yan4 qi4	to die; to breathe one's last	1
投[投]	tou2	to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of	4
缘分[緣分]	yuan2 fen4	fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny	1
零头[零頭]	ling2 tou2	odd; scrap; remainder	1
俗话说[俗話說]	su2 hua4 shuo1	as the proverb says; as they say...	2
这会儿[這會兒]	zhe4 hui4 r5	(coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]	2
老太爷[老太爺]	lao3 tai4 ye2	elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father	2
带兵[帶兵]	dai4 bing1	to lead troops	8
属下[屬下]	shu3 xia4	subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary	5
衰[衰]	shuai1	to decline; to wane; to become weak or feeble	3
挖苦[挖苦]	wa1 ku3	to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks	1
签[簽]	qian1	to sign one's name; visa; variant of 籤|签[qian1]	2
一大早[一大早]	yi1 da4 zao3	at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning	1
意见[意見]	yi4 jian4	idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]	18
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/175 words - 34 min
出路[出路]	chu1 lu4	a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)	2
伍子胥[伍子胥]	Wu3 Zi3 xu1	Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu; famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫	1
耐心[耐心]	nai4 xin1	to be patient; patience	2
世上[世上]	shi4 shang4	on earth	9
名将[名將]	ming2 jiang4	famous general	1
匹敌[匹敵]	pi3 di2	to be equal to; to be well-matched; rival	1
得当[得當]	de2 dang4	appropriate; suitable	1
轩[軒]	xuan1	pavilion with a view; high; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)	2
泰西[泰西]	Tai4 xi1	"the Far West"; old term for Europe and America	5
败绩[敗績]	bai4 ji4	to be utterly defeated; to be routed	1
关照[關照]	guan1 zhao4	to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind	4
普[普]	pu3	general; popular; everywhere; universal	1
有备无患[有備無患]	you3 bei4 wu2 huan4	Preparedness averts peril.; to be prepared, just in case (idiom)	1
郑[鄭]	Zheng4	Zheng state during the Warring States period; surname Zheng; abbr. for 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]	15
经营[經營]	jing1 ying2	to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate	1
再者[再者]	zai4 zhe3	moreover; besides	1
逆[逆]	ni4	contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel	4
盘踞[盤踞]	pan2 ju4	to occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself)	1
征[徵]	zheng1	to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence	6
子爵[子爵]	zi3 jue2	viscount	1
人民[人民]	ren2 min2	the people; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
善后[善後]	shan4 hou4	to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations	5
胜过[勝過]	sheng4 guo4	to excel; to surpass	2
从前[從前]	cong2 qian2	previously; formerly; once upon a time	2
极为[極為]	ji2 wei2	extremely; exceedingly	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/200 words - 37 min
蒙[蒙]	meng2	to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat	12
谆谆[諄諄]	zhun1 zhun1	earnest; devoted; tireless; sincere; assiduous	1
教导[教導]	jiao4 dao3	to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching	3
章[章]	zhang1	chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order	3
错字[錯字]	cuo4 zi4	incorrect character; typo (in Chinese text)	1
令人[令人]	ling4 ren2	to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc)	1
汗颜[汗顏]	han4 yan2	to blush with shame (literary)	2
佳作[佳作]	jia1 zuo4	masterpiece; fine piece of writing	1
批语[批語]	pi1 yu3	criticism; commentary	2
过目[過目]	guo4 mu4	to look over	3
开篇[開篇]	kai1 pian1	start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]	1
一堆[一堆]	yi1 dui1	pile	4
越发[越發]	yue4 fa1	increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more	1
王母娘娘[王母娘娘]	Wang2 mu3 niang2 niang2	another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West	4
筛[篩]	shai1	to filter; to sift; to sieve	7
石灰[石灰]	shi2 hui1	lime (calcium oxide)	7
擂[擂]	lei2	beat; to grind	4
铿锵[鏗鏘]	keng1 qiang1	sonorous; resounding; fig. resounding words	1
词语[詞語]	ci2 yu3	word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression	1
惊人[驚人]	jing1 ren2	astonishing	2
亏[虧]	kui1	deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that...	11
得出[得出]	de2 chu1	to obtain (results); to arrive at (a conclusion)	4
大街[大街]	da4 jie1	street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]	5
暗算[暗算]	an4 suan4	to plot against	1
忘恩负义[忘恩負義]	wang4 en1 fu4 yi4	to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep10/222 words - 43 min
鼻涕[鼻涕]	bi2 ti4	nasal mucus; snivel	1
配合[配合]	pei4 he2	matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine	5
贺喜[賀喜]	he4 xi3	to congratulate	6
升天[升天]	sheng1 tian1	lit. to ascend to heaven; to die	4
毒[毒]	du2	poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics	1
压住[壓住]	ya1 zhu4	to press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger); to keep down (voice)	1
过重[過重]	guo4 zhong4	overweight (luggage)	1
心力[心力]	xin1 li4	mental and physical efforts	1
憔悴[憔悴]	qiao2 cui4	wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered	1
伤痕[傷痕]	shang1 hen2	scar; bruise	1
狼[狼]	lang2	wolf; CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]	15
合[合]	he2	to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒[he2]	10
孤家寡人[孤家寡人]	gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2	one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)	2
宗室[宗室]	zong1 shi4	imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine	1
奶奶[奶奶]	nai3 nai5	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts	9
打牌[打牌]	da3 pai2	to play mahjong or cards	4
吃紧[吃緊]	chi1 jin3	in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important	1
心疼[心疼]	xin1 teng2	to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed	4
用力[用力]	yong4 li4	to exert oneself physically	1
祸患[禍患]	huo4 huan4	disaster; calamity	1
永不[永不]	yong3 bu4	never; will never	8
叛[叛]	pan4	to betray; to rebel; to revolt	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/25 words - 3 min
卓[卓]	zhuo2	outstanding	1
挑衅[挑釁]	tiao3 xin4	to provoke; provocation	1
疑虑[疑慮]	yi2 lu:4	hesitation; misgivings; doubt	2
步步[步步]	bu4 bu4	step by step; at every step	1
退让[退讓]	tui4 rang4	to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede	1
殊[殊]	shu1	different; unique; special; very; (classical) to behead; to die; to cut off; to separate; to surpass	2
搏斗[搏鬥]	bo2 dou4	to wrestle; to fight; to struggle	1
鹅[鵝]	e2	goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
叼[叼]	diao1	to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)	1
心急[心急]	xin1 ji2	anxious; impatient	5
不光[不光]	bu4 guang1	not the only one; not only	6
后[后]	hou4	empress; queen	20
滑头[滑頭]	hua2 tou2	crafty; slippery; slyboots	2
公道[公道]	gong1 dao4	justice; fairness; public highway	2
正蓝旗[正藍旗]	Zheng4 lan2 qi2	Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia; also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗	1
进关[進關]	jin4 guan1	inbound customs (international trade)	2
发财[發財]	fa1 cai2	to get rich	2
瞧见[瞧見]	qiao2 jian4	to see	1
东边[東邊]	dong1 bian5	east; east side; eastern part; to the east of	2
西边[西邊]	xi1 bian1	west; west side; western part; to the west of	3
扎[扎]	zha1	to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)	6
太宗[太宗]	Tai4 zong1	posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty; King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418	7
尸[屍]	shi1	corpse	5
血[血]	xue4	blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]	19
孩[孩]	hai2	child	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/50 words - 7 min
珠子[珠子]	zhu1 zi5	pearl; bead; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]	4
铠甲[鎧甲]	kai3 jia3	armor	2
老糊涂[老糊塗]	lao3 hu2 tu5	dotard	2
吸[吸]	xi1	to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	1
太祖[太祖]	tai4 zu3	Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)	4
血流[血流]	xue4 liu2	blood flow	2
松[松]	song1	pine; CL:棵[ke1]	2
以下[以下]	yi3 xia4	that level or lower; that amount or less; the following	3
拂晓[拂曉]	fu2 xiao3	daybreak; approach of dawn	1
半夜[半夜]	ban4 ye4	midnight; in the middle of the night	2
血流成河[血流成河]	xue4 liu2 cheng2 he2	rivers of blood (idiom); bloodbath	1
天下太平[天下太平]	tian1 xia4 tai4 ping2	the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity	2
忧虑[憂慮]	you1 lu:4	to worry; anxiety (about)	4
撮[撮]	cuo1	to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier: pinch; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]	1
蒙古人[蒙古人]	Meng3 gu3 ren2	Mongol	3
炕[炕]	kang4	kang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire	4
议政[議政]	yi4 zheng4	to discuss politics	2
服老[服老]	fu2 lao3	to admit to one's advancing years; to acquiesce to old age	1
不满[不滿]	bu4 man3	resentful; discontented; dissatisfied	3
色鬼[色鬼]	se4 gui3	lecher; pervert	1
老婆[老婆]	lao3 po2	(coll.) wife	4
孩子们[孩子們]	hai2 zi5 men5	children	4
别扭[彆扭]	bie4 niu5	awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche	1
醒酒[醒酒]	xing3 jiu3	to dissipate the effects of alcohol; to sober up	1
老家伙[老傢伙]	lao3 jia1 huo5	variant of 老家伙[lao3 jia1 huo5]	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/75 words - 10 min
幸好[幸好]	xing4 hao3	fortunately	2
热乎乎[熱乎乎]	re4 hu1 hu1	nice and warm	1
定海神针[定海神針]	ding4 hai3 shen2 zhen1	another name for 金箍棒[jin1 gu1 bang4]; (fig.) stabilizing force	1
一席话[一席話]	yi1 xi2 hua4	the content of a conversation; words; remarks	1
旬[旬]	xun2	ten days; ten years; full period	3
允许[允許]	yun3 xu3	to permit; to allow	5
胤[胤]	yin4	descendant; heir; offspring; posterity; to inherit	19
身子骨[身子骨]	shen1 zi5 gu3	posture; upright posture	4
长得[長得]	zhang3 de5	to look (pretty, the same etc)	4
小牛[小牛]	xiao3 niu2	calf; (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini	1
犊子[犢子]	du2 zi5	calf	1
射箭[射箭]	she4 jian4	archery; to shoot an arrow	3
射中[射中]	she4 zhong4	to hit the target	1
靶心[靶心]	ba3 xin1	center of target; bull's eye	1
扳指[扳指]	ban1 zhi3	ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)	1
近臣[近臣]	jin4 chen2	member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old)	2
三国[三國]	San1 guo2	Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history; several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658	5
戚[戚]	qi1	relative; parent; grief; sorrow; battle-axe	2
伤脑筋[傷腦筋]	shang1 nao3 jin1	to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains	1
妹妹[妹妹]	mei4 mei5	younger sister; young woman; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
忠于[忠於]	zhong1 yu2	to be loyal to	6
本朝[本朝]	ben3 chao2	the current dynasty	7
袁绍[袁紹]	Yuan2 Shao4	Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord	1
董卓[董卓]	Dong3 Zhuo2	Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布	1
蒙古[蒙古]	Meng3 gu3	Mongolia	10
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/100 words - 14 min
做梦[做夢]	zuo4 meng4	to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream	1
揪[揪]	jiu1	to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull	1
团[團]	tuan2	round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)	3
惊吓[驚嚇]	jing1 xia4	to frighten; to horrify; to terrify	1
压死[壓死]	ya1 si3	to crush to death	1
踩[踩]	cai3	to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote	8
蠢猪[蠢豬]	chun3 zhu1	stupid swine; idiot	1
累坏[累壞]	lei4 huai4	to become exhausted	1
晚生[晚生]	wan3 sheng1	I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)	2
拜见[拜見]	bai4 jian4	to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior	4
阁下[閣下]	ge2 xia4	your distinguished self; your majesty; sire	1
舍得[捨得]	she3 de5	to be willing to part with sth	3
劳烦[勞煩]	lao2 fan2	to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request)	2
出自[出自]	chu1 zi4	to come from	3
手笔[手筆]	shou3 bi3	sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale	2
下手[下手]	xia4 shou3	to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest	4
稀里糊涂[稀裏糊塗]	xi1 li5 hu2 tu5	muddleheaded; careless	1
不明不白[不明不白]	bu4 ming2 bu4 bai2	obscure; dubious; shady	1
放肆[放肆]	fang4 si4	wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent	1
背叛[背叛]	bei4 pan4	to betray	1
最终[最終]	zui4 zhong1	final; ultimate	1
茄子[茄子]	qie2 zi5	eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese"	1
侮辱[侮辱]	wu3 ru3	to insult; to humiliate; dishonor	1
名士[名士]	ming2 shi4	famous scholar; worthy; celebrity, esp. distinguished literary person having no official post	1
朝纲[朝綱]	chao2 gang1	laws and discipline of imperial court	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/125 words - 19 min
露出[露出]	lu4 chu1	to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]	1
跋扈[跋扈]	ba2 hu4	domineering; bossy	2
不法[不法]	bu4 fa3	lawless; illegal; unlawful	4
大树[大樹]	Da4 shu4	Tashu township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan	3
猢狲[猢猻]	hu2 sun1	macaque	2
掂量[掂量]	dian1 liang5	to weigh in the hand; to consider; to ponder	3
分量[分量]	fen4 liang5	quantity; weight; measure	2
表演[表演]	biao3 yan3	play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]	1
回信[回信]	hui2 xin4	to reply; to write back; letter written in reply; CL:封[feng1]	2
醉鬼[醉鬼]	zui4 gui3	drunkard	1
算计[算計]	suan4 ji5	to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme	5
变戏法[變戲法]	bian4 xi4 fa3	to perform conjuring tricks; to conjure; to juggle	3
敲锣[敲鑼]	qiao1 luo2	to beat a gong	2
输赢[輸贏]	shu1 ying2	win or loss; outcome	2
苦肉计[苦肉計]	ku3 rou4 ji4	the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
好比[好比]	hao3 bi3	to be just like; can be compared to	2
蛐[蛐]	qu1	cricket	2
罐[罐]	guan4	can; jar; pot	2
重视[重視]	zhong4 shi4	to attach importance to sth; to value	3
汉学[漢學]	Han4 xue2	sinology; Chinese studies (in foreign schools); Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics	3
僵局[僵局]	jiang1 ju2	impasse; deadlock	1
持续[持續]	chi2 xu4	to continue; to persist; sustainable; preservation	1
援引[援引]	yuan2 yin3	to quote; to cite; to recommend (one's friend's, associates etc)	2
亦[亦]	yi4	also	4
自负[自負]	zi4 fu4	conceited; to take responsibility	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/150 words - 22 min
绝世[絕世]	jue2 shi4	unique; exceptional	1
助[助]	zhu4	to help; to assist	5
臂[臂]	bi4	arm	3
结草衔环[結草銜環]	jie2 cao3 xian2 huan2	to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)	2
知遇之恩[知遇之恩]	zhi1 yu4 zhi1 en1	lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection	2
违[違]	wei2	to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against	4
天诛[天誅]	tian1 zhu1	heavenly punishment; king's punishment	1
执迷不悟[執迷不悟]	zhi2 mi2 bu4 wu4	to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)	1
玉石俱焚[玉石俱焚]	yu4 shi2 ju4 fen2	to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)	1
万丈[萬丈]	wan4 zhang4	lit. ten thousand fathoms; fig. extremely high or deep; lofty; bottomless	1
楼台[樓臺]	lou2 tai2	balcony; high building (esp. in poetry); tower	1
长进[長進]	zhang3 jin4	to make progress; progress	1
号称[號稱]	hao4 cheng1	to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)	1
拆穿[拆穿]	chai1 chuan1	to expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc)	1
条理[條理]	tiao2 li3	arrangement; order; tidiness	1
远见[遠見]	yuan3 jian4	vision	1
言语[言語]	yan2 yu3	words; speech; (spoken) language	5
滑稽[滑稽]	hua2 ji1	comical; funny; amusing; old pr. [gu3 ji1]; huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang	1
尖酸刻薄[尖酸刻薄]	jian1 suan1 ke4 bo2	sharp and unkind (words)	1
大笑[大笑]	da4 xiao4	to laugh heartily; a belly laugh	2
便装[便裝]	bian4 zhuang1	casual dress	2
稀客[稀客]	xi1 ke4	infrequent visitor	1
不巧[不巧]	bu4 qiao3	too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it	1
午睡[午睡]	wu3 shui4	to take a nap; siesta	4
贵府[貴府]	gui4 fu3	your home (honorific)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/175 words - 24 min
叫醒[叫醒]	jiao4 xing3	to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse	2
早报[早報]	zao3 bao4	morning newspaper	1
凉亭[涼亭]	liang2 ting2	pavilion	1
喝茶[喝茶]	he1 cha2	(fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")	2
架子[架子]	jia4 zi5	shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance	1
靴子[靴子]	xue1 zi5	boots	12
周围[周圍]	zhou1 wei2	surroundings; environment; to encompass	3
夜猫子[夜貓子]	ye4 mao1 zi5	owl; (fig.) night owl	1
宅[宅]	zhai2	residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home	1
宋徽宗[宋徽宗]	Song4 Hui1 zong1	Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty)	1
苏州[蘇州]	Su1 zhou1	Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu	1
逃命[逃命]	tao2 ming4	to escape; to flee; to run for one's life	3
徽[徽]	hui1	badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms	2
眼光[眼光]	yan3 guang1	gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things	1
长江[長江]	Chang2 Jiang1	Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang	2
从江[從江]	Cong2 jiang1	Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou	2
宇宙[宇宙]	yu3 zhou4	universe; cosmos	1
荒[荒]	huang1	desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect	2
日月[日月]	ri4 yue4	the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood	4
盈[盈]	ying2	full; filled; surplus	2
昃[昃]	ze4	afternoon; decline	1
辰[辰]	chen2	5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°	1
宿[宿]	su4	lodge for the night; old; former	7
仁兄[仁兄]	ren2 xiong1	(honorific written address) My dear friend	1
萍水相逢[萍水相逢]	ping2 shui3 xiang1 feng2	strangers coming together by chance (idiom)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/200 words - 27 min
一同[一同]	yi1 tong2	along; together	3
相逢[相逢]	xiang1 feng2	to meet (by chance); to come across	1
会友[會友]	hui4 you3	to make friends; to meet friends; member of the same organization	1
朋[朋]	peng2	friend	2
拆开[拆開]	chai1 kai1	to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick	1
君子之交淡如水[君子之交淡如水]	jun1 zi3 zhi1 jiao1 dan4 ru2 shui3	a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])	1
浓[濃]	nong2	concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)	2
闻所未闻[聞所未聞]	wen2 suo3 wei4 wen2	unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event	2
日常[日常]	ri4 chang2	daily; everyday	2
经书[經書]	jing1 shu1	classic books in Confucianism; scriptures; sutras	1
名手[名手]	ming2 shou3	master; famous artist or sportsman	1
下边[下邊]	xia4 bian5	under; the underside; below	3
没上没下[沒上沒下]	mei2 shang4 mei2 xia4	no respect for seniors; lacking in manners	1
嚼舌头[嚼舌頭]	jiao2 she2 tou2	to gossip; to argue unnecessarily	1
立身处世[立身處世]	li4 shen1 chu3 shi4	the way of one's conduct and interaction in society (idiom)	1
一世[一世]	yi1 shi4	generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)	3
虑[慮]	lu:4	to think over; to consider; anxiety	1
深远[深遠]	shen1 yuan3	far-reaching; profound and long-lasting	1
勤[勤]	qin2	diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant	4
政事[政事]	zheng4 shi4	politics; government affairs	1
顺应[順應]	shun4 ying4	to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to	1
持[持]	chi2	to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control	3
楚[楚]	chu3	distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)	5
霸王[霸王]	ba4 wang2	hegemon; overlord; despot	1
义勇[義勇]	yi4 yong3	courageous; righteous and courageous	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/225 words - 29 min
汉高祖[漢高祖]	Han4 Gao1 zu3	posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC	1
劫掠[劫掠]	jie2 lu:e4	to loot; to plunder	1
明朝[明朝]	ming2 zhao1	tomorrow morning; the following morning	6
固然[固然]	gu4 ran2	admittedly (it's true that...)	3
崇祯[崇禎]	Chong2 zhen1	Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)	4
袁[袁]	yuan2	long robe (old)	3
焕[煥]	huan4	brilliant; lustrous	3
熊[熊]	xiong2	bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable	1
廷[廷]	ting2	palace courtyard	2
弼[弼]	bi4	to assist	1
兴旺[興旺]	xing1 wang4	prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish	1
创[創]	chuang4	to begin; to initiate; to inaugurate; to start; to create	2
史无前例[史無前例]	shi3 wu2 qian2 li4	unprecedented in history	2
衰败[衰敗]	shuai1 bai4	to decline; to wane; to decay; to deteriorate	1
胡乱[胡亂]	hu2 luan4	careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how	2
要害[要害]	yao4 hai4	vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial	2
在于[在於]	zai4 yu2	to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with	4
文治武功[文治武功]	wen2 zhi4 wu3 gong1	political and military achievements (idiom)	1
左手[左手]	zuo3 shou3	left hand; left-hand side	2
右手[右手]	you4 shou3	right hand; right-hand side	2
家教[家教]	jia1 jiao4	family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor	1
冲撞[衝撞]	chong1 zhuang4	to collide; jerking motion; to impinge; to offend; to provoke	2
恕罪[恕罪]	shu4 zui4	please forgive me	10
可人[可人]	ke3 ren2	pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person	1
奉命[奉命]	feng4 ming4	to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/250 words - 32 min
教书[教書]	jiao1 shu1	to teach (in a school)	1
笔杆[筆桿]	bi3 gan3	the shaft of a pen or writing brush; pen-holder; pen	1
草拟[草擬]	cao3 ni3	first draft; to draw up (a first version)	1
诏书[詔書]	zhao4 shu1	edict; written imperial order	2
效[效]	xiao4	effect; efficacy; to imitate	4
朝野[朝野]	chao2 ye3	all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people	4
一下子[一下子]	yi1 xia4 zi5	in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden	3
博学[博學]	bo2 xue2	learned; erudite	2
鸿[鴻]	hong2	eastern bean goose; great; large	3
阅卷[閱卷]	yue4 juan4	to grade exam papers	1
考官[考官]	kao3 guan1	an examiner; an official conducting an exam	2
通报[通報]	tong1 bao4	to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal	3
小孩子[小孩子]	xiao3 hai2 zi5	child	5
撺掇[攛掇]	cuan1 duo5	to urge sb on	1
有意思[有意思]	you3 yi4 si5	interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun	4
跑龙套[跑龍套]	pao3 long2 tao4	to play a small role	1
律法[律法]	lu:4 fa3	laws and decrees	2
官制[官制]	guan1 zhi4	the civil service system; the bureaucratic system	2
把持[把持]	ba3 chi2	to control; to dominate; to monopolize	2
缸[缸]	gang1	jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry; CL:口[kou3]	2
金鱼[金魚]	jin1 yu2	goldfish	1
硬[硬]	ying4	hard; stiff; strong; firm; resolutely; doggedly; good (quality); able (person)	3
鲫鱼[鯽魚]	ji4 yu2	Crucian carp	1
吊[吊]	diao4	to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person	5
搬弄是非[搬弄是非]	ban1 nong4 shi4 fei1	to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/275 words - 36 min
一鸣惊人[一鳴驚人]	yi1 ming2 jing1 ren2	to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity	2
奇人[奇人]	qi2 ren2	an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent	1
转眼[轉眼]	zhuan3 yan3	in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance	2
古往今来[古往今來]	gu3 wang3 jin1 lai2	since ancient times; since times immemorial	1
寻思[尋思]	xun2 si1	to consider; to ponder	2
麻[麻]	ma2	generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb	6
不分彼此[不分彼此]	bu4 fen1 bi3 ci3	to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom); to share everything; to be on very intimate terms	2
府邸[府邸]	fu3 di3	mansion house; official residence	3
摆设[擺設]	bai3 she4	to arrange; to set out; to decorate; to display; decorative items	1
走进[走進]	zou3 jin4	to enter	1
难闻[難聞]	nan2 wen2	unpleasant smell; stink	1
喜事[喜事]	xi3 shi4	happy occasion; wedding	3
分子[分子]	fen1 zi3	molecule; (math) numerator of a fraction	1
承蒙[承蒙]	cheng2 meng2	to be indebted (to sb)	5
沙锅[沙鍋]	sha1 guo1	variant of 砂鍋|砂锅[sha1 guo1]	1
恕[恕]	shu4	to forgive	6
衣裳[衣裳]	yi1 shang5	clothes	1
胸前[胸前]	xiong1 qian2	(on the) chest; bosom	1
品级[品級]	pin3 ji2	workmanship	3
荣[榮]	rong2	glory; honor; thriving	3
升[升]	sheng1	to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]	14
地儿[地兒]	di4 r5	place; space	6
多大[多大]	duo1 da4	how big; how much; how old etc	6
平身[平身]	ping2 shen1	(old) to stand up (after kowtowing); You may rise.	6
餐[餐]	can1	meal; to eat; classifier for meals	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/300 words - 39 min
实地[實地]	shi2 di4	on-site	3
测量[測量]	ce4 liang2	survey; to measure; to gauge; to determine	3
勘察[勘察]	kan1 cha2	to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey	3
宽慰[寬慰]	kuan1 wei4	to console; to soothe; relieved	3
不已[不已]	bu4 yi3	endlessly; incessantly	3
返[返]	fan3	to return (to)	1
朝阳门[朝陽門]	Chao2 yang2 men2	Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing	1
司[司]	si1	to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)	11
近日[近日]	jin4 ri4	in the past few days; recently; in the last few days	4
召开[召開]	zhao4 kai1	to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together	2
暗[暗]	an4	dark; gloomy; hidden; secret; muddled; obscure; in the dark	2
任命[任命]	ren4 ming4	to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]	5
务实[務實]	wu4 shi2	pragmatic; dealing with concrete issues	1
精通[精通]	jing1 tong1	to be proficient in; to master (a subject)	6
此道[此道]	ci3 dao4	such matters; things like this; this line of work; this pursuit; this hobby; this endeavor	1
行家[行家]	hang2 jia1	connoisseur; expert; veteran	2
选中[選中]	xuan3 zhong4	to choose; to pick; to settle upon; to decide upon a candidate; to be selected for some role	3
参选[參選]	can1 xuan3	to be a candidate in an election or other selection process; to run for office; to turn out to vote	1
一律[一律]	yi1 lu:4	same; uniformly; all; without exception	3
出题[出題]	chu1 ti2	to draw up the theme (for discussion)	1
详细[詳細]	xiang2 xi4	detailed; in detail; minute	1
逐一[逐一]	zhu2 yi1	one by one	4
分数[分數]	fen1 shu4	(exam) grade; mark; score; fraction	1
明史[明史]	Ming2 shi3	History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls	5
水利[水利]	shui3 li4	water conservancy; irrigation works	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/325 words - 41 min
水兵[水兵]	shui3 bing1	enlisted sailor in navy	1
聘请[聘請]	pin4 qing3	to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)	2
洋[洋]	yang2	ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin	3
人造[人造]	ren2 zao4	man-made; artificial; synthetic	2
加强[加強]	jia1 qiang2	to reinforce; to strengthen; to increase	3
军需[軍需]	jun1 xu1	military supplies	4
恢复[恢復]	hui1 fu4	to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate	4
书院[書院]	shu1 yuan4	academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)	1
延请[延請]	yan2 qing3	to employ; to send for sb promising employment	1
官职[官職]	guan1 zhi2	an official position; a job in the bureaucracy	3
改革[改革]	gai3 ge2	reform; CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]; to reform	1
不拘[不拘]	bu4 ju1	not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever	2
考绩[考績]	kao3 ji4	to check up on sb's achievements	1
优胜[優勝]	you1 sheng4	winning; superior	1
奖励[獎勵]	jiang3 li4	to reward; reward (as encouragement)	3
祭[祭]	ji4	to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield	2
陵[陵]	ling2	mound; tomb; hill; mountain	5
遗老[遺老]	yi2 lao3	old fogy; adherent of previous dynasty	2
昭示[昭示]	zhao1 shi4	to declare publicly; to make clear	2
恭敬[恭敬]	gong1 jing4	deferential; respectful	1
先进[先進]	xian1 jin4	advanced (technology); to advance	2
软[軟]	ruan3	soft; flexible	6
拳[拳]	quan2	fist; boxing	4
出气[出氣]	chu1 qi4	to give vent to anger	1
虫[蟲]	chong2	lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; person with a particular undesirable characteristic	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep11/334 words - 42 min
渊深[淵深]	yuan1 shen1	profound (knowledge); erudite	1
听闻[聽聞]	ting1 wen2	to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard	3
唱戏[唱戲]	chang4 xi4	to perform in opera	7
禀告[稟告]	bing3 gao4	to report (to one's superior)	2
同仁[同仁]	tong2 ren2	variant of 同人[tong2 ren2]	2
高迁[高遷]	gao1 qian1	promotion (honorific)	1
公推[公推]	gong1 tui1	elected by acclamation; recommended by all	2
加俸[加俸]	jia1 feng4	to raise one's pay	1
黑暗[黑暗]	hei1 an4	dark; darkly; darkness	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/25 words - 5 min
笑纳[笑納]	xiao4 na4	to kindly accept (an offering)	2
有眼不识泰山[有眼不識泰山]	you3 yan3 bu4 shi2 Tai4 Shan1	lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent; to be blind to the fact	2
袄[襖]	ao3	coat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe	2
收回[收回]	shou1 hui2	to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke	10
粱[粱]	liang2	sorghum	1
小心眼[小心眼]	xiao3 xin1 yan3	narrow-minded; petty	1
受宠若惊[受寵若驚]	shou4 chong3 ruo4 jing1	overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)	1
看似[看似]	kan4 si4	to look as if; to seem	1
万马奔腾[萬馬奔騰]	wan4 ma3 ben1 teng2	lit. ten thousand stampeding horses (idiom); fig. with great momentum; going full speed ahead	1
一马当先[一馬當先]	yi1 ma3 dang1 xian1	to take the lead	1
笑脸[笑臉]	xiao4 lian3	smiling face; smiley :) ☺; CL:副[fu4]	2
行走[行走]	xing2 zou3	to walk	7
大张旗鼓[大張旗鼓]	da4 zhang1 qi2 gu3	with great fanfare	1
惊动[驚動]	jing1 dong4	to alarm; to startle; to disturb	4
万年[萬年]	Wan4 nian2	Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi	1
改造[改造]	gai3 zao4	to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold	3
改成[改成]	gai3 cheng2	to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)	2
行军[行軍]	xing2 jun1	a march (army); to march	3
掠[掠]	lu:e4	to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep	1
巨[巨]	ju4	very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic	3
组织[組織]	zu3 zhi1	to organize; organization; organized system; nerve; tissue; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
建立[建立]	jian4 li4	to establish; to set up; to found	1
内廷[內廷]	nei4 ting2	place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc	1
供奉[供奉]	gong4 feng4	to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a God)	3
俸[俸]	feng4	salary	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/50 words - 11 min
花花肠子[花花腸子]	hua1 hua1 chang2 zi5	(slang) a cunning plot	1
祭奠[祭奠]	ji4 dian4	to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service	3
不敢苟同[不敢苟同]	bu4 gan3 gou3 tong2	to beg to differ (idiom)	3
子孙[子孫]	zi3 sun1	offspring; posterity	7
庭[庭]	ting2	main hall; front courtyard; law court	1
詹[詹]	zhan1	excellent; verbose	3
直达[直達]	zhi2 da2	to go nonstop to; through (as in "through train"); nonstop	2
银票[銀票]	yin2 piao4	(in former times) banknote with a value in silver	2
照应[照應]	zhao4 ying4	to correlate with; to correspond to	2
照应[照應]	zhao4 ying5	to look after; to take care of; to attend to	2
执[執]	zhi2	to execute (a plan); to grasp	2
孙悟空[孫悟空]	Sun1 Wu4 kong1	Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]; Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]	1
筋斗云[筋斗雲]	jin1 dou3 yun2	Sun Wukong's magical cloud	1
十万八千里[十萬八千里]	shi2 wan4 ba1 qian1 li3	light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)	1
小弟[小弟]	xiao3 di4	little brother; I, your little brother (humble)	1
宝[寶]	bao3	jewel; gem; treasure; precious	8
宴请[宴請]	yan4 qing3	to entertain (for dinner); to invite to dinner	1
赏光[賞光]	shang3 guang1	to do sb the honor (of attending etc); to put in an appearance; to show up	1
寒舍[寒舍]	han2 she4	my humble home	1
聚[聚]	ju4	to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize	1
太和殿[太和殿]	Tai4 he2 dian4	Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2]	2
九卿[九卿]	jiu3 qing1	the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)	2
讨论[討論]	tao3 lun4	to discuss; to talk over; CL:個|个[ge4]	9
方案[方案]	fang1 an4	plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]	2
提出[提出]	ti2 chu1	to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)	4
主张[主張]	zhu3 zhang1	to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/75 words - 14 min
约法三章[約法三章]	yue1 fa3 san1 zhang1	to agree on three laws (idiom); three-point covenant; (fig.) preliminary agreement; basic rules	1
言论[言論]	yan2 lun4	expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments	1
诸君[諸君]	zhu1 jun1	Gentlemen! (start of a speech); Ladies and Gentlemen!	1
洗耳恭听[洗耳恭聽]	xi3 er3 gong1 ting1	to listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears	3
真言[真言]	zhen1 yan2	true statement; incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)	1
严防[嚴防]	yan2 fang2	to take strict precautions; on your guard	1
浚[浚]	jun4	to deepen (e.g. a ditch); to extract; to manage; ladle (old)	1
历来[歷來]	li4 lai2	always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time	5
以防[以防]	yi3 fang2	(so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case	1
淤塞[淤塞]	yu1 se4	choked with silt; silted up	3
正法[正法]	zheng4 fa3	to execute; the law	3
河清海晏[河清海晏]	he2 qing1 hai3 yan4	the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm; the world is at peace (idiom)	1
禹[禹]	Yu3	Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu	2
减低[減低]	jian3 di1	to lower; to reduce	1
中游[中游]	zhong1 you2	the middle stretches of a river; middle level; middle echelon; midstream	4
认清[認清]	ren4 qing1	to see clearly; to recognize; to realize	1
针对[針對]	zhen1 dui4	to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to	3
涉及[涉及]	she4 ji2	to involve; to touch upon (a topic)	2
主要[主要]	zhu3 yao4	main; principal; major; primary	8
漕[漕]	cao2	transport by water; watercourse; canal	1
用处[用處]	yong4 chu5	usefulness; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
考察[考察]	kao3 cha2	to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation	1
绘[繪]	hui4	to draw; to paint	2
溯[溯]	su4	to go upstream; to trace the source	1
源[源]	yuan2	root; source; origin	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/100 words - 16 min
河运[河運]	he2 yun4	river transport	1
畅通[暢通]	chang4 tong1	unimpeded; free-flowing; straight path; unclogged; move without obstruction	3
水位[水位]	shui3 wei4	water level	10
堵塞[堵塞]	du3 se4	to clog up; blockage	8
缺口[缺口]	que1 kou3	nick; jag; gap; shortfall	2
引导[引導]	yin3 dao3	to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer	2
入海口[入海口]	ru4 hai3 kou3	estuary	20
交汇处[交匯處]	jiao1 hui4 chu4	confluence (of two rivers); junction (of roads); (transport) interchange	1
旱[旱]	han4	drought	7
期[期]	qi1	a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]	7
挡住[擋住]	dang3 zhu4	to obstruct	3
制约[制約]	zhi4 yue1	to restrict; condition	1
反之[反之]	fan3 zhi1	on the other hand...; conversely...	1
开口[開口]	kai1 kou3	to open one's mouth; to start to talk	2
吊绳[吊繩]	diao4 sheng2	sling	2
万劫不复[萬劫不復]	wan4 jie2 bu4 fu4	consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve	1
犯不着[犯不著]	fan4 bu5 zhao2	not worthwhile	4
咒[咒]	zhou4	incantation; magic spell; curse; malediction; to revile; to put a curse on sb	1
制定[制定]	zhi4 ding4	to draw up; to formulate	3
奸人[奸人]	jian1 ren2	crafty scoundrel; villain	1
长治久安[長治久安]	chang2 zhi4 jiu3 an1	long-term peace and stability (of governments)	1
标本[標本]	biao1 ben3	specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease	1
兼[兼]	jian1	double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	7
苇[葦]	wei3	reed; rush; Phragmites communis	4
稳固[穩固]	wen3 gu4	stable; steady; firm; to stabilize	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/125 words - 18 min
有望[有望]	you3 wang4	hopeful; promising	1
逐年[逐年]	zhu2 nian2	year after year; with each passing year; over the years	2
降低[降低]	jiang4 di1	to reduce; to lower; to bring down	2
含量[含量]	han2 liang4	content; quantity contained	2
其次[其次]	qi2 ci4	next; secondly	2
逐步[逐步]	zhu2 bu4	progressively; step by step	1
畅[暢]	chang4	free; unimpeded; smooth; at ease; free from worry; fluent	2
狭窄[狹窄]	xia2 zhai3	narrow	1
水量[水量]	shui3 liang4	volume of water; quantity of flow	2
湍急[湍急]	tuan1 ji2	rapid (flow of water)	1
怒[怒]	nu4	anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous	5
堤防[堤防]	di1 fang2	dike; embankment; levee	3
天才[天才]	tian1 cai2	talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted	2
平生[平生]	ping2 sheng1	all one's life	3
志[志]	zhi4	aspiration; ambition; the will	9
销帐[銷帳]	xiao1 zhang4	to write off; to cancel an account; to draw a line under	1
年底[年底]	nian2 di3	the end of the year; year-end	3
交帐[交帳]	jiao1 zhang4	to settle accounts	1
玩笑[玩笑]	wan2 xiao4	to joke; joke; jest	4
大难[大難]	da4 nan4	great catastrophe	2
齐心[齊心]	qi2 xin1	to be of one mind; to work as one	1
人品[人品]	ren2 pin3	moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing	1
申请[申請]	shen1 qing3	to apply for sth; application (form etc); CL:份[fen4]	1
情形[情形]	qing2 xing5	circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
预料[預料]	yu4 liao4	to forecast; to anticipate; expectation	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/150 words - 21 min
抄录[抄錄]	chao1 lu4	to make a copy of	4
人手[人手]	ren2 shou3	manpower; staff; human hand	5
追随[追隨]	zhui1 sui2	to follow; to accompany	1
反复[反覆]	fan3 fu4	repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return	3
利弊[利弊]	li4 bi4	pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages	2
一劳永逸[一勞永逸]	yi1 lao2 yong3 yi4	to get sth done once and for all	12
源头[源頭]	yuan2 tou2	source; fountainhead	4
水合[水合]	shui3 he2	hydration reaction	2
迅[迅]	xun4	rapid; fast	1
这样一来[這樣一來]	zhe4 yang4 yi1 lai2	thus; if this happens then	3
疏浚[疏浚]	shu1 jun4	to dredge	2
观察[觀察]	guan1 cha2	to observe; to watch; to survey; to examine; observation; view; perspective; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
耸人听闻[聳人聽聞]	song3 ren2 ting1 wen2	to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people	1
北上[北上]	bei3 shang4	to go up north	2
口口声声[口口聲聲]	kou3 kou5 sheng1 sheng1	to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again	3
压根[壓根]	ya4 gen1	from the start; absolutely; entirely; simply	1
水系[水系]	shui3 xi4	drainage system	3
主流[主流]	zhu3 liu2	main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc)	1
乌纱帽[烏紗帽]	wu1 sha1 mao4	black hat (worn by feudal official); fig. official post	3
逞[逞]	cheng3	to show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme; to indulge; to give free rein to	2
口舌[口舌]	kou3 she2	dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round	2
海口[海口]	hai3 kou3	estuary; coastal inlet; river mouth; seaport; see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]	9
下流[下流]	xia4 liu2	lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene	1
以西[以西]	yi3 xi1	to the west of (suffix)	3
引水[引水]	yin3 shui3	to pilot a ship; to channel water; to draw water (for irrigation)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/175 words - 24 min
南岸[南岸]	Nan2 an4	Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan	1
修建[修建]	xiu1 jian4	to build; to construct	2
水潭[水潭]	shui3 tan2	puddle; pool	20
阶段[階段]	jie1 duan4	stage; section; phase; period; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
进行[進行]	jin4 xing2	to advance; to conduct; underway; in progress; to do; to carry out; to carry on; to execute	2
水火无情[水火無情]	shui3 huo3 wu2 qing2	fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)	1
功亏一篑[功虧一簣]	gong1 kui1 yi1 kui4	lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)	4
万里长城[萬里長城]	Wan4 li3 Chang2 cheng2	the Great Wall	2
提法[提法]	ti2 fa3	wording (of a proposal); formulation; viewpoint (on an issue); (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting	1
气魄[氣魄]	qi4 po4	spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude	2
过年[過年]	guo4 nian2	to celebrate the Chinese New Year	6
肝[肝]	gan1	liver; CL:葉|叶[ye4],個|个[ge4]	1
颤[顫]	chan4	to tremble; to shiver; to shake; to vibrate; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]	1
浩瀚[浩瀚]	hao4 han4	vast (of ocean); boundless	1
薪资[薪資]	xin1 zi1	salary	1
不等[不等]	bu4 deng3	unequal; varied	2
死人[死人]	si3 ren2	dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen	6
合着[合著]	he2 zhe5	(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so; after all	3
迫在眉睫[迫在眉睫]	po4 zai4 mei2 jie2	pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent	1
争论[爭論]	zheng1 lun4	to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]	5
何苦[何苦]	he2 ku3	why bother?; is it worth the trouble?	4
值[值]	zhi2	value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty	6
招兵[招兵]	zhao1 bing1	to recruit soldiers	5
太爷[太爺]	tai4 ye2	(respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate	4
打官司[打官司]	da3 guan1 si5	to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/200 words - 27 min
新河[新河]	Xin1 he2	Xinhe county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei	13
灌溉[灌溉]	guan4 gai4	to irrigate	1
巡逻[巡邏]	xun2 luo2	to patrol (police, army or navy)	1
人权[人權]	ren2 quan2	human rights	1
财权[財權]	cai2 quan2	property ownership or right; financial power; financial control	1
兵权[兵權]	bing1 quan2	military leadership; military power	1
三项[三項]	san1 xiang4	three items; three events; three terms; tri-; trinomial, ternary (math.); triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)	1
措施[措施]	cuo4 shi1	measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
定夺[定奪]	ding4 duo2	to make a decision; to determine	1
直属[直屬]	zhi2 shu3	directly subordinate	1
管理[管理]	guan3 li3	to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
军费[軍費]	jun1 fei4	military expenditure	5
维修[維修]	wei2 xiu1	maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain	1
项[項]	xiang4	back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc	3
四十[四十]	si4 shi2	forty; 40	1
人丁[人丁]	ren2 ding1	number of people in a family; population; (old) adult males; male servants	3
开工[開工]	kai1 gong1	to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job	5
推演[推演]	tui1 yan3	to deduce; to infer; to derive; an implication	1
斟酌[斟酌]	zhen1 zhuo2	to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim	1
搭理[搭理]	da1 li5	variant of 答理[da1 li5]	1
寝[寢]	qin3	to lie down	4
登基[登基]	deng1 ji1	to ascend the throne	4
写下[寫下]	xie3 xia4	to write down	1
当中[當中]	dang1 zhong1	among; in the middle; in the center	4
醒来[醒來]	xing3 lai2	to waken	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/225 words - 29 min
真容[真容]	zhen1 rong2	portrait; genuine appearance; real face	1
感佩[感佩]	gan3 pei4	to admire with gratitude	4
形[形]	xing2	to appear; to look; form; shape	1
题诗[題詩]	ti2 shi1	to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy; an inscribed poem	1
流芳[流芳]	liu2 fang1	to leave a good reputation	1
文武百官[文武百官]	wen2 wu3 bai3 guan1	civil and military officials	4
垂涎三尺[垂涎三尺]	chui2 xian2 san1 chi3	to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet; to crave	1
所愿[所願]	suo3 yuan4	wished-for; desired	2
内忧外患[內憂外患]	nei4 you1 wai4 huan4	internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad	2
生死存亡[生死存亡]	sheng1 si3 cun2 wang2	matter of life and death	1
未有[未有]	wei4 you3	is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented	4
罢官[罷官]	ba4 guan1	to dismiss from office; to resign from office	1
昨日[昨日]	zuo2 ri4	yesterday	2
共存[共存]	gong4 cun2	to coexist	1
恐[恐]	kong3	afraid; frightened; to fear	1
景[景]	jing3	bright; circumstance; scenery	13
高大[高大]	gao1 da4	tall; lofty	18
池中物[池中物]	chi2 zhong1 wu4	person of no particular talent	1
乘龙[乘龍]	cheng2 long2	to ride the dragon; to die (of emperors and kings)	1
欲[欲]	yu4	to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4]	7
赶上[趕上]	gan3 shang4	to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for	5
阵子[陣子]	zhen4 zi5	period of time	1
铺盖[鋪蓋]	pu1 gai4	to spread evenly over	1
地摊[地攤]	di4 tan1	street stall with goods laid out on the ground	1
大腿[大腿]	da4 tui3	thigh	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/250 words - 32 min
遭遇[遭遇]	zao1 yu4	to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience	2
抬轿子[抬轎子]	tai2 jiao4 zi5	to carry sb in a sedan chair; flatter; sing praises	1
扬眉[揚眉]	yang2 mei2	to raise eyebrows	1
吐气[吐氣]	tu3 qi4	to exhale; to blow off steam; (phonetics) aspirated	1
紧跟[緊跟]	jin3 gen1	to follow precisely; to comply with	1
臭屁[臭屁]	chou4 pi4	(coll.) self-important; puffed up	1
熏[熏]	xun1	to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume	1
厢[廂]	xiang1	box (in theater); side room; side	2
贵人[貴人]	gui4 ren2	nobility; person of high rank	8
昏天黑地[昏天黑地]	hun1 tian1 hei1 di4	lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom); fig. pitch dark; to black out; disorderly; troubled times	1
雄辩[雄辯]	xiong2 bian4	eloquent; oratory; rhetoric	1
金銮殿[金鑾殿]	jin1 luan2 dian4	throne room	1
轰动[轟動]	hong1 dong4	to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place); commotion; controversy	1
恩宠[恩寵]	en1 chong3	special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite	6
震[震]	zhen4	to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳	4
哪门子[哪門子]	na3 men2 zi5	(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth	2
一向[一向]	yi1 xiang4	always (previously); a period of time in the recent past	1
可好[可好]	ke3 hao3	good or not?; luckily; fortuitously	1
万事如意[萬事如意]	wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4	to have all one's wishes (idiom); best wishes; all the best; may all your hopes be fulfilled	1
主菜[主菜]	zhu3 cai4	main course	1
古怪[古怪]	gu3 guai4	eccentric; grotesque; oddly; queer	2
手艺[手藝]	shou3 yi4	craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade	4
花鸡[花雞]	hua1 ji1	chaffinch (family Fringillidae)	1
肠子[腸子]	chang2 zi5	intestines	1
葱[蔥]	cong1	scallion; green onion	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/275 words - 34 min
蒜[蒜]	suan4	garlic; CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]	1
各种[各種]	ge4 zhong3	every kind of; all kinds of; various kinds	2
调味料[調味料]	tiao2 wei4 liao4	seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences	1
制[製]	zhi4	to manufacture; to make	3
荷[荷]	he2	lotus	1
叶[葉]	ye4	leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats	6
烧制[燒製]	shao1 zhi4	to fire (in a kiln)	1
鸣[鳴]	ming2	to cry (of birds, animals and insects)	3
啾[啾]	jiu1	(onom.) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)	2
葬埋[葬埋]	zang4 mai2	to bury	1
腹[腹]	fu4	abdomen; stomach; belly	1
呜呼哀哉[嗚呼哀哉]	wu1 hu1 ai1 zai1	alas; all is lost	1
酱油[醬油]	jiang4 you2	soy sauce	2
倚重[倚重]	yi3 zhong4	to rely heavily upon	1
布衣[布衣]	bu4 yi1	plain cotton clothing; (literary) the common people	2
章程[章程]	zhang1 cheng2	rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws	5
滩[灘]	tan1	beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle	2
耕地[耕地]	geng1 di4	arable land; to plow land	2
果树[果樹]	guo3 shu4	fruit tree; CL:棵[ke1]	1
迁移[遷移]	qian1 yi2	to migrate; to move	1
整治[整治]	zheng3 zhi4	to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc)	2
勉力[勉力]	mian3 li4	to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself	1
捉襟见肘[捉襟見肘]	zhuo1 jin1 jian4 zhou3	lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet	1
明末[明末]	Ming2 mo4	late Ming; first half of the 17th century	1
实惠[實惠]	shi2 hui4	tangible benefit; material advantages; cheap; economical; advantageous (deal); substantial (discount)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/300 words - 38 min
推算[推算]	tui1 suan4	to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation)	1
拆迁[拆遷]	chai1 qian1	to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants	13
住户[住戶]	zhu4 hu4	household; inhabitant; householder	1
补偿[補償]	bu3 chang2	to compensate; to make up	1
民怨沸腾[民怨沸騰]	min2 yuan4 fei4 teng2	seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over	1
思[思]	si1	to think; to consider	5
增[增]	zeng1	to increase; to expand; to add	3
讨价还价[討價還價]	tao3 jia4 huan2 jia4	to haggle over price; to bargain	1
另[另]	ling4	other; another; separate; separately	9
大多数[大多數]	da4 duo1 shu4	(great) majority	1
碌[碌]	lu4	laborious; small stone; to record; to tape; to write down; to hire; to employ	2
支配[支配]	zhi1 pei4	to control; to dominate; to allocate	1
误事[誤事]	wu4 shi4	to hold things up; to make a botch of things	4
惯例[慣例]	guan4 li4	convention; usual practice	2
出征[出征]	chu1 zheng1	to go into battle; to campaign (military)	2
自主权[自主權]	zi4 zhu3 quan2	ability to make one's own decisions	1
匣子[匣子]	xia2 zi5	small box	1
老是[老是]	lao3 shi5	always	6
合乎[合乎]	he2 hu1	to accord with; conforming to	1
天黑[天黑]	tian1 hei1	to get dark; dusk	3
擦屁股[擦屁股]	ca1 pi4 gu5	(lit.) to wipe one’s ass; (coll.) to clear up sb else's mess	1
愚见[愚見]	yu2 jian4	my humble opinion	2
豪爽[豪爽]	hao2 shuang3	outspoken and straightforward; forthright; expansive	1
约束[約束]	yue1 shu4	to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint	2
说不出[說不出]	shuo1 bu5 chu1	unable to say	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/325 words - 42 min
妥当[妥當]	tuo3 dang5	appropriate; proper; ready	3
决意[決意]	jue2 yi4	to be determined	1
提督[提督]	ti2 du1	the local commander; provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)	2
兵部[兵部]	Bing1 bu4	Ministry of War (in imperial China)	13
尚书[尚書]	shang4 shu1	high official; government minister	33
察[察]	cha2	to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evident	15
右[右]	you4	right (-hand); the Right (politics); west (old)	4
报到[報到]	bao4 dao4	to report for duty; to check in; to register	1
亘古未有[亙古未有]	gen4 gu3 wei4 you3	unprecedented; never seen since ancient times	1
有幸[有幸]	you3 xing4	fortunately	1
循[循]	xun2	to follow; to adhere to; to abide by	1
资历[資歷]	zi1 li4	qualifications; experience; seniority	1
自告奋勇[自告奮勇]	zi4 gao4 fen4 yong3	to volunteer for; to offer to undertake	2
反对[反對]	fan3 dui4	to fight against; to oppose; to be opposed to; opposition	10
永[永]	yong3	forever; always; perpetual	4
不再[不再]	bu4 zai4	no more; no longer	11
付给[付給]	fu4 gei3	to deliver; to pay	1
擂台[擂臺]	lei4 tai2	elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; arena; ring	1
县令[縣令]	xian4 ling4	county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)	10
联合[聯合]	lian2 he2	to combine; to join; unite; alliance	1
事关[事關]	shi4 guan1	to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for	1
不得不[不得不]	bu4 de2 bu4	have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid	2
村庄[村莊]	cun1 zhuang1	village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]	1
出身[出身]	chu1 shen1	to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin	11
迁徙[遷徙]	qian1 xi3	to migrate; to move	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep12/336 words - 42 min
出租车[出租車]	chu1 zu1 che1	taxi; (Tw) rental car	3
绅[紳]	shen1	member of gentry	5
眷[眷]	juan4	concern; wife and children	5
世家[世家]	shi4 jia1	family influential for generations; aristocratic family	1
丝毫[絲毫]	si1 hao2	the slightest amount or degree; a bit	3
轻视[輕視]	qing1 shi4	contempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn; scornful	1
兴亡[興亡]	xing1 wang2	to flourish and decay; rise and fall	1
匹夫[匹夫]	pi3 fu1	ordinary man; ignorant person; coarse fellow	1
钦定[欽定]	qin1 ding4	compiled and published by Imperial command (old)	3
表率[表率]	biao3 shuai4	example; model	2
一视同仁[一視同仁]	yi1 shi4 tong2 ren2	to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/25 words - 3 min
高低[高低]	gao1 di1	height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end	2
儒教[儒教]	Ru2 jiao4	Confucianism	1
当天[當天]	dang1 tian1	on that day	1
仇人[仇人]	chou2 ren2	foe; one's personal enemy	2
先人[先人]	xian1 ren2	ancestors; previous generations; my late father	1
坟墓[墳墓]	fen2 mu4	grave; tomb	4
将要[將要]	jiang1 yao4	will; shall; to be going to	1
冰冷[冰冷]	bing1 leng3	ice-cold	1
孔夫子[孔夫子]	Kong3 fu1 zi3	Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]	2
五伦[五倫]	wu3 lun2	the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)	1
劳动[勞動]	lao2 dong4	work; toil; physical labor; CL:次[ci4]	2
祖先[祖先]	zu3 xian1	ancestor; forebears	6
儒家[儒家]	Ru2 jia1	Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)	1
大计[大計]	da4 ji4	large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit	3
谏[諫]	jian4	to remonstrate; to admonish	3
午[午]	wu3	7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)	2
忠臣[忠臣]	zhong1 chen2	faithful official	5
为难[為難]	wei2 nan2	to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)	10
阻碍[阻礙]	zu3 ai4	to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance	1
开天窗[開天窗]	kai1 tian1 chuang1	to leave a blank to mark censored area	1
时机[時機]	shi2 ji1	fortunate timing; occasion; opportunity	3
装成[裝成]	zhuang1 cheng2	to pretend	1
包青天[包青天]	Bao1 Qing1 tian1	Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty	2
扪心自问[捫心自問]	men2 xin1 zi4 wen4	to ask oneself honestly; to search in one's heart	1
己[己]	ji3	self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/50 words - 10 min
水深火热[水深火熱]	shui3 shen1 huo3 re4	deep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom)	2
祖居[祖居]	zu3 ju1	former residence; one's original home	3
抛弃[拋棄]	pao1 qi4	to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)	2
水患[水患]	shui3 huan4	flooding; water disaster	5
赔[賠]	pei2	to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss	16
打听[打聽]	da3 ting5	to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around	9
此处[此處]	ci3 chu4	this place; here (literary)	3
躲避[躲避]	duo3 bi4	to hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties)	1
分享[分享]	fen1 xiang3	to share (let others have some of sth good)	1
大局[大局]	da4 ju2	general situation; present conditions	9
为重[為重]	wei2 zhong4	to attach most importance to	2
壮观[壯觀]	zhuang4 guan1	spectacular; magnificent sight	1
婚[婚]	hun1	to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	4
钮祜禄[鈕祜祿]	Niu3 hu4 lu4	Niohuru (prominent Manchu clan)	1
做戏[做戲]	zuo4 xi4	to act in a play; to put on a play	2
木偶[木偶]	mu4 ou3	puppet	1
牵[牽]	qian1	to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in	4
赫[赫]	he4	awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹[he4 zi1], hertz (Hz)	1
舍[舍]	she4	residence	1
傻话[傻話]	sha3 hua4	foolish talk; nonsense	1
吃饱[吃飽]	chi1 bao3	to eat one's fill	4
应付[應付]	ying4 fu5	to deal with; to cope	5
土方[土方]	tu3 fang1	cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement); excavated soil; earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]); (TCM) folk remedy	4
赔付[賠付]	pei2 fu4	to pay out; to compensate; (insurance) payment	6
瞪[瞪]	deng4	to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/75 words - 14 min
气势汹汹[氣勢洶洶]	qi4 shi4 xiong1 xiong1	aggressive; truculent; overbearing	2
龌龊[齷齪]	wo4 chuo4	dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; narrow-minded; petty	1
礼貌[禮貌]	li3 mao4	courtesy; manners	1
站稳脚跟[站穩腳跟]	zhan4 wen3 jiao3 gen1	to stand firmly; to gain a foothold; to establish oneself	1
浮躁[浮躁]	fu2 zao4	fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained	1
沉住气[沉住氣]	chen2 zhu4 qi4	to keep cool; to stay calm	1
牌位[牌位]	pai2 wei4	memorial tablet	1
大道理[大道理]	da4 dao4 li5	major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk	1
活蹦乱跳[活蹦亂跳]	huo2 beng4 luan4 tiao4	to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active	1
征求[徵求]	zheng1 qiu2	to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition	2
户[戶]	hu4	a household; door; family	13
迫使[迫使]	po4 shi3	to force; to compel	1
背井离乡[背井離鄉]	bei4 jing3 li2 xiang1	to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)	2
缓[緩]	huan3	slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate	6
圆[圓]	yuan2	circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)	6
急于[急於]	ji2 yu2	eager to; in a hurry to	2
谄媚[諂媚]	chan3 mei4	to flatter	1
所谓[所謂]	suo3 wei4	so-called; what is called	3
大国[大國]	da4 guo2	a power (i.e. a dominant country)	1
烹[烹]	peng1	cooking method; to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)	1
鲜[鮮]	xian1	fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods	2
齐[齊]	qi2	neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out	4
翻滚[翻滾]	fan1 gun3	to roll; to boil	1
如狼似虎[如狼似虎]	ru2 lang2 si4 hu3	lit. like wolves and tigers; ruthless	1
掳掠[擄掠]	lu3 lu:e4	to loot; to pillage; to sack	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/100 words - 17 min
纵容[縱容]	zong4 rong2	to indulge; to connive at	7
必然[必然]	bi4 ran2	inevitable; certain; necessity	2
恨不能[恨不能]	hen4 bu5 neng2	see 恨不得[hen4 bu5 de5]	1
拼[拼]	pin1	to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell	5
你死我活[你死我活]	ni3 si3 wo3 huo2	lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist	1
诗圣[詩聖]	shi1 sheng4	"sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]	1
杜甫[杜甫]	Du4 Fu3	Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet	1
辚[轔]	lin2	rumbling of wheels	2
萧[蕭]	xiao1	miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort	49
腰[腰]	yao1	waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins	6
尘埃[塵埃]	chen2 ai1	dust	1
咸阳桥[咸陽橋]	Xian2 yang2 Qiao2	Xianyang Bridge	1
经历[經歷]	jing1 li4	experience; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; to experience; to go through	4
人头[人頭]	ren2 tou2	person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)	5
彼[彼]	bi3	that; those; (one) another	1
公事[公事]	gong1 shi4	work-related matters; documents	11
圣君[聖君]	sheng4 jun1	sage	1
栋[棟]	dong4	classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)	3
常德[常德]	Chang2 de2	Changde prefecture-level city in Hunan	1
操之过急[操之過急]	cao1 zhi1 guo4 ji2	to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient; overhasty	1
老牛破车[老牛破車]	lao3 niu2 po4 che1	lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom); fig. slow and inefficient	3
服辩[服辯]	fu2 bian4	written confession; letter of repentance	1
晒[晒]	shai4	variant of 曬|晒[shai4]	2
任劳任怨[任勞任怨]	ren4 lao2 ren4 yuan4	to work hard without complaint (idiom)	1
胸脯[胸脯]	xiong1 pu2	chest	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/125 words - 21 min
一己[一己]	yi1 ji3	oneself	3
私利[私利]	si1 li4	personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest	1
眼红[眼紅]	yan3 hong2	to covet; envious; jealous; green with envy; infuriated; furious	2
忌妒[忌妒]	ji4 du5	to be jealous of; to envy; jealousy; envy	2
重建[重建]	chong2 jian4	to rebuild; to reestablish; reconstruction; rebuilding	3
混蛋[混蛋]	hun2 dan4	scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch	4
刺伤[刺傷]	ci4 shang1	to stab	1
皮肉[皮肉]	pi2 rou4	skin and flesh; superficial; physical (suffering); bodily	4
刺[刺]	ci4	thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder	7
分配[分配]	fen1 pei4	to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive)	8
长远[長遠]	chang2 yuan3	long-term; long-range	1
算话[算話]	suan4 hua4	(of sb's words) to count; can be trusted	1
唾沫[唾沫]	tuo4 mo5	spittle; saliva	1
大夫[大夫]	dai4 fu5	doctor; physician	5
自若[自若]	zi4 ruo4	calm; composed; at ease	1
狗熊[狗熊]	gou3 xiong2	black bear; coward	1
打官腔[打官腔]	da3 guan1 qiang1	to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon	1
核算[核算]	he2 suan4	to calculate; accounting	2
弄清[弄清]	nong4 qing1	to clarify; to fully understand	1
幸亏[幸虧]	xing4 kui1	fortunately; luckily	1
剪子[剪子]	jian3 zi5	clippers; scissors; shears; CL:把[ba3]	7
实情[實情]	shi2 qing2	actual situation; truth	6
势在必行[勢在必行]	shi4 zai4 bi4 xing2	circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary; imperative	1
搬家[搬家]	ban1 jia1	to move house; removal	2
佛家[佛家]	Fo2 jia1	Buddhism; Buddhist	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/150 words - 25 min
精进[精進]	jing1 jin4	to forge ahead vigorously; to dedicate oneself to progress	1
冒冒失失[冒冒失失]	mao4 mao4 shi1 shi1	bold; forthright	2
游[游]	you2	to swim; variant of 遊|游[you2]	2
流民[流民]	liu2 min2	refugee	21
不论[不論]	bu4 lun4	whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss	3
钜[鉅]	ju4	hard iron; hook; variant of 巨[ju4]; variant of 詎|讵[ju4]	2
脑子[腦子]	nao3 zi5	brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]	18
蛮干[蠻幹]	man2 gan4	to act rashly; to act precipitously regardless of the consequences; reckless; foolhardy; daredevil	1
小辫子[小辮子]	xiao3 bian4 zi5	pigtail; (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others	1
情绪[情緒]	qing2 xu4	mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]	2
言重[言重]	yan2 zhong4	to speak seriously; to exaggerate	4
炮仗[炮仗]	pao4 zhang5	firecracker	1
嘴皮子[嘴皮子]	zui3 pi2 zi5	lit. lips; fig. glib talk	1
准保[準保]	zhun3 bao3	certainly; for sure	1
入不敷出[入不敷出]	ru4 bu4 fu1 chu1	income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet	1
泼水[潑水]	po1 shui3	to sprinkle; to spill water	2
战争[戰爭]	zhan4 zheng1	war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]	1
赋税[賦稅]	fu4 shui4	taxation	1
大量[大量]	da4 liang4	great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous	6
责怪[責怪]	ze2 guai4	to blame; to rebuke	3
能人[能人]	neng2 ren2	capable person; Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid	2
元气[元氣]	yuan2 qi4	strength; vigor; vitality; (TCM) vital energy	1
久病[久病]	jiu3 bing4	my old illness; chronic condition	1
新生[新生]	xin1 sheng1	new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student	1
婴儿[嬰兒]	ying1 er2	infant; baby; CL:個|个[ge4]; lead (Pb)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/175 words - 28 min
风雨[風雨]	feng1 yu3	wind and rain; the elements; trials and hardships	1
倘若[倘若]	tang3 ruo4	provided that; supposing that; if	3
摔跤[摔跤]	shuai1 jiao1	to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports)	1
走路[走路]	zou3 lu4	to walk; to go on foot	5
趴[趴]	pa1	to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent	5
乏[乏]	fa2	short of; tired	1
书库[書庫]	shu1 ku4	a store room for books; fig. an erudite person; the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus	1
传奇[傳奇]	chuan2 qi2	legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty	1
回回[回回]	hui2 hui2	time and again; every time	1
招来[招來]	zhao1 lai2	to attract; to incur	1
自取[自取]	zi4 qu3	to help oneself to (food); to invite (trouble); to court (disaster)	1
死囚[死囚]	si3 qiu2	prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row	1
高位[高位]	gao1 wei4	high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc	1
葫芦[葫蘆]	hu2 lu5	calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist; generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof); muddled; (poker) full house	4
开腔[開腔]	kai1 qiang1	to speak out; to start speaking	2
兵法[兵法]	bing1 fa3	art of war; military strategy and tactics	3
故[故]	gu4	happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead	4
力排众议[力排眾議]	li4 pai2 zhong4 yi4	to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)	1
完工[完工]	wan2 gong1	to finish work; to complete a project	5
顺[順]	shun4	to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable	8
帑[帑]	tang3	state treasury; public funds	3
祝寿[祝壽]	zhu4 shou4	to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)	3
奶[奶]	nai3	breast; milk; to breastfeed	4
凳子[凳子]	deng4 zi5	stool; small seat	1
牌局[牌局]	pai2 ju2	gambling get-together; game of cards, mahjong etc	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/200 words - 31 min
手气[手氣]	shou3 qi4	luck (in gambling)	4
好过[好過]	hao3 guo4	to have an easy time; (feel) well	3
王爷[王爺]	wang2 ye5	prince; marquis; nobleman	4
告状[告狀]	gao4 zhuang4	to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit	5
说服[說服]	shuo1 fu2	to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]	2
和解[和解]	he2 jie3	to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled	1
使者[使者]	shi3 zhe3	emissary; envoy	1
装备[裝備]	zhuang1 bei4	equipment; to equip; to outfit	1
枪炮[槍砲]	qiang1 pao4	firearm	2
出手[出手]	chu1 shou3	to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task	4
西藏[西藏]	Xi1 zang4	Tibet; Xizang or Tibetan autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区	1
哈密[哈密]	Ha1 mi4	Kumul city in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami)	1
和田[和田]	He2 tian2	Hotan, city and prefecture in Xinjiang; Wada (Japanese surname and place name)	1
煽动[煽動]	shan1 dong4	to incite; to instigate	2
烦恼[煩惱]	fan2 nao3	to be worried; to be distressed; worries	2
碍事[礙事]	ai4 shi4	(usu used in the negative) to be of importance or to matter; to be in the way; to be a hindrance	2
揣[揣]	chuai1	to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuai3]	5
揣[揣]	chuai3	to estimate; to guess; to figure; to surmise	5
愁眉苦脸[愁眉苦臉]	chou2 mei2 ku3 lian3	to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable	2
掖[掖]	ye1	to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal	1
竣工[竣工]	jun4 gong1	to complete a project	10
卖掉[賣掉]	mai4 diao4	to sell off; to get rid of in a sale	2
耕种[耕種]	geng1 zhong4	to till; to cultivate	2
七十[七十]	qi1 shi2	seventy; 70	2
八十[八十]	ba1 shi2	eighty; 80	2
贺[賀]	he4	to congratulate	11
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/225 words - 36 min
五十[五十]	wu3 shi2	fifty	15
上个月[上個月]	shang4 ge4 yue4	last month	4
用命[用命]	yong4 ming4	to follow orders; to abide by; to obey	1
寄[寄]	ji4	to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc)	3
平安[平安]	ping2 an1	safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace	3
刀剑[刀劍]	dao1 jian4	sword	3
佩[佩]	pei4	to respect; to wear (belt etc)	1
腰间[腰間]	yao1 jian1	waist	1
威风凛凛[威風凜凜]	wei1 feng1 lin3 lin3	majestic; awe-inspiring presence; impressive power	1
如日中天[如日中天]	ru2 ri4 zhong1 tian1	lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc	1
捣蛋[搗蛋]	dao3 dan4	to cause trouble; to stir up trouble	1
放马过来[放馬過來]	fang4 ma3 guo4 lai2	bring it on!; give me all you got!	1
动嘴[動嘴]	dong4 zui3	to talk	1
看不起[看不起]	kan4 bu5 qi3	to look down upon; to despise	1
三次[三次]	san1 ci4	third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)	2
进宫[進宮]	jin4 gong1	to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail	1
吉祥[吉祥]	ji2 xiang2	lucky; auspicious; propitious	7
一厢情愿[一廂情願]	yi1 xiang1 qing2 yuan4	one's own wishful thinking	1
管教[管教]	guan3 jiao4	to discipline; to teach; to guarantee	3
绣[繡]	xiu4	to embroider; embroidery	2
太太[太太]	tai4 tai5	married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	1
手指头[手指頭]	shou3 zhi3 tou5	fingertip; finger	3
棒槌[棒槌]	bang4 chui2	wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)	1
针眼[針眼]	zhen1 yan3	eye of a needle; pinprick; pinhole	1
绷[繃]	beng1	to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/250 words - 41 min
抬头[抬頭]	tai2 tou2	to raise one's head; to gain ground; account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc	1
掌灯[掌燈]	zhang3 deng1	to hold a lamp; to light a lamp	1
过得[過得]	guo4 de2	How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad	2
丑[醜]	chou3	shameful; ugly; disgraceful	4
为虎作伥[為虎作倀]	wei4 hu3 zuo4 chang1	to act as accomplice to the tiger; to help a villain do evil (idiom)	4
辞官[辭官]	ci2 guan1	to resign a government post	2
返乡[返鄉]	fan3 xiang1	to return to one's home town	4
守卫[守衛]	shou3 wei4	to guard; to defend	2
溜[溜]	liu1	to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate	3
关键[關鍵]	guan1 jian4	crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal	3
伥[倀]	chang1	ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others	2
天地会[天地會]	Tian1 di4 hui4	Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization)	2
之类[之類]	zhi1 lei4	and so on; and such	1
甩[甩]	shuai3	to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb)	2
翎[翎]	ling2	tail feathers; plume	2
头子[頭子]	tou2 zi5	boss; gang leader	2
秀才[秀才]	xiu4 cai5	a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent	11
到头[到頭]	dao4 tou2	to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end	3
地面[地面]	di4 mian4	floor; ground; surface	9
淫威[淫威]	yin2 wei1	abuse of authority; tyrannical abuse	1
小老婆[小老婆]	xiao3 lao3 po2	concubine; mistress; (dialect) woman	1
义愤填膺[義憤填膺]	yi4 fen4 tian2 ying1	righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice	1
容忍[容忍]	rong2 ren3	to put up with; to tolerate	3
转发[轉發]	zhuan3 fa1	to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data); to pass on; to republish (an article from another publication)	1
等不及[等不及]	deng3 bu4 ji2	can't wait	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep13/255 words - 42 min
难熬[難熬]	nan2 ao2	hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)	1
周期[週期]	zhou1 qi1	period; cycle	1
何须[何須]	he2 xu1	there is no need; why should	5
境内[境內]	jing4 nei4	within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc); domestic	4
名义[名義]	ming2 yi4	name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/25 words - 4 min
阳[陽]	yang2	positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]	1
稽[稽]	ji1	to inspect; to check	1
平川[平川]	ping2 chuan1	an expanse of flat land	1
歉收[歉收]	qian4 shou1	crop failure; poor harvest	2
吃不上[吃不上]	chi1 bu5 shang4	unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal	4
以免[以免]	yi3 mian3	in order to avoid; so as not to	2
家养[家養]	jia1 yang3	domestic (animals); home reared	1
牲口[牲口]	sheng1 kou5	animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden	2
时不时[時不時]	shi2 bu4 shi2	from time to time	1
宰[宰]	zai3	to slaughter livestock; to govern or rule; to cheat customers; imperial official in dynastic China	2
煞气[煞氣]	sha1 qi4	to vent one's anger on (an innocent party); to take it out on (sb)	1
代笔[代筆]	dai4 bi3	to write on behalf of sb; to ghostwrite	2
历[曆]	li4	calendar	1
有种[有種]	you3 zhong3	to have guts; to have courage; to be brave	2
单挑[單挑]	dan1 tiao1	to pick; to choose; to fight a duel	1
长眼[長眼]	zhang3 yan3	to have eyes; (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious	1
砍死[砍死]	kan3 si3	to hack to death; to kill with an ax	3
够不着[夠不著]	gou4 bu5 zhao2	to be unable to reach	1
靠近[靠近]	kao4 jin4	near; to approach	3
爪子[爪子]	zhua3 zi5	(animal's) claw	1
上路[上路]	shang4 lu4	to start on a journey; to be on one's way	3
爷们儿[爺們兒]	ye2 men5 r5	erhua variant of 爺們|爷们[ye2 men5]	3
零[零]	ling2	zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither	2
切碎[切碎]	qie1 sui4	to chop	1
剐[剮]	gua3	cut off the flesh as punishment	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/50 words - 8 min
皱[皺]	zhou4	to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease	2
眉头[眉頭]	mei2 tou2	brows	2
英雄好汉[英雄好漢]	ying1 xiong2 hao3 han4	heroes	2
迷糊[迷糊]	mi2 hu5	muddle-headed; dazed; only half conscious	1
好汉[好漢]	hao3 han4	hero; strong and courageous person; CL:條|条[tiao2]	2
冰糖葫芦[冰糖葫蘆]	bing1 tang2 hu2 lu5	tanghulu; candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack	9
串[串]	chuan4	to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across	4
动手[動手]	dong4 shou3	to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch	6
失手[失手]	shi1 shou3	a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated	3
肚[肚]	du4	belly	2
折腾[折騰]	zhe1 teng5	to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)	5
价[價]	jia4	price; value; (chemistry) valence	8
偿还[償還]	chang2 huan2	to repay; to reimburse	1
三头六臂[三頭六臂]	san1 tou2 liu4 bi4	lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom); fig. to possess remarkable abilities; a being of formidable powers	3
启奏[啟奏]	qi3 zou4	to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king	4
挨饿[挨餓]	ai2 e4	to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished	2
把手[把手]	ba3 shou5	handle; grip; knob	1
发放[發放]	fa1 fang4	to provide; to give; to grant	4
封条[封條]	feng1 tiao2	seal	1
公粮[公糧]	gong1 liang2	tax paid in grain	1
安放[安放]	an1 fang4	to lay; to place; to put in a certain place	1
便宜行事[便宜行事]	bian4 yi2 xing2 shi4	act at one's discretion; act as one sees fit	1
磨牙[磨牙]	mo2 ya2	to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar	1
摘下[摘下]	zhai1 xia4	to take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc); to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc); (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)	1
剥[剝]	bo1	to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/75 words - 15 min
这下[這下]	zhe4 xia4	this time	9
条子[條子]	tiao2 zi5	short note; slip of paper; stripe; (slang) cop; (old) prostitute	1
弄错[弄錯]	nong4 cuo4	to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand	1
住手[住手]	zhu4 shou3	to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand	9
绿营兵[綠營兵]	Lu:4 ying2 bing1	Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units	2
不由分说[不由分說]	bu4 you2 fen1 shuo1	to allow no explanation	1
外来[外來]	wai4 lai2	external; foreign; outside	1
抢走[搶走]	qiang3 zou3	to snatch (esp related to a robbery)	1
砸烂[砸爛]	za2 lan4	to smash	1
迎接[迎接]	ying2 jie1	to meet; to welcome; to greet	3
蚂蚁[螞蟻]	ma3 yi3	ant	2
笼头[籠頭]	long2 tou5	headstall; bridle	1
颁[頒]	ban1	to promulgate; to send out; to issue; to grant or confer	1
无可[無可]	wu2 ke3	can't	2
市场价[市場價]	shi4 chang3 jia4	market price	1
讨[討]	tao3	to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study	9
究竟[究竟]	jiu1 jing4	to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result	7
扣发[扣發]	kou4 fa1	to deprive; to withhold; to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)	1
激起[激起]	ji1 qi3	to arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir up	4
走着瞧[走著瞧]	zou3 zhe5 qiao2	wait and see (who is right)	1
海里[海里]	hai3 li3	nautical mile	2
拔根[拔根]	ba2 gen1	uproot	1
汗毛[汗毛]	han4 mao2	hair; soft hair; down	1
暴民[暴民]	bao4 min2	a mob of people	7
标[標]	biao1	mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/100 words - 20 min
江西省[江西省]	Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3	Jiangxi Province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 贛|赣[Gan4], capital Nanchang 南昌[Nan2 chang1]	1
批文[批文]	pi1 wen2	official written ruling in response to a submission; official approval in writing	1
戳[戳]	chuo1	to jab; to poke; to stab; to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand sth upright	2
冒失[冒失]	mao4 shi5	rash; impudent	7
胆敢[膽敢]	dan3 gan3	to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)	2
拿下[拿下]	na2 xia4	to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc)	7
四下[四下]	si4 xia4	everywhere	1
围住[圍住]	wei2 zhu4	to surround; to gird	1
加害[加害]	jia1 hai4	to injure	1
服气[服氣]	fu2 qi4	to be convinced; to accept	3
评[評]	ping2	to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)	3
评理[評理]	ping2 li3	to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out	8
寒冬[寒冬]	han2 dong1	wintry	1
腊月[臘月]	La4 yue4	twelfth lunar month	1
猴年马月[猴年馬月]	hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4	long time off; time that will never come	1
民变[民變]	min2 bian4	mass uprising; popular revolt; civil commotion	4
请便[請便]	qing3 bian4	Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home.	1
官司[官司]	guan1 si5	lawsuit; CL:場|场[chang2]	3
迁居[遷居]	qian1 ju1	to move (from one residence to another)	1
临时[臨時]	lin2 shi2	as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc	4
敬意[敬意]	jing4 yi4	respect; tribute	2
书信[書信]	shu1 xin4	letter; epistle	1
捣乱[搗亂]	dao3 luan4	to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally	1
皇亲国戚[皇親國戚]	huang2 qin1 guo2 qi1	the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections	2
一字不漏[一字不漏]	yi1 zi4 bu4 lou4	without missing a word	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/125 words - 24 min
腰子[腰子]	yao1 zi5	kidney	2
吞[吞]	tun1	to swallow; to take	1
婉转[婉轉]	wan3 zhuan3	(voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful	1
威逼[威逼]	wei1 bi1	to threaten; to coerce; to intimidate	1
行凶[行兇]	xing2 xiong1	violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder)	1
怂恿[慫恿]	song3 yong3	to instigate; to incite; to egg sb on	1
殴[毆]	ou1	to beat up; to hit sb	1
情有可原[情有可原]	qing2 you3 ke3 yuan2	pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)	2
比比皆是[比比皆是]	bi3 bi3 jie1 shi4	can be found everywhere	2
识[識]	shi2	to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]	8
不差[不差]	bu4 cha4	not bad; OK	1
轮[輪]	lun2	wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; by turn; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn	7
守土[守土]	shou3 tu3	to guard one's territory; to protect the country	1
参与[參與]	can1 yu4	to participate (in sth)	2
民政[民政]	min2 zheng4	civil administration	2
引发[引發]	yin3 fa1	to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)	2
职权[職權]	zhi2 quan2	authority; power over others	2
明示[明示]	ming2 shi4	to state explicitly; to clearly indicate	2
不止[不止]	bu4 zhi3	incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to	2
立竿见影[立竿見影]	li4 gan1 jian4 ying3	lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect; quick results	1
形同[形同]	xing2 tong2	tantamount to; to be like	1
应[應]	ying1	to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall	9
应[應]	ying4	to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with	9
督办[督辦]	du1 ban4	to oversee; to supervise; superintendent	2
初[初]	chu1	at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic	6
贤[賢]	xian2	worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/150 words - 30 min
发出[發出]	fa1 chu1	to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)	2
堂堂[堂堂]	tang2 tang2	grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance	1
威信[威信]	wei1 xin4	prestige; reputation; trust; credit with the people	2
是否[是否]	shi4 fou3	whether (or not); if; is or isn't	3
中意[中意]	zhong4 yi4	to take one's fancy; to be to one's liking	1
学识[學識]	xue2 shi2	erudition; scholarly knowledge	2
正直[正直]	zheng4 zhi2	upright; upstanding; honest	1
历练[歷練]	li4 lian4	to learn through experience; experience; practiced; experienced	3
先行[先行]	xian1 xing2	to precede others; in advance	1
多事[多事]	duo1 shi4	meddlesome; eventful	4
斗胆[斗膽]	dou3 dan3	(courteous) to be so bold as to	2
谕旨[諭旨]	yu4 zhi3	imperial edict	1
亏空[虧空]	kui1 kong1	in debt; in the red; in deficit	6
无底洞[無底洞]	wu2 di3 dong4	bottomless pit	2
据实[據實]	ju4 shi2	according to the facts	5
栽培[栽培]	zai1 pei2	to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize	2
互[互]	hu4	mutual	1
折子[摺子]	zhe2 zi5	folding notebook; accounts book	19
信使[信使]	xin4 shi3	messenger; courier	1
火龙[火龍]	huo3 long2	fiery dragon	3
貂[貂]	diao1	sable or marten (genus Martes)	11
褂[褂]	gua4	Chinese-style unlined garment; gown	8
寒冷[寒冷]	han2 leng3	cold (climate); frigid; very cold	1
圣躬[聖躬]	sheng4 gong1	the Emperor's body; Holy body; the current reigning Emperor	7
星[星]	xing1	star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/175 words - 34 min
奏乐[奏樂]	zou4 yue4	to perform music; to play a tune	2
当上[當上]	dang1 shang5	to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office)	3
可见[可見]	ke3 jian4	it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible	3
极其[極其]	ji2 qi2	extremely	2
迈[邁]	mai4	to take a step; to stride	3
搂[摟]	lou3	to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms	1
披[披]	pi1	to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out	1
冻[凍]	dong4	to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly	2
花厅[花廳]	hua1 ting1	reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden)	2
盘道[盤道]	pan2 dao4	twining mountain road	1
半路[半路]	ban4 lu4	halfway; midway; on the way	2
销金窟[銷金窟]	xiao1 jin1 ku1	money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc)	1
金刚[金剛]	jin1 gang1	diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)	1
没错[沒錯]	mei2 cuo4	that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong	9
划定[劃定]	hua4 ding4	to demarcate; to delimit	1
偏袒[偏袒]	pian1 tan3	to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of	2
秉公[秉公]	bing3 gong1	justly; impartially	2
锣[鑼]	luo2	gong; CL:面[mian4]	1
耐[耐]	nai4	capable of enduring; able to tolerate; patient; durable; hardy; resistant	3
兜[兜]	dou1	pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)	4
风光[風光]	feng1 guang1	scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect)	1
尽量[盡量]	jin4 liang4	as much as possible; to the greatest extent	1
地调[地調]	di4 diao4	geological survey, abbr. for 地質調查|地质调查[di4 zhi4 diao4 cha2]	2
富[富]	fu4	rich; abundant; wealthy	8
富裕[富裕]	fu4 yu4	prosperous; well-to-do; well-off	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep14/195 words - 42 min
钱袋[錢袋]	qian2 dai4	purse; wallet	1
体会[體會]	ti3 hui4	to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience	2
穿上[穿上]	chuan1 shang5	to put on (clothes etc)	6
泥岩[泥岩]	ni2 yan2	mudstone; shale	1
涨[漲]	zhang4	to swell; to distend	2
当心[當心]	dang1 xin1	to take care; to look out	8
八抬大轿[八抬大轎]	ba1 tai2 da4 jiao4	palanquin with eight carriers; (fig.) lavish treatment	1
栽[栽]	zai1	to grow; to plant; to insert; to force on sb; to fall head first	5
胡[胡]	hu2	non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])	3
辣[辣]	la4	hot (spicy); pungent	5
暖[暖]	nuan3	warm; to warm	2
暖和[暖和]	nuan3 huo5	warm; nice and warm	8
成何体统[成何體統]	cheng2 he2 ti3 tong3	What a scandal!; Whatever next?	2
流水[流水]	liu2 shui3	running water; (business) turnover	7
早日[早日]	zao3 ri4	soon; shortly; on a day quite soon; promptly	4
公务[公務]	gong1 wu4	official business	9
寒气[寒氣]	han2 qi4	cold air	1
口粮[口糧]	kou3 liang2	ration	4
沾光[沾光]	zhan1 guang1	to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory	2
寒[寒]	han2	cold; poor; to tremble	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/25 words - 4 min
肉眼凡胎[肉眼凡胎]	rou4 yan3 fan2 tai1	ignoramus (idiom)	1
岂敢[豈敢]	qi3 gan3	how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise	2
快进[快進]	kuai4 jin4	fast-forward (media player)	1
喜[喜]	xi3	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	7
压根儿[壓根兒]	ya4 gen1 r5	erhua variant of 壓根|压根[ya4 gen1]	1
玩意儿[玩意兒]	wan2 yi4 r5	erhua variant of 玩意[wan2 yi4]	13
国政[國政]	guo2 zheng4	national politics; archaic rank, "Minister of State"; common given name	1
传遍[傳遍]	chuan2 bian4	to spread widely	1
绳[繩]	sheng2	rope; CL:根[gen1]	2
记事[記事]	ji4 shi4	to keep a record of events; record; to start to form memories (after one's infancy)	1
拢[攏]	long3	to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)	3
穴居[穴居]	xue2 ju1	to live in a cave; (of animals) to be of burrowing habit	2
颇[頗]	po1	rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]	6
远祖[遠祖]	yuan3 zu3	a remote ancestor	1
比不上[比不上]	bi3 bu4 shang4	can't compare with	2
豪奢[豪奢]	hao2 she1	extravagant; luxurious	1
精美[精美]	jing1 mei3	delicate; fine; refinement	1
下马[下馬]	xia4 ma3	to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)	2
干涉[干涉]	gan1 she4	to interfere; to meddle; interference	1
政务[政務]	zheng4 wu4	government affairs	3
代劳[代勞]	dai4 lao2	to do sth in place of sb else	2
何时[何時]	he2 shi2	when	3
跑腿[跑腿]	pao3 tui3	to run errands	1
操心[操心]	cao1 xin1	to worry about	6
审核[審核]	shen3 he2	to audit; to investigate thoroughly	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/50 words - 9 min
损失[損失]	sun3 shi1	loss; damage; CL:個|个[ge4]; to lose; to suffer damage	3
物品[物品]	wu4 pin3	articles; goods; materials	1
冒领[冒領]	mao4 ling3	to obtain by impersonation; to falsely claim as one's own	1
插嘴[插嘴]	cha1 zui3	to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation	3
关注[關注]	guan1 zhu4	to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention	1
散架[散架]	san3 jia4	to fall apart; exhaustion	1
管用[管用]	guan3 yong4	efficacious; useful	2
尽心尽力[盡心盡力]	jin4 xin1 jin4 li4	making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost	4
大错特错[大錯特錯]	da4 cuo4 te4 cuo4	to be gravely mistaken (idiom)	6
素食[素食]	su4 shi2	vegetables; vegetarian food	1
走动[走動]	zou3 dong4	to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to pay a visit (go to the toilet)	1
阴[陰]	yin1	overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia	4
脾[脾]	pi2	spleen	1
虚[虛]	xu1	emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain	1
方子[方子]	fang1 zi5	prescription (of medicine)	5
别来无恙[別來無恙]	bie2 lai2 wu2 yang4	(literary) I trust you have been well since we last met	4
针[針]	zhen1	needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]	2
袖[袖]	xiu4	sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve	1
浑[渾]	hun2	muddy; to mix	2
拌[拌]	ban4	to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)	3
浆糊[漿糊]	jiang4 hu5	paste; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2]	1
揍[揍]	zou4	to beat up; to break to pieces	1
配方[配方]	pei4 fang1	prescription; cooking recipe; formulation; completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math)	1
从命[從命]	cong2 ming4	to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested	2
跑题[跑題]	pao3 ti2	to digress; to stray from the topic	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/75 words - 12 min
分给[分給]	fen1 gei3	to divide (and give to others)	1
调遣[調遣]	diao4 qian3	to dispatch; to assign; a dispatch	1
乱来[亂來]	luan4 lai2	to act recklessly; to mess around	2
穴[穴]	xue2	cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]	1
焉[焉]	yan1	where; how	1
虎子[虎子]	hu3 zi3	tiger cub; brave young man	1
草包[草包]	cao3 bao1	idiot; straw bag	1
戏台[戲臺]	xi4 tai2	stage	3
角[角]	jiao3	angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]	4
角[角]	jue2	role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scale	4
秦淮[秦淮]	Qin2 huai2	Qinhuai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏	4
逛逛[逛逛]	guang4 guang5	to roam around; to have a stroll	1
饱[飽]	bao3	to eat till full; satisfied	3
饱眼福[飽眼福]	bao3 yan3 fu2	to feast one's eyes on (idiom)	2
失礼[失禮]	shi1 li3	lacking in manners	1
滚蛋[滾蛋]	gun3 dan4	get out of here!; beat it!	2
封疆[封疆]	feng1 jiang1	border region; regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)	2
重臣[重臣]	zhong4 chen2	important minister; major figure in government	1
冲天[沖天]	chong1 tian1	to soar; to rocket	1
风度[風度]	feng1 du4	elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise	1
翩翩[翩翩]	pian1 pian1	elegant; graceful; smart; to dance lightly	1
俗[俗]	su2	custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular	3
携手[攜手]	xie2 shou3	hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate	1
富庶[富庶]	fu4 shu4	populous and affluent	1
连续[連續]	lian2 xu4	continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive	1
充足[充足]	chong1 zu2	adequate; sufficient; abundant	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/100 words - 15 min
调拨[調撥]	tiao2 bo1	to sow discord	2
查明[查明]	cha2 ming2	to investigate and find out; to ascertain	3
拘[拘]	ju1	to capture; to restrain; to constrain; to adhere rigidly to; inflexible	2
不好受[不好受]	bu4 hao3 shou4	unpleasant; hard to take	1
愚[愚]	yu2	to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)	11
关防[關防]	guan1 fang2	security measures (esp. border security); official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)	5
巡[巡]	xun2	to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks	3
阅[閱]	yue4	to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience	2
挨着[挨著]	ai1 zhe5	near	1
明儿[明兒]	ming2 r5	(coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day	5
走人[走人]	zou3 ren2	(coll.) to leave; to beat it	2
愉快[愉快]	yu2 kuai4	cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted	1
说不过去[說不過去]	shuo1 bu5 guo4 qu4	cannot be justified; inexcusable	1
这么着[這麼著]	zhe4 me5 zhe5	thus; in this way; like this	3
验[驗]	yan4	to examine; to test; to check	7
昆[昆]	kun1	descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry	1
班[班]	ban1	team; class; squad; work shift; ranking; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups	6
酒席[酒席]	jiu3 xi2	feast; banquet	1
破费[破費]	po4 fei4	to spend (money or time)	2
千年[千年]	qian1 nian2	millennium	3
界[界]	jie4	boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)	2
栽跟头[栽跟頭]	zai1 gen1 tou5	to fall head over heels; (fig.) to come a cropper	1
大印[大印]	da4 yin4	stamp; official seal	1
铜[銅]	tong2	copper (chemistry); see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	15
场面[場面]	chang3 mian4	scene; spectacle; occasion; situation	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/125 words - 22 min
风声[風聲]	feng1 sheng1	sound of the wind; rumor; talk; news; reputation	3
风月[風月]	feng1 yue4	romance; beautiful scenery; small or petty (of talk etc)	1
见识[見識]	jian4 shi5	to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight	9
船户[船戶]	chuan2 hu4	boatman; boat dweller	1
老二[老二]	lao3 er4	second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis	2
干杯[乾杯]	gan1 bei1	to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup	1
柯[柯]	ke1	tree branch; stem; ax handle	1
惊梦[驚夢]	jing1 meng4	to awaken from a dream	5
命令[命令]	ming4 ling4	order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]	1
统领[統領]	tong3 ling3	to lead; to command; commander; officer	5
候命[候命]	hou4 ming4	to await orders; to be on call	1
哀号[哀號]	ai1 hao2	to cry piteously; anguished wailing; same as 哀嚎	1
软弱[軟弱]	ruan3 ruo4	weak; feeble; flabby	1
过冬[過冬]	guo4 dong1	to get through the winter	2
消遣[消遣]	xiao1 qian3	to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of	1
劳[勞]	lao2	to toil; labor; laborer; to put sb to trouble (of doing sth); meritorious deed; to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)	6
品评[品評]	pin3 ping2	to judge; to assess	1
弄臣[弄臣]	nong4 chen2	emperor's favorite courtier	2
摇头摆尾[搖頭擺尾]	yao2 tou2 bai3 wei3	to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom); to be well pleased with oneself; to have a lighthearted air	1
且慢[且慢]	qie3 man4	to wait a moment; do not go too soon	1
铸[鑄]	zhu4	to cast or found metals	3
铸造[鑄造]	zhu4 zao4	to cast (pour metal into a mold)	4
铁了心[鐵了心]	tie3 le5 xin1	determined; unshakable	2
过不去[過不去]	guo4 bu5 qu4	to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through	1
丝毫不差[絲毫不差]	si1 hao2 bu4 cha1	accurate to perfection (idiom); precise to the finest detail	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/150 words - 29 min
天亮[天亮]	tian1 liang4	dawn; daybreak	4
没门儿[沒門兒]	mei2 men2 r5	no way; impossible	1
串通[串通]	chuan4 tong1	to collude; to collaborate; to gang up	1
令箭[令箭]	ling4 jian4	arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority); fig. instructions from one's superiors	2
问话[問話]	wen4 hua4	questioning (a suspect); interrogation	1
训[訓]	xun4	to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule	2
饬[飭]	chi4	keep in order; stern; to order; direct	2
调解[調解]	tiao2 jie3	to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement	2
监督[監督]	jian1 du1	to control; to supervise; to inspect	2
仍[仍]	reng2	still; yet; to remain	1
流离失所[流離失所]	liu2 li2 shi1 suo3	destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced	2
积怨[積怨]	ji1 yuan4	grievance; accumulated rancor	1
仪仗[儀仗]	yi2 zhang4	ceremonial weaponry	1
火坑[火坑]	huo3 keng1	pit of fire; fig. living hell	1
了却[了卻]	liao3 que4	to resolve; to settle	1
赔礼[賠禮]	pei2 li3	to offer an apology; to make amends	1
印信[印信]	yin4 xin4	official seal; legally binding seal	3
商户[商戶]	shang1 hu4	merchant; trader; businessman; firm	2
已然[已然]	yi3 ran2	to be already so; already	2
失效[失效]	shi1 xiao4	to fail; to lose effectiveness	1
结清[結清]	jie2 qing1	to settle (an account); to square up	1
过时不候[過時不候]	guo4 shi2 bu4 hou4	being late is not acceptable (idiom)	1
台上[臺上]	tai2 shang4	on stage	2
台下[台下]	tai2 xia4	off the stage; in the audience	1
事不宜迟[事不宜遲]	shi4 bu4 yi2 chi2	the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/175 words - 36 min
最多[最多]	zui4 duo1	at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal	6
壳[殼]	qiao4	shell; carapace; crust (earth's crust etc); also pr. [ke2]	1
明早[明早]	ming2 zao3	tomorrow morning; tomorrow	1
装船[裝船]	zhuang1 chuan2	shipment	1
银钱[銀錢]	yin2 qian2	silver money (in former times)	7
往来[往來]	wang3 lai2	dealings; contacts; to go back and forth	3
借贷[借貸]	jie4 dai4	to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet	1
今晚[今晚]	jin1 wan3	tonight	4
声明[聲明]	sheng1 ming2	to state; to declare; statement; declaration; CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4]	1
看错[看錯]	kan4 cuo4	to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document)	1
昨夜[昨夜]	zuo2 ye4	last night	1
分文[分文]	fen1 wen2	a single penny; a single cent	1
恩惠[恩惠]	en1 hui4	favor; grace	1
万民[萬民]	wan4 min2	all the people	2
颂[頌]	song4	ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)	2
表彰[表彰]	biao3 zhang1	to honor; to commend; to cite (in dispatches)	1
见面礼[見面禮]	jian4 mian4 li3	gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time	1
贩私[販私]	fan4 si1	to traffic (smuggled goods); illegal trading	4
傻子[傻子]	sha3 zi5	idiot; fool	6
暂且[暫且]	zan4 qie3	for now; for the time being; temporarily	1
高地[高地]	gao1 di4	highland; upland	1
金山[金山]	Jin1 shan1	Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan	2
牢记[牢記]	lao2 ji4	to keep in mind; to remember	1
媳妇[媳婦]	xi2 fu4	daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman	10
秀[秀]	xiu4	handsome; refined; elegant; graceful; superior; show (loanword); CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of crops) to produce ears	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep15/197 words - 42 min
娟[娟]	juan1	beautiful; graceful	1
废物[廢物]	fei4 wu4	rubbish; waste material; useless person	4
受气[受氣]	shou4 qi4	to be mistreated; to be bullied	1
贱[賤]	jian4	inexpensive; lowly	2
脚跟[腳跟]	jiao3 gen1	heel	1
难为[難為]	nan2 wei5	to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)	1
牌子[牌子]	pai2 zi5	sign; trademark; brand	4
开会[開會]	kai1 hui4	to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting	1
随意[隨意]	sui2 yi4	as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious	1
坏处[壞處]	huai4 chu5	harm; troubles; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
乱讲[亂講]	luan4 jiang3	to talk nonsense; nonsense!	2
宁肯[寧肯]	ning4 ken3	would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer	1
觐[覲]	jin4	(history) to have an audience with the Emperor	4
工期[工期]	gong1 qi1	time allocated for a project; completion date	8
誉[譽]	yu4	to praise; to acclaim; reputation	2
女孩[女孩]	nu:3 hai2	girl; lass	2
搬迁[搬遷]	ban1 qian1	to move; to relocate; removal	4
差役[差役]	chai1 yi4	forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen	1
母[母]	mu3	mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female	5
心切[心切]	xin1 qie4	eager; impatient; guileless	1
剪刀[剪刀]	jian3 dao1	scissors; CL:把[ba3]	1
做工[做工]	zuo4 gong1	to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/25 words - 5 min
薄田[薄田]	bo2 tian2	barren field; poor land	1
法事[法事]	fa3 shi4	religious ceremony; ritual	1
身无分文[身無分文]	shen1 wu2 fen1 wen2	penniless (idiom)	1
冤[冤]	yuan1	injustice; grievance; wrong	2
拳脚[拳腳]	quan2 jiao3	Chinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking	2
魄力[魄力]	po4 li4	courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive	1
信得过[信得過]	xin4 de5 guo4	trustworthy; reliable	2
争执不下[爭執不下]	zheng1 zhi2 bu4 xia4	to quarrel endlessly	1
无用[無用]	wu2 yong4	useless; worthless	5
核实[核實]	he2 shi2	to verify; to check	3
多半[多半]	duo1 ban4	most; mostly; most likely	2
流言[流言]	liu2 yan2	rumor; gossip; to spread rumors	1
通行[通行]	tong1 xing2	to go through; to pass through; to be in general use	3
傲慢[傲慢]	ao4 man4	arrogant; haughty	1
扮[扮]	ban4	to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression)	2
山贼[山賊]	shan1 zei2	brigand	1
强盗[強盜]	qiang2 dao4	to rob (with force); bandit; robber; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
外号[外號]	wai4 hao4	nickname	4
蛮子[蠻子]	man2 zi5	barbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)	3
惊恐[驚恐]	jing1 kong3	to be alarmed; to be frightened	1
不安[不安]	bu4 an1	unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried	2
财富[財富]	cai2 fu4	wealth; riches	1
看管[看管]	kan1 guan3	to look after	1
牵制[牽制]	qian1 zhi4	to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)	1
愚钝[愚鈍]	yu2 dun4	stupid; slow-witted	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/50 words - 11 min
心眼[心眼]	xin1 yan3	heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance	2
过奖[過獎]	guo4 jiang3	to overpraise; to flatter	1
折煞[折煞]	zhe2 sha1	variant of 折殺|折杀[zhe2 sha1]	1
来信[來信]	lai2 xin4	incoming letter; send a letter here	1
纳闷[納悶]	na4 men4	puzzled; bewildered	1
使得[使得]	shi3 de5	usable; workable; feasible; doable; to make; to cause	1
眼泪[眼淚]	yan3 lei4	tears; crying; CL:滴[di1]	2
巴巴[巴巴]	ba1 ba1	(suffix) very; extremely	1
百灵鸟[百靈鳥]	bai3 ling2 niao3	skylark	1
来回[來回]	lai2 hui2	to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly	5
挑唆[挑唆]	tiao3 suo1	to incite; to stir up; to instigate	1
毛病[毛病]	mao2 bing4	fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
忒[忒]	te4	to err; to change	3
大开[大開]	da4 kai1	to open wide	1
眼界[眼界]	yan3 jie4	ken; scope	1
搞不懂[搞不懂]	gao3 bu5 dong3	unable to make sense of (sth)	1
外人[外人]	wai4 ren2	outsider; foreigner; stranger	4
赚[賺]	zhuan4	to earn; to make a profit	3
相接[相接]	xiang1 jie1	to merge with; interlinking; to join with; to interlock	1
公差[公差]	gong1 chai1	official errand; bailiff in a yamen	5
甄选[甄選]	zhen1 xuan3	to select; to pick	2
用料[用料]	yong4 liao4	ingredients; material	1
照料[照料]	zhao4 liao4	to tend; to take care of sb	1
私房[私房]	si1 fang2	privately-owned house; private rooms; private ownings	1
炷[炷]	zhu4	wick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/75 words - 18 min
估摸[估摸]	gu1 mo5	to reckon; to guess	2
崇文门[崇文門]	Chong2 wen2 men2	Chongwenmen gate in Beijing	3
胸口[胸口]	xiong1 kou3	pit of the stomach	1
材料[材料]	cai2 liao4	material; data; makings; stuff; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]	4
成家[成家]	cheng2 jia1	to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert	2
省得[省得]	sheng3 de5	to avoid; so as to save (money or time)	2
遍地[遍地]	bian4 di4	everywhere; all over	4
急火[急火]	ji2 huo3	brisk heat (cooking); (TCM) internal heat generated by anxiety	1
摸不着头脑[摸不著頭腦]	mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3	to be unable to make any sense of the matter; to be at a loss	1
火爆[火爆]	huo3 bao4	fiery (temper); popular; flourishing; prosperous; lively	1
骂人[罵人]	ma4 ren2	to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone	2
班子[班子]	ban1 zi5	organized group; theatrical troupe	1
分段[分段]	fen1 duan4	segment	3
驻守[駐守]	zhu4 shou3	(man a post and) defend	2
牛郎织女[牛郎織女]	niu2 lang2 zhi1 nu:3	Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers; Altair and Vega (stars)	1
先见[先見]	xian1 jian4	foresight; prescience	1
两口子[兩口子]	liang3 kou3 zi5	husband and wife	1
接过[接過]	jie1 guo4	to take (sth proffered)	2
莫名[莫名]	mo4 ming2	indescribable; ineffable	6
肝脑涂地[肝腦塗地]	gan1 nao3 tu2 di4	to offer one's life in sacrifice	4
叙[敘]	xu4	to narrate; to chat	8
味[味]	wei4	taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)	9
活活[活活]	huo2 huo2	while still alive; simply; totally	3
囚禁[囚禁]	qiu2 jin4	to imprison; captivity	1
脏水[髒水]	zang1 shui3	dirty water; sewage	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/100 words - 22 min
没脸[沒臉]	mei2 lian3	ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)	1
十恶不赦[十惡不赦]	shi2 e4 bu4 she4	wicked beyond redemption (idiom); heinous	1
上任[上任]	shang4 ren4	to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor	4
任内[任內]	ren4 nei4	period in office	1
分别[分別]	fen1 bie2	to part or leave each other; to distinguish; difference; in different ways; differently; separately or individually	2
音[音]	yin1	sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)	2
沈[沈]	chen2	variant of 沉[chen2]	1
累赘[累贅]	lei2 zhui4	superfluous; cumbersome; a burden on sb; a nuisance to sb; to inconvenience; to tie sb down; long-winded (of writing); also pr. [lei2 zhui5]	1
脓[膿]	nong2	pus	1
疮[瘡]	chuang1	sore; skin ulcer	1
往往[往往]	wang3 wang3	usually; in many cases; more often than not	1
叫苦不迭[叫苦不迭]	jiao4 ku3 bu5 die2	to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly; incessant grievances	1
裁撤[裁撤]	cai2 che4	to dissolve an organisation	4
权力[權力]	quan2 li4	power; authority	3
打马虎眼[打馬虎眼]	da3 ma3 hu5 yan3	to play dumb; to slack off (idiom)	1
打断[打斷]	da3 duan4	to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)	4
怎么得了[怎麼得了]	zen3 me5 de2 liao3	how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!	1
叠[疊]	die2	to fold; to fold over in layers; to furl; to layer; to pile up; to repeat; to duplicate	1
实际上[實際上]	shi2 ji4 shang4	in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice	2
矛盾[矛盾]	mao2 dun4	contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views; contradictory	1
效率[效率]	xiao4 lu:4	efficiency	1
支流[支流]	zhi1 liu2	tributary (river)	1
办理[辦理]	ban4 li3	to handle; to transact; to conduct	2
报请[報請]	bao4 qing3	to report, requesting approval; written request for instructions	1
塞给[塞給]	sai1 gei3	to slip sb sth; to press sb to accept sth; to insert surreptitiously; to foist sth off on sb	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/125 words - 25 min
荡[盪]	dang4	variant of 蕩|荡[dang4]	1
收容[收容]	shou1 rong2	to provide a place to stay; to house; to accommodate; (of an institution etc) to take in; to accept	1
流亡[流亡]	liu2 wang2	to force into exile; to be exiled; in exile	1
鼓励[鼓勵]	gu3 li4	to encourage	1
生产[生產]	sheng1 chan3	to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child	1
比方说[比方說]	bi3 fang5 shuo1	for example; for instance	2
溃坝[潰壩]	kui4 ba4	dam burst; collapse of dam	1
睡懒觉[睡懶覺]	shui4 lan3 jiao4	to sleep in	1
敷衍了事[敷衍了事]	fu1 yan3 liao3 shi4	to skimp; to work half-heartedly; not to bother	1
考核[考核]	kao3 he2	to examine; to check up on; to assess; to review; appraisal; review; evaluation	3
偷懒[偷懶]	tou1 lan3	to goof off; to be lazy	5
渡[渡]	du4	to cross; to pass through; to ferry	46
清水[清水]	qing1 shui3	fresh water; drinking water; clear water	2
预防[預防]	yu4 fang2	to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic	1
筛选[篩選]	shai1 xuan3	to filter	1
预算[預算]	yu4 suan4	budget	4
涝[澇]	lao4	flooded	1
齐心协力[齊心協力]	qi2 xin1 xie2 li4	to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to pull together; to work as one	1
争取[爭取]	zheng1 qu3	to fight for; to strive for; to win over	1
兵强马壮[兵強馬壯]	bing1 qiang2 ma3 zhuang4	lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom); fig. a well-trained and powerful army	3
火焰山[火焰山]	huo3 yan4 shan1	Mountain of Flames of legend; fig. insurmountable obstacle; Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang	1
嫂子[嫂子]	sao3 zi5	(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
问好[問好]	wen4 hao3	to say hello to; to send one's regards to	1
战战兢兢[戰戰兢兢]	zhan4 zhan4 jing1 jing1	trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation	1
泥巴[泥巴]	ni2 ba1	mud	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/150 words - 29 min
光光[光光]	guang1 guang1	bright; shiny; smooth; naked; bald; penniless	1
新郎[新郎]	xin1 lang2	bridegroom; groom	1
妻[妻]	qi1	wife	1
新娘[新娘]	xin1 niang2	bride	1
青石[青石]	qing1 shi2	bluestone; limestone (colloquial)	7
一气[一氣]	yi1 qi4	at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang	1
石工[石工]	shi2 gong1	stonemasonry; stonemason	1
开春[開春]	kai1 chun1	beginning of spring; the lunar New Year	6
大意[大意]	da4 yi5	careless	1
募[募]	mu4	canvass for contributions; to recruit; to collect; to raise	2
征用[征用]	zheng1 yong4	to expropriate; to commandeer	2
石匠[石匠]	shi2 jiang4	stonemason	1
木匠[木匠]	mu4 jiang4	carpenter	1
泥水匠[泥水匠]	ni2 shui3 jiang4	mason	1
优[優]	you1	excellent; superior	2
工地[工地]	gong1 di4	construction site	17
跟不上[跟不上]	gen1 bu5 shang4	not able to keep up with	1
征集[徵集]	zheng1 ji2	to collect; to recruit	3
壮年[壯年]	zhuang4 nian2	lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc)	1
女子[女子]	nu:3 zi3	woman; female	1
加入[加入]	jia1 ru4	to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in	1
炊[炊]	chui1	to cook food	1
是的[是的]	shi4 de5	yes, that's right; variant of 似的[shi4 de5]	1
委任[委任]	wei3 ren4	to appoint	1
锐意[銳意]	rui4 yi4	acute determination; dauntless	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/175 words - 32 min
进取[進取]	jin4 qu3	to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda	1
税[稅]	shui4	taxes; duties	1
将近[將近]	jiang1 jin4	almost; nearly; close to	1
其间[其間]	qi2 jian1	in between; within that interval; in the meantime	1
重大[重大]	zhong4 da4	great; important; major; significant	3
面孔[面孔]	mian4 kong3	face	1
分批[分批]	fen1 pi1	to do sth in batches or groups	1
年龄[年齡]	nian2 ling2	(a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]	2
卖命[賣命]	mai4 ming4	to throw one's life in for; to haplessly give one's life for; to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group; to pour in one's utmost effort; to shed one's last ounce of strength for	2
鹏[鵬]	Peng2	Peng, large fabulous bird; roc	2
翮[翮]	he2	quill	2
扬[揚]	yang2	to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate	11
歧视[歧視]	qi2 shi4	to discriminate against; discrimination	1
成绩[成績]	cheng2 ji4	achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]	2
合格[合格]	he2 ge2	to meet the standard required; qualified; eligible (voter etc)	5
优先[優先]	you1 xian1	to have priority; to take precedence	2
一级[一級]	yi1 ji2	first class; category A	2
疑心[疑心]	yi2 xin1	suspicion; to suspect	2
油水[油水]	you2 shui3	grease; profit; ill-gotten gains	1
半死[半死]	ban4 si3	half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb	1
困难[困難]	kun4 nan5	difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation	3
标准[標準]	biao1 zhun3	(an official) standard; norm; criterion; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
透明[透明]	tou4 ming2	transparent; open (non-secretive)	2
依然[依然]	yi1 ran2	still; as before	1
丑话说在前头[醜話說在前頭]	chou3 hua4 shuo1 zai4 qian2 tou5	let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/200 words - 36 min
满口答应[滿口答應]	man3 kou3 da1 ying5	to readily consent	1
偷工减料[偷工減料]	tou1 gong1 jian3 liao4	to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work	2
下情[下情]	xia4 qing2	feelings of the masses; my situation (humble speech)	1
遵命[遵命]	zun1 ming4	to follow your orders; to do as you bid	5
敷衍[敷衍]	fu1 yan3	to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by	2
受罪[受罪]	shou4 zui4	to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance	2
未免[未免]	wei4 mian3	unavoidably; can't help; really; rather	1
小瞧[小瞧]	xiao3 qiao2	(coll.) to look down on; to underestimate	3
伯[伯]	bo2	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]	3
懿[懿]	yi4	restrain; virtuous	3
夹紧[夾緊]	jia1 jin3	to clamp; to grip	1
那是[那是]	na4 shi5	(coll.) of course; naturally; indeed	1
彭[彭]	Peng2	surname Peng	5
参议[參議]	can1 yi4	consultant; adviser	2
凶险[兇險]	xiong1 xian3	dangerous; ruthless; treacherous	4
临近[臨近]	lin2 jin4	close to; approaching	1
大河[大河]	da4 he2	large river (esp the Yellow River)	4
逐次[逐次]	zhu2 ci4	gradually; one after another; little by little	1
增高[增高]	zeng1 gao1	to heighten; to raise; to increase; to rise	2
要强[要強]	yao4 qiang2	eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded	2
大名[大名]	da4 ming2	famous name; your distinguished name; one's formal personal name	3
一年到头[一年到頭]	yi1 nian2 dao4 tou2	all year round	1
图样[圖樣]	tu2 yang4	diagram; blueprint	1
功效[功效]	gong1 xiao4	efficacy	1
枯竭[枯竭]	ku1 jie2	used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/225 words - 37 min
分洪[分洪]	fen1 hong2	to separate flood; flood defense	1
阀门[閥門]	fa2 men2	valve (mechanical)	2
调节[調節]	tiao2 jie2	to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)	1
河流[河流]	he2 liu2	river; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
横切[橫切]	heng2 qie1	to cut across; a horizontal cut	1
面积[面積]	mian4 ji1	area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land	1
乘以[乘以]	cheng2 yi3	(math.) multiplied with	1
开启[開啟]	kai1 qi3	to open; to start; (computing) to enable	1
度[度]	du4	to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences	4
人为[人為]	ren2 wei2	artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort	1
流量[流量]	liu2 liang4	flow rate; rate; throughput; site traffic (Internet)	2
劈[劈]	pi1	to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike	2
旁门[旁門]	pang2 men2	side door	1
明月[明月]	ming2 yue4	bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark; CL:輪|轮[lun2]	2
承让[承讓]	cheng2 rang4	you let me win (said politely after winning a game)	2
冒犯[冒犯]	mao4 fan4	to offend	1
无地自容[無地自容]	wu2 di4 zi4 rong2	ashamed and unable to show one's face	1
纲领[綱領]	gang1 ling3	program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle	1
统帅[統帥]	tong3 shuai4	command; commander-in-chief	1
创举[創舉]	chuang4 ju3	pioneering work	1
繁重[繁重]	fan2 zhong4	heavy; burdensome; heavy-duty; arduous; onerous	1
勇气[勇氣]	yong3 qi4	courage; valor	1
承担[承擔]	cheng2 dan1	to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)	4
不利[不利]	bu4 li4	unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental	3
有利[有利]	you3 li4	advantageous; to have advantages; favorable	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/250 words - 40 min
只管[只管]	zhi3 guan3	solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)	5
专心[專心]	zhuan1 xin1	to concentrate; absorption; concentration; engrossed	1
压迫[壓迫]	ya1 po4	to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics)	1
应对[應對]	ying4 dui4	response; to answer; to reply	3
一分一毫[一分一毫]	yi1 fen1 yi1 hao2	a tiny bit (idiom); an iota	1
利玛窦[利瑪竇]	Li4 Ma3 dou4	Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China	1
译[譯]	yi4	to translate; to interpret	7
全本[全本]	quan2 ben3	whole edition; whole performance (of Chinese opera)	1
愿望[願望]	yuan4 wang4	desire; wish	3
欧几里得[歐幾里得]	Ou1 ji3 li3 de2	Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本	5
平面几何[平面幾何]	ping2 mian4 ji3 he2	plane geometry	1
立体几何[立體幾何]	li4 ti3 ji3 he2	solid geometry	1
徐光启[徐光啟]	Xu2 Guang1 qi3	Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty	2
述[述]	shu4	to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate	6
定理[定理]	ding4 li3	established theory; theorem (math.)	1
体系[體系]	ti3 xi4	system; setup; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
推理[推理]	tui1 li3	reasoning; inference; to infer; to deduce	2
合龙[合龍]	he2 long2	closure (civil engineering); join of segments to complete a project (dam, bridge, dike etc)	5
原理[原理]	yuan2 li3	principle; theory	1
阿基米德[阿基米德]	A1 ji1 mi3 de2	Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)	3
度量[度量]	du4 liang4	measure; tolerance; breadth; magnanimity; (math.) metric	1
圆柱[圓柱]	yuan2 zhu4	column; cylinder	1
圆球[圓球]	yuan2 qiu2	ball; sphere; globe	1
体积[體積]	ti3 ji1	volume; bulk; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
重量[重量]	zhong4 liang4	weight; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/275 words - 42 min
计算[計算]	ji4 suan4	to count; to calculate; to compute; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
补足[補足]	bu3 zu2	to bring up to full strength; to make up a deficiency; to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)	2
科学家[科學家]	ke1 xue2 jia1	scientist; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
出难题[出難題]	chu1 nan2 ti2	to raise a tough question	2
汉文[漢文]	Han4 wen2	Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad	2
满文[滿文]	Man3 wen2	Manchurian written language	2
版[版]	ban3	a register; block of printing; edition; version; page	1
隔[隔]	ge2	to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of	2
赐给[賜給]	ci4 gei3	to bestow; to give	2
圆规[圓規]	yuan2 gui1	compass (drafting)	1
工具[工具]	gong1 ju4	tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)	1
三角形[三角形]	san1 jiao3 xing2	triangle	1
不适[不適]	bu4 shi4	unwell; indisposed; out of sorts	1
脑力[腦力]	nao3 li4	mental capacity	1
高深[高深]	gao1 shen1	profound	1
煞风景[煞風景]	sha1 feng1 jing3	to be an eyesore; (fig.) to spoil the fun; to be a wet blanket	1
云[雲]	yun2	cloud; CL:朵[duo3]	5
交战[交戰]	jiao1 zhan4	to fight; to wage war	2
冬至[冬至]	Dong1 zhi4	Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January	1
阳春[陽春]	Yang2 chun1	Yangchun county level city in Yangjiang 陽江|阳江[Yang2 jiang1], Guangdong	1
天气[天氣]	tian1 qi4	weather	3
染上[染上]	ran3 shang4	to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)	4
染病[染病]	ran3 bing4	to catch an illness; to get infected with a disease	1
过半[過半]	guo4 ban4	over fifty percent; more than half	1
太医[太醫]	tai4 yi1	imperial physician	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep16/279 words - 43 min
想必[想必]	xiang3 bi4	presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely	2
仲[仲]	zhong4	second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers	3
伤寒[傷寒]	shang1 han2	typhoid	5
杂[雜]	za2	mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/25 words - 4 min
后世[後世]	hou4 shi4	later generations	4
名医[名醫]	ming2 yi1	famous doctor	1
中选[中選]	zhong4 xuan3	to win an election; to get a position by passing the imperial exam	1
青龙[青龍]	Qing1 long2	Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙[Dong1 fang1 Qing1 long2] or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙[Dong1 fang1 Cang1 long2]; (slang) man without pubic hair	1
见效[見效]	jian4 xiao4	to have the desired effect	1
脉[脈]	mai4	arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)	1
讲述[講述]	jiang3 shu4	to talk about; to narrate; to give an account	1
尤为[尤為]	you2 wei2	especially	1
精细[精細]	jing1 xi4	fine; meticulous; careful	2
六经[六經]	Liu4 jing1	Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]	1
八纲[八綱]	ba1 gang1	"eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)	1
问倒[問倒]	wen4 dao3	to stump; to baffle	1
医书[醫書]	yi1 shu1	medical book	4
刮目相看[刮目相看]	gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4	to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)	2
口袋[口袋]	kou3 dai4	pocket; bag; sack; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
杂七杂八[雜七雜八]	za2 qi1 za2 ba1	an assortment; a bit of everything; lots of different (skills)	3
一肚子[一肚子]	yi1 du4 zi5	bellyful (of sth); full of (sth)	3
谦[謙]	qian1	modest	2
校[校]	jiao4	to proofread; to check; to compare	1
校[校]	xiao4	school; military officer; CL:所[suo3]	1
凳[凳]	deng4	bench; stool	1
开张[開張]	kai1 zhang1	to open a business; first transaction of a business day	1
沏[沏]	qi1	to steep (tea)	1
九章算术[九章算術]	Jiu3 zhang1 Suan4 shu4	The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art	2
海岛[海島]	hai3 dao3	island	2
丘[丘]	qiu1	mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/50 words - 11 min
唐[唐]	tang2	to exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗[tang2]	6
缉[緝]	ji1	to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. [qi4]	1
谱[譜]	pu3	chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music	1
永乐[永樂]	Yong3 le4	Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, Temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]	2
善本[善本]	shan4 ben3	old book; good book; reliable book; rare book	1
中午[中午]	zhong1 wu3	noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
用膳[用膳]	yong4 shan4	to dine	2
信佛[信佛]	xin4 Fo2	to believe in Buddhism	1
舍身[捨身]	she3 shen1	to give one's life	1
蚊子[蚊子]	wen2 zi5	mosquito	2
诚[誠]	cheng2	sincere; authentic; really; truly	5
感动[感動]	gan3 dong4	to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving	2
考验[考驗]	kao3 yan4	to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal	3
掉头[掉頭]	diao4 tou2	to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about	1
客人[客人]	ke4 ren2	visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]	4
好笑[好笑]	hao3 xiao4	laughable; funny; ridiculous	1
坤[坤]	kun1	one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)	1
尴尬[尷尬]	gan1 ga4	awkward; embarrassed	1
侍[侍]	shi4	to serve; to attend upon	4
采[採]	cai3	to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	5
莲[蓮]	lian2	lotus	5
河北[河北]	He2 bei3	Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]	2
十八[十八]	shi2 ba1	eighteen; 18	2
跌[跌]	die1	to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]	1
手腕[手腕]	shou3 wan4	wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/75 words - 19 min
肘[肘]	zhou3	elbow; pork shoulder	1
病重[病重]	bing4 zhong4	seriously ill	1
瓦[瓦]	wa3	roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]	5
厌恶[厭惡]	yan4 wu4	to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth	1
妃子[妃子]	fei1 zi5	imperial concubine	1
几分[幾分]	ji3 fen1	somewhat; a bit	4
紧急[緊急]	jin3 ji2	urgent; emergency	6
庆[慶]	qing4	to celebrate	2
老人[老人]	lao3 ren2	old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents	5
致[致]	zhi4	to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	3
正阳[正陽]	Zheng4 yang2	Zhangyang county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan	2
门前[門前]	men2 qian2	in front of the door	1
庆贺[慶賀]	qing4 he4	to congratulate; to celebrate	2
纱[紗]	sha1	cotton yarn; muslin	2
袍[袍]	pao2	gown (lined)	3
宫女[宮女]	gong1 nu:3	palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4]	2
放出[放出]	fang4 chu1	to let off; to give out	2
嫁人[嫁人]	jia4 ren2	to get married (of woman)	1
天府[天府]	Tian1 fu3	Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty	4
推迟[推遲]	tui1 chi2	to postpone; to put off; to defer	1
祭祖[祭祖]	ji4 zu3	to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors	1
敬贺[敬賀]	jing4 he4	to offer one's congratulations (formal)	1
祭拜[祭拜]	ji4 bai4	to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)	2
卸下[卸下]	xie4 xia4	to unload	1
重担[重擔]	zhong4 dan4	heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/100 words - 25 min
心事[心事]	xin1 shi4	a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]	2
唉声叹气[唉聲嘆氣]	ai1 sheng1 tan4 qi4	sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair	1
整夜[整夜]	zheng3 ye4	the whole night; all through the night	4
挪[挪]	nuo2	to shift; to move	3
睡醒[睡醒]	shui4 xing3	to wake up	1
做完[做完]	zuo4 wan2	to finish; to complete the task	1
大殿[大殿]	da4 dian4	main hall of a Buddhist temple	1
对得起[對得起]	dui4 de5 qi3	not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of	1
国运[國運]	guo2 yun4	fate of the nation	3
排山倒海[排山倒海]	pai2 shan1 dao3 hai3	lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering; fig. gigantic; of spectacular significance	2
压力[壓力]	ya1 li4	pressure	3
一统[一統]	yi1 tong3	to unify; unified	12
春秋[春秋]	chun1 qiu1	spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)	5
如意[如意]	ru2 yi4	as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune	7
心愿[心願]	xin1 yuan4	cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration	3
不甘[不甘]	bu4 gan1	unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling	1
忝[忝]	tian3	to shame	1
为首[為首]	wei2 shou3	head; be headed by	1
礼部[禮部]	Li3 bu4	Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)	7
封号[封號]	feng1 hao4	title granted to a person (archaic); to ban an (online) account	3
没意思[沒意思]	mei2 yi4 si5	boring; of no interest	3
波及[波及]	bo1 ji2	to spread to; to involve; to affect	2
王化[王化]	wang2 hua4	beneficial influence of the sovereign	4
清洗[清洗]	qing1 xi3	to wash; to clean; to purge	1
桶[桶]	tong3	bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/125 words - 27 min
武都[武都]	Wu3 du1	Wudu district of Longnan city 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 shi4], Gansu	1
花团锦簇[花團錦簇]	hua1 tuan2 jin3 cu4	brightly colored decorations (idiom); splendid	1
偏劳[偏勞]	pian1 lao2	undue trouble; Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.	1
太白[太白]	Tai4 bai2	Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi; Venus	1
杨贵妃[楊貴妃]	Yang2 Gui4 fei1	Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2] or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]	1
南宁[南寧]	Nan2 ning2	Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区	1
堪[堪]	kan1	to endure; may; can	1
赋[賦]	fu4	poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with	1
蜀山[蜀山]	Shu3 shan1	Shushan district of Hefei city 合肥市[He2 fei2 shi4], Anhui	1
兀[兀]	wu4	cut off the feet; rising to a height; towering; bald	1
烟尘[煙塵]	yan1 chen2	smoke and dust; air pollution	1
荡[蕩]	dang4	to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond	2
离心[離心]	li2 xin1	to be at odds with; centrifugal (force)	1
海疆[海疆]	hai3 jiang1	coastal border region	3
登[登]	deng1	to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)	30
华[華]	hua2	magnificent; splendid; flowery	3
了[瞭]	liao3	(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly	1
四面[四面]	si4 mian4	all sides	3
烽烟[烽煙]	feng1 yan1	fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)	1
缭绕[繚繞]	liao2 rao4	to curl up; to linger on (sound)	1
悲凉[悲涼]	bei1 liang2	sorrowful; dismal	1
存亡[存亡]	cun2 wang2	to live or die; to exist or perish	1
怠惰[怠惰]	dai4 duo4	idleness	1
守成[守成]	shou3 cheng2	to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors	1
谀[諛]	yu2	to flatter	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/150 words - 31 min
同安[同安]	Tong2 an1	Tong'an district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian	1
湾[灣]	wan1	bay; gulf; to cast anchor; to moor (a boat)	7
嗨[嗨]	hai1	oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)	4
拉开[拉開]	la1 kai1	to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase	2
精气神[精氣神]	jing1 qi4 shen2	the three energies of Chinese medicine: 精[jing1], 氣|气[qi4], and 神[shen2]	1
提到[提到]	ti2 dao4	to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to	5
揣摩[揣摩]	chuai3 mo2	to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom	3
靶子[靶子]	ba3 zi5	target	1
箭[箭]	jian4	arrow; CL:支[zhi1]	8
手指[手指]	shou3 zhi3	finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	1
挥[揮]	hui1	to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse	1
百发百中[百發百中]	bai3 fa1 bai3 zhong4	lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits; to carry out a task with great precision; to shoot with unfailing accuracy; be a crack shot (idiom)	1
瞄[瞄]	miao2	to take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at	2
养成[養成]	yang3 cheng2	to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire	1
威武[威武]	wei1 wu3	might; formidable	5
膀子[膀子]	bang3 zi5	upper arm; arm; wing	1
肿[腫]	zhong3	to swell; swelling; swollen	2
适[適]	shi4	to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue	1
足以[足以]	zu2 yi3	sufficient to...; so much so that; so that	10
攻打[攻打]	gong1 da3	to attack (the enemy)	3
赞成[贊成]	zan4 cheng2	to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist	1
就是说[就是說]	jiu4 shi4 shuo1	in other words; that is	3
不济[不濟]	bu4 ji4	not good; of no use	3
频频[頻頻]	pin2 pin2	repeatedly; again and again; continuously; constantly	1
琅[琅]	lang2	jade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/175 words - 35 min
闽南话[閩南話]	Min3 nan2 hua4	Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas	1
街坊四邻[街坊四鄰]	jie1 fang5 si4 lin2	neighbors; the whole neighborhood	1
勤勉[勤勉]	qin2 mian3	diligence; diligent; industrious	2
报仇[報仇]	bao4 chou2	to take revenge; to avenge	3
冑[冑]	zhou4	variant of 胄[zhou4]	1
口风[口風]	kou3 feng1	meaning behind the words; what sb really means to say; one's intentions as revealed in one's words; tone of speech	3
望风[望風]	wang4 feng1	to be on the lookout; to keep watch	1
党同伐异[黨同伐異]	dang3 tong2 fa2 yi4	to be narrowly partisan; to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views	2
不学无术[不學無術]	bu4 xue2 wu2 shu4	without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent	2
太阳[太陽]	tai4 yang5	sun; CL:個|个[ge4]; abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2]	2
上阵[上陣]	shang4 zhen4	to go into battle	2
杀敌[殺敵]	sha1 di2	to attack the enemy	2
台湾岛[臺灣島]	Tai2 wan1 Dao3	Taiwan Island	2
励[勵]	li4	to encourage; to urge	1
毫不[毫不]	hao2 bu4	hardly; not in the least; not at all	1
懈怠[懈怠]	xie4 dai4	slack; lazy; remiss	1
吃不下[吃不下]	chi1 bu5 xia4	not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more	1
定见[定見]	ding4 jian4	firm view; definite opinion	1
胜算[勝算]	sheng4 suan4	odds of success; stratagem that ensures success; to be sure of success	1
胸[胸]	xiong1	chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax	1
顾虑[顧慮]	gu4 lu:4	misgivings; apprehensions	3
胜[勝]	sheng4	victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)	3
打败[打敗]	da3 bai4	to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated	1
劲旅[勁旅]	jing4 lu:3	strong contingent; elite squad	1
头一[頭一]	tou2 yi1	the first	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/200 words - 39 min
怯[怯]	qie4	timid; cowardly; rustic; Taiwan pr. [que4]	1
水军[水軍]	shui3 jun1	navy (archaic); person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3 luo4 shui3 jun1])	5
卖关子[賣關子]	mai4 guan1 zi5	to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling); to keep people on tenterhooks	2
寿辰[壽辰]	shou4 chen2	birthday (of an old person)	2
赴宴[赴宴]	fu4 yan4	to attend a banquet	1
国土[國土]	guo2 tu3	country's territory; national land	2
顺嘴[順嘴]	shun4 zui3	to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food)	1
钉[釘]	ding1	nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth); variant of 盯[ding1]	1
转角[轉角]	zhuan3 jiao3	bend in a street; corner; to turn a corner	1
掰扯[掰扯]	bai1 che5	to debate; to dispute; to wrangle (dialect)	1
做大[做大]	zuo4 da4	arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale	2
打下[打下]	da3 xia4	to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc)	1
优待[優待]	you1 dai4	preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment	1
杜[杜]	du4	birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict	1
诗集[詩集]	shi1 ji2	poetry anthology	3
夹[夾]	jia1	to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]	3
细心[細心]	xi4 xin1	careful; attentive	2
随后[隨後]	sui2 hou4	soon after	2
赶来[趕來]	gan3 lai2	to rush over	1
聊天[聊天]	liao2 tian1	to chat; to gossip	2
送别[送別]	song4 bie2	farewell	1
闯祸[闖禍]	chuang3 huo4	to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble	1
走江湖[走江湖]	zou3 jiang1 hu2	to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)	1
保重[保重]	bao3 zhong4	to take care of oneself	20
娘娘[娘娘]	niang2 niang5	queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt	15
//The Long River - S1/Ep17/223 words - 42 min
受礼[受禮]	shou4 li3	to accept a gift; to acknowledge greetings	1
舅舅[舅舅]	jiu4 jiu5	mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal); CL:個|个[ge4]	11
阿哥[阿哥]	a1 ge1	(familiar) elder brother	15
普天同庆[普天同慶]	pu3 tian1 tong2 qing4	everybody celebrating together; universal celebration; universal rejoicing	1
玛家[瑪家]	Ma3 jia1	Machia township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan	1
闺女[閨女]	gui1 nu:3	maiden; unmarried woman; daughter	5
老太太[老太太]	lao3 tai4 tai5	elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]	5
玩牌[玩牌]	wan2 pai2	to play cards; to play mahjong	2
一言不发[一言不發]	yi1 yan2 bu4 fa1	to not say a word (idiom)	1
恩情[恩情]	en1 qing2	kindness; affection; grace; favor	6
敢情[敢情]	gan3 qing5	actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course	1
血亲[血親]	xue4 qin1	kin; blood relation	1
长辈[長輩]	zhang3 bei4	one's elders; older generation	1
连手[連手]	lian2 shou3	concerted action; to collude (in dishonesty)	2
铭记[銘記]	ming2 ji4	to engrave in one's memory	1
成仙[成仙]	cheng2 xian1	to become immortal	2
洪武[洪武]	Hong2 wu3	Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, Temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]	1
时期[時期]	shi2 qi1	period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
生人[生人]	sheng1 ren2	stranger; living person; to give birth; to be born (in a certain time or place)	1
修炼[修煉]	xiu1 lian4	(of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism	2
骗子[騙子]	pian4 zi5	swindler; a cheat	1
施法[施法]	shi1 fa3	to implement the law; to perform sorcery	1
灵验[靈驗]	ling2 yan4	efficacious; effective; (of a prediction) accurate; correct	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/25 words - 5 min
抗拒[抗拒]	kang4 ju4	to resist; to defy; to oppose	2
成亲[成親]	cheng2 qin1	to get married	2
自打[自打]	zi4 da3	(coll.) since	6
家家户户[家家戶戶]	jia1 jia1 hu4 hu4	each and every family (idiom); every household	1
抱头痛哭[抱頭痛哭]	bao4 tou2 tong4 ku1	to weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder	1
空虚[空虛]	kong1 xu1	hollow; emptiness; meaningless	1
不合时宜[不合時宜]	bu4 he2 shi2 yi2	untimely; premature; inopportune; ill-timed; out of fashion; behind the times	1
一心一意[一心一意]	yi1 xin1 yi1 yi4	concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently	2
呼噜[呼嚕]	hu1 lu5	(onom.) snoring; Taiwan pr. [hu1 lu1]	1
魂[魂]	hun2	soul; spirit; immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body	5
暖暖[暖暖]	Nuan3 nuan3	Nuannuan district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan	2
御医[御醫]	yu4 yi1	imperial physician	2
诊[診]	zhen3	to examine or treat medically	1
恶鬼[惡鬼]	e4 gui3	evil spirit; devil	2
储君[儲君]	chu3 jun1	heir apparent to a throne	1
佑[佑]	you4	to assist; to protect	4
碎[碎]	sui4	to break down; to break into pieces; fragmentary	5
鬼故事[鬼故事]	gui3 gu4 shi5	ghost story	1
可靠[可靠]	ke3 kao4	reliable	2
哭哭啼啼[哭哭啼啼]	ku1 ku5 ti2 ti2	to weep endlessly; interminable wailing	2
来到[來到]	lai2 dao4	to come; to arrive	2
宝剑[寶劍]	bao3 jian4	(double-edged) sword; CL:把[ba3],方[fang1]	1
灵[靈]	ling2	quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin	1
祂[祂]	ta1	(third person pronoun for a divine being)	2
剑[劍]	jian4	double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/50 words - 11 min
通通[通通]	tong1 tong1	all; entire; complete	2
禔[禔]	ti2	well-being	9
胡来[胡來]	hu2 lai2	to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble	2
汉武帝[漢武帝]	Han4 Wu3 di4	Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)	1
宫廷[宮廷]	gong1 ting2	court (of king or emperor)	1
魇[魘]	yan3	to have a nightmare	1
满门抄斩[滿門抄斬]	man3 men2 chao1 zhan3	to execute the whole family and confiscate their property	1
不声不响[不聲不響]	bu4 sheng1 bu4 xiang3	wordless and silent (idiom); without speaking; taciturn	1
宠[寵]	chong3	to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor	4
看重[看重]	kan4 zhong4	to regard as important; to care about	3
捋虎须[捋虎鬚]	luo1 hu3 xu1	lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers; to do sth very daring	1
身后[身後]	shen1 hou4	posthumous; one's social background; behind the body	3
慎重[慎重]	shen4 zhong4	cautious; careful; prudent	2
出海[出海]	chu1 hai3	to go out to sea	1
小岛[小島]	xiao3 dao3	isle	1
蟹[蟹]	xie4	crab	1
咱家[咱家]	zan2 jia1	I; me; we; my home; our house	1
丢人[丟人]	diu1 ren2	to lose face	6
发烧[發燒]	fa1 shao1	to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever	1
撒泼[撒潑]	sa1 po1	to make an unreasonable scene	1
曾祖母[曾祖母]	zeng1 zu3 mu3	father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother	2
鞋[鞋]	xie2	shoe; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]	7
千方百计[千方百計]	qian1 fang1 bai3 ji4	lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means	1
可看[可看]	ke3 kan4	worth seeing	1
脚丫子[腳丫子]	jiao3 ya1 zi5	(coll.) foot	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/75 words - 14 min
滥调[濫調]	lan4 diao4	hackneyed talk; platitude	1
御驾亲征[御駕親征]	yu4 jia4 qin1 zheng1	the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom); to take part personally in an expedition	1
姚[姚]	yao2	handsome; good-looking	2
这些个[這些個]	zhe4 xie1 ge5	these	2
子弟[子弟]	zi3 di4	child; the younger generation	2
棍子[棍子]	gun4 zi5	stick; rod	1
生病[生病]	sheng1 bing4	to fall ill	1
寿礼[壽禮]	shou4 li3	birthday present (for an old person)	9
标尺[標尺]	biao1 chi3	surveyor's rod; staff; staff gauge; rear sight	3
坛子[罈子]	tan2 zi5	jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)	2
刀子[刀子]	dao1 zi5	knife; CL:把[ba3]	2
伏特加[伏特加]	fu2 te4 jia1	vodka (loanword)	1
传见[傳見]	chuan2 jian4	to summon for an interview	1
明智[明智]	ming2 zhi4	sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious	1
受命[受命]	shou4 ming4	ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel	2
陛下[陛下]	bi4 xia4	Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty	2
荒凉[荒涼]	huang1 liang2	desolate	1
交换[交換]	jiao1 huan4	to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute	1
关怀[關懷]	guan1 huai2	care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to	1
国内[國內]	guo2 nei4	domestic; internal (to a country); civil	1
和平[和平]	he2 ping2	peace; peaceful	2
无赖[無賴]	wu2 lai4	hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly	1
用得上[用得上]	yong4 de5 shang4	needed; to come in useful	1
尊崇[尊崇]	zun1 chong2	to revere; to admire; to honor; to venerate	1
旗号[旗號]	qi2 hao4	military banner; flag signal; (fig.) banner (i.e. false pretenses)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/100 words - 18 min
贵国[貴國]	gui4 guo2	your distinguished country	1
多灾多难[多災多難]	duo1 zai1 duo1 nan4	to be plagued with misfortunes; precarious	1
我国[我國]	wo3 guo2	our country; China	2
内务[內務]	nei4 wu4	internal affairs; domestic affairs; family affairs; (trad.) affairs within the palace	1
操[操]	cao1	to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)	2
一字[一字]	yi1 zi4	in a row; in a line	2
驿站[驛站]	yi4 zhan4	relay station for post horses (old)	1
贪图[貪圖]	tan1 tu2	to covet; to seek (riches, fame)	1
风景[風景]	feng1 jing3	scenery; landscape; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
洪福[洪福]	hong2 fu2	good fortune; great blessing	1
一丁点[一丁點]	yi1 ding1 dian3	a tiny bit; a wee bit	1
发兵[發兵]	fa1 bing1	to dispatch an army; to send troops	1
僻静[僻靜]	pi4 jing4	lonely; secluded	1
海军[海軍]	hai3 jun1	navy	2
追加[追加]	zhui1 jia1	to add something extra; an additional increment; addendum; to append; an additional posthumous title	1
订[訂]	ding4	to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order	1
假惺惺[假惺惺]	jia3 xing1 xing1	hypocritical; unctuous; insincerely courteous; to shed crocodile tears	1
没辙[沒轍]	mei2 zhe2	at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out	2
收拢[收攏]	shou1 long3	to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc); to assemble (a party of persons); to rope in (some people)	1
咽[嚥]	yan4	to swallow	1
克服[克服]	ke4 fu2	(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure	1
生日[生日]	sheng1 ri4	birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
模样[模樣]	mu2 yang4	look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]	1
钻研[鑽研]	zuan1 yan2	to study meticulously; to delve into	1
古籍[古籍]	gu3 ji2	ancient text; antique books	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/125 words - 23 min
楼[樓]	lou2	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]	4
得意[得意]	de2 yi4	proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent	4
忙活[忙活]	mang2 huo5	to be really busy; pressing business	2
笼子[籠子]	long2 zi5	cage; basket; container	2
画眉[畫眉]	hua4 mei2	to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)	1
捧场[捧場]	peng3 chang3	to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter	1
馒头[饅頭]	man2 tou5	steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
甜[甜]	tian2	sweet	2
腾腾[騰騰]	teng2 teng2	steaming; scathing	1
香粉[香粉]	xiang1 fen3	face powder; talcum powder	1
爆肚[爆肚]	bao4 du3	deep fried tripe	5
小吃[小吃]	xiao3 chi1	snack; refreshments; CL:家[jia1]	1
兔崽子[兔崽子]	tu4 zai3 zi5	brat; bastard	5
崽[崽]	zai3	child; young animal	2
及时[及時]	ji2 shi2	in time; promptly; without delay; timely	1
偏[偏]	pian1	to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations; left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical	1
犯上作乱[犯上作亂]	fan4 shang4 zuo4 luan4	to rebel against the emperor (idiom)	1
高抬贵手[高抬貴手]	gao1 tai2 gui4 shou3	to be generous (idiom); to be magnanimous; Give me a break!	2
解绑[解綁]	jie3 bang3	to unbind (e.g. a phone number from an account)	1
请示[請示]	qing3 shi4	to ask for instructions	3
出动[出動]	chu1 dong4	to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops	2
锁[鎖]	suo3	to lock up; to lock; lock; CL:把[ba3]	4
如实[如實]	ru2 shi2	as things really are; realistic	1
隐瞒[隱瞞]	yin3 man2	to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth	1
大汗[大汗]	da4 han4	profuse perspiration	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/150 words - 28 min
假话[假話]	jia3 hua4	a lie; untrue statement; misstatement	3
没大没小[沒大沒小]	mei2 da4 mei2 xiao3	impolite; cheeky; impudent	1
部下[部下]	bu4 xia4	troops under one's command; subordinate	1
杀害[殺害]	sha1 hai4	to murder	1
博格[博格]	Bo2 ge2	Borg (name); Bjorn Borg (1956-), Swedish tennis star	17
大都[大都]	da4 du1	for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan	1
女真[女真]	Nu:3 zhen1	Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty	1
准噶尔[準噶爾]	Zhun3 ga2 er3	Dzungar, Junggar or Dsungharian basin in Xinjiang	9
顾全[顧全]	gu4 quan2	to give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards	1
阿拉[阿拉]	a1 la1	(Wu dialect) my; our; I; we; me; us	1
坦[坦]	tan3	flat; open-hearted; level; smooth	2
多尔[多爾]	Duo1 er3	Dole (name); Bob Dole (1923-), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996	1
结盟[結盟]	jie2 meng2	to form an alliance; to ally oneself with; allied with; aligned; to bond with	1
大片[大片]	da4 pian4	wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie	2
确有其事[確有其事]	que4 you3 qi2 shi4	(confirm to be) true; authentic	1
首领[首領]	shou3 ling3	head; boss; chief	1
男子汉[男子漢]	nan2 zi3 han4	man (i.e. manly, masculine)	4
家业[家業]	jia1 ye4	family property	1
绸[綢]	chou2	(light) silk; CL:匹[pi3]	1
口才[口才]	kou3 cai2	eloquence	2
绰[綽]	chuo4	generous; ample; wide; spacious; well-off; to grip	4
东南[東南]	dong1 nan2	southeast	2
苦心[苦心]	ku3 xin1	painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains	3
作乱[作亂]	zuo4 luan4	to start a rebellion; to rise in revolt	2
出兵[出兵]	chu1 bing1	to send troops	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/175 words - 31 min
两广总督[兩廣總督]	liang3 guang3 zong3 du1	Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi	1
望远镜[望遠鏡]	wang4 yuan3 jing4	binoculars; telescope; CL:付[fu4],副[fu4],部[bu4]	1
国王[國王]	guo2 wang2	king; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
头像[頭像]	tou2 xiang4	portrait; bust	1
金币[金幣]	jin1 bi4	gold coin	1
哈[哈]	ha1	(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1 shi4 qi2], husky (dog)	6
仓促[倉促]	cang1 cu4	all of a sudden; hurriedly	2
精巧[精巧]	jing1 qiao3	elaborate	1
家传[家傳]	jia1 chuan2	handed down in a family; family traditions	2
庆生[慶生]	qing4 sheng1	to celebrate a birthday	1
包衣[包衣]	bao1 yi1	capsule (containing medicine); husk (of corn)	1
化[化]	hua4	to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]	5
前门[前門]	qian2 men2	front door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)	4
福寿[福壽]	fu2 shou4	happiness and longevity	1
花式[花式]	hua1 shi4	fancy	1
镶[鑲]	xiang1	to inlay; to embed; ridge; border	6
宝石[寶石]	bao3 shi2	precious stone; gem; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]	1
花样[花樣]	hua1 yang4	pattern; way of doing sth; trick; (sports) fancy-style (as figure skating etc)	2
贵妃[貴妃]	gui4 fei1	senior concubine; imperial consort	2
枉费[枉費]	wang3 fei4	to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain	1
金子[金子]	jin1 zi5	gold	2
价钱[價錢]	jia4 qian5	price	1
扒[扒]	ba1	to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig	4
大堂[大堂]	da4 tang2	lobby	2
麦子[麥子]	mai4 zi5	wheat; CL:株[zhu1]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/200 words - 37 min
哪像[哪像]	na3 xiang4	unlike; in contrast to	2
捞钱[撈錢]	lao1 qian2	lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck	2
亲信[親信]	qin1 xin4	trusted aide	1
白眼狼[白眼狼]	bai2 yan3 lang2	thankless wretch; an ingrate	3
腰包[腰包]	yao1 bao1	waist purse (old); (fig.) purse; pocket; waist pack; fanny pack; bum bag	1
满满[滿滿]	man3 man3	full; closely packed	1
单子[單子]	dan1 zi5	list of items; bill; form; bedsheet	4
及早[及早]	ji2 zao3	at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible	2
古董[古董]	gu3 dong3	curio; antique	1
新奇[新奇]	xin1 qi2	novelty; new and odd	1
自鸣钟[自鳴鐘]	zi4 ming2 zhong1	chiming clock	1
整点[整點]	zheng3 dian3	time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc); to make an inventory; (math.) point that has integer coordinates	1
布谷鸟[布谷鳥]	bu4 gu3 niao3	cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.); same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[du4 juan1 niao3]	2
布谷[布穀]	bu4 gu3	cuckoo	1
万安[萬安]	wan4 an1	completely secure; a sure thing; rest assured	6
经手[經手]	jing1 shou3	to pass through one's hands; to handle; to deal with	2
洋货[洋貨]	yang2 huo4	Western goods; imported goods (in former times)	1
赚大钱[賺大錢]	zhuan4 da4 qian2	to earn a fortune	1
见多识广[見多識廣]	jian4 duo1 shi2 guang3	experienced and knowledgeable (idiom)	1
沉着[沉著]	chen2 zhuo2	steady; calm and collected; not nervous	1
略[略]	lu:e4	plan; strategy; outline; summary; slightly; rather; to rob; to plunder; to summarize; to omit	4
一年四季[一年四季]	yi1 nian2 si4 ji4	all year round	1
皂[皂]	zao4	soap; black	5
豆[豆]	dou4	bean; pea; CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4]; sacrificial vessel	1
祛[祛]	qu1	sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away; to remove	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep18/222 words - 41 min
用法[用法]	yong4 fa3	usage	1
煮[煮]	zhu3	to cook; to boil	2
口感[口感]	kou3 gan3	taste; texture (of food); how food feels in the mouth	1
犹[猶]	you2	as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet	2
工头[工頭]	gong1 tou2	foreman	1
懒[懶]	lan3	lazy	1
无须[無須]	wu2 xu1	need not; not obliged to; not necessarily	2
自夸[自誇]	zi4 kua1	to boast	1
查访[查訪]	cha2 fang3	to investigate	2
犬[犬]	quan3	dog; Kangxi radical 94	4
娶妻[娶妻]	qu3 qi1	to take a wife; to get married (man)	1
出货[出貨]	chu1 huo4	to take money or valuables out of storage; to recover; to ship goods; to extract (chemicals from solution)	1
进货[進貨]	jin4 huo4	to acquire stock; to replenish stock	1
种种[種種]	zhong3 zhong3	all kinds of	2
陋规[陋規]	lou4 gui1	objectionable practices	1
回扣[回扣]	hui2 kou4	brokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback	2
严厉[嚴厲]	yan2 li4	severe; strict	2
娶亲[娶親]	qu3 qin1	to take a wife	1
彩礼[彩禮]	cai3 li3	betrothal gift; bride price	1
鱼头[魚頭]	yu2 tou2	fish head; fig. upright and unwilling to compromise	1
火锅[火鍋]	huo3 guo1	hotpot	2
金安[金安]	Jin1 an1	Jin'an district of Lu'an city 六安市[Lu4 an1 shi4], Anhui	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/25 words - 9 min
肠[腸]	chang2	intestines	1
溜达[溜達]	liu1 da5	to stroll; to go for a walk	4
地砖[地磚]	di4 zhuan1	floor tile	1
教育[教育]	jiao4 yu4	to educate; to teach; education	2
猜着[猜著]	cai1 zhao2	to guess correctly	1
财迷[財迷]	cai2 mi2	money grubber; miser	1
败坏[敗壞]	bai4 huai4	to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine	2
实力[實力]	shi2 li4	strength	1
嘴里[嘴裡]	zui3 li3	mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words	4
造谣[造謠]	zao4 yao2	to start a rumor	1
孔圣人[孔聖人]	Kong3 sheng4 ren2	the Sage Confucius	1
限[限]	xian4	limit; bound; to set a limit (on)	1
看不惯[看不慣]	kan4 bu5 guan4	cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove	1
门户[門戶]	men2 hu4	door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel	1
马背[馬背]	ma3 bei4	horseback	1
大海[大海]	da4 hai3	sea; ocean	6
晕[暈]	yun1	confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out	4
晕[暈]	yun4	dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun	4
耷拉[耷拉]	da1 la5	to droop; to dangle	1
酩酊大醉[酩酊大醉]	ming3 ding3 da4 zui4	dead drunk; as drunk as a lord	1
要事[要事]	yao4 shi4	important matter	2
不计其数[不計其數]	bu4 ji4 qi2 shu4	lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless; innumerable	1
建造[建造]	jian4 zao4	to construct; to build	3
征[征]	zheng1	journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack	1
戴上[戴上]	dai4 shang5	to put on (hat etc)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/50 words - 14 min
摘帽子[摘帽子]	zhai1 mao4 zi5	lit. to take off a hat; fig. to be cleared of an unfair charge; rehabilitation	2
勾兑[勾兌]	gou1 dui4	to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)	2
宫殿[宮殿]	gong1 dian4	palace; CL:座[zuo4]	1
不急之务[不急之務]	bu4 ji2 zhi1 wu4	a matter of no great urgency	4
坯子[坯子]	pi1 zi5	base; semifinished product; (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)	3
芝[芝]	zhi1	Zoysia pungens	1
国姓[國姓]	Guo2 xing4	Guoxing or Kuohsing township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan	2
前半生[前半生]	qian2 ban4 sheng1	first half of one's life	1
燃烧[燃燒]	ran2 shao1	to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming	1
无时无刻[無時無刻]	wu2 shi2 wu2 ke4	all the time; incessantly	1
结识[結識]	jie2 shi2	to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time	1
父兄[父兄]	fu4 xiong1	father and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch	2
仇[仇]	chou2	hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)	3
实话[實話]	shi2 hua4	truth	4
长兄[長兄]	zhang3 xiong1	eldest brother	1
他杀[他殺]	ta1 sha1	homicide (law)	7
许多[許多]	xu3 duo1	many; a lot of; much	4
恩怨[恩怨]	en1 yuan4	gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances	5
英雄[英雄]	ying1 xiong2	hero; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
忠诚[忠誠]	zhong1 cheng2	devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty	2
看淡[看淡]	kan4 dan4	to regard as unimportant; to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc); (of an economy or a market) to slacken	1
城外[城外]	cheng2 wai4	outside of a city	2
圈子[圈子]	quan1 zi5	circle; ring; (social) circle	1
扩充[擴充]	kuo4 chong1	to expand	1
两倍[兩倍]	liang3 bei4	twice as much; double the amount	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/75 words - 18 min
见鬼[見鬼]	jian4 gui3	curse it!; to hell with it!	1
一天到晚[一天到晚]	yi1 tian1 dao4 wan3	all day long; the whole day	2
私仇[私仇]	si1 chou2	personal grudge	6
现下[現下]	xian4 xia4	now; at this moment	2
勉强[勉強]	mian3 qiang3	to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough	2
华夏[華夏]	Hua2 xia4	old name for China; Cathay	9
坠[墜]	zhui4	to fall; to drop; to weigh down	1
训练[訓練]	xun4 lian4	to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]	8
全力以赴[全力以赴]	quan2 li4 yi3 fu4	to do at all costs; to make an all-out effort	3
苟且[苟且]	gou3 qie3	perfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex)	2
在世[在世]	zai4 shi4	to be alive	2
敬祝[敬祝]	jing4 zhu4	to offer humbly (written at the end of letter from sb of lower status to higher status); your humble servant	2
万寿无疆[萬壽無疆]	wan4 shou4 wu2 jiang1	may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom); long may you live	2
新式[新式]	xin1 shi4	new style; latest type	1
钟表[鐘錶]	zhong1 biao3	clock	1
西式[西式]	xi1 shi4	Western style	2
罗盘[羅盤]	luo2 pan2	compass	2
铁甲[鐵甲]	tie3 jia3	mail plating; armor; armor plating	1
模型[模型]	mo2 xing2	model; mold; matrix; pattern	2
乖巧[乖巧]	guai1 qiao3	clever (child); smart; lovable; cute	1
喘气[喘氣]	chuan3 qi4	to breathe deeply; to pant	8
战舰[戰艦]	zhan4 jian4	battleship; warship	2
孝心[孝心]	xiao4 xin1	filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents	2
镜[鏡]	jing4	mirror; lens	2
字条[字條]	zi4 tiao2	brief note	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/100 words - 25 min
临[臨]	lin2	to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	3
字帖[字帖]	zi4 tie3	piece of paper with short note; short letter	1
结实[結實]	jie1 shi5	rugged; sturdy; strong; durable; buff (physique)	3
内臣[內臣]	nei4 chen2	chamberlain	1
不治[不治]	bu4 zhi4	to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help	1
睹[睹]	du3	to observe; to see	1
箱[箱]	xiang1	box; trunk; chest	1
沙盘[沙盤]	sha1 pan2	sand table (military); 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc); sand tray (on which to write characters)	2
提笔[提筆]	ti2 bi3	to take up one's pen; to start to write	1
设色[設色]	she4 se4	to paint; to color	1
襄[襄]	xiang1	to help; to assist; mutual assistance; to rush into or up; to raise or hold up; high; tall; old variant of 欀; chariot horse (old); change (old)	5
全力[全力]	quan2 li4	with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support)	2
隐患[隱患]	yin3 huan4	a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage; misfortune not visible from the surface	2
澈底[澈底]	che4 di3	variant of 徹底|彻底[che4 di3]	5
消除[消除]	xiao1 chu2	to eliminate; to remove	1
造福[造福]	zao4 fu2	to benefit (e.g. the people)	3
儿孙[兒孫]	er2 sun1	descendant	4
万代[萬代]	Wan4 dai4	Bandai toy company	1
敢于[敢於]	gan3 yu2	to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in	1
推延[推延]	tui1 yan2	to procrastinate	1
迟误[遲誤]	chi2 wu4	to delay; to procrastinate	1
诛[誅]	zhu1	to put (a criminal) to death; to punish	3
懿旨[懿旨]	yi4 zhi3	an imperial decree	1
取乐[取樂]	qu3 le4	to find amusement; to amuse oneself	2
还礼[還禮]	huan2 li3	to return a politeness; to present a gift in return	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/125 words - 29 min
孝顺[孝順]	xiao4 shun4	filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety	2
出戏[出戲]	chu1 xi4	(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance	1
莱[萊]	lai2	name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album	2
辫子[辮子]	bian4 zi5	plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]	1
挽[挽]	wan3	to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover	2
听戏[聽戲]	ting1 xi4	to attend an opera; to see an opera	1
懵[懵]	meng3	stupid	1
临场[臨場]	lin2 chang3	to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc); firsthand (experience); impromptu (remarks etc)	1
接上[接上]	jie1 shang4	to connect (a cable etc); to hook up (a device); to resume (a conversation); to set (a bone)	1
洒[灑]	sa3	to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed	2
漏水[漏水]	lou4 shui3	to leak (of water)	5
闹哄哄[鬧哄哄]	nao4 hong1 hong1	clamorous; noisy; sensational; very exciting	1
翁[翁]	weng1	elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)	1
寿星[壽星]	shou4 xing1	god of longevity; elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated	1
悠悠[悠悠]	you1 you1	lasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space; unhurried; a great number (of events); preposterous; pensive	3
国泰[國泰]	Guo2 tai4	Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong airline)	1
手摇[手搖]	shou3 yao2	hand-cranked	1
花鼓[花鼓]	hua1 gu3	flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum; folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze; (bicycle wheel) hub	1
咚咚[咚咚]	dong1 dong1	(onom.) thud; thumping; thudding; pounding	1
连声[連聲]	lian2 sheng1	repeatedly (say something)	1
响[響]	xiang3	echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises	1
高堂[高堂]	gao1 tang2	main hall; honorific for one's parents (old)	1
欢愉[歡愉]	huan1 yu2	happy; joyous; delighted	1
孝子[孝子]	xiao4 zi3	filial son	2
忽闻[忽聞]	hu1 wen2	to hear suddenly; to learn of sth unexpectedly	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/150 words - 33 min
斑[斑]	ban1	spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated	1
彩[彩]	cai3	(bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize	1
孝道[孝道]	xiao4 dao5	filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter	1
哈哈笑[哈哈笑]	ha1 ha1 xiao4	to laugh out loud	1
东海[東海]	Dong1 Hai3	East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)	2
台风[颱風]	tai2 feng1	hurricane; typhoon	1
骨肉[骨肉]	gu3 rou4	blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood	1
怀抱[懷抱]	huai2 bao4	to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)	1
洲[洲]	zhou1	continent; island in a river	2
祥瑞[祥瑞]	xiang2 rui4	auspicious sign	4
蟠桃[蟠桃]	pan2 tao2	flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach); the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母	1
万载[萬載]	Wan4 zai4	Wanzai county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi	1
南山[南山]	Nan2 shan1	Nanshan or Namsan, common place name; Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong	1
平仄[平仄]	ping2 ze4	level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)	7
仄[仄]	ze4	to tilt; narrow; uneasy; oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)	3
热乎[熱乎]	re4 hu5	warm; hot; affectionate; ardent	3
披挂[披掛]	pi1 gua4	to put on a suit of armor; to put on dress; to wear	1
雄才大略[雄才大略]	xiong2 cai2 da4 lu:e4	great skill and strategy	1
秦[秦]	Qin2	surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; abbr. for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]	1
微薄[微薄]	wei1 bo2	scanty; meager	1
步伐[步伐]	bu4 fa2	pace; (measured) step; march	1
老老[老老]	lao3 lao5	maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥	3
署[署]	shu3	office; bureau; to sign; to arrange	1
珠联璧合[珠聯璧合]	zhu1 lian2 bi4 he2	string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination; perfect pair	1
明太祖[明太祖]	Ming2 Tai4 zu3	Ming Taizu, Temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/175 words - 38 min
朱元璋[朱元璋]	Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1	Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]	1
诰[誥]	gao4	to enjoin; to grant (a title)	1
惩处[懲處]	cheng2 chu3	to punish; to administer justice	1
赏赐[賞賜]	shang3 ci4	to bestow; to confer (a reward for service); a reward	7
要员[要員]	yao4 yuan2	key participant; VIP	1
久仰[久仰]	jiu3 yang3	honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.	3
宽敞[寬敞]	kuan1 chang5	spacious; wide	1
义不容辞[義不容辭]	yi4 bu4 rong2 ci2	not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty)	1
练兵[練兵]	lian4 bing1	to drill troops; army training	9
隐[隱]	yin3	secret; hidden; concealed; (prefix) crypto-	1
士兵[士兵]	shi4 bing1	soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
之外[之外]	zhi1 wai4	outside; excluding	5
走出[走出]	zou3 chu1	to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)	1
初次[初次]	chu1 ci4	for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)	1
阴阳怪气[陰陽怪氣]	yin1 yang2 guai4 qi4	eccentric; peculiar; mystifying	1
涵[涵]	han2	to contain; to include; culvert	1
屯[屯]	tun2	to station (soldiers); to store up; village	2
龙虎[龍虎]	long2 hu3	outstanding people; water and fire (in Daoist writing)	1
自上而下[自上而下]	zi4 shang4 er2 xia4	top-down	1
稳定[穩定]	wen3 ding4	steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify	3
为期[為期]	wei2 qi1	(to be done) by (a certain date); lasting (a certain time)	1
成熟[成熟]	cheng2 shu2	mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2 shou2]	1
到齐[到齊]	dao4 qi2	to be all present	3
一线[一線]	yi1 xian4	front line	2
糕[糕]	gao1	cake	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep19/197 words - 41 min
跟头[跟頭]	gen1 tou5	tumble; somersault	1
西游记[西遊記]	Xi1 you2 Ji4	Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature; also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey	1
大王[大王]	da4 wang2	king; magnate; person having expert skill in something	3
松[鬆]	song1	loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)	4
精英[精英]	jing1 ying1	cream; elite; essence; quintessence	1
履[履]	lu:3	shoe; to tread on	1
平地[平地]	ping2 di4	to level the land; level ground; plain	1
把握[把握]	ba3 wo4	to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)	6
降服[降服]	xiang2 fu2	to yield; to surrender	1
计较[計較]	ji4 jiao4	to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem	1
成败[成敗]	cheng2 bai4	success or failure	1
多事之秋[多事之秋]	duo1 shi4 zhi1 qiu1	troubled times; eventful period	4
嗓子眼[嗓子眼]	sang3 zi5 yan3	throat	2
流言蜚语[流言蜚語]	liu2 yan2 fei1 yu3	rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders	1
不攻自破[不攻自破]	bu4 gong1 zi4 po4	(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc); to be discredited	1
无人[無人]	wu2 ren2	unmanned; uninhabited	3
工程图[工程圖]	gong1 cheng2 tu2	engineering graphics; technical drawing	1
重中之重[重中之重]	zhong4 zhong1 zhi1 zhong4	of the utmost importance; of highest priority	1
失修[失修]	shi1 xiu1	disrepair	1
捍[捍]	han4	to ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend	1
屏障[屏障]	ping2 zhang4	barrier	1
惊世骇俗[驚世駭俗]	jing1 shi4 hai4 su2	universally shocking; to offend the whole of society	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep20/25 words - 6 min
万历[萬曆]	Wan4 li4	reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619)	3
交界[交界]	jiao1 jie4	common boundary; common border	1
偌大[偌大]	ruo4 da4	so big; such a big	1
堆积[堆積]	dui1 ji1	to pile up; to heap; accumulation	2
起码[起碼]	qi3 ma3	at the minimum; at the very least	3
拉锯[拉鋸]	la1 ju4	a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides	1
分管[分管]	fen1 guan3	to be put in charge of; to be responsible for; branched passage	1
灰[灰]	hui1	ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected	3
砸夯[砸夯]	za2 hang1	to pound the earth to make a building foundation	3
搭把手[搭把手]	da1 ba3 shou3	to help out	1
錾[鏨]	zan4	to engrave	1
四边[四邊]	si4 bian1	four sides	1
中心[中心]	zhong1 xin1	center; heart; core; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
薄脆[薄脆]	bao2 cui4	crispy; thin and brittle; a crispy fried cracker	1
坚硬[堅硬]	jian1 ying4	hard; solid	2
易碎[易碎]	yi4 sui4	brittle; fragile	1
鱼鳞[魚鱗]	yu2 lin2	fish scales	1
砌[砌]	qi4	to build by laying bricks or stones	1
糯米[糯米]	nuo4 mi3	glutinous rice; Oryza sativa var. glutinosa	1
浆[漿]	jiang1	broth; serum; to starch	1
草木灰[草木灰]	cao3 mu4 hui1	plant ash	1
黏[黏]	nian2	sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue	1
水面[水面]	shui3 mian4	water surface	1
水底[水底]	shui3 di3	underwater	1
项目[項目]	xiang4 mu4	item; project; (sports) event; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep20/50 words - 13 min
乞丐[乞丐]	qi3 gai4	beggar	1
苦力[苦力]	ku3 li4	bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times	1
面条[麵條]	mian4 tiao2	noodles	1
排队[排隊]	pai2 dui4	to line up	5
开饭[開飯]	kai1 fan4	to serve a meal	16
安静[安靜]	an1 jing4	quiet; peaceful; calm	4
点名[點名]	dian3 ming2	roll call; to mention sb by name; (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name	4
棉袄[棉襖]	mian2 ao3	cotton-padded jacket	1
伍[伍]	wu3	squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	1
柱[柱]	zhu4	pillar; CL:根[gen1]	6
杨[楊]	yang2	poplar	5
衣食父母[衣食父母]	yi1 shi2 fu4 mu3	the people one depends upon for one's livelihood; one's bread and butter	1
想得美[想得美]	xiang3 de2 mei3	in your dreams!; as if!; You wish!; I wish that were so	1
统一[統一]	tong3 yi1	to unify; to unite; to integrate	2
官家[官家]	guan1 jia1	emperor; government; official	1
买不起[買不起]	mai3 bu5 qi3	cannot afford; can't afford buying	2
穷棒子[窮棒子]	qiong2 bang4 zi5	poor but spirited person; destitute; the poor (traditional)	2
三天两头[三天兩頭]	san1 tian1 liang3 tou2	lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently	1
卡[卡]	ka3	to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette	1
场子[場子]	chang3 zi5	(coll.) gathering place; public venue	1
归仁[歸仁]	Gui1 ren2	Kueijen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	15
口音[口音]	kou3 yin5	voice; accent	1
南边[南邊]	nan2 bian5	south; south side; southern part; to the south of	1
钱塘江[錢塘江]	Qian2 tang2 Jiang1	Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep20/75 words - 22 min
零工[零工]	ling2 gong1	temporary job; odd job	1
投靠[投靠]	tou2 kao4	to rely on help from sb	3
亲戚[親戚]	qin1 qi5	a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	2
苦命[苦命]	ku3 ming4	hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate	2
不谢[不謝]	bu4 xie4	don't mention it; not at all	1
不好惹[不好惹]	bu4 hao3 re3	not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense	1
老弟[老弟]	lao3 di4	(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal	1
一走了之[一走了之]	yi1 zou3 liao3 zhi1	to avoid a problem by walking away from it; to quit	1
祖祖辈辈[祖祖輩輩]	zu3 zu3 bei4 bei4	for generations; from generation to generation	2
糊口[糊口]	hu2 kou3	to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty	1
应急[應急]	ying4 ji2	to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency; (attributive) emergency	1
慢吞吞[慢吞吞]	man4 tun1 tun1	very slow; exasperatingly slow	1
胖[胖]	pang4	fat; plump	1
衙役[衙役]	ya2 yi4	bailiff of feudal yamen	4
疼死[疼死]	teng2 si3	to really hurt	1
楼下[樓下]	lou2 xia4	downstairs	1
善待[善待]	shan4 dai4	to treat well	2
入席[入席]	ru4 xi2	to take one's seat	3
帮手[幫手]	bang1 shou3	helper; assistant	1
损[損]	sun3	to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to speak sarcastically; to deride; caustic; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)	3
阴德[陰德]	yin1 de2	secret virtue	1
火眼金睛[火眼金睛]	huo3 yan3 jin1 jing1	piercing eyes; discerning eyes	1
投缘[投緣]	tou2 yuan2	to be kindred spirits; to hit it off	1
看出[看出]	kan4 chu1	to make out; to see	1
门道[門道]	men2 dao4	doorway; gateway	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep20/100 words - 32 min
层[層]	ceng2	layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.)	2
避风[避風]	bi4 feng1	to take shelter from the wind; to lie low; to stay out of trouble	1
磨蹭[磨蹭]	mo2 ceng5	to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag	1
大半夜[大半夜]	da4 ban4 ye4	the middle of the night	1
指示[指示]	zhi3 shi4	to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
匪[匪]	fei3	bandit; (literary) not	9
不对劲[不對勁]	bu4 dui4 jin4	not in good condition; wrong; fishy	1
认出[認出]	ren4 chu1	recognition; to recognize	1
报信[報信]	bao4 xin4	to notify; to inform	1
惩罚[懲罰]	cheng2 fa2	penalty; punishment; to punish	2
缺水[缺水]	que1 shui3	water shortage; dehydration	1
癔[癔]	yi4	see 癔病[yi4 bing4]	1
好奇[好奇]	hao4 qi2	inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity	1
为啥[為啥]	wei4 sha2	dialectal equivalent of 為什麼|为什么[wei4 shen2 me5]	2
仓库[倉庫]	cang1 ku4	depot; storehouse; warehouse	5
做错[做錯]	zuo4 cuo4	to make an error	7
豆腐渣[豆腐渣]	dou4 fu5 zha1	okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)	1
脆[脆]	cui4	brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat	4
开口子[開口子]	kai1 kou3 zi5	a dike breaks; fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds); to open the floodgates	1
停工[停工]	ting2 gong1	to stop work; to shut down; to stop production	2
限期[限期]	xian4 qi1	to set a time limit; time limit; deadline	1
去向[去向]	qu4 xiang4	the position of sth; whereabouts	1
河沟[河溝]	he2 gou1	brook; ditch	26
捏[捏]	nie1	to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up	4
说起[說起]	shuo1 qi3	to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep20/125 words - 39 min
村民[村民]	cun1 min2	villager	4
为生[為生]	wei2 sheng1	to make a living	1
大祸[大禍]	da4 huo4	disaster; calamity	2
子儿[子兒]	zi3 r5	(coll.) penny; buck	3
灭绝[滅絕]	mie4 jue2	to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out	1
对待[對待]	dui4 dai4	to treat; treatment	1
下滑[下滑]	xia4 hua2	sliding; slide	1
安好[安好]	an1 hao3	safe and sound; well	3
结算[結算]	jie2 suan4	to settle a bill; to close an account	1
村里[村里]	cun1 li3	village; hamlet	5
夥计[夥計]	huo3 ji5	variant of 伙計|伙计[huo3 ji5]	1
婆姨[婆姨]	po2 yi2	(dialect) wife; married woman	1
娃娃[娃娃]	wa2 wa5	baby; small child; doll	1
产[產]	chan3	to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property	5
验货[驗貨]	yan4 huo4	inspection of goods	1
挨个儿[挨個兒]	ai1 ge4 r5	erhua variant of 挨個|挨个[ai1 ge4]	3
老大[老大]	lao3 da4	old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang	7
二八[二八]	er4 ba1	16; sixteen	1
三七[三七]	san1 qi1	pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb	1
睁眼[睜眼]	zheng1 yan3	to open one's eyes	2
凶手[兇手]	xiong1 shou3	murderer; assassin	3
作主[作主]	zuo4 zhu3	to decide; to make decisions; to take responsibility (for deciding); to be in charge; to give sb justice	2
后退[後退]	hou4 tui4	to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat	1
程[程]	cheng2	rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequence	1
总归[總歸]	zong3 gui1	eventually; after all; anyhow	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep20/133 words - 42 min
刁[刁]	diao1	artful; wicked	2
深厚[深厚]	shen1 hou4	deep; profound	1
微[微]	wei1	tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]	1
命案[命案]	ming4 an4	homicide case; murder case	1
不理[不理]	bu4 li3	to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore	2
不妙[不妙]	bu4 miao4	(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring	2
苦主[苦主]	ku3 zhu3	victim's family (esp. in murder case)	6
回话[回話]	hui2 hua4	to reply	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep21/25 words - 8 min
摞[摞]	luo4	to pile up; to stack; a pile; a stack	1
替换[替換]	ti4 huan4	to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch	3
有目共睹[有目共睹]	you3 mu4 gong4 du3	anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself; is there for all to see	1
劾[劾]	he2	to impeach	9
绕过[繞過]	rao4 guo4	to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)	1
出毛病[出毛病]	chu1 mao2 bing4	a problem appears; to break down	2
通信[通信]	tong1 xin4	to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication	1
不便[不便]	bu4 bian4	inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash	1
静养[靜養]	jing4 yang3	to convalesce; to recuperate; to fully relax	1
分心[分心]	fen1 xin1	to distract	1
狼狈[狼狽]	lang2 bei4	in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)	1
透顶[透頂]	tou4 ding3	out-and-out; thoroughly	1
山上[山上]	Shan1 shang4	Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	1
山下[山下]	Shan1 xia4	Yamashita (Japanese surname)	1
碎石[碎石]	sui4 shi2	crushed or broken rock, stone etc	1
遭殃[遭殃]	zao1 yang1	to suffer a calamity	1
偿命[償命]	chang2 ming4	to pay with one's life	3
究[究]	jiu1	after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4]	2
双方[雙方]	shuang1 fang1	bilateral; both sides; both parties involved	2
激愤[激憤]	ji1 fen4	to stir up emotions; furious; angry; anger	3
口角[口角]	kou3 jiao3	corner of the mouth	1
结发[結髮]	jie2 fa4	(in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age	2
夫妻[夫妻]	fu1 qi1	husband and wife; married couple	2
小媳妇[小媳婦]	xiao3 xi2 fu5	young married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag; (old) child bride	1
领走[領走]	ling3 zou3	to lead (sb, or an animal) away; to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand); to take away	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep21/50 words - 17 min
黑眼珠[黑眼珠]	hei1 yan3 zhu1	pupil of the eye	1
下跪[下跪]	xia4 gui4	to kneel; to go down on one's knees	1
大嫂[大嫂]	da4 sao3	older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)	1
赔偿[賠償]	pei2 chang2	to compensate	4
复生[復生]	fu4 sheng1	to be reborn; to recover; to come back to life; to regenerate	1
回文[回文]	hui2 wen2	palindrome	1
脉案[脈案]	mai4 an4	medical record	1
丧气话[喪氣話]	sang4 qi4 hua4	demoralizing talk	1
死绝[死絕]	si3 jue2	to die out; to be exterminated; to become extinct	1
充[充]	chong1	to fill; to satisfy; to fulfill; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full	1
加急[加急]	jia1 ji2	to become more urgent; more rapid; urgent; to handle a matter urgently	4
焚[焚]	fen2	to burn	2
连夜[連夜]	lian2 ye4	that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row	2
克扣[剋扣]	ke4 kou4	to dock; to deduct; to embezzle	1
码头[碼頭]	ma3 tou2	dock; pier; wharf; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
复杂[複雜]	fu4 za2	complicated; complex	2
失踪[失蹤]	shi1 zong1	to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for	1
亲赴[親赴]	qin1 fu4	to travel to (a place where duty calls)	2
银发[銀髮]	yin2 fa4	silver hair; gray hair	1
轻饶[輕饒]	qing1 rao2	to forgive easily; to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)	1
无故[無故]	wu2 gu4	without cause or reason	1
屠戮[屠戮]	tu2 lu4	slaughter; massacre	2
改判[改判]	gai3 pan4	to amend a judgment; to overrule the original decision; to commute (a sentence)	1
人情[人情]	ren2 qing2	human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn	2
违禁[違禁]	wei2 jin4	to violate a prohibition or ban; prohibited; illicit	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep21/75 words - 24 min
推车[推車]	tui1 che1	cart; trolley; to push a cart	4
窝囊[窩囊]	wo1 nang5	to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly	1
领衔[領銜]	ling3 xian2	leading (role); heading list of signatories; leading actors (in a show); starring	2
党魁[黨魁]	dang3 kui2	faction leader; head of political party	2
上月[上月]	shang4 yue4	last month	1
情事[情事]	qing2 shi4	circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair	2
胸中[胸中]	xiong1 zhong1	one's mind	2
秽[穢]	hui4	dirt; filth	1
正用[正用]	zheng4 yong4	correct usage	1
出面[出面]	chu1 mian4	to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up	1
摊子[攤子]	tan1 zi5	booth; vendor's stall; organizational structure; scale of operations	2
离不开[離不開]	li2 bu5 kai1	inseparable; inevitably linked to	2
锦上添花[錦上添花]	jin3 shang4 tian1 hua1	lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect; gilding the lily	1
雪中送炭[雪中送炭]	xue3 zhong1 song4 tan4	lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need	1
哪怕[哪怕]	na3 pa4	even; even if; even though; no matter how	3
降职[降職]	jiang4 zhi2	to demote (to a lower rank)	1
亲生[親生]	qin1 sheng1	one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents)	2
下蛋[下蛋]	xia4 dan4	to lay eggs	3
红薯[紅薯]	hong2 shu3	sweet potato	4
叶子[葉子]	ye4 zi5	foliage; leaf; CL:片[pian4]	4
舍不得[捨不得]	she3 bu5 de5	to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge	5
起床[起床]	qi3 chuang2	to get out of bed; to get up	2
闻到[聞到]	wen2 dao4	to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling	2
香味[香味]	xiang1 wei4	fragrance; bouquet; sweet smell; CL:股[gu3]	2
母鸡[母雞]	mu3 ji1	hen	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep21/100 words - 32 min
炖[燉]	dun4	to stew	3
尚且[尚且]	shang4 qie3	(not) even; yet; still	1
违逆[違逆]	wei2 ni4	to disobey; to defy an edict; to violate; to go against; to run counter to	2
不孝[不孝]	bu4 xiao4	unfilial	3
过错[過錯]	guo4 cuo4	mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)	2
患有[患有]	huan4 you3	to contract (an illness); to be afflicted with; to suffer from	1
心悸[心悸]	xin1 ji4	palpitation	2
活下去[活下去]	huo2 xia4 qu4	to survive; to keep on living	3
忤逆[忤逆]	wu3 ni4	disobedient to parents	1
毙[斃]	bi4	to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death	1
杖[杖]	zhang4	a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)	1
也就是说[也就是說]	ye3 jiu4 shi4 shuo1	in other words; that is to say; so; thus	1
徇私枉法[徇私枉法]	xun4 si1 wang3 fa3	to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)	1
活罪[活罪]	huo2 zui4	suffering; hardship; living hell	1
婆婆[婆婆]	po2 po5	husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma	1
奸贼[奸賊]	jian1 zei2	a traitor; a treacherous bandit	1
三皇五帝[三皇五帝]	san1 huang2 wu3 di4	three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend; the earliest system of Chinese historiography	1
两下子[兩下子]	liang3 xia4 zi5	a couple of times; to repeat the same; the same old trick; tricks of the trade	1
蝗[蝗]	huang2	locust	2
碰上[碰上]	peng4 shang4	to run into; to come upon; to meet	1
邋遢[邋遢]	la1 ta5	sloppy	1
抢夺[搶奪]	qiang3 duo2	to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take	1
犯法[犯法]	fan4 fa3	to break the law	1
吃空额[吃空額]	chi1 kong4 e4	to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only	1
出力[出力]	chu1 li4	to exert oneself	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep21/122 words - 42 min
多工[多工]	duo1 gong1	to multiplex; multiple; multi-	1
周边[周邊]	zhou1 bian1	periphery; rim; surroundings; all around; perimeter; peripheral (computing); spin-offs	1
灾情[災情]	zai1 qing2	disastrous situation; calamity	3
高价[高價]	gao1 jia4	high price	1
出售[出售]	chu1 shou4	to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market	2
坏人[壞人]	huai4 ren2	bad person; villain	3
一念之差[一念之差]	yi1 nian4 zhi1 cha1	momentary slip; false step; ill-considered action	2
奸佞[奸佞]	jian1 ning4	crafty and fawning	2
修养[修養]	xiu1 yang3	accomplishment; training; self-cultivation	4
咕[咕]	gu1	(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc	1
蛊惑[蠱惑]	gu3 huo4	to entice; to lead astray	4
自找麻烦[自找麻煩]	zi4 zhao3 ma2 fan5	to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties	1
动心[動心]	dong4 xin1	to be moved; to be tempted	1
禽兽[禽獸]	qin2 shou4	birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person)	3
京都[京都]	jing1 du1	capital (of a country)	1
李林甫[李林甫]	Li3 Lin2 fu3	Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗	1
鼓鼓[鼓鼓]	gu3 gu3	bulging; bursting	1
盗[盜]	dao4	to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber	3
反抗[反抗]	fan3 kang4	to resist; to rebel	1
制[制]	zhi4	system; to control; to regulate; variant of 製|制[zhi4]	2
招手[招手]	zhao1 shou3	to wave; to beckon	1
蹲下[蹲下]	dun1 xia4	to squat down; to crouch	7
//The Long River - S1/Ep22/25 words - 7 min
不用说[不用說]	bu4 yong4 shuo1	needless to say; it goes without saying	1
向来[向來]	xiang4 lai2	always (previously)	7
杀人不眨眼[殺人不眨眼]	sha1 ren2 bu4 zha3 yan3	to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded	1
下酒[下酒]	xia4 jiu3	to be appropriate to have with alcohol; to down one's drink	1
拜访[拜訪]	bai4 fang3	to pay a visit; to call on	3
放手[放手]	fang4 shou3	to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand	1
查勘[查勘]	cha2 kan1	to investigate	1
监管[監管]	jian1 guan3	to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision	1
数百万[數百萬]	shu4 bai3 wan4	several million	5
多方[多方]	duo1 fang1	in many ways; from all sides	2
勒索[勒索]	le4 suo3	to blackmail; to extort	4
挑剔[挑剔]	tiao1 ti5	picky; fussy	3
名为[名為]	ming2 wei2	to be called; to be known as	1
纨[紈]	wan2	white; white silk	1
绔[絝]	ku4	variant of 褲|裤[ku4]	1
恶少[惡少]	e4 shao4	young thug; malicious young ruffian	1
杀伤[殺傷]	sha1 shang1	to kill or injure	1
制度[制度]	zhi4 du4	system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
分明[分明]	fen1 ming2	clear; distinct; evidently; clearly	3
品质[品質]	pin3 zhi4	character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)	2
质问[質問]	zhi4 wen4	to question; to ask questions; to inquire; to bring to account; to interrogate	2
朋党[朋黨]	peng2 dang3	clique	1
同学[同學]	tong2 xue2	to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]	1
谊[誼]	yi4	friendship; also pr. [yi2]	1
定鼎[定鼎]	ding4 ding3	lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital; to found a dynasty; used in advertising	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep22/50 words - 12 min
几乎[幾乎]	ji1 hu1	almost; nearly; practically	2
难保[難保]	nan2 bao3	hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve	4
熟知[熟知]	shu2 zhi1	to be well acquainted with	1
俱[俱]	ju4	entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together; to be alike	6
子民[子民]	zi3 min2	people	3
公心[公心]	gong1 xin1	desire for the public good; sense of fair play	2
二十[二十]	er4 shi2	twenty; 20	2
东征西讨[東征西討]	dong1 zheng1 xi1 tao3	war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters	1
不中用[不中用]	bu4 zhong4 yong4	unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope	1
畴[疇]	chou2	arable fields; cultivated field; class; category	1
在先[在先]	zai4 xian1	to come first; previous; prior; beforehand; first; formerly	2
归心[歸心]	gui1 xin1	converted to (religion)	1
误杀[誤殺]	wu4 sha1	to mistakenly kill; manslaughter	1
谋杀[謀殺]	mou2 sha1	to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide	1
非但[非但]	fei1 dan4	not only	2
泥土[泥土]	ni2 tu3	earth; soil; mud; clay	1
评说[評說]	ping2 shuo1	to comment; to evaluate	1
仅[僅]	jin3	barely; only; merely	2
陷[陷]	xian4	pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect	2
不义[不義]	bu4 yi4	injustice	1
娥[娥]	e2	good; beautiful	2
想出[想出]	xiang3 chu1	to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc)	1
神女[神女]	shen2 nu:3	goddess; prostitute (slang)	2
生涯[生涯]	sheng1 ya2	career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life	2
劳民伤财[勞民傷財]	lao2 min2 shang1 cai2	waste of manpower and resources	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep22/75 words - 17 min
不怀好意[不懷好意]	bu4 huai2 hao3 yi4	to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions	1
打草惊蛇[打草驚蛇]	da3 cao3 jing1 she2	lit. beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)	1
荡荡[蕩蕩]	dang4 dang4	fluttering	1
劳什子[勞什子]	lao2 shi2 zi5	(dialect) nuisance; pain	2
结党[結黨]	jie2 dang3	to form a clique	3
不争气[不爭氣]	bu4 zheng1 qi4	to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations	1
肆无忌惮[肆無忌憚]	si4 wu2 ji4 dan4	absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple	2
颠[顛]	dian1	top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt	2
警惕[警惕]	jing3 ti4	to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn	3
棍[棍]	gun4	stick; rod; truncheon	1
扒拉[扒拉]	ba1 la1	to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of	1
接手[接手]	jie1 shou3	to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)	2
黄金[黃金]	huang2 jin1	gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)	4
死死[死死]	si3 si3	rigid; unwavering; unbendable; firm (hold on sth); tenacious	1
走亲访友[走親訪友]	zou3 qin1 fang3 you3	to visit one's friends and relations	1
红白喜事[紅白喜事]	hong2 bai2 xi3 shi4	weddings and funerals	1
撑场面[撐場面]	cheng1 chang3 mian4	to keep up appearances; to put up a front	1
官俸[官俸]	guan1 feng4	salaries of government officials	1
他妈的[他媽的]	ta1 ma1 de5	(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking	1
浇[澆]	jiao1	to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold	2
凉水[涼水]	liang2 shui3	cool water; unboiled water	1
踢[踢]	ti1	to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)	6
心甘情愿[心甘情願]	xin1 gan1 qing2 yuan4	delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do	2
贩[販]	fan4	to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle	6
好几年[好幾年]	hao3 ji3 nian2	several years	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep22/100 words - 31 min
财路[財路]	cai2 lu4	livelihood	1
线[線]	xian4	thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)	2
来回来去[來回來去]	lai2 hui2 lai2 qu4	repeatedly; back and forth again and again	1
转头[轉頭]	zhuan3 tou2	to turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn; volte face; to repent	2
桃源县[桃源縣]	Tao2 yuan2 xian4	Taoyuan county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan	34
犯上[犯上]	fan4 shang4	to offend one's superiors	1
灭火[滅火]	mie4 huo3	to extinguish a fire; firefighting	1
靠岸[靠岸]	kao4 an4	(of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall	1
落水[落水]	luo4 shui3	to fall into water; to sink; overboard; fig. to degenerate; to sink (into depravity); to go to the dogs	2
完蛋[完蛋]	wan2 dan4	(coll.) to be done for	2
诉苦[訴苦]	su4 ku3	to grumble; to complain; grievance	1
消[消]	xiao1	to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate; to spend (time); have to; need	7
退回[退回]	tui4 hui2	to return (an item); to send back; to go back	3
口无遮拦[口無遮攔]	kou3 wu2 zhe1 lan2	to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe	2
五台山[五臺山]	Wu3 tai2 Shan1	Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]	2
唱反调[唱反調]	chang4 fan3 diao4	to express a different view; to take a different position	1
大赦[大赦]	da4 she4	amnesty; general pardon	2
不灵[不靈]	bu4 ling2	not work; be ineffective	1
倔[倔]	jue2	crabby; tough	7
厨房[廚房]	chu2 fang2	kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]	1
抢劫[搶劫]	qiang3 jie2	to rob; looting	1
请客[請客]	qing3 ke4	to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner	1
掺水[摻水]	chan1 shui3	to dilute; to water down; watered down	3
黄酒[黃酒]	huang2 jiu3	"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)	1
稍等[稍等]	shao1 deng3	to wait a moment	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep22/125 words - 40 min
自古以来[自古以來]	zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2	since ancient times	3
纣[紂]	zhou4	saddle crupper (harness strap on horse's back)	2
饮酒[飲酒]	yin3 jiu3	to drink wine	2
歪理[歪理]	wai1 li3	fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument	1
酒泉[酒泉]	Jiu3 quan2	Jiuquan prefecture-level city in Gansu	1
咽[咽]	yan4	variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]	2
苍天[蒼天]	cang1 tian1	firmament	1
芝麻官[芝麻官]	zhi1 ma5 guan1	low ranking official; petty bureaucrat	1
偷工[偷工]	tou1 gong1	to skimp on the job; to avoid work	1
畜生[畜生]	chu4 sheng5	domestic animal; brute; bastard	1
伤天害理[傷天害理]	shang1 tian1 hai4 li3	to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts	1
一丝不苟[一絲不苟]	yi1 si1 bu4 gou3	not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place	1
公报[公報]	gong1 bao4	announcement; bulletin; communique	3
说合[說合]	shuo1 he2	to bring together; to mediate; to arrange a deal	1
理论[理論]	li3 lun4	theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of	1
堂堂正正[堂堂正正]	tang2 tang2 zheng4 zheng4	displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square	1
政见[政見]	zheng4 jian4	political views	1
相同[相同]	xiang1 tong2	identical; same	2
一再[一再]	yi1 zai4	repeatedly	1
赞同[贊同]	zan4 tong2	to approve of; to endorse; (vote) in favor	1
天地良心[天地良心]	tian1 di4 liang2 xin1	in all honesty; truth to tell	1
搬砖[搬磚]	ban1 zhuan1	to do hard physical labor (as a job); (fig.) to play mahjong	1
远游[遠遊]	yuan3 you2	to travel far; distant wanderings	1
子曰[子曰]	zi3 yue1	Confucius says:	3
水牛儿[水牛兒]	shui3 niu2 r5	(dialect) snail	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep22/131 words - 42 min
犄角[犄角]	ji1 jiao3	horn	2
出头[出頭]	chu1 tou2	to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than	4
来势[來勢]	lai2 shi4	momentum of sth approaching	2
汹[洶]	xiong1	torrential rush; tumultuous	2
管治[管治]	guan3 zhi4	governance; to govern	2
阎王[閻王]	Yan2 wang2	same as 閻羅王|阎罗王; Yama, King of Hell; translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep23/25 words - 8 min
秉[秉]	bing3	to grasp; to hold; to maintain	2
烛[燭]	zhu2	candle; (literary) to illuminate	2
当值[當值]	dang1 zhi2	to be on duty	1
见机行事[見機行事]	jian4 ji1 xing2 shi4	see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances; to play it by ear; to use one's discretion	1
柳树[柳樹]	liu3 shu4	willow	2
植[植]	zhi2	to plant	1
古训[古訓]	gu3 xun4	old adage; ancient teaching	1
刺槐[刺槐]	ci4 huai2	false acacia; Robinia pseudoacacia	1
挖掉[挖掉]	wa1 diao4	to dig out; to eradicate	2
换成[換成]	huan4 cheng2	to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into	1
摇头[搖頭]	yao2 tou2	to shake one's head	2
顶住[頂住]	ding3 zhu4	to withstand; to stand up to	3
遣散[遣散]	qian3 san4	to disband; to dismiss; demobilization	2
一丝一毫[一絲一毫]	yi1 si1 yi1 hao2	one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota	4
咎[咎]	jiu4	fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune	1
自重[自重]	zi4 zhong4	to conduct oneself with dignity; to be dignified; deadweight	1
何妨[何妨]	he2 fang2	what harm is there in (doing sth)	3
栉风沐雨[櫛風沐雨]	zhi4 feng1 mu4 yu3	lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom); fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather	5
呵斥[呵斥]	he1 chi4	to berate; to excoriate; to chide; also written 喝斥[he1 chi4]	1
受灾[受災]	shou4 zai1	disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity	2
遭难[遭難]	zao1 nan4	to run into misfortune	1
岂止[豈止]	qi3 zhi3	not only; far from; more than	1
育[育]	yu4	to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate	1
婴[嬰]	ying1	infant; baby	1
弃婴[棄嬰]	qi4 ying1	to abandon an infant; abandoned baby	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep23/50 words - 14 min
亲生骨肉[親生骨肉]	qin1 sheng1 gu3 rou4	one's own flesh and blood	1
依法[依法]	yi1 fa3	legal (proceedings); according to law	1
严惩[嚴懲]	yan2 cheng2	to punish severely	1
谁知[誰知]	shei2 zhi1	lit. who knows; who would have thought; unexpectedly; unpredictably	4
惭[慚]	can2	ashamed	3
清明[清明]	qing1 ming2	clear and bright; sober and calm; (of a government or administration) well ordered	3
去职[去職]	qu4 zhi2	to leave office	4
厚重[厚重]	hou4 zhong4	thick; heavy; thickset (body); massive; generous; extravagant; profound; dignified	1
明知[明知]	ming2 zhi1	to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well	2
走样[走樣]	zou3 yang4	to lose shape; to deform	1
愧对[愧對]	kui4 dui4	to be ashamed to face (sb); to feel bad about having failed (sb)	2
礼节[禮節]	li3 jie2	etiquette	2
宽大为怀[寬大為懷]	kuan1 da4 wei2 huai2	magnanimous (idiom); generous	1
素来[素來]	su4 lai2	consistently; always (in the past and now)	2
纲纪[綱紀]	gang1 ji4	law and order	1
金科玉律[金科玉律]	jin1 ke1 yu4 lu:4	golden rule; key principle	2
由于[由於]	you2 yu2	due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because	1
脱口而出[脫口而出]	tuo1 kou3 er2 chu1	to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)	1
担保[擔保]	dan1 bao3	to guarantee; to vouch for	10
相抵[相抵]	xiang1 di3	to balance up; to offset; to counterbalance	1
见长[見長]	jian4 chang2	to be good at sth; one's forte	2
直言[直言]	zhi2 yan2	to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly	1
双眼[雙眼]	shuang1 yan3	the two eyes	1
殊荣[殊榮]	shu1 rong2	special glory; distinction; rare honor; one's laurels; it's a privilege (to meet you)	1
仰仗[仰仗]	yang3 zhang4	to rely on; to depend on	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep23/75 words - 24 min
胆小[膽小]	dan3 xiao3	cowardice; timid	3
膏药[膏藥]	gao1 yao5	herbal plaster applied to a wound	1
一言九鼎[一言九鼎]	yi1 yan2 jiu3 ding3	one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight	1
窝囊气[窩囊氣]	wo1 nang5 qi4	pent-up frustration; petty annoyances	2
急促[急促]	ji2 cu4	urgent; hurried and brief; rushing	1
补救[補救]	bu3 jiu4	to remedy	1
赴汤蹈火[赴湯蹈火]	fu4 tang1 dao3 huo3	to go through water and tread on fire (idiom); not afraid of any difficulty	1
茬[茬]	cha2	stubble land after crop has been taken; a second crop obtained by rotation of land; an opportunity	1
贫[貧]	pin2	poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous	2
足够[足夠]	zu2 gou4	enough; sufficient	1
青菜[青菜]	qing1 cai4	green vegetables; Chinese cabbage	2
不成材[不成材]	bu4 cheng2 cai2	worthless; good-for-nothing	1
赔钱[賠錢]	pei2 qian2	to lose money; to pay for damages	4
说理[說理]	shuo1 li3	to reason; to argue logically	3
何人[何人]	he2 ren2	who	2
粪[糞]	fen4	manure; dung	2
长袍[長袍]	chang2 pao2	chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown; robe; CL:件[jian4]	1
属实[屬實]	shu3 shi2	to turn out to be true; verified; true	3
老儿[老兒]	lao3 er2	father; husband; old man	1
节[節]	jie2	festival; holiday; node; joint; section; segment; part; to economize; to save; to abridge; moral integrity; classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
溅[濺]	jian4	to splash	1
袍子[袍子]	pao2 zi5	Chinese-style gown	2
礼数[禮數]	li3 shu4	etiquette; (old) gradation of etiquette with social status	1
革[革]	ge2	animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)	3
候补[候補]	hou4 bu3	to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep23/100 words - 27 min
人证[人證]	ren2 zheng4	witness testimony	1
物证[物證]	wu4 zheng4	material evidence	1
乡巴佬[鄉巴佬]	xiang1 ba1 lao3	(derog.) villager; hick; bumpkin	2
恪守[恪守]	ke4 shou3	to scrupulously abide by	1
亲手[親手]	qin1 shou3	personally; with one's own hands	3
扭[扭]	niu3	to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips	1
归案[歸案]	gui1 an4	to bring to justice; to file away (a document)	1
禁止[禁止]	jin4 zhi3	to prohibit; to forbid; to ban	1
明知故犯[明知故犯]	ming2 zhi1 gu4 fan4	deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime	1
重症[重症]	zhong4 zheng4	acute (of medical condition); grave	1
医治[醫治]	yi1 zhi4	to treat (an illness); medical treatment	1
快活[快活]	kuai4 huo5	happy; cheerful	1
霉运[霉運]	mei2 yun4	ill luck; misfortune	2
满口胡言[滿口胡言]	man3 kou3 hu2 yan2	to spout nonsense; to bullshit endlessly	1
妄图[妄圖]	wang4 tu2	to try in vain; futile attempt	2
逃脱[逃脫]	tao2 tuo1	to run away; to escape	1
打折[打折]	da3 zhe2	to give a discount	1
一转眼[一轉眼]	yi1 zhuan3 yan3	in a wink	1
没影[沒影]	mei2 ying3	to vanish; to be nowhere to be found; unfounded (story)	1
违抗[違抗]	wei2 kang4	to disobey	1
私自[私自]	si1 zi4	private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval	4
放走[放走]	fang4 zou3	to release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go; to liberate	1
抓去[抓去]	zhua1 qu4	to arrest and take away	1
豆子[豆子]	dou4 zi5	bean; pea; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	5
现磨[現磨]	xian4 mo2	freshly ground	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep23/125 words - 31 min
好喝[好喝]	hao3 he1	tasty (drinks)	1
奉承[奉承]	feng4 cheng5	to fawn on; to flatter; to ingratiate oneself; flattery	1
望尘莫及[望塵莫及]	wang4 chen2 mo4 ji2	lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom); to be far inferior	1
舞[舞]	wu3	to dance; to wield; to brandish	1
羞辱[羞辱]	xiu1 ru3	to baffle; to humiliate; shame; dishonor; humiliation	3
看不过去[看不過去]	kan4 bu5 guo4 qu5	cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer	1
微末[微末]	wei1 mo4	tiny; negligible	1
苛刻[苛刻]	ke1 ke4	harsh; severe; demanding	1
疑惑[疑惑]	yi2 huo4	to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions	1
穷人[窮人]	qiong2 ren2	poor people; the poor	1
在理[在理]	zai4 li3	reasonable; sensible	1
家常便饭[家常便飯]	jia1 chang2 bian4 fan4	simple home-style meal; common occurrence; nothing out of the ordinary	2
冠[冠]	guan1	hat; crown; crest; cap	1
禽[禽]	qin2	generic term for birds and animals; birds; to capture (old)	1
兽[獸]	shou4	beast; animal; beastly; bestial	1
言归正传[言歸正傳]	yan2 gui1 zheng4 zhuan4	to return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point	1
夏天[夏天]	xia4 tian1	summer; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
持平[持平]	chi2 ping2	to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc); fair; unbiased	1
维护[維護]	wei2 hu4	to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain	3
拨出[撥出]	bo1 chu1	to pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial	1
利息[利息]	li4 xi1	interest (on a loan); CL:筆|笔[bi3]	1
数量[數量]	shu4 liang4	amount; quantity; CL:個|个[ge4]; quantitative	1
树苗[樹苗]	shu4 miao2	sapling	1
从中[從中]	cong2 zhong1	from within; therefrom	2
来劲[來勁]	lai2 jin4	(dialect) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir sb up	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep23/150 words - 38 min
掉头就走[掉頭就走]	diao4 tou2 jiu4 zou3	to turn on one's heels; to walk away abruptly	1
休怪[休怪]	xiu1 guai4	don't blame (sb)	2
罡[罡]	gang1	stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper	1
如期[如期]	ru2 qi1	as scheduled; on time; punctual	1
一言为定[一言為定]	yi1 yan2 wei2 ding4	one word and it's settled (idiom); It's a deal!; That's settled then.	2
前头[前頭]	qian2 tou5	in front; at the head; ahead; above	1
刻意[刻意]	ke4 yi4	meticulous; painstaking; deliberate	1
辕[轅]	yuan2	shafts of cart; yamen	1
消受[消受]	xiao1 shou4	to bear; to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)	1
防务[防務]	fang2 wu4	(pertaining to) defense	1
车驾[車駕]	ju1 jia4	carriage	2
以此[以此]	yi3 ci3	with this; thereby; thus; because of this	2
开凿[開鑿]	kai1 zao2	to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)	1
天意[天意]	tian1 yi4	providence; the Will of Heaven	1
难测[難測]	nan2 ce4	hard to fathom	1
失言[失言]	shi1 yan2	slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret	1
交差[交差]	jiao1 chai1	to report back after completion of one's mission	1
疑点[疑點]	yi2 dian3	a doubtful point	1
上头[上頭]	shang4 tou5	above; on top of; on the surface of	2
况且[況且]	kuang4 qie3	moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore	3
丑话[醜話]	chou3 hua4	ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity	1
证[證]	zheng4	certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm; variant of 症[zheng4]	1
举杯[舉杯]	ju3 bei1	to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast	1
眼中钉[眼中釘]	yan3 zhong1 ding1	a thorn in one's side	1
肉中刺[肉中刺]	rou4 zhong1 ci4	a thorn in one's flesh	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep23/168 words - 42 min
罢[罷]	ba4	to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish	2
群起而攻之[群起而攻之]	qun2 qi3 er2 gong1 zhi1	the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea.; universally abhorrent	2
暴[暴]	bao4	sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	1
没品[沒品]	mei2 pin3	lacking in class; tacky; tasteless	1
幡然[幡然]	fan1 ran2	suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)	1
醒悟[醒悟]	xing3 wu4	to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality	2
罢黜[罷黜]	ba4 chu4	to dismiss from office; to ban; to reject	3
案情[案情]	an4 qing2	details of a case; case	3
水落石出[水落石出]	shui3 luo4 shi2 chu1	as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light	2
转机[轉機]	zhuan3 ji1	(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes	1
药房[藥房]	yao4 fang2	pharmacy; drugstore	1
感[感]	gan3	to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~	1
大错[大錯]	da4 cuo4	blunder	2
伸出[伸出]	shen1 chu1	to extend	1
大拇指[大拇指]	da4 mu5 zhi3	thumb	1
包公[包公]	Bao1 gong1	Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty	1
问责[問責]	wen4 ze2	to hold accountable; to blame; to censure; to apportion blame	1
救生[救生]	jiu4 sheng1	to save a life; life-saving	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep24/25 words - 6 min
气派[氣派]	qi4 pai4	impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air	5
眼皮子[眼皮子]	yan3 pi2 zi5	eyelid	1
一般见识[一般見識]	yi1 ban1 jian4 shi5	to lower oneself to sb's level; to argue with sb less well-informed	3
吃喝玩乐[吃喝玩樂]	chi1 he1 wan2 le4	to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure	2
错漏[錯漏]	cuo4 lou4	error and negligence	1
球[球]	qiu2	ball; sphere; globe; CL:個|个[ge4]; ball game; match; CL:場|场[chang3]	1
感激不尽[感激不盡]	gan3 ji1 bu4 jin4	can't thank sb enough (idiom)	1
材[材]	cai2	material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)	1
差错[差錯]	cha1 cuo4	mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap	2
不平[不平]	bu4 ping2	uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied	1
不日[不日]	bu4 ri4	within the next few days; in a few days time	1
在天之灵[在天之靈]	zai4 tian1 zhi1 ling2	soul and spirit of the deceased	1
安息[安息]	an1 xi1	to rest; to go to sleep; to rest in peace; (history) Parthia	1
加油[加油]	jia1 you2	to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on	1
上等[上等]	shang4 deng3	highest quality; top-notch	5
粗活[粗活]	cu1 huo2	unskilled labor; heavy manual work	1
软泥[軟泥]	ruan3 ni2	soft mud; silt; sludge; ooze (geology)	1
世间[世間]	shi4 jian1	world; earth	2
报应[報應]	bao4 ying4	retribution; judgment	1
从何[從何]	cong2 he2	whence?; where from?	1
下榻[下榻]	xia4 ta4	to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)	1
祠堂[祠堂]	ci2 tang2	ancestral hall; memorial hall	3
见怪[見怪]	jian4 guai4	to mind; to take offense	1
早些[早些]	zao3 xie1	a bit earlier	1
在即[在即]	zai4 ji2	near at hand; imminent; within sight	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep24/50 words - 15 min
挨个[挨個]	ai1 ge4	one by one; in turn	1
对劲[對勁]	dui4 jin4	suitable; to one's liking; to get along together	1
竹排[竹排]	zhu2 pai2	bamboo raft	1
连绵[連綿]	lian2 mian2	continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)	2
哩[哩]	li5	(modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])	2
叭[叭]	ba1	denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)	4
唆[唆]	suo1	to suck; to incite	2
行礼[行禮]	xing2 li3	to salute; to make one's salutations	3
山路[山路]	shan1 lu4	mountain road	1
像样[像樣]	xiang4 yang4	presentable; decent; up to par	2
备下[備下]	bei4 xia4	to prepare; to arrange (sth to be offered)	1
几样[幾樣]	ji3 yang4	several kinds	1
小菜[小菜]	xiao3 cai4	appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]	2
本地[本地]	ben3 di4	local; this locality	2
解乏[解乏]	jie3 fa2	to relieve tiredness; to freshen up	1
粉头[粉頭]	fen3 tou2	prostitute (old); crafty character (in opera)	2
慢用[慢用]	man4 yong4	same as 慢慢吃[man4 man4 chi1]	1
猴[猴]	hou2	monkey; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	4
走过[走過]	zou3 guo4	to walk past; to pass by	2
江湖[江湖]	jiang1 hu2	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. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld	1
炸药[炸藥]	zha4 yao4	explosive (material)	2
办妥[辦妥]	ban4 tuo3	to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through	2
破案[破案]	po4 an4	to solve a case; shabby old table	1
烤[烤]	kao3	to roast; to bake; to broil	3
蒸[蒸]	zheng1	to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep24/75 words - 26 min
大喜[大喜]	da4 xi3	exultation	2
喜筵[喜筵]	xi3 yan2	wedding banquet; congratulatory feast	1
含[含]	han2	to keep; to contain; to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)	1
刑场[刑場]	xing2 chang3	execution ground; gallows; scaffold	6
嚼[嚼]	jiao2	to chew; also pr. [jue2]	4
验明正身[驗明正身]	yan4 ming2 zheng4 shen1	to identify; to verify sb's identity; identification	3
持械[持械]	chi2 xie4	armed (robbery etc)	1
等候[等候]	deng3 hou4	to wait; to wait for	5
吉[吉]	ji2	lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)	2
奸党[奸黨]	jian1 dang3	a clique of traitors	4
变质[變質]	bian4 zhi4	to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism	1
真相大白[真相大白]	zhen1 xiang4 da4 bai2	the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear	1
发落[發落]	fa1 luo4	to deal with (an offender)	5
一面之词[一面之詞]	yi1 mian4 zhi1 ci2	one side of the story; one-sided statement	1
口说无凭[口說無憑]	kou3 shuo1 wu2 ping2	(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true	1
通缉[通緝]	tong1 ji1	to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted	3
师兄弟[師兄弟]	shi1 xing1 di4	fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)	1
追捕[追捕]	zhui1 bu3	to pursue; to be after; to hunt down	1
如假包换[如假包換]	ru2 jia3 bao1 huan4	replacement guaranteed if not genuine; fig. authentic	1
把头[把頭]	ba3 tou2	labor contractor; gangmaster	1
实证[實證]	shi2 zheng4	actual proof; concrete evidence; empirical	1
燕窝[燕窩]	yan4 wo1	edible bird's nest	1
相当于[相當於]	xiang1 dang1 yu2	equivalent to	1
断气[斷氣]	duan4 qi4	to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply	1
鞘[鞘]	qiao4	scabbard; sheath	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep24/100 words - 31 min
刽子手[劊子手]	gui4 zi5 shou3	executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer	3
当面[當面]	dang1 mian4	to sb's face; in sb's presence	4
致谢[致謝]	zhi4 xie4	expression of gratitude; to give thanks; a thank-you note; acknowledgement	1
小儿[小兒]	xiao3 er2	young child; (humble) my son	1
得以[得以]	de2 yi3	able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view	1
活命[活命]	huo2 ming4	life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living	1
长生[長生]	chang2 sheng1	long life	1
禄位[祿位]	lu4 wei4	official rank and salary	1
滥杀无辜[濫殺無辜]	lan4 sha1 wu2 gu1	willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)	1
大难不死[大難不死]	da4 nan4 bu4 si3	to just escape from calamity	1
机灵[機靈]	ji1 ling5	clever; quick-witted	1
提供[提供]	ti2 gong1	to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish	1
火气[火氣]	huo3 qi4	anger; internal heat (TCM)	2
知足[知足]	zhi1 zu2	content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)	1
走运[走運]	zou3 yun4	to have good luck; lucky; in luck	1
发脾气[發脾氣]	fa1 pi2 qi4	to get angry	1
白话[白話]	bai2 hua4	spoken language; vernacular	1
异[異]	yi4	different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate	1
善始善终[善始善終]	shan4 shi3 shan4 zhong1	where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth; to carry things through; I started, so I'll finish.	2
善于[善於]	shan4 yu2	to be good at; to be adept at	1
凌[凌]	ling2	to approach; to rise high; thick ice; to insult or maltreat	1
烟[煙]	yan1	cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke	2
香火[香火]	xiang1 huo3	incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks	1
标杆[標杆]	biao1 gan1	surveyor's pole; post (used for a landmark); CL:根[gen1]; (fig.) goal; model; benchmark	1
奉劝[奉勸]	feng4 quan4	may I offer a bit of advice	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep24/125 words - 35 min
发挥[發揮]	fa1 hui1	to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)	1
摁[摁]	en4	to press (with finger)	1
乐意[樂意]	le4 yi4	to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied	3
点破[點破]	dian3 po4	to lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word; to point out bluntly	1
老人家[老人家]	lao3 ren2 jia1	polite term for old woman or man	4
缺粮[缺糧]	que1 liang2	to lack food supplies	1
犹如[猶如]	you2 ru2	similar to; appearing to be	2
短缺[短缺]	duan3 que1	shortage	1
劳神[勞神]	lao2 shen2	to be a tax on (one's mind); to bother; to trouble; to be concerned	1
费力[費力]	fei4 li4	to expend a great deal of effort	2
才干[才幹]	cai2 gan4	ability; competence	2
递交[遞交]	di4 jiao1	to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in; to lay before	1
断案[斷案]	duan4 an4	to judge a case	1
电[電]	dian4	electric; electricity; electrical	1
仰赖[仰賴]	yang3 lai4	to rely on	1
威[威]	wei1	power; might; prestige	3
之所以[之所以]	zhi1 suo3 yi3	the reason why	2
引蛇出洞[引蛇出洞]	yin3 she2 chu1 dong4	lit. to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor (idiom)	1
蛇[蛇]	she2	snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]	3
深明大义[深明大義]	shen1 ming2 da4 yi4	to have a high notion of one's duty; to be highly principled	1
释放[釋放]	shi4 fang4	to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge	1
大体[大體]	da4 ti3	in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; (Tw) remains (of a dead person)	2
暗自[暗自]	an4 zi4	inwardly; to oneself; secretly	1
煞费苦心[煞費苦心]	sha4 fei4 ku3 xin1	to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking; at the cost of a lot of effort	2
独当一面[獨當一面]	du2 dang1 yi1 mian4	to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep24/142 words - 42 min
居功[居功]	ju1 gong1	to claim credit for oneself	1
洗冤[洗冤]	xi3 yuan1	lit. to wash out a grievance; fig. to right a wrong; to redress an injustice	1
深得民心[深得民心]	shen1 de2 min2 xin1	to win the hearts of the people; to be popular among the masses	1
珊瑚[珊瑚]	shan1 hu2	coral	2
刊[刊]	kan1	to print; to publish; publication; periodical; to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend	1
显出[顯出]	xian3 chu1	to express; to exhibit	1
索性[索性]	suo3 xing4	you might as well (do it); simply; just	1
乌里雅苏台[烏里雅蘇台]	Wu1 li3 ya3 su1 tai2	Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia	7
平息[平息]	ping2 xi1	to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress	2
呕心沥血[嘔心瀝血]	ou3 xin1 li4 xue4	lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out; blood, sweat and tears	1
妙笔生花[妙筆生花]	miao4 bi3 sheng1 hua1	gifted or skillful writing	1
起头[起頭]	qi3 tou2	to start; at first; beginning	1
逛[逛]	guang4	to stroll; to visit	1
侍奉[侍奉]	shi4 feng4	to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs	2
人缘[人緣]	ren2 yuan2	relations with other people	3
处心积虑[處心積慮]	chu3 xin1 ji1 lu:4	to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating	1
事端[事端]	shi4 duan1	disturbance; incident	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep25/25 words - 5 min
碴[碴]	cha2	fault; glass fragment; quarrel	3
械[械]	xie4	appliance; tool; weapon; shackles; also pr. [jie4]	3
便利[便利]	bian4 li4	convenient; easy; to facilitate	2
触[觸]	chu4	to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions	2
霉[霉]	mei2	bacteria; fungi; moldy	1
猪头[豬頭]	zhu1 tou2	pig head; (coll.) fool; jerk	1
头晕眼花[頭暈眼花]	tou2 yun1 yan3 hua1	to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed	1
金星[金星]	jin1 xing1	gold star; stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)	1
自愧不如[自愧不如]	zi4 kui4 bu4 ru2	ashamed of being inferior (idiom); to feel inferior to others	1
点子[點子]	dian3 zi5	spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer	1
宝典[寶典]	bao3 dian3	canonical text; treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)	2
三国演义[三國演義]	San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4	Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature; a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備|刘备, 蜀漢|蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains	2
翻译[翻譯]	fan1 yi4	to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	1
相当[相當]	xiang1 dang1	equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite	1
一准[一準]	yi1 zhun3	certainly	1
就读[就讀]	jiu4 du2	to go to school	1
全然[全然]	quan2 ran2	completely	1
不符[不符]	bu4 fu2	inconsistent; not in agreement with; not agree or tally with; not conform to	1
妄言[妄言]	wang4 yan2	lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature)	2
检[檢]	jian3	to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint	1
薄[薄]	bo2	meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near	2
惩[懲]	cheng2	to punish; to reprimand; to warn	1
员[員]	yuan2	person; employee; member	5
自省[自省]	zi4 xing3	to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism	3
厚望[厚望]	hou4 wang4	great hopes; great expectations	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep25/50 words - 13 min
浩荡[浩蕩]	hao4 dang4	vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful	2
猛醒[猛醒]	meng3 xing3	to realize suddenly; to wake up to the truth; to suddenly awake from sleep	1
皇恩[皇恩]	huang2 en1	imperial kindness; benevolence from the emperor	4
占[占]	zhan4	to take possession of; to occupy; to take up	5
上风[上風]	shang4 feng1	on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)	1
陡[陡]	dou3	steep; precipitous; abrubtly; suddenly; unexpectedly	1
佛爷[佛爺]	Fo2 ye5	Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee); Buddha; God; emperor; in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]	1
水深[水深]	shui3 shen1	depth (of waterway); sounding	1
年来[年來]	nian2 lai2	this past year; over the last years	1
船帆[船帆]	chuan2 fan1	sail	1
林[林]	lin2	woods; forest; CL:片[pian4]; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things)	8
撒谎[撒謊]	sa1 huang3	to tell lies	1
眷顾[眷顧]	juan4 gu4	to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country)	1
言不由衷[言不由衷]	yan2 bu4 you2 zhong1	to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek; saying one thing but meaning sth different	1
自保[自保]	zi4 bao3	to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation	2
袋[袋]	dai4	pouch; bag; sack; pocket	2
平均[平均]	ping2 jun1	average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions	1
纪录[紀錄]	ji4 lu4	variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")	4
慈悲[慈悲]	ci2 bei1	mercy	2
除非[除非]	chu2 fei1	only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless	2
坚固[堅固]	jian1 gu4	firm; firmly; hard; stable	2
空心[空心]	kong1 xin1	hollow; empty headed; mindless	1
炸掉[炸掉]	zha4 diao4	to bomb	1
相安无事[相安無事]	xiang1 an1 wu2 shi4	to live together in harmony	1
协商[協商]	xie2 shang1	to consult with; to talk things over; agreement	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep25/75 words - 21 min
当前[當前]	dang1 qian2	current; today's; modern; present; to be facing (us)	1
房顶[房頂]	fang2 ding3	housetop; roof	1
库房[庫房]	ku4 fang2	storeroom; warehouse	1
富得流油[富得流油]	fu4 de5 liu2 you2	affluent; very rich	1
申斥[申斥]	shen1 chi4	to rebuke; to blame; to denounce	4
救世[救世]	jiu4 shi4	salvation	1
火速[火速]	huo3 su4	at top speed; at a tremendous lick	1
所需[所需]	suo3 xu1	necessary (for); required	1
基本[基本]	ji1 ben3	basic; fundamental; main; elementary	1
作用[作用]	zuo4 yong4	to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; to play a role; corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
江苏[江蘇]	Jiang1 su1	Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京	7
系[係]	xi4	to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)	1
楼梯[樓梯]	lou2 ti1	stair; staircase; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
自己人[自己人]	zi4 ji3 ren2	those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us	2
滴[滴]	di1	a drop; to drip	1
借势[借勢]	jie4 shi4	to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity	1
足足[足足]	zu2 zu2	fully; no less than; as much as; extremely	1
伞[傘]	san3	umbrella; parasol; CL:把[ba3]	1
干着急[乾著急]	gan1 zhao2 ji2	to worry helplessly	1
吓倒[嚇倒]	xia4 dao3	to be frightened	1
牢固[牢固]	lao2 gu4	firm; secure	1
救灾[救災]	jiu4 zai1	to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims	3
军舰[軍艦]	jun1 jian4	warship; military naval vessel; CL:艘[sou1]	1
告急[告急]	gao4 ji2	to be in a state of emergency; to report an emergency; to ask for emergency assistance	1
管不着[管不著]	guan3 bu5 zhao2	to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business!	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep25/100 words - 30 min
钦命[欽命]	qin1 ming4	Imperial order or edict (old)	2
聚众[聚眾]	ju4 zhong4	to gather a crowd; to muster	1
放水[放水]	fang4 shui3	to turn on the water; to let water out; to throw a game (sports)	4
根据[根據]	gen1 ju4	according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
关隘[關隘]	guan1 ai4	mountain pass	1
孰[孰]	shu2	who; which; what	2
吹嘘[吹噓]	chui1 xu1	to brag	1
抵御[抵禦]	di3 yu4	to resist; to withstand	2
扒开[扒開]	ba1 kai1	to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands	1
风险[風險]	feng1 xian3	risk; hazard	3
意气用事[意氣用事]	yi4 qi4 yong4 shi4	to let emotions affect one's decisions	6
羊[羊]	yang2	sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]	1
水稻[水稻]	shui3 dao4	rice; paddy; CL:株[zhu1]	1
收割[收割]	shou1 ge1	to harvest; to reap; to gather in crops	1
转移[轉移]	zhuan3 yi2	to shift; to divert or distract (attention etc); to change; to transform; metastasis (medicine); to evacuate (people)	1
固执[固執]	gu4 zhi2	obstinate; stubborn	7
争执[爭執]	zheng1 zhi2	to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle	3
通告[通告]	tong1 gao4	to announce; to give notice	1
天呀[天呀]	tian1 ya5	Heavens!; My goodness!	2
上涨[上漲]	shang4 zhang3	to rise; to go up	2
闸[閘]	zha2	gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker	18
皋兰[皋蘭]	Gao1 lan2	Gaolan county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu	1
迅速[迅速]	xun4 su4	rapid; speedy; fast	2
灰泥[灰泥]	hui1 ni2	plaster; mortar	2
渗[滲]	shen4	to seep; to ooze; to horrify	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep25/125 words - 39 min
水渠[水渠]	shui3 qu2	canal	1
漂[漂]	piao1	to float; to drift	2
漂[漂]	piao4	elegant; polished	2
对抗[對抗]	dui4 kang4	to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation	3
祭祀[祭祀]	ji4 si4	to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors	2
禾[禾]	he2	cereal; grain	1
蔬[蔬]	shu1	vegetables	1
匮[匱]	kui4	to lack; lacking; empty; exhausted	1
储[儲]	chu3	to store; to save; to have in reserve; heir; Taiwan pr. [chu2]	1
罄[罄]	qing4	to use up; to exhaust; empty	1
饥[飢]	ji1	hungry	10
老者[老者]	lao3 zhe3	old man; elderly man	1
壮[壯]	zhuang4	to strengthen; strong; robust	3
妇女[婦女]	fu4 nu:3	woman	1
儿童[兒童]	er2 tong2	child; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
六畜[六畜]	liu4 chu4	six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog	1
牛马[牛馬]	niu2 ma3	oxen and horses; beasts of burden; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
车辆[車輛]	che1 liang4	vehicle	1
农具[農具]	nong2 ju4	farm implements; farm tools	1
灶具[灶具]	zao4 ju4	stove; cooker; (dialect) cooking utensils	1
石粉[石粉]	shi2 fen3	talcum powder	1
絮[絮]	xu4	cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded	1
路人[路人]	lu4 ren2	passer-by; stranger	1
亲友[親友]	qin1 you3	friends and relatives	1
疫病[疫病]	yi4 bing4	plague; a blight	3
殍[殍]	piao3	die of starvation	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep25/138 words - 42 min
撕[撕]	si1	to tear	2
碎片[碎片]	sui4 pian4	chip; fragment; splinter; tatter	1
定论[定論]	ding4 lun4	final conclusion; accepted argument	1
施予[施予]	shi1 yu3	variant of 施與|施与[shi1 yu3]	1
援手[援手]	yuan2 shou3	assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand	1
南北[南北]	nan2 bei3	north and south; north to south	1
要道[要道]	yao4 dao4	major road; thoroughfare; main road	1
焦点[焦點]	jiao1 dian3	focus; focal point	1
生死关头[生死關頭]	sheng1 si3 guan1 tou2	the critical moment; life and death crisis	1
谈何容易[談何容易]	tan2 he2 rong2 yi4	easier said than done (idiom)	1
在内[在內]	zai4 nei4	(included) in it; among them	1
惨状[慘狀]	can3 zhuang4	devastation; miserable condition	1
撤下[撤下]	che4 xia4	to withdraw; to remove (from a place); to remove from office	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep26/25 words - 9 min
肥缺[肥缺]	fei2 que1	lucrative post	1
手心[手心]	shou3 xin1	palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)	1
稻草[稻草]	dao4 cao3	rice straw	1
抢救[搶救]	qiang3 jiu4	to rescue	1
蹧[蹧]	zao1	see 蹧蹋[zao1 ta4]	2
践[踐]	jian4	to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk	3
处分[處分]	chu3 fen4	to discipline sb; to punish; disciplinary action; to deal with (a matter); CL:個|个[ge4]	3
无关[無關]	wu2 guan1	unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)	2
疫情[疫情]	yi4 qing2	epidemic situation	3
食肉寝皮[食肉寢皮]	shi2 rou4 qin3 pi2	to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb; implacable hatred; to have sb's guts for garters	3
松懈[鬆懈]	song1 xie4	to relax; to relax efforts; to slack off; to take it easy; complacent; undisciplined	1
滴水[滴水]	di1 shui3	water drop; dripping water	1
寻死[尋死]	xun2 si3	to attempt suicide; to court death	1
哀[哀]	ai1	sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole	2
莫过于[莫過於]	mo4 guo4 yu2	nothing can surpass	2
看开[看開]	kan4 kai1	to come to accept an unpleasant fact; to get over sth; to cheer up	1
遣送[遣送]	qian3 song4	to send away; to deport; to repatriate	1
团圆[團圓]	tuan2 yuan2	to have a reunion	3
烦心事[煩心事]	fan2 xin1 shi4	trouble; worry	1
风尘[風塵]	feng1 chen2	windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution	1
其三[其三]	qi2 san1	thirdly; the third	1
历次[歷次]	li4 ci4	each (item in sequence); successive	1
平天下[平天下]	ping2 tian1 xia4	to pacify the country	1
指斥[指斥]	zhi3 chi4	to denounce; to censure; to rebuke	1
当着[當著]	dang1 zhe5	in front of; in the presence of	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep26/50 words - 13 min
蓄[蓄]	xu4	to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)	1
试问[試問]	shi4 wen4	I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask	2
谋反[謀反]	mou2 fan3	to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state	3
叛乱[叛亂]	pan4 luan4	armed rebellion	6
例子[例子]	li4 zi5	case; (for) instance; example; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
尚可[尚可]	shang4 ke3	not bad; satisfactory	3
丧失[喪失]	sang4 shi1	to lose; to forfeit	1
借口[借口]	jie4 kou3	to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext	1
臆断[臆斷]	yi4 duan4	to assume; assumption	1
崔[崔]	cui1	high mountain; precipitous	48
维[維]	wei2	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])	37
雅[雅]	ya3	elegant	35
谙[諳]	an1	to be versed in; to know well	2
受贿[受賄]	shou4 hui4	to accept a bribe	4
仪[儀]	yi2	apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony	2
五月[五月]	Wu3 yue4	May; fifth month (of the lunar year)	1
曹县[曹縣]	Cao2 xian4	Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong	1
副手[副手]	fu4 shou3	assistant	1
立志[立志]	li4 zhi4	to be determined; to be resolved	1
几经[幾經]	ji3 jing1	to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)	1
崩决[崩決]	beng1 jue2	to burst (of dam); to be breached; to collapse	2
降雨量[降雨量]	jiang4 yu3 liang4	precipitation; quantity of rainfall	1
变化[變化]	bian4 hua4	change; variation; to change; to vary; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
自欺[自欺]	zi4 qi1	to deceive oneself	1
一干二净[一乾二淨]	yi1 gan1 er4 jing4	thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep26/75 words - 20 min
毁坏[毀壞]	hui3 huai4	to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction	2
直至[直至]	zhi2 zhi4	lasting until; up till (the present)	1
雷霆[雷霆]	lei2 ting2	sound of thunder	2
雨露[雨露]	yu3 lu4	rain and dew; (fig.) favor; grace	1
套话[套話]	tao4 hua4	polite phrase; conventional greetings; cliché; to try to worm facts out of sb	2
直到[直到]	zhi2 dao4	until	1
全知[全知]	quan2 zhi1	omniscient	1
非人[非人]	fei1 ren2	not the right person (literary); inhuman	1
何等[何等]	he2 deng3	what kind?; how, what; somewhat	3
社稷[社稷]	she4 ji4	state; country; the Gods of earth and grain	1
境地[境地]	jing4 di4	circumstances	1
罪状[罪狀]	zui4 zhuang4	charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense	1
老成[老成]	lao3 cheng2	mature; experienced; sophisticated	1
内行[內行]	nei4 hang2	expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional	3
而今[而今]	er2 jin1	now; at the present (time)	1
明摆着[明擺著]	ming2 bai3 zhe5	evident; clear; undoubted	1
确凿[確鑿]	que4 zao2	definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [que4 zuo4]	1
难上加难[難上加難]	nan2 shang4 jia1 nan2	extremely difficult; even more difficult	1
胜任[勝任]	sheng4 ren4	qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task	1
有话要说[有話要說]	you3 hua4 yao4 shuo1	to speak one's mind	1
勘验[勘驗]	kan1 yan4	to investigate; examination	9
通河[通河]	Tong1 he2	Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang	1
满意[滿意]	man3 yi4	satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction	2
落实[落實]	luo4 shi2	practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide	1
看清[看清]	kan4 qing1	to see clearly	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep26/100 words - 28 min
节骨眼[節骨眼]	jie1 gu5 yan3	(dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]	2
危言耸听[危言聳聽]	wei1 yan2 song3 ting1	frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds	2
绝非[絕非]	jue2 fei1	absolutely not	3
正如[正如]	zheng4 ru2	just as; precisely as	1
有心[有心]	you3 xin1	to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate	1
训示[訓示]	xun4 shi4	to admonish; instructions; orders	5
与否[與否]	yu3 fou3	whether or not (at the end of a phrase)	1
盛气凌人[盛氣凌人]	sheng4 qi4 ling2 ren2	overbearing; arrogant bully	1
悉心[悉心]	xi1 xin1	to put one's heart (and soul) into sth; with great care	2
徇私舞弊[徇私舞弊]	xun4 si1 wu3 bi4	to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom)	1
奏折[奏摺]	zou4 zhe2	memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)	2
合同[合同]	he2 tong5	(business) contract; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
详[詳]	xiang2	detailed; comprehensive	2
多次[多次]	duo1 ci4	many times; repeatedly	3
问罪[問罪]	wen4 zui4	to denounce; to condemn; to call to account; to punish	2
恶心[噁心]	e3 xin1	variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]	3
说得过去[說得過去]	shuo1 de5 guo4 qu4	acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense	1
活脱脱[活脫脫]	huo2 tuo1 tuo1	remarkably alike	1
硬碰硬[硬碰硬]	ying4 peng4 ying4	to meet force with force; painstaking	1
赌[賭]	du3	to bet; to gamble	8
认栽[認栽]	ren4 zai1	to admit defeat	1
会商[會商]	hui4 shang1	to confer; to consult; to negotiate; to hold a conference	1
详实[詳實]	xiang2 shi2	detailed and reliable; full and accurate	1
随行[隨行]	sui2 xing2	to accompany	1
出马[出馬]	chu1 ma3	to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep26/125 words - 37 min
酿成[釀成]	niang4 cheng2	to form gradually; to lead to	1
果断[果斷]	guo3 duan4	firm; decisive	1
误信[誤信]	wu4 xin4	to falsely believe; to be mislead; to fall for (a trick etc)	2
总能[總能]	zong3 neng2	total energy	2
光棍[光棍]	guang1 gun4	gangster; hoodlum; a single person; bachelor	1
抹稀泥[抹稀泥]	mo3 xi1 ni2	see 和稀泥[huo4 xi1 ni2]	1
顾忌[顧忌]	gu4 ji4	to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple	2
身不由己[身不由己]	shen1 bu4 you2 ji3	without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself	4
三人成虎[三人成虎]	san1 ren2 cheng2 hu3	three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact	1
众口铄金[眾口鑠金]	zhong4 kou3 shuo4 jin1	lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom); fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth; mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong	1
一了百了[一了百了]	yi1 liao3 bai3 liao3	once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles	1
吊死[吊死]	diao4 si3	death by hanging; to hang oneself	3
狗血喷头[狗血噴頭]	gou3 xie3 pen1 tou2	torrent of abuse (idiom)	2
保不齐[保不齊]	bao3 bu5 qi2	more likely than not; quite possible; on the cards	1
交锋[交鋒]	jiao1 feng1	to cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb)	1
居多[居多]	ju1 duo1	to be in the majority	2
弯弯[彎彎]	Wan1 wan1	Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist	1
老油条[老油條]	lao3 you2 tiao2	old fox; slick customer	1
完毕[完畢]	wan2 bi4	to finish; to end; to complete	1
八月[八月]	Ba1 yue4	August; eighth month (of the lunar year)	1
九月[九月]	Jiu3 yue4	September; ninth month (of the lunar year)	2
初三[初三]	chu1 san1	third year in junior middle school	1
勿谓言之不预[勿謂言之不預]	wu4 wei4 yan2 zhi1 bu4 yu4	(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)	1
符合[符合]	fu2 he2	in keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle	2
三分之一[三分之一]	san1 fen1 zhi1 yi1	one third	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep26/150 words - 39 min
干透[乾透]	gan1 tou4	to dry out; to dry completely	1
事件[事件]	shi4 jian4	event; happening; incident; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
选修[選修]	xuan3 xiu1	optional course (in school); to take an optional course	2
拆毁[拆毀]	chai1 hui3	to dismantle; to demolish	3
具体[具體]	ju4 ti3	concrete; definite; specific	1
处罚[處罰]	chu3 fa2	to penalize; to punish	1
修理[修理]	xiu1 li3	to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb	2
工事[工事]	gong1 shi4	defensive structure; military fortifications; (Tw) construction works; civil engineering works	1
拜读[拜讀]	bai4 du2	(polite) to read (sth)	1
奇文共赏[奇文共賞]	qi2 wen2 gong4 shang3	lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning); incomprehensible nonsense; preposterous bullshit	1
翻开[翻開]	fan1 kai1	to open up	1
勉[勉]	mian3	to exhort; to make an effort	1
望文生义[望文生義]	wang4 wen2 sheng1 yi4	lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning; a far-fetched interpretation	1
蒙骗[矇騙]	meng1 pian4	to hoodwink; to deceive; to dupe sb	1
规范[規範]	gui1 fan4	norm; standard; specification; regulation; rule; within the rules; to fix rules; to regulate; to specify	2
局部[局部]	ju2 bu4	part; local	1
无碍[無礙]	wu2 ai4	without inconvenience; unimpeded; unhindered; unobstructed; unfettered; unhampered	1
而言[而言]	er2 yan2	with regard to (preceding phrase)	3
谋划[謀劃]	mou2 hua4	to scheme; to plot; conspiracy	2
境遇[境遇]	jing4 yu4	circumstance	1
抠字眼[摳字眼]	kou1 zi4 yan3	to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words	2
强词夺理[強詞奪理]	qiang3 ci2 duo2 li3	to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats	1
抠[摳]	kou1	to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly	2
查证[查證]	cha2 zheng4	investigate; check out (a story)	1
漏洞百出[漏洞百出]	lou4 dong4 bai3 chu1	lit. one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep26/160 words - 42 min
早死[早死]	zao3 si3	early demise; untimely death	1
志[誌]	zhi4	sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote	2
集体[集體]	ji2 ti3	collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group	2
同僚[同僚]	tong2 liao2	colleague; fellow-worker	1
卫[衛]	wei4	to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet	2
晓得[曉得]	xiao3 de5	to know	4
靠谱[靠譜]	kao4 pu3	reliable; reasonable; probable	1
农桑[農桑]	nong2 sang1	mulberry farming; to grow mulberry for sericulture	3
归位[歸位]	gui1 wei4	to put sth back where it belongs; to return to the original position; to return to one's seat (in a classroom)	1
禾苗[禾苗]	he2 miao2	seedling (of rice or other grain); CL:棵[ke1]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep27/25 words - 10 min
极好[極好]	ji2 hao3	fabulous; superb; excellent	1
各个[各個]	ge4 ge4	every; various; separately, one by one	2
承受[承受]	cheng2 shou4	to bear; to support; to inherit	4
凭什么[憑什麼]	ping2 shen2 me5	(spoken) why?; for which reason?	1
启用[啟用]	qi3 yong4	to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)	1
驳[駁]	bo2	variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)	6
两下[兩下]	liang3 xia4	twice; for a little while	1
尖[尖]	jian1	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	2
齿[齒]	chi3	tooth; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	1
心性[心性]	xin1 xing4	one's nature; temperament	2
错处[錯處]	cuo4 chu5	fault	1
打杀[打殺]	da3 sha1	to kill	1
折[折]	zhe2	to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book	3
腾出[騰出]	teng2 chu1	to make (some time or space) available (for sb)	2
花光[花光]	hua1 guang1	to spend all one's money	1
为的是[為的是]	wei4 de5 shi4	for the sake of; for the purpose of	1
忌惮[忌憚]	ji4 dan4	to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear	1
撸[擼]	lu1	(dialect) to rub one's hand along; to fire (an employee); to reprimand	1
决断[決斷]	jue2 duan4	to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute	2
堵住[堵住]	du3 zhu4	to block up	1
正式[正式]	zheng4 shi4	formal; official	1
侵[侵]	qin1	to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach	1
汉书[漢書]	Han4 shu1	History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls	3
坐而论道[坐而論道]	zuo4 er2 lun4 dao4	to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)	1
瘟疫[瘟疫]	wen1 yi4	epidemic; plague; pestilence; diseased	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep27/50 words - 17 min
凶猛[兇猛]	xiong1 meng3	fierce; violent; ferocious	1
蔓延[蔓延]	man4 yan2	to extend; to spread	1
药品[藥品]	yao4 pin3	medicaments; medicine; drug	13
三令五申[三令五申]	san1 ling4 wu3 shen1	to order again and again (idiom)	2
下达[下達]	xia4 da2	to transmit down (a chain of command); to pass down (to lower level); to issue; to send through	1
扑[撲]	pu1	to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over	2
王道[王道]	wang2 dao4	the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道	1
一身是胆[一身是膽]	yi1 shen1 shi4 dan3	devoid of fear (idiom); intrepid	1
集结[集結]	ji2 jie2	to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal	1
推三阻四[推三阻四]	tui1 san1 zu3 si4	to use all sorts of excuses	1
接见[接見]	jie1 jian4	to receive sb; to grant an interview	2
破鞋[破鞋]	po4 xie2	broken shoes; worn-out footwear; loose woman; slut	2
造访[造訪]	zao4 fang3	to visit; to pay a visit	2
相称[相稱]	xiang1 chen4	to match; to suit; mutually compatible	1
出言[出言]	chu1 yan2	to speak; words	1
耿直[耿直]	geng3 zhi2	honest; frank; candid	1
顶撞[頂撞]	ding3 zhuang4	to contradict (elders or superiors)	4
仰慕[仰慕]	yang3 mu4	to admire	2
已久[已久]	yi3 jiu3	already a long time	2
顶天立地[頂天立地]	ding3 tian1 li4 di4	lit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom)	2
内心[內心]	nei4 xin1	heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter	1
靴[靴]	xue1	boots	2
长者[長者]	zhang3 zhe3	senior; older person	1
恩赐[恩賜]	en1 ci4	favor; to give charity to sb out of pity	1
去得[去得]	qu4 de5	can go	4
//The Long River - S1/Ep27/75 words - 23 min
守门[守門]	shou3 men2	to keep goal; on duty as gatekeeper	1
放行[放行]	fang4 xing2	to let pass	1
自问[自問]	zi4 wen4	to ask oneself; to search one's soul; to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter	1
试穿[試穿]	shi4 chuan1	to try wearing clothes; fitting trial	1
车子[車子]	che1 zi5	car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)	2
狭隘[狹隘]	xia2 ai4	narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience	1
愚陋[愚陋]	yu2 lou4	ignorant and backward	1
合议[合議]	he2 yi4	to discuss together; to try to reach a common judgment; panel discussion	2
涉[涉]	she4	to wade; to be involved; to concern; to experience; to enter (classical)	1
同行[同行]	tong2 hang2	person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry	1
谘[諮]	zi1	variant of 咨[zi1]	1
就近[就近]	jiu4 jin4	nearby; in a close neighborhood	1
一个萝卜一个坑[一個蘿蔔一個坑]	yi1 ge4 luo2 bo5 yi1 ge4 keng1	lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom); fig. each person has his own position; each to his own; horses for courses; every kettle has its lid	1
权术[權術]	quan2 shu4	art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery	1
坐牢[坐牢]	zuo4 lao2	to be imprisoned	2
受得了[受得了]	shou4 de5 liao3	to put up with; to endure	1
找钱[找錢]	zhao3 qian2	to give change	1
可怕[可怕]	ke3 pa4	awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly	2
行乞[行乞]	xing2 qi3	to beg; to ask for alms	1
抗命[抗命]	kang4 ming4	against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders	1
本分[本分]	ben3 fen4	(to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role	1
自视[自視]	zi4 shi4	to view oneself	3
认定[認定]	ren4 ding4	to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with	1
予[予]	yu3	to give	2
刚愎自用[剛愎自用]	gang1 bi4 zi4 yong4	obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep27/100 words - 34 min
不仅[不僅]	bu4 jin3	not only (this one); not just (...) but also	2
羲[羲]	Xi1	same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], a mythical emperor; surname Xi	1
燧人氏[燧人氏]	Sui4 ren2 shi4	Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire	1
巢[巢]	chao2	nest	1
东汉[東漢]	Dong1 han4	Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220	1
蔡伦[蔡倫]	Cai4 Lun2	Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process	1
造纸[造紙]	zao4 zhi3	papermaking	1
创新[創新]	chuang4 xin1	innovation; to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails	1
无话可说[無話可說]	wu2 hua4 ke3 shuo1	to have nothing to say (idiom)	1
叙旧[敘舊]	xu4 jiu4	to reminisce; to talk about former times	1
伤感[傷感]	shang1 gan3	sad; emotional; sentimental; pathos	2
灾祸[災禍]	zai1 huo4	disaster	2
赎罪[贖罪]	shu2 zui4	to atone for one's crime; to buy freedom from punishment; redemption; atonement	1
如火[如火]	ru2 huo3	fiery	1
事宜[事宜]	shi4 yi2	matters; arrangements	1
非同小可[非同小可]	fei1 tong2 xiao3 ke3	extremely important; no small matter	3
上谕[上諭]	shang4 yu4	imperial edict; see also 聖諭|圣谕[sheng4 yu4]	1
衔[銜]	xian2	bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title	1
爱护[愛護]	ai4 hu4	to cherish; to treasure; to take care of; to love and protect	2
类[類]	lei4	kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	2
物尽其用[物盡其用]	wu4 jin4 qi2 yong4	to use sth to the full; to make the best use of everything	1
急于求成[急於求成]	ji2 yu2 qiu2 cheng2	anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success; impatient for result; impetuous	1
晏[晏]	yan4	late; quiet	1
功绩[功績]	gong1 ji4	feat; contribution; merits and achievements	1
一字之师[一字之師]	yi1 zi4 zhi1 shi1	one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep27/119 words - 40 min
冷落[冷落]	leng3 luo4	desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder	1
上座[上座]	shang4 zuo4	seat of honor	2
宽宏大量[寬宏大量]	kuan1 hong2 da4 liang4	magnanimous (idiom); generous	1
精明[精明]	jing1 ming2	astute; shrewd	1
舜[舜]	Shun4	Shun (c. 22nd century BC), mythical sage and leader	2
腻[膩]	ni4	greasy; soft; unctuous; intimate; tired of	1
够呛[夠嗆]	gou4 qiang4	unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely	3
竣[竣]	jun4	complete; finish	1
追究[追究]	zhui1 jiu1	to investigate; to look into	1
歪[歪]	wai1	askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side	1
结党营私[結黨營私]	jie2 dang3 ying2 si1	to gang up for personal interest (idiom); to form a clique	5
中医[中醫]	Zhong1 yi1	traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine	1
中药[中藥]	Zhong1 yao4	(traditional) Chinese medicine; CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]	1
管家[管家]	guan3 jia1	housekeeper; butler; manage one's household	2
送走[送走]	song4 zou3	to see off; to send off	1
医术[醫術]	yi1 shu4	medical expertise; art of healing	1
良策[良策]	liang2 ce4	good plan; good idea	1
坎[坎]	kan3	pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵	2
散开[散開]	san4 kai1	to separate; to disperse	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep28/25 words - 10 min
开眼[開眼]	kai1 yan3	to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons	1
按察[按察]	an4 cha2	to investigate (old)	8
哀鸿遍野[哀鴻遍野]	ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3	lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land	1
悲痛[悲痛]	bei1 tong4	grieved; sorrowful	2
交卸[交卸]	jiao1 xie4	to hand over to a successor; to relinquish one's office	1
疫区[疫區]	yi4 qu1	epidemic area	4
漂泊[漂泊]	piao1 bo2	to drift (in the tide); to rove; to lead a wandering existence; drifter; wanderer	1
在身[在身]	zai4 shen1	to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)	1
太夫人[太夫人]	tai4 fu1 ren2	(old) dowager; old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)	1
命苦[命苦]	ming4 ku3	to be born under an ill star	1
八字[八字]	ba1 zi4	the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling	1
拣[揀]	jian3	to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up	1
团聚[團聚]	tuan2 ju4	to reunite; to have a reunion	1
暗室[暗室]	an4 shi4	darkroom	1
以礼相待[以禮相待]	yi3 li3 xiang1 dai4	to treat sb with due respect (idiom)	1
老父[老父]	lao3 fu4	father; old man; venerable sir	1
卧病[臥病]	wo4 bing4	ill in bed; bed-ridden	1
弟弟[弟弟]	di4 di5	younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	2
首都[首都]	shou3 du1	capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
强似[強似]	qiang2 si4	to be better than	1
善恶[善惡]	shan4 e4	good and evil; good versus evil	1
慎独[慎獨]	shen4 du2	to preserve a proper behavior in private life	1
改天[改天]	gai3 tian1	another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check	1
跳井[跳井]	tiao4 jing3	to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction)	1
革职[革職]	ge2 zhi2	to sack; to remove from a position; to depose	8
//The Long River - S1/Ep28/50 words - 16 min
留任[留任]	liu2 ren4	to remain in office; to hold on to one's job	7
叉[叉]	cha1	fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"	1
不平则鸣[不平則鳴]	bu4 ping2 ze2 ming2	where there is injustice, there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice	1
公平[公平]	gong1 ping2	fair; impartial	3
暗箭[暗箭]	an4 jian4	attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back	1
年长[年長]	nian2 zhang3	senior	1
几岁[幾歲]	ji3 sui4	how old are you? (familiar, or to a child)	1
判断[判斷]	pan4 duan4	to judge; to determine; judgment	2
偏差[偏差]	pian1 cha1	bias; deviation	1
骗人[騙人]	pian4 ren2	to cheat sb; a scam	1
抱怨[抱怨]	bao4 yuan4	to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied	3
寒心[寒心]	han2 xin1	disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified	1
民众[民眾]	min2 zhong4	populace; masses; the people	3
无恙[無恙]	wu2 yang4	in good health	2
职务[職務]	zhi2 wu4	post; position; job; duties	1
熟识[熟識]	shu2 shi5	to be well acquainted with; to know well	1
官复原职[官復原職]	guan1 fu4 yuan2 zhi2	restored to one's official post; to send sb back to his former post	2
榜样[榜樣]	bang3 yang4	example; model; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
淤积[淤積]	yu1 ji1	to silt up; silt; sediment; ooze; slurry	8
两旁[兩旁]	liang3 pang2	both sides; either side	1
并行[並行]	bing4 xing2	to proceed in parallel; side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)	1
字形[字形]	zi4 xing2	form of a Chinese character; variant of 字型[zi4 xing2]	1
刷[刷]	shua1	to brush; to paint; to daub; to paste up; to skip class (of students); to fire from a job	2
小河[小河]	xiao3 he2	brook	2
脑门子[腦門子]	nao3 men2 zi5	forehead (dialect)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep28/75 words - 37 min
美好[美好]	mei3 hao3	beautiful; fine	1
地基[地基]	di4 ji1	foundations (of a building); base	1
瘟[瘟]	wen1	epidemic; pestilence; plague	1
岙[嶴]	ao4	plain in the middle of the mountains; used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4]	2
用餐[用餐]	yong4 can1	to eat a meal	1
灾区[災區]	zai1 qu1	disaster area; stricken region	2
像模像样[像模像樣]	xiang4 mo2 xiang4 yang4	solemn; presentable; decent	1
火枪[火槍]	huo3 qiang1	firearms (in historical context); flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)	2
侵扰[侵擾]	qin1 rao3	to invade and harass	2
收手[收手]	shou1 shou3	to stop; to pull back	1
好战[好戰]	hao4 zhan4	warlike	1
分裂[分裂]	fen1 lie4	to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism	3
寻常[尋常]	xun2 chang2	usual; common; ordinary	5
标题[標題]	biao1 ti2	title; heading; headline; caption; subject	1
悔罪[悔罪]	hui3 zui4	conviction	1
拉倒[拉倒]	la1 dao3	to pull down; (coll.) to let it go; to drop it	1
照理[照理]	zhao4 li3	according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to	1
瞎猜[瞎猜]	xia1 cai1	to make a wild guess; blind guess	1
欺瞒[欺瞞]	qi1 man2	to fool; to hoodwink; to dupe	3
上船[上船]	shang4 chuan2	to get on the boat	2
药物[藥物]	yao4 wu4	medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug	1
孤身[孤身]	gu1 shen1	alone; lonely	1
心胸[心胸]	xin1 xiong1	breadth of mind	2
阔[闊]	kuo4	rich; wide; broad	1
此刻[此刻]	ci3 ke4	this moment; now; at present	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep28/87 words - 41 min
规则[規則]	gui1 ze2	rule; regulation; rules and regulations	1
掩埋[掩埋]	yan3 mai2	to bury	1
穿着[穿著]	chuan1 zhuo2	attire; clothes; dress	3
饥荒[饑荒]	ji1 huang1	crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty	1
苦恼[苦惱]	ku3 nao3	vexed; distressed	1
巾[巾]	jin1	towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50	1
益处[益處]	yi4 chu5	benefit	2
可贵[可貴]	ke3 gui4	to be treasured; praiseworthy	1
倔强[倔強]	jue2 jiang4	stubborn; obstinate; unbending	1
一代[一代]	yi1 dai4	generation	5
懵懵懂懂[懵懵懂懂]	meng3 meng3 dong3 dong3	confused; ignorant	1
自怨自艾[自怨自艾]	zi4 yuan4 zi4 yi4	to be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/25 words - 9 min
台湾海峡[台灣海峽]	Tai2 wan1 Hai3 xia2	Taiwan Strait	1
派兵[派兵]	pai4 bing1	to dispatch troops	1
承诺[承諾]	cheng2 nuo4	to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment	2
执掌[執掌]	zhi2 zhang3	to wield (power etc)	1
投降[投降]	tou2 xiang2	to surrender; surrender	2
上岸[上岸]	shang4 an4	to go ashore; to climb ashore	1
澎[澎]	peng2	sound of waves	1
自此[自此]	zi4 ci3	since then; henceforth	3
祠[祠]	ci2	shrine; to offer a sacrifice	2
匾[匾]	bian3	horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall; shallow round woven bamboo basket	5
有够[有夠]	you3 gou4	very; extremely	1
表明[表明]	biao3 ming2	to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known	1
十分[十分]	shi2 fen1	very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts	1
钦佩[欽佩]	qin1 pei4	to admire; to look up to; to respect sb greatly	1
延平[延平]	Yan2 ping2	Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市[Nan2 ping2 shi4] Fujian; Yanping township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan	2
郡[郡]	jun4	canton; county; region	2
抗击[抗擊]	kang4 ji1	to resist (an aggressor); to oppose (a menace)	1
异族[異族]	yi4 zu2	different tribe	1
赠[贈]	zeng4	to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)	3
用以[用以]	yong4 yi3	in order to; so as to	1
明志[明志]	ming2 zhi4	to demonstrate one's sincere convictions	1
重回[重回]	chong2 hui2	to return	1
大嗓[大嗓]	da4 sang3	loud voice	1
先机[先機]	xian1 ji1	key moment; decisive opportunity	1
大功[大功]	da4 gong1	great merit; great service	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/50 words - 13 min
户籍[戶籍]	hu4 ji2	census register; household register	1
厦门[廈門]	Xia4 men2	Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xia4]	2
炮台[砲臺]	pao4 tai2	fort; battery	2
虎视眈眈[虎視眈眈]	hu3 shi4 dan1 dan1	to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously	2
心血[心血]	xin1 xue4	heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care	1
岂有此理[豈有此理]	qi3 you3 ci3 li3	how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd	1
岛[島]	dao3	island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]	1
血口喷人[血口噴人]	xue4 kou3 pen1 ren2	to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander; malicious attacks	3
区别[區別]	qu1 bie2	difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
打天下[打天下]	da3 tian1 xia4	to seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business; to carve out a career for oneself	1
风浪[風浪]	feng1 lang4	wind and waves; stormy sea	2
内陆[內陸]	nei4 lu4	inland; interior	1
看书[看書]	kan4 shu1	to read; to study	1
所想[所想]	suo3 xiang3	what one considers; one's thoughts	1
获罪[獲罪]	huo4 zui4	to commit a crime	1
修缮[修繕]	xiu1 shan4	to renovate; to repair (a building)	1
后裔[後裔]	hou4 yi4	descendant	1
带回[帶回]	dai4 hui2	to bring back	1
光复[光復]	guang1 fu4	to recover (territory or power); the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945	1
甚为[甚為]	shen4 wei2	very; extremely	2
战功[戰功]	zhan4 gong1	outstanding military service	1
今后[今後]	jin1 hou4	hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on	1
共享[共享]	gong4 xiang3	to share; to enjoy together	1
相亲[相親]	xiang1 qin1	blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]); to be deeply attached to each other	1
蓬荜生辉[蓬蓽生輝]	peng2 bi4 sheng1 hui1	Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling; see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光[peng2 bi4 sheng1 guang1]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/75 words - 18 min
真假[真假]	zhen1 jia3	genuine or fake; true or false	1
鳖[鱉]	bie1	freshwater soft-shelled turtle	2
裙[裙]	qun2	skirt; CL:條|条[tiao2]	2
研究[研究]	yan2 jiu1	research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into	3
无事不登三宝殿[無事不登三寶殿]	wu2 shi4 bu4 deng1 san1 bao3 dian4	lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom); fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth); having a hidden agenda	1
王八[王八]	wang2 ba1	tortoise; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel; pimp	1
政绩[政績]	zheng4 ji4	(political) achievements; track record	1
优秀[優秀]	you1 xiu4	outstanding; excellent	1
心里有数[心裡有數]	xin1 li3 you3 shu4	to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation	1
职位[職位]	zhi2 wei4	post; office; position	1
乐见其成[樂見其成]	le4 jian4 qi2 cheng2	to look favorably on sth; would be glad see it happen	1
白脸[白臉]	bai2 lian3	white face; face painting in Beijing opera etc	1
尾[尾]	wei3	tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish	1
半截[半截]	ban4 jie2	half (of sth); halfway through	1
红脸[紅臉]	hong2 lian3	to blush; to turn red	1
大汉[大漢]	da4 han4	big person; the great Han dynasty	1
干吗[幹嗎]	gan4 ma2	see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]	1
盅[盅]	zhong1	handleless cup; goblet	1
吃油[吃油]	chi1 you2	(of food) to absorb oil; (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel	1
虾米[蝦米]	xia1 mi3	small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps	2
拖地[拖地]	tuo1 di4	to mop the floor; (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground; full-length	1
昌盛[昌盛]	chang1 sheng4	prosperous	1
三军[三軍]	san1 jun1	(in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force	1
英灵[英靈]	ying1 ling2	spirit of a martyr; spirit of the brave departed; person of remarkable talent	1
青史[青史]	qing1 shi3	annal; historical record; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/100 words - 28 min
番号[番號]	fan1 hao4	number of military unit	1
口不应心[口不應心]	kou3 bu4 ying4 xin1	to say one thing but mean another; to dissimulate	1
唬[唬]	hu3	a tiger's roar; to scare	2
传教士[傳教士]	chuan2 jiao4 shi4	missionary	1
先礼后兵[先禮後兵]	xian1 li3 hou4 bing1	peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war	1
必胜[必勝]	bi4 sheng4	to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail	5
殃及[殃及]	yang1 ji2	to bring disaster to	1
屁话[屁話]	pi4 hua4	shit; nonsense	1
恶浪[惡浪]	e4 lang4	violent wave; fierce billow; fig. depraved force	1
漩[漩]	xuan2	whirlpool; eddy; also pr. [xuan4]	2
涡[渦]	wo1	eddy; whirlpool	2
乘风破浪[乘風破浪]	cheng2 feng1 po4 lang4	to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions	2
停下来[停下來]	ting2 xia4 lai2	to stop	2
官僚[官僚]	guan1 liao2	bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic	1
相识[相識]	xiang1 shi2	to get to know each other; acquaintance	1
伟业[偉業]	wei3 ye4	exploit; great undertaking	1
惜[惜]	xi1	to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	1
自以为是[自以為是]	zi4 yi3 wei2 shi4	to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated	1
史书[史書]	shi3 shu1	history book	4
开元[開元]	Kai1 yuan2	Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity	3
老天[老天]	lao3 tian1	God; Heavens	1
深入[深入]	shen1 ru4	to penetrate deeply; thorough	1
校勘[校勘]	jiao4 kan1	to collate	2
经验[經驗]	jing1 yan4	experience; to experience	3
乡下人[鄉下人]	xiang1 xia4 ren2	country folk; rustic; rural folk	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/125 words - 32 min
宽容[寬容]	kuan1 rong2	lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive	1
高看[高看]	gao1 kan4	to attach importance to sth; to value	1
剃[剃]	ti4	to shave	1
珠[珠]	zhu1	bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]	5
欢欣鼓舞[歡欣鼓舞]	huan1 xin1 gu3 wu3	elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed	1
峤[嶠]	jiao4	highest peak	1
陆[陸]	lu4	shore; land; continent	2
事事[事事]	shi4 shi4	everything	2
驱逐[驅逐]	qu1 zhu2	to expel; to deport; banishment	1
罪恶[罪惡]	zui4 e4	crime; evil; sin	1
宝岛[寶島]	Bao3 dao3	Formosa	1
撤兵[撤兵]	che4 bing1	to withdraw troops; to retreat	1
流窜[流竄]	liu2 cuan4	to roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate; (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide	1
内地[內地]	nei4 di4	inland; interior; hinterland	1
安营[安營]	an1 ying2	to pitch camp; to camp	1
寨[寨]	zhai4	stronghold; stockade; camp; (stockaded) village	1
补给[補給]	bu3 ji3	supply; replenishment; to replenish	2
来讲[來講]	lai2 jiang3	as to; considering; for	1
沦为[淪為]	lun2 wei2	to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior)	1
异邦[異邦]	yi4 bang1	foreign country	1
奴隶[奴隸]	nu2 li4	slave	1
物产[物產]	wu4 chan3	products; produce; natural resources	1
肥沃[肥沃]	fei2 wo4	fertile	1
硫磺[硫磺]	liu2 huang2	sulfur	1
甘蔗[甘蔗]	gan1 zhe5	sugar cane; CL:節|节[jie2]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/150 words - 34 min
鹿[鹿]	lu4	deer	1
木棉[木棉]	mu4 mian2	cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)	1
驻[駐]	zhu4	to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)	2
自给自足[自給自足]	zi4 ji3 zi4 zu2	self-sufficiency; autarchy	1
副将[副將]	fu4 jiang4	deputy general	2
澎湖[澎湖]	Peng2 hu2	Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan	1
增设[增設]	zeng1 she4	to add to existing facilities or services	1
舟[舟]	zhou1	boat	1
舰[艦]	jian4	warship	1
铁皮[鐵皮]	tie3 pi2	galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)	1
震慑[震懾]	zhen4 she4	to awe; to intimidate	1
固守[固守]	gu4 shou3	to strongly defend one's position; to be entrenched; to cling to	1
外出[外出]	wai4 chu1	to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)	3
征战[征戰]	zheng1 zhan4	campaign; expedition	1
隅[隅]	yu2	corner	1
怎能[怎能]	zen3 neng2	how can?	2
张口[張口]	zhang1 kou3	to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request)	2
闭[閉]	bi4	to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct	3
弃守[棄守]	qi4 shou3	to give up defending; to yield; to surrender	1
头晕[頭暈]	tou2 yun1	dizzy	1
叹[嘆]	tan4	to sigh; to exclaim	1
心下[心下]	xin1 xia4	in mind	1
恻[惻]	ce4	sorrowful	1
旧情[舊情]	jiu4 qing2	old affection	2
时常[時常]	shi2 chang2	often; frequently	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/175 words - 38 min
相投[相投]	xiang1 tou2	agreeing with one another; congenial	1
恶人[惡人]	e4 ren2	evil person; vile creature; ugly man	1
求情[求情]	qiu2 qing2	to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor	6
志气[志氣]	zhi4 qi4	ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit	4
韬略[韜略]	tao1 lu:e4	military strategy; military tactics; originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4]	1
舌根[舌根]	she2 gen1	back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal	1
将官[將官]	jiang4 guan1	general	1
将领[將領]	jiang4 ling3	high-ranking military officer	2
下任[下任]	xia4 ren4	next office holder; next to serve	1
藤[藤]	teng2	rattan; cane; vine	12
主将[主將]	zhu3 jiang4	commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization)	5
子弹[子彈]	zi3 dan4	bullet; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1]	1
枯[枯]	ku1	dried up	1
制成[製成]	zhi4 cheng2	to manufacture; to turn out (a product)	1
铜丝[銅絲]	tong2 si1	copper wire	1
火烧[火燒]	huo3 shao1	to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake	1
药水[藥水]	yao4 shui3	medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine; lotion	1
淬[淬]	cui4	dip into water; to temper	1
炼[煉]	lian4	to refine; to smelt	1
坚韧[堅韌]	jian1 ren4	tough and durable; tenacious	1
弹丸[彈丸]	dan4 wan2	pellet	1
好手[好手]	hao3 shou3	expert; professional	2
前锋[前鋒]	qian2 feng1	vanguard; front line; a forward (sports)	2
巴[巴]	ba1	to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail	4
称号[稱號]	cheng1 hao4	name; term of address; title	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep29/184 words - 40 min
铳[銃]	chong4	ancient firearm; gun	6
平分秋色[平分秋色]	ping2 fen1 qiu1 se4	to both share the limelight; to both have an equal share of	1
抵挡[抵擋]	di3 dang3	to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand	1
第一轮[第一輪]	di4 yi1 lun2	first round (of match, or election)	1
争斗[爭鬥]	zheng1 dou4	struggle; war	1
矛[矛]	mao2	spear; lance; pike	1
为止[為止]	wei2 zhi3	until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)	3
头脑[頭腦]	tou2 nao3	brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss	4
发昏[發昏]	fa1 hun1	to faint	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep30/25 words - 12 min
铠[鎧]	kai3	armor	1
克制[克制]	ke4 zhi4	to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control	1
战术[戰術]	zhan4 shu4	tactics	1
战法[戰法]	zhan4 fa3	military strategy	1
精妙[精妙]	jing1 miao4	exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)	1
不怎么样[不怎麼樣]	bu4 zen3 me5 yang4	not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it	1
扭头[扭頭]	niu3 tou2	to turn one's head; to turn around	1
害得[害得]	hai4 de5	to cause or lead to sth bad	1
硬着头皮[硬著頭皮]	ying4 zhe5 tou2 pi2	to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to	2
围城[圍城]	wei2 cheng2	siege; besieged city	1
口径[口徑]	kou3 jing4	caliber; diameter of opening	1
驮[馱]	tuo2	to carry on one's back	1
我方[我方]	wo3 fang1	our side; we	1
设立[設立]	she4 li4	to set up; to establish	1
炮兵[炮兵]	pao4 bing1	artillery soldier; gunner	1
阵地[陣地]	zhen4 di4	position; front	1
撤出[撤出]	che4 chu1	to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out	1
预[預]	yu4	to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare	1
炮火[炮火]	pao4 huo3	artillery barrage; gunfire	1
锋[鋒]	feng1	point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)	1
松花江[松花江]	Song1 hua1 jiang1	Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 through Harbin 哈尔滨, a tributary of Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江	1
砚台[硯臺]	yan4 tai2	ink stone; ink slab; CL:方[fang1]	2
贵重[貴重]	gui4 zhong4	precious	5
朝服[朝服]	chao2 fu2	court dress in former times	1
独身[獨身]	du2 shen1	unmarried; single	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep30/50 words - 18 min
穿梭[穿梭]	chuan1 suo1	to travel back and forth; to shuttle	1
失态[失態]	shi1 tai4	to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)	1
受尽[受盡]	shou4 jin4	to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of	1
煎熬[煎熬]	jian1 ao2	to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment	1
出缺[出缺]	chu1 que1	to fall vacant; a job opening at a high level	1
容不得[容不得]	rong2 bu5 de2	unable to tolerate; intolerant; unable to bear sth	1
风纪[風紀]	feng1 ji4	standard of behavior; moral standards; discipline	1
平反[平反]	ping2 fan3	to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied)	1
冤案[冤案]	yuan1 an4	miscarriage of justice	1
钥匙[鑰匙]	yao4 shi5	key; CL:把[ba3]	2
随时随地[隨時隨地]	sui2 shi2 sui2 di4	anytime and anywhere	1
缩[縮]	suo1	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]	2
冒充[冒充]	mao4 chong1	to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as	1
卖弄[賣弄]	mai4 nong5	to show off; to make a display of	1
穷兵黩武[窮兵黷武]	qiong2 bing1 du2 wu3	to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose	1
昏庸[昏庸]	hun1 yong1	muddleheaded	1
残暴[殘暴]	can2 bao4	brutal; vicious; ruthless	1
一意孤行[一意孤行]	yi1 yi4 gu1 xing2	obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic	4
安歇[安歇]	an1 xie1	to go to bed; to retire for the night	1
一阵子[一陣子]	yi1 zhen4 zi5	a while; a spell; a short time; a burst	1
耗尽[耗盡]	hao4 jin4	to exhaust; to use up; to deplete; to drain	2
边民[邊民]	bian1 min2	people living on the frontiers; inhabitants of a border area	1
墓地[墓地]	mu4 di4	cemetery; graveyard	1
洪山[洪山]	Hong2 shan1	Hongshan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei	1
大白天[大白天]	da4 bai2 tian1	broad daylight	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep30/75 words - 29 min
意气风发[意氣風發]	yi4 qi4 feng1 fa1	high-spirited; full of mettle	1
花销[花銷]	hua1 xiao1	to spend (money); expenses	1
常常[常常]	chang2 chang2	frequently; often	2
言过其实[言過其實]	yan2 guo4 qi2 shi2	to exaggerate; to overstate the facts	2
亲征[親征]	qin1 zheng1	to take to the field oneself (of emperor); to take part in person in an expedition	6
一次性[一次性]	yi1 ci4 xing4	one-off (offer); one-time; single-use; disposable (goods)	1
阻止[阻止]	zu3 zhi3	to prevent; to block	1
结帐[結帳]	jie2 zhang4	to pay the bill; to settle accounts; also written 結賬|结账	1
一致[一致]	yi1 zhi4	unanimous; identical (views or opinions)	1
大钱[大錢]	da4 qian2	high denomination of banknotes or coins; lots of money; a big sum (e.g. a bribe)	2
榨油[榨油]	zha4 you2	to extract oil from vegetables; to press	1
挨骂[挨罵]	ai2 ma4	to receive a scolding	1
瞎扯[瞎扯]	xia1 che3	to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense	1
升官发财[升官發財]	sheng1 guan1 fa1 cai2	to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)	3
糖[糖]	tang2	sugar; sweets; candy; CL:顆|颗[ke1],塊|块[kuai4]	1
尽责[盡責]	jin4 ze2	to do one's duty; to do one's bit conscientiously	1
两袖清风[兩袖清風]	liang3 xiu4 qing1 feng1	lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted; unsoiled by corrupt practices	4
觞[觴]	shang1	feast; goblet	2
发达[發達]	fa1 da2	developed (country etc); flourishing; to develop	1
发售[發售]	fa1 shou4	to sell	5
补充[補充]	bu3 chong1	to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
夜里[夜裡]	ye4 li5	during the night; at night; nighttime	1
跟随[跟隨]	gen1 sui2	to follow	2
谘询[諮詢]	zi1 xun2	consultation; to consult; to inquire	1
导[導]	dao3	to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct	9
//The Long River - S1/Ep30/100 words - 37 min
挖开[挖開]	wa1 kai1	to dig into; to cut a mine into	3
莫名其妙[莫名其妙]	mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4	(idiom) baffling; inexplicable	2
深色[深色]	shen1 se4	dark; dark colored	1
吃水[吃水]	chi1 shui3	drinking water; to obtain water (for daily needs); to absorb water; draft (of ship)	1
随着[隨著]	sui2 zhe5	along with; in the wake of; following	1
往日[往日]	wang3 ri4	former days; the past	1
百闻不如一见[百聞不如一見]	bai3 wen2 bu4 ru2 yi1 jian4	seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing	1
地图[地圖]	di4 tu2	map; CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]	2
他人[他人]	ta1 ren2	another; sb else; other people	2
起初[起初]	qi3 chu1	originally; at first; at the outset	2
不由自主[不由自主]	bu4 you2 zi4 zhu3	can't help; involuntarily (idiom)	1
有意无意[有意無意]	you3 yi4 wu2 yi4	intentionally or otherwise	1
叫唤[叫喚]	jiao4 huan5	to cry out; to bark out a sound	1
腰带[腰帶]	yao1 dai4	belt	4
圆谎[圓謊]	yuan2 huang3	to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear); to cover (for sb who has lied)	1
财产[財產]	cai2 chan3	property; assets; estate; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	2
地底[地底]	di4 di3	subterranean; underground	1
肥田[肥田]	fei2 tian2	fertile land; to fertilize (soil)	2
付钱[付錢]	fu4 qian2	to pay money	3
出错[出錯]	chu1 cuo4	to make a mistake; error	1
买通[買通]	mai3 tong1	to bribe	1
不送[不送]	bu4 song4	don't bother to see me out	2
惹事[惹事]	re3 shi4	to cause trouble	1
妹子[妹子]	mei4 zi5	(dialect) younger sister; girl	5
长子[長子]	zhang3 zi3	eldest son	8
//The Long River - S1/Ep30/109 words - 42 min
撒手不管[撒手不管]	sa1 shou3 bu4 guan3	to stand aside and do nothing (idiom); to take no part in	1
发号施令[發號施令]	fa1 hao4 shi1 ling4	to boss people around (idiom)	1
出巡[出巡]	chu1 xun2	to go on an inspection tour	1
买卖[買賣]	mai3 mai4	buying and selling; business; business transactions; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]	3
一锤子买卖[一錘子買賣]	yi1 chui2 zi5 mai3 mai4	a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt	1
化粪池[化糞池]	hua4 fen4 chi2	septic tank	1
本相[本相]	ben3 xiang4	original form	1
上瘾[上癮]	shang4 yin3	to get into a habit; to become addicted	1
坐镇[坐鎮]	zuo4 zhen4	(of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep31/25 words - 9 min
行驶[行駛]	xing2 shi3	to travel along a route (of vehicles etc)	1
去掉[去掉]	qu4 diao4	to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract	1
偿[償]	chang2	to repay; to compensate for; to recompense; to fulfill (hopes etc)	1
过关[過關]	guo4 guan1	to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard)	2
煮熟[煮熟]	zhu3 shou2	to boil thoroughly; to cook thoroughly	1
嘴硬[嘴硬]	zui3 ying4	reluctant to admit a mistake	1
允准[允准]	yun3 zhun3	to approve; to permit; approval; permission	1
耍无赖[耍無賴]	shua3 wu2 lai4	to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval	1
应有[應有]	ying1 you3	proper	2
编写[編寫]	bian1 xie3	to compile	1
题写[題寫]	ti2 xie3	to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)	1
书名[書名]	shu1 ming2	name of a book; reputation as calligrapher	2
刊行[刊行]	kan1 xing2	to print and circulate	1
啊呀[啊呀]	a1 ya1	interjection of surprise; Oh my!	1
迎战[迎戰]	ying2 zhan4	to meet the enemy head-on	1
举凡[舉凡]	ju3 fan2	such things as ...; examples including ... (etc); without exception; every; any	1
防止[防止]	fang2 zhi3	to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions	1
清河[清河]	Qing1 he2	Qinghe county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei; Qinghe district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning	2
庄[莊]	zhuang1	farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)	1
衔接[銜接]	xian2 jie1	to join together; to combine	1
动工[動工]	dong4 gong1	to start (a building project)	6
地处[地處]	di4 chu3	to be located at; to be situated in	1
封丘[封丘]	Feng1 qiu1	Fengqiu county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xin1 xiang1], Henan	1
荆[荊]	jing1	chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]	1
大月[大月]	da4 yue4	solar month of 31 days; a lunar month of 30 days	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep31/50 words - 11 min
高邮[高郵]	Gao1 you2	Gaoyou county level city in Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1], Jiangsu	4
宝应[寶應]	Bao3 ying1	Baoying county in Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1], Jiangsu	4
再建[再建]	zai4 jian4	to reconstruct; to build another	1
引入[引入]	yin3 ru4	to draw into; to pull into; to introduce	1
涸[涸]	he2	to dry; to dry up	16
地主[地主]	di4 zhu3	landlord; landowner; host	5
賸[賸]	sheng4	have as remainder; trad. variant of 剩[sheng4]	1
租赁[租賃]	zu1 lin4	to rent; to lease; to hire	3
朝臣[朝臣]	chao2 chen2	court councilor	1
海床[海床]	hai3 chuang2	seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean	4
开挖[開挖]	kai1 wa1	to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out	3
海水[海水]	hai3 shui3	seawater	9
潮水[潮水]	chao2 shui3	tide	1
涨潮[漲潮]	zhang3 chao2	high tide; rising tide	2
海边[海邊]	hai3 bian1	coast; seaside; seashore; beach	1
百倍[百倍]	bai3 bei4	a hundredfold; a hundred times	1
隐情[隱情]	yin3 qing2	sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided	3
饮水[飲水]	yin3 shui3	drinking water	2
咸水[鹹水]	xian2 shui3	salt water; brine	1
抛荒[拋荒]	pao1 huang1	to lie idle (of arable land); fig. rusty because of lack of practice	1
附和[附和]	fu4 he4	to agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)	1
遮[遮]	zhe1	to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal	1
恶仗[惡仗]	e4 zhang4	hard fighting; fierce battle	1
一晃[一晃]	yi1 huang3	(of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash	1
岁月如梭[歲月如梭]	sui4 yue4 ru2 suo1	time flies (idiom)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep31/75 words - 14 min
功业[功業]	gong1 ye4	achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed	1
我辈[我輩]	wo3 bei4	(literary) we; us	1
此时[此時]	ci3 shi2	now; this moment	1
奋进[奮進]	fen4 jin4	to advance bravely; to endeavor	1
憾[憾]	han4	regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)	3
深感[深感]	shen1 gan3	to feel deeply	1
寂寞[寂寞]	ji4 mo4	lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent	2
辞别[辭別]	ci2 bie2	to take leave	1
报捷[報捷]	bao4 jie2	report a success; announce a victory	1
珍重[珍重]	zhen1 zhong4	precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself!	2
胡天[胡天]	Hu2 tian1	Zoroastrianism	1
牧[牧]	mu4	to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old); government official (old)	5
羌笛[羌笛]	Qiang1 di2	Qiang flute	1
戍[戍]	shu4	garrison	1
借问[借問]	jie4 wen4	(honorific) May I ask?	1
梅花[梅花]	mei2 hua1	plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect)	1
关山[關山]	guan1 shan1	fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall); one's hometown	1
雅克[雅克]	Ya3 ke4	Jacques (name)	19
萨[薩]	Sa4	Bodhisattva; surname Sa	28
诗人[詩人]	shi1 ren2	bard; poet	1
瘾[癮]	yin3	addiction; craving	1
锐不可当[銳不可當]	rui4 bu4 ke3 dang1	unstoppable; hard to hold back	1
重开[重開]	chong2 kai1	to reopen	2
谈判[談判]	tan2 pan4	to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
行装[行裝]	xing2 zhuang1	clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep31/100 words - 18 min
躬[躬]	gong1	body; oneself; personally; to bow	1
戎机[戎機]	rong2 ji1	opportunity for a fight; war	1
趁势[趁勢]	chen4 shi4	to take advantage of a favorable situation; to seize an opportunity	1
疆[疆]	jiang1	border; boundary	2
拓[拓]	tuo4	to expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop; to open up	2
酒言酒语[酒言酒語]	jiu3 yan2 jiu3 yu3	words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)	1
邻邦[鄰邦]	lin2 bang1	neighboring state; adjacent country	1
和睦相处[和睦相處]	he2 mu4 xiang1 chu3	to live in harmony; to get along with each other	1
光顾[光顧]	guang1 gu4	to visit (as a customer)	1
战败[戰敗]	zhan4 bai4	to lose a war	2
料定[料定]	liao4 ding4	certain; to know for sure	1
精读[精讀]	jing1 du2	intensive reading; to peruse; perusal	1
不以为然[不以為然]	bu4 yi3 wei2 ran2	not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to	1
告捷[告捷]	gao4 jie2	to win; to be victorious; to report a victory	1
瑷[璦]	ai4	fine quality jade	1
珲[琿]	hun2	(fine jade)	1
一鼓作气[一鼓作氣]	yi1 gu3 zuo4 qi4	in a spurt of energy	1
竭[竭]	jie2	to exhaust	2
两国之间[兩國之間]	liang3 guo2 zhi1 jian1	bilateral; between two countries	1
兵连祸结[兵連禍結]	bing1 lian2 huo4 jie2	ravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden	1
大公国[大公國]	da4 gong1 guo2	grand duchy	1
贵族[貴族]	gui4 zu2	lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy	1
封地[封地]	feng1 di4	feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment	1
苦寒[苦寒]	ku3 han2	bitter cold	1
晒太阳[曬太陽]	shai4 tai4 yang2	to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep31/125 words - 28 min
冬[冬]	dong1	winter	1
犯傻[犯傻]	fan4 sha3	to be foolish; to play dumb; to gaze absentmindedly	1
弄脏[弄髒]	nong4 zang1	to make dirty; to defile; to smear	2
大过年[大過年]	da4 guo4 nian2	Chinese New Year	5
误差[誤差]	wu4 cha1	difference; error; inaccuracy	1
多多少少[多多少少]	duo1 duo1 shao3 shao3	to some extent; more or less	1
抄本[抄本]	chao1 ben3	handwritten copy	1
转给[轉給]	zhuan3 gei3	to pass on to	1
气候[氣候]	qi4 hou4	climate; atmosphere; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]	1
成语[成語]	cheng2 yu3	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage; CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]	1
蠢[蠢]	chun3	stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion	1
缜密[縝密]	zhen3 mi4	meticulous; careful; deliberate; delicate; fine (texture)	1
愚蠢[愚蠢]	yu2 chun3	silly; stupid	1
整修[整修]	zheng3 xiu1	to repair; to refurbish; to renovate; to refit; to mend; to rebuild	1
点点[點點]	dian3 dian3	point; speck	1
默认[默認]	mo4 ren4	to agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting)	1
送死[送死]	song4 si3	to throw away one's life	2
捷报[捷報]	jie2 bao4	report of success; report of a victory	1
龙舟[龍舟]	long2 zhou1	dragon boat; imperial boat	1
计划[計劃]	ji4 hua4	plan; project; program; to plan; to map out; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]	1
多用[多用]	duo1 yong4	multipurpose; having several uses	1
点心[點心]	dian3 xin5	light refreshments; pastry; dimsum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert	1
胡子[鬍子]	hu2 zi5	beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit	1
吉利[吉利]	ji2 li4	auspicious; lucky; propitious	2
年会[年會]	nian2 hui4	annual meeting	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep31/150 words - 38 min
缓动[緩動]	huan3 dong4	sluggish	1
守岁[守歲]	shou3 sui4	to see in the New Year	2
酒醒[酒醒]	jiu3 xing3	to sober up	1
血气[血氣]	xue4 qi4	blood and vital breath; bloodline (i.e. parentage); valor	1
白发[白髮]	bai2 fa4	white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]	1
坚守[堅守]	jian1 shou3	to hold fast to; to stick to	1
速战速决[速戰速決]	su4 zhan4 su4 jue2	a blitzkrieg strategy (idiom); to resolve sth in the shortest time possible; to get sth done quickly	1
换人[換人]	huan4 ren2	to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution	1
窥[窺]	kui1	to peep; to pry into	2
烦闷[煩悶]	fan2 men4	moody; gloomy	1
光说不练[光說不練]	guang1 shuo1 bu4 lian4	all talk and no action (idiom); to preach what one does not practice; same as 光說不做|光说不做[guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4]	1
椅子[椅子]	yi3 zi5	chair; CL:把[ba3],套[tao4]	2
黄道[黃道]	huang2 dao4	the ecliptic (the plane of the solar system)	1
一个劲[一個勁]	yi1 ge4 jin4	continuously; persistently; incessantly	2
得宠[得寵]	de2 chong3	to be a favorite; favor	2
和事佬[和事佬]	he2 shi4 lao3	peacemaker; mediator; (derog.) fixer	2
尊重[尊重]	zun1 zhong4	to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper	1
把柄[把柄]	ba3 bing3	handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb	1
高度[高度]	gao1 du4	height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
高见[高見]	gao1 jian4	wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific)	1
转来转去[轉來轉去]	zhuan4 lai2 zhuan4 qu4	to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth	1
历年[歷年]	li4 nian2	over the years; bygone years	2
高处[高處]	gao1 chu4	high place; elevation	1
硬来[硬來]	ying4 lai2	to use force	2
斗气[鬥氣]	dou4 qi4	to have a grudge against	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep31/166 words - 42 min
非必要[非必要]	fei1 bi4 yao4	inessential; unnecessary	1
避免[避免]	bi4 mian3	to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from	1
寐[寐]	mei4	to sleep soundly	1
立春[立春]	Li4 chun1	Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February	1
性情[性情]	xing4 qing2	nature; temperament	1
直率[直率]	zhi2 shuai4	candid; frank	1
偶尔[偶爾]	ou3 er3	occasionally; once in a while; sometimes	2
有时[有時]	you3 shi2	sometimes; now and then	1
恃才傲物[恃才傲物]	shi4 cai2 ao4 wu4	to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)	1
包容[包容]	bao1 rong2	to pardon; to forgive; to show tolerance; to contain; to hold; inclusive	1
居功自傲[居功自傲]	ju1 gong1 zi4 ao4	satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others	1
海潮[海潮]	hai3 chao2	tide	2
沿海[沿海]	yan2 hai3	coastal	1
驹[駒]	ju1	colt	1
加密[加密]	jia1 mi4	to encrypt; encryption; to protect with a password	1
巩[鞏]	gong3	secure; solid	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep32/25 words - 4 min
头痛[頭痛]	tou2 tong4	to have a headache	1
征伐[征伐]	zheng1 fa2	to go on or send a punitive expedition	1
家底[家底]	jia1 di3	family property; patrimony	1
附件[附件]	fu4 jian4	enclosure; attachment (email); appendix	1
售卖[售賣]	shou4 mai4	to sell	6
弥补[彌補]	mi2 bu3	to complement; to make up for a deficiency	1
琇[琇]	xiu4	(jade)	18
忍不住[忍不住]	ren3 bu5 zhu4	cannot help; unable to bear	1
讲到[講到]	jiang3 dao4	to talk about sth	1
插话[插話]	cha1 hua4	to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression	1
斗鸡[鬥雞]	dou4 ji1	cock fighting	1
牟利[牟利]	mou2 li4	to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation	2
左[左]	zuo3	left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]	2
领袖[領袖]	ling3 xiu4	leader; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	2
就事论事[就事論事]	jiu4 shi4 lun4 shi4	to discuss sth on its own merits; to judge the matter as it stands	1
应分[應分]	ying1 fen4	should be divided; part of the job; one's duty under the circumstances	1
久而久之[久而久之]	jiu3 er2 jiu3 zhi1	over time; as time passes; in the fullness of time	1
弊端[弊端]	bi4 duan1	malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice	3
租子[租子]	zu1 zi5	rent (payment)	1
荒地[荒地]	huang1 di4	wasteland; uncultivated land	1
差价[差價]	cha1 jia4	difference in price	1
脑门[腦門]	nao3 men2	forehead	1
说了算[說了算]	shuo1 le5 suan4	to have the final say; to be the one in charge	1
何许[何許]	he2 xu3	(literary) what place; what time; how	1
多数[多數]	duo1 shu4	majority; most	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep32/50 words - 9 min
流入[流入]	liu2 ru4	to flow into; to drift into; influx; inflow	2
豪门[豪門]	hao2 men2	rich and powerful (families); aristocratic; big shots	2
强迫[強迫]	qiang3 po4	to compel; to force	1
逃亡者[逃亡者]	tao2 wang2 zhe3	runaway	1
开销[開銷]	kai1 xiao1	to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)	2
言不及义[言不及義]	yan2 bu4 ji2 yi4	to talk nonsense (idiom); frivolous talk	1
田亩[田畝]	tian2 mu3	field	2
若干[若干]	ruo4 gan1	a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?	2
确[確]	que4	authenticated; solid; firm; real; true	1
户口[戶口]	hu4 kou3	population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account	2
山地[山地]	shan1 di4	mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country	1
洼地[窪地]	wa1 di4	depression; low-lying ground	1
顷[頃]	qing3	unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares; a short while; a little while ago; circa. (for approximate dates)	6
比对[比對]	bi3 dui4	comparison; to verify by comparing	1
城郭[城郭]	cheng2 guo1	a city wall	1
秀丽[秀麗]	xiu4 li4	pretty; beautiful	1
青州[青州]	Qing1 zhou1	Qingzhou county level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊[Wei2 fang1], Shandong	1
即墨[即墨]	Ji2 mo4	Jimo county level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛, Shandong	1
吴江[吳江]	Wu2 jiang1	Wujiang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu	1
铁面[鐵面]	tie3 mian4	iron mask (as defensive armor); fig. upright and selfless person	2
疾[疾]	ji2	sickness; disease; hate; envy; swift	1
厉[厲]	li4	strict; severe	1
大费周章[大費周章]	da4 fei4 zhou1 zhang1	to take great pains; to go to a lot of trouble	1
传来[傳來]	chuan2 lai2	(of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep32/75 words - 18 min
飞龙[飛龍]	fei1 long2	wyvern (type of dragon)	6
天寒地冻[天寒地凍]	tian1 han2 di4 dong4	cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold	1
弯[彎]	wan1	to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in the road etc); CL:道[dao4]	1
说白了[說白了]	shuo1 bai2 le5	to speak frankly	1
正着[正著]	zheng4 zhao2	head-on; red-handed	1
顺当[順當]	shun4 dang5	smoothly	1
一呼百应[一呼百應]	yi1 hu1 bai3 ying4	a hundred answers to a single call (idiom); to respond en masse	1
档案[檔案]	dang4 an4	file; record; archive	1
极大[極大]	ji2 da4	maximum; enormous	1
弊[弊]	bi4	detriment; fraud; harm; defeat	1
极小[極小]	ji2 xiao3	minimal; extremely small	1
从不[從不]	cong2 bu4	never	2
阔度[闊度]	kuo4 du4	breadth	1
数据[數據]	shu4 ju4	data; numbers; digital	4
统[統]	tong3	to gather; to unite; to unify; whole	1
对了[對了]	dui4 le5	Correct!; Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way, ...	1
饱受[飽受]	bao3 shou4	to endure; to suffer; to be subjected to	2
顺序[順序]	shun4 xu4	sequence; order	1
溢[溢]	yi4	to overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 鎰|镒[yi4]	1
害人[害人]	hai4 ren2	to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious	1
毋[毋]	wu2	(literary) no; don't; to not have; nobody	1
忽[忽]	hu1	to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly	2
海浪[海浪]	hai3 lang4	sea wave	1
破除[破除]	po4 chu2	to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of	1
顺着[順著]	shun4 zhe5	to follow; following; along	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep32/100 words - 26 min
急躁[急躁]	ji2 zao4	irritable; irascible; impetuous	1
从容[從容]	cong2 rong2	to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]	1
但愿[但願]	dan4 yuan4	if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)	1
上午[上午]	shang4 wu3	morning; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
卿[卿]	qing1	high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)	1
理儿[理兒]	li3 r5	reason	2
腹诽[腹誹]	fu4 fei3	silent curse or disagreement; unspoken criticism	1
顽皮[頑皮]	wan2 pi2	naughty	1
句子[句子]	ju4 zi5	sentence; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
尊敬[尊敬]	zun1 jing4	to respect; to revere	1
至理名言[至理名言]	zhi4 li3 ming2 yan2	wise saying; words of wisdom	1
必定[必定]	bi4 ding4	to be bound to; to be sure to	3
眼巴巴[眼巴巴]	yan3 ba1 ba1	waiting anxiously; impatient	1
灶[灶]	zao4	kitchen stove; kitchen	1
一一[一一]	yi1 yi1	one by one; one after another	2
鸡毛店[雞毛店]	ji1 mao2 dian4	a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on	1
瓷器[瓷器]	ci2 qi4	chinaware; porcelain	1
嘞[嘞]	lei5	sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval	2
烧饼[燒餅]	shao1 bing5	baked sesame seed-coated cake	20
远门[遠門]	yuan3 men2	(to go to) distant parts; faraway; a distant relative	1
喽[嘍]	lou5	(final particle equivalent to 了[le5]); (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)	2
热气腾腾[熱氣騰騰]	re4 qi4 teng2 teng2	piping hot	1
大口[大口]	da4 kou3	big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc); open mouth; gulping; gobbling; gaping	1
芝麻[芝麻]	zhi1 ma5	sesame (seed)	1
煳[煳]	hu2	burnt; to char	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep32/125 words - 35 min
无害[無害]	wu2 hai4	harmless	1
庐[廬]	lu2	hut	1
房檐[房檐]	fang2 yan2	eaves	1
开展[開展]	kai1 zhan3	to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open	1
穆[穆]	mu4	solemn; reverent; calm; burial position in an ancestral tomb (old); old variant of 默	7
会同[會同]	hui4 tong2	to handle sth jointly	1
旭[旭]	xu4	dawn; rising sun	2
龄[齡]	ling2	age; length of experience, membership etc	2
传达[傳達]	chuan2 da2	to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission	1
名叫[名叫]	ming2 jiao4	called; named	1
嘴馋[嘴饞]	zui3 chan2	gluttonous; ravenous	1
坚决[堅決]	jian1 jue2	firm; resolute; determined	1
来日[來日]	lai2 ri4	future days; (literary) the next day; (old) past days	1
个儿[個兒]	ge4 r5	size; height; stature	4
紫气[紫氣]	zi3 qi4	purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)	1
按理[按理]	an4 li3	according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally	1
垒[壘]	lei3	rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc	1
赶赴[趕赴]	gan3 fu4	to hurry; to rush	1
士卒[士卒]	shi4 zu2	soldier; private (army)	1
徒劳无功[徒勞無功]	tu2 lao2 wu2 gong1	to work to no avail (idiom)	1
糜费[糜費]	mi2 fei4	variant of 靡費|靡费[mi2 fei4]	1
抗[抗]	kang4	to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-	17
悲愤[悲憤]	bei1 fen4	grief and indignation	3
送达[送達]	song4 da2	to deliver; to serve notice (law)	1
随即[隨即]	sui2 ji2	immediately; presently; following which	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep32/140 words - 42 min
访问[訪問]	fang3 wen4	to visit; to call on; to interview; CL:次[ci4]	2
举家[舉家]	ju3 jia1	the whole family	1
现场[現場]	xian4 chang3	the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site	1
般[般]	ban1	sort; kind; class; way; manner	1
浇灌[澆灌]	jiao1 guan4	to water; to irrigate	1
前段时间[前段時間]	qian2 duan4 shi2 jian1	recently	1
联署[聯署]	lian2 shu3	joint signatures (on a letter or declaration)	1
烤肉[烤肉]	kao3 rou4	barbecue (lit. roast meat)	1
碧[碧]	bi4	green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	2
馋[饞]	chan2	gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving	1
海淀[海澱]	Hai3 dian4	Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1]	1
杯子[杯子]	bei1 zi5	cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	1
聪明反被聪明误[聰明反被聰明誤]	cong1 ming2 fan3 bei4 cong1 ming2 wu4	a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good	1
买家[買家]	mai3 jia1	buyer; client	4
息[息]	xi1	breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	5
//The Long River - S1/Ep33/25 words - 11 min
躲开[躲開]	duo3 kai1	to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb)	1
在场[在場]	zai4 chang3	to be present; to be on the scene	1
陆续[陸續]	lu4 xu4	in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit	1
大户[大戶]	da4 hu4	great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer	1
农民[農民]	nong2 min2	peasant; farmer; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
扬州[揚州]	Yang2 zhou1	Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu	1
购买[購買]	gou4 mai3	to purchase; to buy	5
花天酒地[花天酒地]	hua1 tian1 jiu3 di4	to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery	1
粉[粉]	fen3	powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; whitewash; white; pink	3
禁[禁]	jin1	to endure	1
禁[禁]	jin4	to prohibit; to forbid	1
销毁[銷毀]	xiao1 hui3	to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate	1
三更[三更]	san1 geng1	third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. [san1 jin1]	1
飘[飄]	piao1	to float	1
辗转反侧[輾轉反側]	zhan3 zhuan3 fan3 ce4	to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)	1
宵衣旰食[宵衣旰食]	xiao1 yi1 gan4 shi2	to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom); diligently attending to official matters	1
乱成一团[亂成一團]	luan4 cheng2 yi1 tuan2	in a great mess; chaotic	1
糟[糟]	zao1	dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined	2
酒色[酒色]	jiu3 se4	wine and women; color of wine; drunken expression	1
淫乱[淫亂]	yin2 luan4	promiscuous	1
依着[依著]	yi1 zhe5	in accordance with	1
打猎[打獵]	da3 lie4	to go hunting	1
天生[天生]	tian1 sheng1	nature; disposition; innate; natural	1
荒唐[荒唐]	huang1 tang2	beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated	1
血气方刚[血氣方剛]	xue4 qi4 fang1 gang1	full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous	1
纠正[糾正]	jiu1 zheng4	to correct; to make right	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep33/50 words - 20 min
小树[小樹]	xiao3 shu4	shrub; small tree; sapling; CL:棵[ke1]	1
枝[枝]	zhi1	branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc	2
到此为止[到此為止]	dao4 ci3 wei2 zhi3	to stop at this point; to end here; to call it a day	2
后台[後台]	hou4 tai2	backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background	1
娘家[娘家]	niang2 jia5	married woman's parents' home	1
舅[舅]	jiu4	maternal uncle	4
本人[本人]	ben3 ren2	the person himself; I (humble form used in speeches); oneself; myself; in person; personal	1
兹[茲]	zi1	now; here; this; time; year	1
拜师[拜師]	bai4 shi1	to formally become an apprentice to a master	2
重托[重托]	zhong4 tuo1	great trust	1
狠[狠]	hen3	ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很[hen3]	2
合计[合計]	he2 ji4	to add up the total; to figure what sth amounts to; to consider	1
攻陷[攻陷]	gong1 xian4	to overcome; to take (a fortress); to fall (to an attack); to surrender	1
途中[途中]	tu2 zhong1	en route	1
戈[戈]	ge1	dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]; (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]	1
洛[洛]	Luo4	surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)	1
伯爵[伯爵]	bo2 jue2	earl; count; earldom or countship (old)	1
哥萨克[哥薩克]	Ge1 sa4 ke4	Cossack (people)	1
行动[行動]	xing2 dong4	operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile	1
停下[停下]	ting2 xia4	to stop	1
具[具]	ju4	tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies	1
路线[路線]	lu4 xian4	itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road); CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
剪[剪]	jian3	scissors; shears; clippers; CL:把[ba3]; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate	1
羽翼[羽翼]	yu3 yi4	wing; (fig.) assistant	1
遛[遛]	liu4	to stroll; to walk (an animal)	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep33/75 words - 29 min
战机[戰機]	zhan4 ji1	opportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft; war secret	1
收工[收工]	shou1 gong1	to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off	1
科尔[科爾]	Ke1 er3	Kohl (name); Helmut Kohl (1930-), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998	2
沁[沁]	qin4	to seep; to percolate	2
独立[獨立]	du2 li4	independent; independence; to stand alone	2
通达[通達]	tong1 da2	to understand clearly; to be sensible or reasonable; understanding	1
漠北[漠北]	Mo4 bei3	Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)	1
王公[王公]	wang2 gong1	princes and dukes; aristocrat	1
定心丸[定心丸]	ding4 xin1 wan2	tranquilizer; sth that sets one's mind at ease	1
备战[備戰]	bei4 zhan4	prepared against war; to prepare for war; warmongering	2
演练[演練]	yan3 lian4	drill; practice	1
思路[思路]	si1 lu4	train of thought; thinking; reason; reasoning	1
骆[駱]	luo4	camel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)	2
薅[薅]	hao1	to weed; to grip or clutch	1
赔笑[賠笑]	pei2 xiao4	to smile apologetically or obsequiously	1
用意[用意]	yong4 yi4	intention; purpose	1
要务[要務]	yao4 wu4	key task; important affair	1
丰[豐]	feng1	abundant; plentiful; fertile; plump; great	4
以往[以往]	yi3 wang3	in the past; formerly	2
以儆效尤[以儆效尤]	yi3 jing3 xiao4 you2	in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom); as a warning to others	1
便饭[便飯]	bian4 fan4	an ordinary meal; simple home cooking	1
升官[升官]	sheng1 guan1	to get promoted	1
讨人厌[討人厭]	tao3 ren2 yan4	horrid	1
海相[海相]	hai3 xiang4	marine facies (geology)	1
结局[結局]	jie2 ju2	conclusion; ending	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep33/100 words - 37 min
丢官[丟官]	diu1 guan1	(of an official) to lose one's job	3
收官[收官]	shou1 guan1	final part of a go game (see 官子[guan1 zi3]); endgame; to finish up; to come to the final stage	1
帮凶[幫凶]	bang1 xiong1	accomplice; accessory	1
悔[悔]	hui3	to regret	2
水上[水上]	shui3 shang4	on water; aquatic	1
成片[成片]	cheng2 pian4	(of a large number of things) to form an expanse; to cover an area	1
宁愿[寧願]	ning4 yuan4	would rather; better	1
超生[超生]	chao1 sheng1	to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy; to be reincarnated; to be lenient	1
河神[河神]	he2 shen2	river god	1
尺度[尺度]	chi3 du4	scale; yardstick	1
西湖[西湖]	Xi1 hu2	Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan	1
柔顺[柔順]	rou2 shun4	gentle and agreeable; supple; yielding	2
硬干[硬幹]	ying4 gan4	by brute strength; rashly and forcefully; bull-headed; to work tenaciously with no fear of hardship	1
杭[杭]	Hang2	surname Hang; Hangzhou	2
典型[典型]	dian3 xing2	model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative	1
认准[認準]	ren4 zhun3	to identify clearly; to make sure of; to believe firmly	1
再发[再發]	zai4 fa1	to reissue	1
变通[變通]	bian4 tong1	pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances	1
音信[音信]	yin1 xin4	message	1
断绝[斷絕]	duan4 jue2	to sever; to break off	1
信差[信差]	xin4 chai1	messenger	1
当回事[當回事]	dang4 hui2 shi4	to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously	1
调动[調動]	diao4 dong4	to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play	1
看准[看準]	kan4 zhun3	to observe and make sure; to check	1
活跃[活躍]	huo2 yue4	active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep33/119 words - 42 min
少有[少有]	shao3 you3	rare; infrequent	1
反复[反復]	fan3 fu4	variant of 反覆|反复[fan3 fu4]	1
言说[言說]	yan2 shuo1	to speak of; to refer to	1
不胜其烦[不勝其煩]	bu4 sheng4 qi2 fan2	to be pestered beyond endurance	1
意图[意圖]	yi4 tu2	intent; intention; to intend	3
体察[體察]	ti3 cha2	to experience; to observe	1
执拗[執拗]	zhi2 niu4	stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2 ao4]	1
频繁[頻繁]	pin2 fan2	frequently; often	1
不堪[不堪]	bu4 kan1	cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely	3
可否[可否]	ke3 fou3	is it possible or not?	2
摒弃[摒棄]	bing4 qi4	to abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake	1
成见[成見]	cheng2 jian4	preconceived idea; bias; prejudice	1
切盼[切盼]	qie4 pan4	to look forward eagerly to sth; keenly desired	2
自欺欺人[自欺欺人]	zi4 qi1 qi1 ren2	to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies	1
歉疚[歉疚]	qian4 jiu4	remorseful; guilt-ridden	1
独奏[獨奏]	du2 zou4	solo	1
苦口婆心[苦口婆心]	ku3 kou3 po2 xin1	earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently	1
原则[原則]	yuan2 ze2	principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
萌生[萌生]	meng2 sheng1	to burgeon; to produce; to conceive; to be in the initial stage	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep34/25 words - 8 min
抄家[抄家]	chao1 jia1	to search a house and confiscate possessions	4
苦心经营[苦心經營]	ku3 xin1 jing1 ying2	to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts	1
规划[規劃]	gui1 hua4	to plan (how to do sth); planning; plan; program	1
弹指一挥间[彈指一揮間]	tan2 zhi3 yi1 hui1 jian1	in a flash (idiom)	1
规[規]	gui1	compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme	1
使命[使命]	shi3 ming4	mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling	1
痴心妄想[痴心妄想]	chi1 xin1 wang4 xiang3	to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful thinking	1
咆哮[咆哮]	pao2 xiao4	to roar; to thunder; to snarl; to bluster (of wind, waves etc); crashing waves (onom.); to rage (of a person)	1
啼[啼]	ti2	to cry; to weep aloud; to crow; to hoot	1
九州[九州]	Jiu3 zhou1	division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands	1
搏[搏]	bo2	to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat	1
郁[鬱]	yu4	dense (growth); melancholy	2
苍苍[蒼蒼]	cang1 cang1	ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing	1
茫然[茫然]	mang2 ran2	blankly; vacantly; at a loss	1
风沙[風沙]	feng1 sha1	sand blown by wind; sandstorm	1
生还[生還]	sheng1 huan2	to return alive; to survive	1
战死沙场[戰死沙場]	zhan4 si3 sha1 chang3	to die in battle (idiom)	1
缕[縷]	lu:3	strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)	1
精魂[精魂]	jing1 hun2	spirit; soul	1
闹鬼[鬧鬼]	nao4 gui3	haunted	3
西华[西華]	Xi1 hua2	Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan	2
清净[清淨]	qing1 jing4	peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism)	1
纠缠[糾纏]	jiu1 chan2	to be in a tangle; to nag	2
当兵[當兵]	dang1 bing1	to serve in the army; to be a soldier	1
乌龙[烏龍]	wu1 long2	black dragon; unexpected mistake or mishap; oolong (tea); udon (loanword from Japanese)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep34/50 words - 15 min
长于[長於]	chang2 yu2	to be adept in; to excel at	4
瘦[瘦]	shou4	thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive	3
调养[調養]	tiao2 yang3	to take care of (sb's health); to nurse	1
且不说[且不說]	qie3 bu4 shuo1	not to mention; leaving aside	1
安然无恙[安然無恙]	an1 ran2 wu2 yang4	safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)	1
拳拳[拳拳]	quan2 quan2	earnest; sincere	1
感恩[感恩]	gan3 en1	to be grateful	1
涕零[涕零]	ti4 ling2	to shed tears; to weep	1
军情[軍情]	jun1 qing2	military situation; military intelligence	1
吓破胆[嚇破膽]	xia4 po4 dan3	to be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff	2
考试[考試]	kao3 shi4	to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]	1
出任[出任]	chu1 ren4	to take up a post; to start in a new job	1
副总裁[副總裁]	fu4 zong3 cai2	vice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company); deputy governor (of a bank)	1
注解[註解]	zhu4 jie3	to annotate; annotation; comment; interpretation; to explain with notes; explanatory note	1
诠释[詮釋]	quan2 shi4	to interpret; to comment and explain; to annotate; to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role); to decode; interpretation; annotation	1
古文[古文]	gu3 wen2	old language; the Classics; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose; Classical Chinese as a school subject	1
渊[淵]	yuan1	deep pool; deep; profound	1
软骨[軟骨]	ruan3 gu3	cartilage	1
知会[知會]	zhi1 hui4	to inform; to tell; to notify; notification	1
照耀[照耀]	zhao4 yao4	to shine; to illuminate	1
雄鹰[雄鷹]	xiong2 ying1	male eagle; tercel (male falcon used in falconry)	1
俯瞰[俯瞰]	fu3 kan4	to overlook; to look down from a height	1
汉语[漢語]	Han4 yu3	Chinese language; CL:門|门[men2]	1
皇太子[皇太子]	huang2 tai4 zi3	crown prince	1
精明能干[精明能幹]	jing1 ming2 neng2 gan4	able and efficient	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep34/75 words - 19 min
皇子[皇子]	huang2 zi3	prince	2
武艺[武藝]	wu3 yi4	martial art; military skill	1
闹腾[鬧騰]	nao4 teng5	to disturb; to create confusion; to make a din	1
公主[公主]	gong1 zhu3	princess	2
福分[福分]	fu2 fen5	one's happy lot; good fortune	1
金玉[金玉]	jin1 yu4	gold and jade; precious	1
任由[任由]	ren4 you2	to let (sb do sth); to allow; regardless of	1
心气[心氣]	xin1 qi4	intention; motive; state of mind; ambition; aspiration; heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)	1
迷途知返[迷途知返]	mi2 tu2 zhi1 fan3	to get back on the right path; to mend one's ways	1
和睦[和睦]	he2 mu4	peaceful relations; harmonious	1
刀枪[刀槍]	dao1 qiang1	sword and spear; weapons	1
牛羊[牛羊]	niu2 yang2	cattle and sheep; livestock	2
日前[日前]	ri4 qian2	the other day; a few days ago	1
敌军[敵軍]	di2 jun1	enemy troops; hostile forces; CL:股[gu3]	1
聆听[聆聽]	ling2 ting1	to listen (respectfully)	1
面授机宜[面授機宜]	mian4 shou4 ji1 yi2	to give direct instructions on the way to deal with a matter; to brief personally (idiom)	3
责罚[責罰]	ze2 fa2	to punish; to chastise	4
兴兵[興兵]	xing1 bing1	to send troops	1
讨伐[討伐]	tao3 fa2	to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against; to crusade against	1
部众[部衆]	bu4 zhong4	troops	1
退避三舍[退避三捨]	tui4 bi4 san1 she4	lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal	1
板[板]	ban3	board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious	1
其后[其後]	qi2 hou4	next; later; after that	1
年幼[年幼]	nian2 you4	young; underage	1
轻率[輕率]	qing1 shuai4	cavalier; offhand; reckless	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep34/100 words - 33 min
耳熟[耳熟]	er3 shu2	to sound familiar; familiar-sounding	1
建功立业[建功立業]	jian4 gong1 li4 ye4	to achieve or accomplish goals	1
唯唯诺诺[唯唯諾諾]	wei3 wei3 nuo4 nuo4	to be a yes-man	1
理财[理財]	li3 cai2	financial management; finance	2
泰[泰]	tai4	safe; peaceful; most; grand	4
姑姑[姑姑]	gu1 gu5	paternal aunt; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
脉象[脈象]	mai4 xiang4	condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)	1
吵醒[吵醒]	chao3 xing3	to wake sb up with a noise	1
喇[喇]	la1	(onom.) sound of wind, rain etc	1
姑[姑]	gu1	paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)	1
去取[去取]	qu4 qu3	to accept or reject	1
盛京[盛京]	Sheng4 jing1	historical name of Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province	1
带上[帶上]	dai4 shang4	to take along with one	2
除夕[除夕]	Chu2 xi1	lunar New Year's Eve	2
李白[李白]	Li3 Bai2	Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet	1
嫔妃[嬪妃]	pin2 fei1	imperial concubine	1
过往[過往]	guo4 wang3	to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous	1
神灵[神靈]	shen2 ling2	god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general	1
健康[健康]	jian4 kang1	health; healthy	2
阳寿[陽壽]	yang2 shou4	predestined lifespan	1
作践[作踐]	zuo4 jian4	to ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade; to ruin; also pr. [zuo2 jian4]	1
嗓门[嗓門]	sang3 men2	voice; windpipe	1
起誓[起誓]	qi3 shi4	to vow; to swear an oath	2
市场[市場]	shi4 chang3	marketplace; market (also in abstract)	1
西洋镜[西洋鏡]	xi1 yang2 jing4	(old) peep show; (fig.) hanky-panky; trickery	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep34/125 words - 37 min
吓一跳[嚇一跳]	xia4 yi1 tiao4	startled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin	1
镜子[鏡子]	jing4 zi5	mirror; CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4]	1
老太婆[老太婆]	lao3 tai4 po2	old woman (at times contemptuous)	1
臃肿[臃腫]	yong1 zhong3	obese; bloated; swollen (style); (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed	1
指手画脚[指手畫腳]	zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3	to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily	1
生厌[生厭]	sheng1 yan4	to disgust; to pall; fed up; tedious; cloying; boring; irritating	1
心想[心想]	xin1 xiang3	to think to oneself; to think; to assume	1
丑陋[醜陋]	chou3 lou4	ugly	1
惧怕[懼怕]	ju4 pa4	to be afraid	1
死亡[死亡]	si3 wang2	to die; death	1
创业[創業]	chuang4 ye4	to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate; to venture; venture; entrepreneurship	1
守业[守業]	shou3 ye4	to preserve one's heritage; to defend the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work; to keep one's business going	1
头等[頭等]	tou2 deng3	first class; prime; main	1
成才[成才]	cheng2 cai2	to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect	2
偏爱[偏愛]	pian1 ai4	to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite	1
祸事[禍事]	huo4 shi4	disaster; doom	1
本性[本性]	ben3 xing4	natural instincts; nature; inherent quality	1
流水不腐[流水不腐]	liu2 shui3 bu4 fu3	flowing water does not rot	1
惰性[惰性]	duo4 xing4	inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness	1
蒙蔽[蒙蔽]	meng2 bi4	to deceive; to hoodwink	1
总要[總要]	zong3 yao4	nevertheless	1
相隔[相隔]	xiang1 ge2	separated by (distance or time etc)	1
强行[強行]	qiang2 xing2	to do sth by force	2
意愿[意願]	yi4 yuan4	aspiration; wish (for); desire	1
痴[痴]	chi1	imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep34/127 words - 40 min
洁净[潔淨]	jie2 jing4	clean; to cleanse	1
驾崩[駕崩]	jia4 beng1	death of king or emperor; demise	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep35/25 words - 12 min
灵堂[靈堂]	ling2 tang2	mourning hall; funeral hall	2
炸死[炸死]	zha4 si3	to kill with an explosion	1
赤脚[赤腳]	chi4 jiao3	barefoot	1
冷水[冷水]	leng3 shui3	cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans)	1
刮[刮]	gua1	to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort	1
尽孝[盡孝]	jin4 xiao4	to do one's filial duty	1
孝感[孝感]	Xiao4 gan3	Xiaogan prefecture level city in Hubei	1
丁忧[丁憂]	ding1 you1	(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent	2
堆积如山[堆積如山]	dui1 ji1 ru2 shan1	to pile up like a mountain (idiom); a mountain of (paperwork etc); a large number of sth	1
停职[停職]	ting2 zhi2	to suspend (sb) from duties	1
野外[野外]	ye3 wai4	countryside; areas outside the city	1
空话[空話]	kong1 hua4	empty talk; bunk; malicious gossip	1
溜边[溜邊]	liu1 bian1	to keep to the edge (of path, river etc); fig. to keep out of trouble; to avoid getting involved	1
戏词[戲詞]	xi4 ci2	actor's lines (in theater)	1
打躬作揖[打躬作揖]	da3 gong1 zuo4 yi1	to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly	1
尾巴[尾巴]	wei3 ba5	tail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]	1
揍死[揍死]	zou4 si3	to beat to death	2
张狂[張狂]	zhang1 kuang2	brash; insolent; frantic	1
无后[無後]	wu2 hou4	to lack male offspring	1
与其[與其]	yu3 qi2	rather than...; 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] A 不如[bu4 ru2] B (rather than A, better to B)	2
滋[滋]	zi1	to grow; to nourish; to increase; to cause; juice; taste; (dialect) to spout; to spurt	1
盛[盛]	sheng4	flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively	1
下台阶[下臺階]	xia4 tai2 jie1	to extricate oneself; way out	3
倍儿[倍兒]	bei4 r5	very; much (Beijing dialect)	1
僭[僭]	jian4	to usurp	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep35/50 words - 17 min
领罪[領罪]	ling3 zui4	to confess one's fault; to accept one's punishment	3
芝兰[芝蘭]	zhi1 lan2	lit. iris and orchid; fig. exalted sentiments; (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)	1
冰天雪地[冰天雪地]	bing1 tian1 xue3 di4	a world of ice and snow	1
喘[喘]	chuan3	to gasp; to pant; asthma	1
奔波[奔波]	ben1 bo1	to rush about; to be constantly on the move	2
逐个[逐個]	zhu2 ge4	one by one; one after another	1
只好[只好]	zhi3 hao3	without any better option; to have to; to be forced to	1
江浦[江浦]	Jiang1 pu3	Jiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口區|浦口区[Pu3 kou3 qu1] of Nanjing, Jiangsu	1
泰州[泰州]	Tai4 zhou1	Taizhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu	1
东台[東台]	Dong1 tai2	Dongtai county level city in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu	1
盐城[鹽城]	Yan2 cheng2	Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu	1
低下[低下]	di1 xia4	low status; lowly; to lower (one's head)	1
于事无补[於事無補]	yu2 shi4 wu2 bu3	unhelpful; useless	1
翟[翟]	di2	long-tail pheasant	1
埂[埂]	geng3	strip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields	1
沟[溝]	gou1	ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]	1
周[周]	zhou1	to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially	1
可变[可變]	ke3 bian4	variable	1
商民[商民]	shang1 min2	merchant	1
批复[批復]	pi1 fu4	to reply officially to a subordinate	3
分头[分頭]	fen1 tou2	separately; severally; parted hair	1
不绝于耳[不絕於耳]	bu4 jue2 yu2 er3	(of sound) to never stop; to fall incessantly on the ear; to linger on	1
宁可[寧可]	ning4 ke3	preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils	2
署名[署名]	shu3 ming2	to sign (a signature)	1
加深[加深]	jia1 shen1	to deepen	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep35/75 words - 28 min
查处[查處]	cha2 chu3	to investigate and handle (a criminal case)	1
浪花[浪花]	lang4 hua1	spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life; CL:朵[duo3]	1
瞬间[瞬間]	shun4 jian1	in an instant; in a flash	1
积累[積累]	ji1 lei3	to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively	1
莫大[莫大]	mo4 da4	greatest; most important	1
新春[新春]	xin1 chun1	the beginning of Spring; the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day	3
印[印]	yin4	to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image	2
听命[聽命]	ting1 ming4	to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs	1
终止[終止]	zhong1 zhi3	to stop; to terminate (law)	1
老调重弹[老調重彈]	lao3 diao4 chong2 tan2	to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal	1
爵位[爵位]	jue2 wei4	order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]	1
阻挠[阻撓]	zu3 nao2	to thwart; to obstruct (sth)	1
不慎[不慎]	bu4 shen4	incautious; inattentive	1
手背[手背]	shou3 bei4	back of the hand	1
附[附]	fu4	to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached	10
干系[干係]	gan1 xi4	responsibility	1
自信[自信]	zi4 xin4	to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence	1
太过[太過]	tai4 guo4	excessively; too	3
枝蔓[枝蔓]	zhi1 man4	branches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive	1
蔓[蔓]	man4	creeper; to spread	1
病根[病根]	bing4 gen1	an incompletely cured illness; an old complaint; the root cause of trouble	1
千挑万选[千挑萬選]	qian1 tiao1 wan4 xuan3	to select very carefully	1
遏制[遏制]	e4 zhi4	to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain	1
饺子[餃子]	jiao3 zi5	dumpling; pot-sticker; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	3
年夜[年夜]	nian2 ye4	lunar New Year's Eve	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep35/100 words - 39 min
疑神疑鬼[疑神疑鬼]	yi2 shen2 yi2 gui3	to suspect everyone; overly suspicious	1
贺礼[賀禮]	he4 li3	congratulatory gift	2
风暴[風暴]	feng1 bao4	storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)	1
玛多[瑪多]	Ma3 duo1	Madoi or Maduo county (Tibetan: rma stod rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai	1
霍[霍]	huo4	suddenly	1
过日子[過日子]	guo4 ri4 zi5	to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along	1
阿弥陀佛[阿彌陀佛]	E1 mi2 tuo2 Fo2	Amitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!; merciful Buddha!	1
勤勤恳恳[勤勤懇懇]	qin2 qin2 ken3 ken3	industrious and conscientious; assiduous	1
消停[消停]	xiao1 ting2	to calm down; to stop; to pause; calmly; peaceful; restful	1
震聋[震聾]	zhen4 long2	to deafen	1
倦[倦]	juan4	tired	1
大声[大聲]	da4 sheng1	loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly	1
往年[往年]	wang3 nian2	in former years; in previous years	1
转转[轉轉]	zhuan4 zhuan5	to stroll	1
漆[漆]	qi1	paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)	1
抹黑[抹黑]	mo3 hei1	to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc); to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage); to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)	1
招人[招人]	zhao1 ren2	to be infectious; to recruit	1
尽早[儘早]	jin3 zao3	as early as possible	1
火烧眉毛[火燒眉毛]	huo3 shao1 mei2 mao5	lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency	1
眼下[眼下]	yan3 xia4	now; at present; subocular (medicine)	1
要塞[要塞]	yao4 sai4	stronghold; fort; fortification	1
抖[抖]	dou3	to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world	1
抖落[抖落]	dou3 luo4	to shake out	1
盼头[盼頭]	pan4 tou5	hopes; good prospects	1
项庄舞剑[項莊舞劍]	Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4	lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 Yan4] in 206 BC); fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep35/107 words - 42 min
沛[沛]	pei4	copious; abundant	2
铁石[鐵石]	tie3 shi2	iron and stone	1
扎眼[扎眼]	zha1 yan3	garish; dazzling; offensively conspicuous	1
高官厚禄[高官厚祿]	gao1 guan1 hou4 lu4	high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position	1
呵[呵]	he1	expel breath; my goodness	2
邀[邀]	yao1	to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek	2
高手[高手]	gao1 shou3	expert; past master; dab hand	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep36/25 words - 9 min
容让[容讓]	rong2 rang4	to make a concession; to be accommodating	4
不容[不容]	bu4 rong2	must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate	1
过家家[過家家]	guo4 jia1 jia1	to play house	1
对手[對手]	dui4 shou3	opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match	1
教师[教師]	jiao4 shi1	teacher; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
一打[一打]	yi1 da2	dozen	1
一门心思[一門心思]	yi1 men2 xin1 si5	to set one's heart on sth (idiom)	1
研习[研習]	yan2 xi2	research and study	1
武功[武功]	wu3 gong1	martial art; military accomplishments; (Peking opera) martial arts feats	1
自谦[自謙]	zi4 qian1	modest; self-deprecating	1
古今[古今]	gu3 jin1	then and now; ancient and modern	1
身手[身手]	shen1 shou3	skill; talent; agility	1
冲锋[衝鋒]	chong1 feng1	to charge; to assault; assault	1
阅兵[閱兵]	yue4 bing1	to review troops; military parade	1
沽[沽]	gu1	to buy; to sell	1
收益[收益]	shou1 yi4	earnings; profit	1
豺狼当道[豺狼當道]	chai2 lang2 dang1 dao4	ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power; a vicious tyranny rules the land	1
狐狸[狐狸]	hu2 li5	fox; fig. sly and treacherous person	1
党羽[黨羽]	dang3 yu3	henchmen	4
姗姗来迟[姍姍來遲]	shan1 shan1 lai2 chi2	to be late; to arrive slowly; to be slow in the coming	1
相好[相好]	xiang1 hao3	to be intimate; close friend; paramour	3
书画[書畫]	shu1 hua4	painting and calligraphy	2
名家[名家]	ming2 jia1	renowned expert; master (of an art or craft)	1
时时刻刻[時時刻刻]	shi2 shi2 ke4 ke4	at all times	1
爱民如子[愛民如子]	ai4 min2 ru2 zi3	to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep36/50 words - 12 min
高抬[高抬]	gao1 tai2	to speak highly of sb	1
卦[卦]	gua4	divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]	2
老本[老本]	lao3 ben3	capital; assets; savings; nest egg; (fig.) reputation; laurels (to rest upon); old edition of a book; (tree) trunk	1
生疏[生疏]	sheng1 shu1	unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed	1
荣华富贵[榮華富貴]	rong2 hua2 fu4 gui4	glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth	2
嗓子[嗓子]	sang3 zi5	throat; voice; CL:把[ba3]	1
等压[等壓]	deng3 ya1	constant pressure; equal pressure	1
彩头[彩頭]	cai3 tou2	good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)	1
入座[入座]	ru4 zuo4	to seat (sb in a restaurant etc); to take one's seat	1
参赞[參贊]	can1 zan4	diplomatic officer; attache	1
屡[屢]	lu:3	time and again; repeatedly; frequently	1
仰[仰]	yang3	to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on	2
表里[表裡]	biao3 li3	the outside and the inside; one's outward show and inner thoughts; exterior and interior	1
微贱[微賤]	wei1 jian4	humble; lowly	1
徒步[徒步]	tu2 bu4	to be on foot	1
穷途末路[窮途末路]	qiong2 tu2 mo4 lu4	lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end	1
潦倒[潦倒]	liao2 dao3	disappointed; frustrated; dejected	1
揽[攬]	lan3	to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass	1
成千上万[成千上萬]	cheng2 qian1 shang4 wan4	lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands	1
一文不名[一文不名]	yi1 wen2 bu4 ming2	to be penniless	1
富翁[富翁]	fu4 weng1	rich person; millionaire; billionaire	1
收罗[收羅]	shou1 luo2	to gather (people); to collect (talent); to come to an end	1
名下[名下]	ming2 xia4	under sb's name	2
貌似[貌似]	mao4 si4	to appear to be; to seem as if	1
忠贞[忠貞]	zhong1 zhen1	loyal and dependable	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep36/75 words - 20 min
豺[豺]	chai2	dog-like animal; ravenous beast; dhole (Cuon Alpinus); jackal	1
敢怒而不敢言[敢怒而不敢言]	gan3 nu4 er2 bu4 gan3 yan2	angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment; unable to voice objections	1
幸甚[幸甚]	xing4 shen4	(literary) very fortunate	1
跪拜[跪拜]	gui4 bai4	to kowtow; to kneel and worship	1
奇耻大辱[奇恥大辱]	qi2 chi3 da4 ru3	extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)	1
鼻烟[鼻煙]	bi2 yan1	snuff	2
茉莉[茉莉]	mo4 li4	jasmine	3
花瓣[花瓣]	hua1 ban4	petal; CL:片[pian4]	3
天山[天山]	Tian1 shan1	Tianshan mountain range between XinJiang and Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan	1
晒干[曬乾]	shai4 gan1	to dry in the sun	1
日照[日照]	ri4 zhao4	sunshine	1
研[研]	yan2	to grind; study; research	1
凡是[凡是]	fan2 shi4	each and every; every; all; any	1
碟[碟]	die2	dish; plate	2
雅兴[雅興]	ya3 xing4	refined and elegant attitude of mind	1
法术[法術]	fa3 shu4	magic	1
奸[姦]	jian1	to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape	1
共事[共事]	gong4 shi4	to work together	1
区区[區區]	qu1 qu1	insignificant; trifling; merely	1
惟[惟]	wei2	-ism; only	1
阴险[陰險]	yin1 xian3	treacherous; sinister	1
狡诈[狡詐]	jiao3 zha4	craft; cunning; deceitful	1
欺君罔上[欺君罔上]	qi1 jun1 wang3 shang4	to dupe one's sovereign	1
进言[進言]	jin4 yan2	to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position); to offer a word of advice	1
遍布[遍布]	bian4 bu4	to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep36/100 words - 26 min
风波[風波]	feng1 bo1	disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness; CL:場|场[chang2]	2
久久[久久]	jiu3 jiu3	for a very long time	1
干戈[干戈]	gan1 ge1	weapons of war; arms	1
作威作福[作威作福]	zuo4 wei1 zuo4 fu2	tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people	2
易如反掌[易如反掌]	yi4 ru2 fan3 zhang3	easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all	1
大病[大病]	da4 bing4	serious illness	1
硬朗[硬朗]	ying4 lang3	robust; healthy	1
清醒[清醒]	qing1 xing3	clear-headed; sober; awake	2
两千年[兩千年]	liang3 qian1 nian2	the year 2000; 2000 years	1
太平盛世[太平盛世]	tai4 ping2 sheng4 shi4	peace and prosperity (idiom)	2
心软[心軟]	xin1 ruan3	to be softhearted; to be tenderhearted; to be kindhearted	1
讳疾忌医[諱疾忌醫]	hui4 ji2 ji4 yi1	hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism; to keep one's shortcomings secret; to refuse to listen to advice	1
缠身[纏身]	chan2 shen1	(of an illness, debt etc) to plague sb; to preoccupy sb; difficult to get rid of	2
壮士[壯士]	zhuang4 shi4	hero; fighter; brave strong guy; warrior (in armor)	1
耳目[耳目]	er3 mu4	eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies	1
来头[來頭]	lai2 tou2	cause; reason; interest; influence	1
绝口不提[絕口不提]	jue2 kou3 bu4 ti2	lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor	1
跃跃欲试[躍躍欲試]	yue4 yue4 yu4 shi4	to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)	1
回旋[迴旋]	hui2 xuan2	to turn around; maneuvering room; leeway	1
引咎辞职[引咎辭職]	yin3 jiu4 ci2 zhi2	to admit responsibility and resign	1
鸟尽弓藏[鳥盡弓藏]	niao3 jin4 gong1 cang2	lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose	1
兔死狗烹[兔死狗烹]	tu4 si3 gou3 peng1	lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose	1
同理[同理]	tong2 li3	for the same reason	1
晋书[晉書]	Jin4 shu1	History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄[Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2], 130 scrolls	1
西晋[西晉]	Xi1 Jin4	Western Jin dynasty (265-316)	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep36/125 words - 37 min
百万富翁[百萬富翁]	bai3 wan4 fu4 weng1	millionaire	1
仰天[仰天]	yang3 tian1	to face upwards; to look up to the sky	1
查封[查封]	cha2 feng1	to sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down	1
暂时[暫時]	zan4 shi2	temporary; provisional; for the time being	2
惶恐[惶恐]	huang2 kong3	terrified	1
畜牲[畜牲]	chu4 sheng1	variant of 畜生[chu4 sheng5]	2
兔死狐悲[兔死狐悲]	tu4 si3 hu2 bei1	lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress	2
猜不透[猜不透]	cai1 bu5 tou4	to be unable to guess or make out	1
地契[地契]	di4 qi4	deed (for land); CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]	1
一党[一黨]	yi1 dang3	one-party (state)	14
树倒猢狲散[樹倒猢猻散]	shu4 dao3 hu2 sun1 san4	When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause; Rats leave a sinking ship.	1
算不了[算不了]	suan4 bu4 liao3	does not count for anything; of no account	1
大狱[大獄]	da4 yu4	jail; prison	3
得不偿失[得不償失]	de2 bu4 chang2 shi1	the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)	1
讲义[講義]	jiang3 yi4	teaching materials	1
打探[打探]	da3 tan4	to make discreet inquiries; to scout out	3
抹去[抹去]	mo3 qu4	to erase	1
作别[作別]	zuo4 bie2	to take one's leave; to bid farewell	2
抽身[抽身]	chou1 shen1	to get away from; to withdraw; to free oneself	1
演戏[演戲]	yan3 xi4	to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign	1
王府[王府]	wang2 fu3	prince's mansion	1
平台[平臺]	ping2 tai2	platform; terrace; flat-roofed building	1
当铺[當舖]	dang4 pu4	pawn shop; CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1]	1
库存[庫存]	ku4 cun2	property or cash held in reserve; stock	1
鼎[鼎]	ding3	ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep36/146 words - 42 min
磬[磬]	qing4	chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone	1
紫檀[紫檀]	zi3 tan2	red sandalwood	1
蓝宝石[藍寶石]	lan2 bao3 shi2	sapphire	1
红宝石[紅寶石]	hong2 bao3 shi2	ruby	1
珍珠[珍珠]	zhen1 zhu1	pearl; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	1
枚[枚]	mei2	classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)	1
镶金[鑲金]	xiang1 jin1	gilded; inlaid with gold	1
宝瓶[寶瓶]	Bao3 ping2	Aquarius (star sign)	1
银盘[銀盤]	yin2 pan2	silver plate; galactic disc	1
筷[筷]	kuai4	chopstick	1
端砚[端硯]	Duan1 yan4	high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong	1
锺[鍾]	zhong1	variant of 鍾|钟[zhong1]	3
绸缎[綢緞]	chou2 duan4	satin; silk fabric	1
狐[狐]	hu2	fox	2
玉佩[玉佩]	yu4 pei4	jade pendant; jade ornament	1
查抄[查抄]	cha2 chao1	to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions; to search and confiscate (forbidden items); to raid	1
蓝本[藍本]	lan2 ben3	blueprint; source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based	1
上边[上邊]	shang4 bian5	the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up	1
收受[收受]	shou1 shou4	to receive; to accept	5
名堂[名堂]	ming2 tang5	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	1
秩[秩]	zhi4	order; orderliness; (classifier) ten years	3
//The Long River - S1/Ep37/25 words - 12 min
落花流水[落花流水]	luo4 hua1 liu2 shui3	to be in a sorry state; to be utterly defeated	1
庆功[慶功]	qing4 gong1	to celebrate a heroic deed	1
获救[獲救]	huo4 jiu4	to rescue; to be rescued	1
展开[展開]	zhan3 kai1	to unfold; to carry out; to be in full swing; to launch	1
受够[受夠]	shou4 gou4	to have had enough of; to be fed up with; to have had one's fill of	1
重办[重辦]	zhong4 ban4	to punish severely	1
牵连[牽連]	qian1 lian2	to implicate; implicated; to link together	3
澈[澈]	che4	clear (water); thorough	1
折磨[折磨]	zhe2 mo2	to torment; to torture	2
美名[美名]	mei3 ming2	good name or reputation	1
引荐[引薦]	yin3 jian4	to recommend sb; to give a referral	1
晋[晉]	jin4	to move forward; to promote; to advance	1
冲锋陷阵[衝鋒陷陣]	chong1 feng1 xian4 zhen4	to charge and break through enemy lines	1
心腹[心腹]	xin1 fu4	trusted aide; confidant; reliable agent; to confide	2
惶恐不安[惶恐不安]	huang2 kong3 bu4 an1	anxious; panicky	1
飞黄腾达[飛黃騰達]	Fei1 huang2 teng2 da2	lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career	1
自不必说[自不必說]	zi4 bu4 bi4 shuo1	to not need dwell on (idiom)	1
无情无义[無情無義]	wu2 qing2 wu2 yi4	completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless	1
磨炼[磨煉]	mo2 lian4	see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]	1
狱[獄]	yu4	prison	11
神庙[神廟]	shen2 miao4	temple (nonspecific)	6
劣迹[劣跡]	lie4 ji4	bad record (esp. of a public official); unsavory track record	1
斑斑[斑斑]	ban1 ban1	full of stains or spots	1
嘱咐[囑咐]	zhu3 fu4	to tell; to exhort; injunction	1
手足[手足]	shou3 zu2	hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep37/50 words - 25 min
一日三餐[一日三餐]	yi1 ri4 san1 can1	to have three meals a day	1
榻[榻]	ta4	couch	1
胡闹[胡鬧]	hu2 nao4	to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble	4
调任[調任]	diao4 ren4	to transfer; to move to another post	1
繁密[繁密]	fan2 mi4	numerous and close together; (of hair) luxuriant; (of woods) dense; (of gunfire) intense	1
涂炭[塗炭]	tu2 tan4	extreme distress; in utter misery	1
泥菩萨[泥菩薩]	ni2 pu2 sa4	clay Bodhisattva	1
值守[值守]	zhi2 shou3	(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things; to keep watch	1
多时[多時]	duo1 shi2	long time	2
错综复杂[錯綜複雜]	cuo4 zong1 fu4 za2	tangled and complicated (idiom)	1
妥善[妥善]	tuo3 shan4	appropriate; proper	1
剁[剁]	duo4	to chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)	1
掌握[掌握]	zhang3 wo4	to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency	1
滚瓜烂熟[滾瓜爛熟]	gun3 gua1 lan4 shu2	lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently; to know sth inside out; to know sth by heart	1
觊觎[覬覦]	ji4 yu2	to covet; to long for; to lust after	1
指责[指責]	zhi3 ze2	to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce	1
反击[反擊]	fan3 ji1	to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack	1
鱼死网破[魚死網破]	yu2 si3 wang3 po4	lit. either the fish dies or the net splits; a life and death struggle (idiom)	1
受审[受審]	shou4 shen3	on trial (for a crime); to stand trial	1
上书[上書]	shang4 shu1	to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition	1
失散[失散]	shi1 san4	to lose touch with; missing; scattered; separated from	1
热茶[熱茶]	re4 cha2	hot tea	1
见外[見外]	jian4 wai4	to regard sb as an outsider	1
西域[西域]	Xi1 yu4	Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])	2
葱岭[蔥嶺]	Cong1 ling3	old name for the Pamir high plateau 帕米爾高原|帕米尔高原[Pa4 mi3 er3 Gao1 yuan2] on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep37/75 words - 29 min
出于[出於]	chu1 yu2	due to; to stem from	4
阗[闐]	tian2	fill up; rumbling sound	2
合流[合流]	he2 liu2	to converge; to flow together; fig. to act alike; to evolve together	2
注[注]	zhu4	to inject; to pour into; to concentrate; to pay attention; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; variant of 註|注[zhu4]	3
蒲[蒲]	pu2	refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush	2
昌[昌]	chang1	prosperous; flourishing	2
潜行[潛行]	qian2 xing2	to slink; to move stealthily; to advance through the water	2
山海经[山海經]	Shan1 hai3 Jing1	Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc	2
审理[審理]	shen3 li3	to hear (a case)	1
讲明[講明]	jiang3 ming2	to explain	1
私人[私人]	si1 ren2	private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique	3
问答[問答]	wen4 da2	question and answer	1
抄手[抄手]	chao1 shou3	to fold one's arms; copyist; (dialect) wonton	1
现任[現任]	xian4 ren4	to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)	1
透气[透氣]	tou4 qi4	to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge	1
无道[無道]	wu2 dao4	tyrannical; brutal (regime)	1
田产[田產]	tian2 chan3	estate; lands	1
币[幣]	bi4	money; coins; currency; silk	2
此后[此後]	ci3 hou4	after this; afterwards; hereafter	1
臣民[臣民]	chen2 min2	subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)	1
霓[霓]	ni2	secondary rainbow	1
翘首[翹首]	qiao2 shou3	to raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)	1
数年[數年]	shu4 nian2	several years; many years	1
期盼[期盼]	qi1 pan4	hope and expectation; to anticipate; to look forward to; to await expectantly	1
四周[四周]	si4 zhou1	all around	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep37/100 words - 34 min
无奇不有[無奇不有]	wu2 qi2 bu4 you3	nothing is too bizarre; full of extraordinary things	1
饱食终日[飽食終日]	bao3 shi2 zhong1 ri4	to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)	1
归还[歸還]	gui1 huan2	to return sth; to revert	2
天经地义[天經地義]	tian1 jing1 di4 yi4	lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course	1
漫[漫]	man4	free; unrestrained; to inundate	1
纷乱[紛亂]	fen1 luan4	numerous and disorderly	1
李自成[李自成]	Li3 Zi4 cheng2	Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty	2
血汗[血汗]	xue4 han4	blood and sweat; sweat and toil	1
拱手[拱手]	gong3 shou3	to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive	1
收入[收入]	shou1 ru4	to take in; income; revenue; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]	2
所为[所為]	suo3 wei2	what one does; doings	2
沼泽[沼澤]	zhao3 ze2	marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade	1
售[售]	shou4	to sell; to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)	1
报帐[報帳]	bao4 zhang4	render an account; submit an expense account; apply for reimbursement	1
土木[土木]	tu3 mu4	building; construction; civil engineering	1
原料[原料]	yuan2 liao4	raw material; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
石块[石塊]	shi2 kuai4	stone; rock	1
用量[用量]	yong4 liang4	quantity used; usage; consumption; dose	1
可知[可知]	ke3 zhi1	evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable	1
加速[加速]	jia1 su4	to speed up; to expedite	1
制造[製造]	zhi4 zao4	to manufacture; to make	1
统统[統統]	tong3 tong3	totally	1
理念[理念]	li3 nian4	idea; concept; philosophy; theory	1
行不通[行不通]	xing2 bu5 tong1	won't work; will get (you) nowhere	1
加之[加之]	jia1 zhi1	moreover; in addition to that	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep37/125 words - 40 min
猖狂[猖狂]	chang1 kuang2	savage; furious	1
人才济济[人才濟濟]	ren2 cai2 ji3 ji3	a galaxy of talent (idiom); a great number of competent people	1
人治[人治]	ren2 zhi4	rule of man	1
低头[低頭]	di1 tou2	to bow the head; to yield; to give in	1
胡搅蛮缠[胡攪蠻纏]	hu2 jiao3 man2 chan2	to pester endlessly (idiom); an annoying troublemaker	1
头顶[頭頂]	tou2 ding3	top of the head	1
认可[認可]	ren4 ke3	to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK	1
聚敛[聚斂]	ju4 lian3	to accumulate; to gather; to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent	4
来龙去脉[來龍去脈]	lai2 long2 qu4 mai4	the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects	1
凑钱[湊錢]	cou4 qian2	to raise enough money to do sth; to pool money; to club together (to do sth)	1
富户[富戶]	fu4 hu4	rich family; large landlord	1
离题[離題]	li2 ti2	to digress; to stray from the subject	1
寻找[尋找]	xun2 zhao3	to seek; to look for	2
不妥[不妥]	bu4 tuo3	not proper; inappropriate	1
仇视[仇視]	chou2 shi4	to view sb as an enemy; to be hateful towards	1
经商[經商]	jing1 shang1	to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business	1
吉林[吉林]	Ji2 lin2	Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春; also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province	1
人参[人參]	ren2 shen1	ginseng	2
倒卖[倒賣]	dao3 mai4	to resell at a profit; to speculate	1
货物[貨物]	huo4 wu4	goods; commodity; merchandise; CL:宗[zong1]	1
通途[通途]	tong1 tu2	thoroughfare	1
恼怒[惱怒]	nao3 nu4	resentful; angry; to enrage sb	1
查获[查獲]	cha2 huo4	to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)	1
缴获[繳獲]	jiao3 huo4	to capture; to seize	2
无声无息[無聲無息]	wu2 sheng1 wu2 xi1	wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep37/141 words - 42 min
信口开河[信口開河]	xin4 kou3 kai1 he2	to speak without thinking (idiom); to blurt sth out	1
丸子[丸子]	wan2 zi5	pills; balls; meatballs	1
汁[汁]	zhi1	juice	1
匠[匠]	jiang4	craftsman	1
雕刻[雕刻]	diao1 ke4	to carve; to engrave; carving	1
范[範]	fan4	pattern; model; example	3
市面上[市面上]	shi4 mian4 shang4	on the market	1
流通[流通]	liu2 tong1	to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution	1
立案[立案]	li4 an4	to register (to an official organism); to file a case (for investigation)	1
册子[冊子]	ce4 zi5	a book; a volume	1
入肉[入肉]	ru4 rou4	to have intercourse; to fuck	1
纳闷儿[納悶兒]	na4 men4 r5	erhua variant of 納悶|纳闷[na4 men4]	1
追踪[追蹤]	zhui1 zong1	to follow a trail; to trace; to pursue	1
兑[兌]	dui4	to cash; to exchange; to add (liquid); to blend; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp; ☱	1
卖身[賣身]	mai4 shen1	to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery	1
契[契]	qi4	to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep38/25 words - 10 min
跟踪[跟蹤]	gen1 zong1	to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking	3
滚滚[滾滾]	gun3 gun3	to surge on; to roll on	1
煽[煽]	shan1	to fan into a flame; to incite	1
应战[應戰]	ying4 zhan4	to take up a challenge; to face an attack and meet it	1
厥[厥]	jue2	to faint; to lose consciousness; his; her; its; their	1
猪[豬]	zhu1	hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]	1
正中[正中]	zheng4 zhong1	middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub	1
脑后[腦後]	nao3 hou4	the back of the head; (fig.) the back of one's mind	1
追查[追查]	zhui1 cha2	to try to find out; to trace; to track down	1
难不成[難不成]	nan2 bu4 cheng2	Is it possible that ... ?	1
动摇[動搖]	dong4 yao2	to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to	2
篡位[篡位]	cuan4 wei4	to seize the throne	1
拘禁[拘禁]	ju1 jin4	constraint; to detain; to take into custody	1
掰[掰]	bai1	to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)	1
新贵[新貴]	xin1 gui4	nouveau riche; upstart; new appointee	1
崛起[崛起]	jue2 qi3	to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)	1
怼[懟]	dui4	dislike; hate	1
赶尽杀绝[趕盡殺絕]	gan3 jin4 sha1 jue2	to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless	1
最先[最先]	zui4 xian1	(the) very first	1
舒坦[舒坦]	shu1 tan5	comfortable; at ease	1
无能为力[無能為力]	wu2 neng2 wei2 li4	impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless	1
做绝[做絕]	zuo4 jue2	to go to extremes; to leave no room for maneuver	1
真才实学[真才實學]	zhen1 cai2 shi2 xue2	solid learning; real ability and learning; genuine talent	1
更正[更正]	geng1 zheng4	to correct; to make a correction	1
发霉[發霉]	fa1 mei2	to become moldy	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep38/50 words - 17 min
情谊[情誼]	qing2 yi4	friendship; camaraderie	1
知情[知情]	zhi1 qing2	to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation	1
八辈子[八輩子]	ba1 bei4 zi5	(fig.) a long time	1
禀报[稟報]	bing3 bao4	to report (to one's superior)	1
结案[結案]	jie2 an4	to conclude a case; to wind up	1
对答如流[對答如流]	dui4 da2 ru2 liu2	able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer	1
藏书[藏書]	cang2 shu1	to collect books; library collection	1
试探[試探]	shi4 tan4	to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out	1
连读[連讀]	lian2 du2	liaison (in phonetics)	1
书目[書目]	shu1 mu4	booklist; bibliography; title catalogue; CL:本[ben3]	3
大肆[大肆]	da4 si4	wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled	1
索贿[索賄]	suo3 hui4	to exact bribes; to solicit bribes; to demand bribes; to extort	1
聚宝盆[聚寶盆]	ju4 bao3 pen2	treasure bowl (mythology); fig. source of wealth; cornucopia; gold mine	1
可恶[可惡]	ke3 wu4	repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable	2
穿戴[穿戴]	chuan1 dai4	to dress; clothing	1
丧事[喪事]	sang1 shi4	funeral arrangements	1
带子[帶子]	dai4 zi5	belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri); comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata)	1
平常[平常]	ping2 chang2	ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily	1
茶钱[茶錢]	cha2 qian2	tip; gratuity; money for tea	1
钻[鑽]	zuan1	to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain	2
钻[鑽]	zuan4	an auger; diamond	2
窥视[窺視]	kui1 shi4	to peep at; to spy on; to peek	2
随手[隨手]	sui2 shou3	conveniently; without extra trouble; while doing it; in passing	1
饶命[饒命]	rao2 ming4	to spare sb's life	1
干爹[乾爹]	gan1 die1	adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)	2
善人[善人]	shan4 ren2	philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep38/75 words - 23 min
周济[周濟]	zhou1 ji4	help to the needy; emergency relief; charity; to give to poorer relative; (also 賙濟|赒济)	1
守寡[守寡]	shou3 gua3	to live as widow; to observe widowhood	1
体念[體念]	ti3 nian4	to consider sb else's position; to put oneself in sb else's shoes	1
不得已[不得已]	bu4 de2 yi3	to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must	1
做牛做马[做牛做馬]	zuo4 niu2 zuo4 ma3	lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard	1
久等[久等]	jiu3 deng3	to wait for a long time	1
扁[扁]	bian3	flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up; old variant of 匾[bian3]	1
饱学[飽學]	bao3 xue2	learned; erudite; scholarly	1
宿儒[宿儒]	su4 ru2	experienced scholar; old expert in the field	1
注音[注音]	zhu4 yin1	to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc; phonetic notation; (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])	1
洋文[洋文]	yang2 wen2	foreign language (esp. Western) (old)	1
李时珍[李時珍]	Li3 Shi2 zhen1	Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4]	1
本草纲目[本草綱目]	Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4	Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]	1
遣返[遣返]	qian3 fan3	to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back	1
诸葛[諸葛]	Zhu1 ge3	two-character surname Zhuge	1
武侯[武侯]	Wu3 hou2	Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan	1
出师[出師]	chu1 shi1	to finish apprenticeship; to graduate; to send out troops (under a commander)	1
骑射[騎射]	qi2 she4	equestrian archery; riding and shooting	1
武士[武士]	wu3 shi4	warrior; samurai	1
诗词[詩詞]	shi1 ci2	verse	1
辨[辨]	bian4	to distinguish; to recognize	1
夷[夷]	yi2	non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze	1
登峰造极[登峰造極]	deng1 feng1 zao4 ji2	to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements)	1
二道[二道]	Er4 dao4	Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin	1
医理[醫理]	yi1 li3	medical knowledge; principles of medical science	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep38/100 words - 26 min
次于[次於]	ci4 yu2	second after; second only to	1
跪叩[跪叩]	gui4 kou4	to kowtow	1
三魂七魄[三魂七魄]	san1 hun2 qi1 po4	three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man	1
康熙字典[康熙字典]	Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3	the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries	1
总裁[總裁]	zong3 cai2	chairman; director-general (of a company etc)	2
师父[師父]	shi1 fu5	used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker	1
掌[掌]	zhang3	palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield	1
墙角[牆角]	qiang2 jiao3	corner (junction of two walls)	1
吃惊[吃驚]	chi1 jing1	to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed	1
诧异[詫異]	cha4 yi4	flabbergasted; astonished	1
行径[行徑]	xing2 jing4	path; conduct; behavior	1
罪行[罪行]	zui4 xing2	crime; offense	1
曹操[曹操]	Cao2 Cao1	Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义	5
篡政[篡政]	cuan4 zheng4	to usurp political power	1
深思[深思]	shen1 si1	to ponder; to consider	1
王莽[王莽]	Wang2 Mang3	Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han	1
一号[一號]	yi1 hao4	first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)	1
气愤[氣憤]	qi4 fen4	indignant; furious	1
汉献帝[漢獻帝]	Han4 Xian4 di4	Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕	1
气话[氣話]	qi4 hua4	angry words; sth said in the moment of anger	1
武略[武略]	wu3 lu:e4	military strategy	1
奸雄[姦雄]	jian1 xiong2	person who seeks advancement by any means; career climber; unscrupulous careerist	1
危[危]	wei1	danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]	1
窃[竊]	qie4	to steal; secretly; (humble) I	1
汪[汪]	wang1	expanse of water; ooze; (onom.) bark; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep38/125 words - 35 min
搅和[攪和]	jiao3 huo5	to mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things; to run around with (sb); to get involved with; to mix (with other people)	1
全身[全身]	quan2 shen1	whole body; em (typography)	1
瘫痪[癱瘓]	tan1 huan4	paralysis; be paralyzed (body, transportation, etc)	1
救星[救星]	jiu4 xing1	savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor	2
结交[結交]	jie2 jiao1	to make friends with	1
手书[手書]	shou3 shu1	to write personally; personal letter	1
保准[保准]	bao3 zhun3	to guarantee; reliable; for sure	1
趁热打铁[趁熱打鐵]	chen4 re4 da3 tie3	to strike while the iron is hot	1
任用[任用]	ren4 yong4	to appoint; to assign	2
围攻[圍攻]	wei2 gong1	to besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides; to jointly speak or write against sb	1
满门[滿門]	man3 men2	the whole family	1
上乘[上乘]	shang4 cheng2	first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4]	1
奥[奧]	ao4	obscure; mysterious	1
灵动[靈動]	ling2 dong4	to be quick-witted	1
多疑[多疑]	duo1 yi2	mistrustful; suspicious; paranoid	1
坚定[堅定]	jian1 ding4	firm; steady; staunch; resolute	1
参劾[參劾]	can1 he2	to accuse; to impeach; (in imperial China) to level charges against an official	1
得势[得勢]	de2 shi4	to win power; to get authority; to become dominant	1
灭掉[滅掉]	mie4 diao4	to eliminate	1
蛊[蠱]	gu3	arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch; to drive to insanity; to harm by witchcraft; intestinal parasite	1
规劝[規勸]	gui1 quan4	to advise	1
救命稻草[救命稻草]	jiu4 ming4 dao4 cao3	(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope	1
大同小异[大同小異]	da4 tong2 xiao3 yi4	virtually the same; differing only on small points	1
对联[對聯]	dui4 lian2	rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway; CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]	2
勘破[勘破]	kan1 po4	see 看破[kan4 po4]	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep38/148 words - 41 min
世情[世情]	shi4 qing2	worldly affairs; the ways of the world	1
破胆[破膽]	po4 dan3	to be scared stiff	1
世事[世事]	shi4 shi4	affairs of life; things of the world	1
酌情[酌情]	zhuo2 qing2	to use discretion; to take circumstances into account; to make allowances pertinent to a situation	1
留用[留用]	liu2 yong4	to keep for use; to retain sth; to keep sb in his job	1
西征[西征]	xi1 zheng1	punitive expedition to the west	1
敬酒不吃吃罚酒[敬酒不吃吃罰酒]	jing4 jiu3 bu4 chi1 chi1 fa2 jiu3	to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit; fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more	1
侦[偵]	zhen1	to scout; to spy; to detect	1
乌兰[烏蘭]	Wu1 lan2	Wulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai	1
红山[紅山]	Hong2 shan1	Hongshan district of Chifeng city 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia	2
冲杀[衝殺]	chong1 sha1	to charge	1
人仰马翻[人仰馬翻]	ren2 yang3 ma3 fan1	to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom); in a pitiful state; in a complete mess; to roll (with laughter)	1
骆驼[駱駝]	luo4 tuo5	camel; (coll.) blockhead; ninny; CL:峰[feng1]	1
先锋[先鋒]	xian1 feng1	vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde	1
挂齿[掛齒]	gua4 chi3	to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")	1
佟[佟]	Tong2	surname Tong	2
张廷玉[張廷玉]	Zhang1 Ting2 yu4	Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]	3
晃悠[晃悠]	huang4 you5	to swing; to sway; to wobble; to hang around; to hover around	1
脏[臟]	zang4	viscera; (anatomy) organ	1
性格[性格]	xing4 ge2	nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
疏狂[疏狂]	shu1 kuang2	uninhibited; unrestrained; unbridled	1
不知好歹[不知好歹]	bu4 zhi1 hao3 dai3	unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions	1
衣食住行[衣食住行]	yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2	clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep39/25 words - 10 min
头绪[頭緒]	tou2 xu4	outline; main threads	1
可恨[可恨]	ke3 hen4	hateful	1
闭门[閉門]	bi4 men2	to close a door	1
谈谈[談談]	tan2 tan2	to discuss; to have a chat	1
离谱[離譜]	li2 pu3	excessive; beyond reasonable limits; irregular	1
乎[乎]	hu1	(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)	2
讲究[講究]	jiang3 jiu5	to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen	1
和气[和氣]	he2 qi5	friendly; polite; amiable	1
办案[辦案]	ban4 an4	to handle a case	1
家室[家室]	jia1 shi4	wife; family; (literary) residence	1
纺织[紡織]	fang3 zhi1	spinning and weaving	1
迎来送往[迎來送往]	ying2 lai2 song4 wang3	lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests; all time taken over with social niceties	1
借机[借機]	jie4 ji1	to seize the opportunity	1
上下其手[上下其手]	shang4 xia4 qi2 shou3	to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint; fig. conspiring to defraud	2
慰[慰]	wei4	to comfort; to console; to reassure	1
走错[走錯]	zou3 cuo4	to go the wrong way; to take the wrong (road, exit etc)	1
狗皮膏药[狗皮膏藥]	gou3 pi2 gao1 yao5	dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc; quack medicine; sham goods	1
小姑[小姑]	xiao3 gu1	husband's younger sister; sister-in-law	1
宣布[宣布]	xuan1 bu4	to declare; to announce; to proclaim	1
正当[正當]	zheng4 dang1	timely; just (when needed)	1
睁[睜]	zheng1	to open (one's eyes)	1
一年半载[一年半載]	yi1 nian2 ban4 zai3	about a year	1
身败名裂[身敗名裂]	shen1 bai4 ming2 lie4	to lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away; a complete defeat and fall from grace	1
春秋鼎盛[春秋鼎盛]	chun1 qiu1 ding3 sheng4	the prime of one's life	1
好学[好學]	hao4 xue2	eager to study; studious; erudite	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep39/50 words - 31 min
不息[不息]	bu4 xi1	continually; without a break; ceaselessly	1
青春[青春]	qing1 chun1	youth; youthfulness	1
报国[報國]	bao4 guo2	to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country	1
志向[志向]	zhi4 xiang4	ambition; goal; ideal; aspiration	1
恶习[惡習]	e4 xi2	bad habit; vice	1
靠山[靠山]	kao4 shan1	patron; supporter; close to a mountain	1
口称[口稱]	kou3 cheng1	to speak; to say	1
机宜[機宜]	ji1 yi2	guidelines; what to do (under given circumstances)	1
费口舌[費口舌]	fei4 kou3 she2	to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining	1
割袍断义[割袍斷義]	ge1 pao2 duan4 yi4	to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom); to break all friendly ties	1
一笔勾销[一筆勾銷]	yi1 bi3 gou1 xiao1	to write off at one stroke	1
高要[高要]	Gao1 yao4	Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong	1
服服帖帖[服服帖帖]	fu2 fu5 tie1 tie1	submissive; docile; obedient	1
捎信[捎信]	shao1 xin4	to take a letter; to send word	1
狱卒[獄卒]	yu4 zu2	jailer (old)	1
小看[小看]	xiao3 kan4	to look down on; to underestimate	1
是非之地[是非之地]	shi4 fei1 zhi1 di4	trouble spot; sketchy area	1
百病[百病]	bai3 bing4	every illness	1
刑讯[刑訊]	xing2 xun4	interrogation under torture; inquisition	1
逼供[逼供]	bi1 gong4	to extort a confession	1
指使[指使]	zhi3 shi3	to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth)	1
风骨[風骨]	feng1 gu3	strength of character; vigorous style (of calligraphy)	3
牵扯[牽扯]	qian1 che3	to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated	1
下台[下臺]	xia4 tai2	to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook	1
权贵[權貴]	quan2 gui4	influential officials; bigwigs	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep39/74 words - 41 min
亏心[虧心]	kui1 xin1	a guilty conscience	1
自首[自首]	zi4 shou3	to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities)	1
合夥[合夥]	he2 huo3	variant of 合伙[he2 huo3]	1
癞[癩]	lai4	scabies; skin disease	1
伏流[伏流]	fu2 liu2	hidden stream; ground stream	1
西南[西南]	xi1 nan2	southwest	1
大山[大山]	Da4 shan1	Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC	1
雄[雄]	xiong2	male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence	1
零碎[零碎]	ling2 sui4	scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends	1
鸡鸣狗盗[雞鳴狗盜]	ji1 ming2 gou3 dao4	crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom); bag of tricks; useful talents	1
道观[道觀]	dao4 guan4	Daoist temple	1
坐冷板凳[坐冷板凳]	zuo4 leng3 ban3 deng4	to hold an inconsequential job; to receive a cold reception; to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience; to be out in the cold; to be sidelined; to warm the bench; to cool one's heels	1
瘪[癟]	bie3	deflated; shriveled; sunken; empty	1
大限[大限]	da4 xian4	the limit; maximum; one's allocated lifespan	1
天心[天心]	tian1 xin1	center of the sky; will of heaven; will of the Gods; the monarch's will	1
悸[悸]	ji4	to palpitate	1
约定[約定]	yue1 ding4	to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation	2
铃铛[鈴鐺]	ling2 dang5	little bell; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
灰心[灰心]	hui1 xin1	to lose heart; to be discouraged	1
丧志[喪志]	sang4 zhi4	to become demoralized; to lose one's sense of purpose	1
资料[資料]	zi1 liao4	material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]	1
讹[訛]	e2	error; false; to extort	1
遗漏[遺漏]	yi2 lou4	to overlook; to miss; to omit	1
来生[來生]	lai2 sheng1	next life	2
//The Long River - S1/Ep40/25 words - 15 min
卒[卒]	zu2	soldier; servant; to finish; to die; finally; at last; pawn in Chinese chess	1
青山[青山]	qing1 shan1	green hills; (the good) life	1
世世[世世]	shi4 shi4	from age to age	1
未了[未了]	wei4 liao3	unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled	1
见天[見天]	jian4 tian1	(coll.) every day	1
转世[轉世]	zhuan3 shi4	reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)	1
刚强[剛強]	gang1 qiang2	firm; unyielding	1
花用[花用]	hua1 yong4	to spend (money)	1
冻死[凍死]	dong4 si3	to freeze to death; to die off in winter	1
历任[歷任]	li4 ren4	(of one person) to hold the successive posts of; (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)	1
全身而退[全身而退]	quan2 shen1 er2 tui4	to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece	1
好说[好說]	hao3 shuo1	easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me	1
晌午[晌午]	shang3 wu3	noon	1
关门[關門]	guan1 men2	to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)	1
胖子[胖子]	pang4 zi5	fat person; fatty	2
民工[民工]	min2 gong1	migrant worker; temporary worker enlisted on a public project	1
名册[名冊]	ming2 ce4	roll (of names); register; CL:本[ben3]	2
打招呼[打招呼]	da3 zhao1 hu5	to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice	1
会客[會客]	hui4 ke4	to receive a visitor	1
餐厅[餐廳]	can1 ting1	dining hall; dining room; restaurant; CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1]	1
赡[贍]	shan4	to support; to provide for	1
留饭[留飯]	liu2 fan4	to put some food aside for sb; to invite sb to stay for a meal; invitation to dinner	1
自作主张[自作主張]	zi4 zuo4 zhu3 zhang1	to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative	1
劳碌[勞碌]	lao2 lu4	tiring	1
总共[總共]	zong3 gong4	altogether; in sum; in all; in total	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep40/50 words - 29 min
兰考[蘭考]	Lan2 kao3	Lankao county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan	1
以东[以東]	yi3 dong1	to the east of (suffix)	1
淹没[淹沒]	yan1 mo4	to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)	1
次数[次數]	ci4 shu4	number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.)	1
铸成大错[鑄成大錯]	zhu4 cheng2 da4 cuo4	to make a serious mistake (idiom)	1
无可挽回[無可挽回]	wu2 ke3 wan3 hui2	irrevocable; the die is cast	1
临终[臨終]	lin2 zhong1	approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave	1
往昔[往昔]	wang3 xi1	the past	1
未遂[未遂]	wei4 sui4	unsuccessful (attempt); attempted (murder, suicide)	1
自觉[自覺]	zi4 jue2	conscious; aware; on one's own initiative; conscientious	1
遗憾[遺憾]	yi2 han4	regret; to regret; to be sorry that	1
欣喜[欣喜]	xin1 xi3	happy	1
功不可没[功不可沒]	gong1 bu4 ke3 mo4	one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)	1
不朽[不朽]	bu4 xiu3	immortal; immortality	1
争得[爭得]	zheng1 de2	to obtain by an effort; to strive to get sth	1
脸红脖子粗[臉紅脖子粗]	lian3 hong2 bo2 zi5 cu1	red in the face; extremely angry	1
阵势[陣勢]	zhen4 shi4	battle array; disposition of forces; situation; circumstance	1
仙逝[仙逝]	xian1 shi4	to die; to depart this mortal coil	1
面向[面嚮]	mian4 xiang4	to face; to turn towards; to incline to; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; facial feature; appearance; aspect; facet	1
认错[認錯]	ren4 cuo4	to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake	1
九泉[九泉]	jiu3 quan2	the nine springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; Hades	1
哈哈大笑[哈哈大笑]	ha1 ha1 da4 xiao4	to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter	1
澄[澄]	cheng2	clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify	1
渣滓[渣滓]	zha1 zi3	residue; dregs; disreputable people	1
记恨[記恨]	ji4 hen4	to bear grudges	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep40/75 words - 35 min
梗[梗]	geng3	branch; stem; stalk; CL:根[gen1]; to block; to hinder; (Tw) interesting, fresh, or amusing subject matter or scenario	1
魄[魄]	po4	soul; mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body	1
失信[失信]	shi1 xin4	to break a promise	1
同事[同事]	tong2 shi4	colleague; co-worker; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	1
幸而[幸而]	xing4 er2	by good fortune; luckily	1
不幸[不幸]	bu4 xing4	misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
避嫌[避嫌]	bi4 xian2	to avoid arousing suspicion	1
隐忍[隱忍]	yin3 ren3	to bear patiently; to endure silently; to forbear	1
旦[旦]	dan4	dawn; morning; daybreak; day; dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)	1
陈情[陳情]	chen2 qing2	to give a full account	1
不揣冒昧[不揣冒昧]	bu4 chuai3 mao4 mei4	to venture to; to presume to; to take the liberty of	1
末[末]	mo4	tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man	1
缘由[緣由]	yuan2 you2	reason; cause	1
直陈[直陳]	zhi2 chen2	to say straight out; to point out bluntly; to give a straightforward account; to disclose	1
怜[憐]	lian2	to pity	1
绩[績]	ji4	to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment; Taiwan pr. [ji1]	1
遥[遙]	yao2	distant; remote; far; far away	1
吟[吟]	yin2	to chant; to recite; to moan; to groan; cry (of certain animals and insects); song (ancient poem)	1
晴[晴]	qing2	clear; fine (weather)	1
猿[猿]	yuan2	ape	1
啸[嘯]	xiao4	to hiss; to whistle	1
泪[淚]	lei4	tears	1
泣[泣]	qi4	to sob	1
无穷[無窮]	wu2 qiong2	endless; boundless; inexhaustible	1
亲王[親王]	qin1 wang2	prince	1
//The Long River - S1/Ep40/89 words - 38 min
沙律[沙律]	sha1 lu:4	salad (loanword)	1
诱捕[誘捕]	you4 bu3	to lure into a trap; to trap; to capture	1
游走[遊走]	you2 zou3	wandering; unfixed; to migrate	1
耗时[耗時]	hao4 shi2	time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)	1
耗力[耗力]	hao4 li4	to require much effort	1
计谋[計謀]	ji4 mou2	stratagem; scheme	1
多伦[多倫]	Duo1 lun2	Duolun county in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia	1
遵从[遵從]	zun1 cong2	to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors)	1
诈[詐]	zha4	to cheat; to swindle; to pretend; to feign; to draw sb out; to try to extract information by deceit or bluff	1
惊疑[驚疑]	jing1 yi2	bewildered	1
薨[薨]	hong1	death of a prince; swarming	1
去世[去世]	qu4 shi4	to pass away; to die	1
祀[祀]	si4	to sacrifice; to offer libation to	1
贤良[賢良]	xian2 liang2	(of a man) able and virtuous	1