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灵契 Spiritpact, Season 2, Episode 5 [Vocabulary]

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Updated: Aug 8, 2021

There is a similar looking and similar sounding pair of words 原 yuán and 愿 yuàn.


原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source; Hara (Japanese surname)

愿 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing; sincere


(13:34) 原来 yuánlái

(21:09) 心愿 xīnyuàn



1. 经由 jīngyóu via; by way of


2. 许可 xǔkě to allow; to permit


3. 精通 jīngtōng to be proficient in; to master (a subject)

精 jīng essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly

perfected; elite; the pick of something; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine);

selected rice (archaic)

通 tōng to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate;

open; to clear; measure word for letters, telegrams, phone calls, etc.


4. 失敬 (verb polite expression) sorry I didn't recognize you; excuse my lack of manner

失 shī to lose; to miss; to fail

敬 jìng to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer


5. 心窍 xīnqiào the mind; capacity for clear thinking

窍 qiào hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a

problem)


6. 信物 xìnwù authenticating object; token; keepsake

信 xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at

will; at random

物 wù thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理


1. 人命关天 rénmìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom)


2. 天经地义 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and

proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course; perfectly justified


3. 多此一举 duō cǐ yījǔ to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous; gilding the lily;

do something unnecessarily

一举 yījǔ a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go

举 jǔ to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect;

act; move; deed


4. 沾亲带故 related in some way; have ides of kinship or friendship

沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a

contact; to touch

亲 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close;

intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear

带 dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take

along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise

故 gù happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore;

hence; (of people) to die, dead


5. 成何体统 chéng hé tǐtǒng What a scandal!; Whatever next?

成 chéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn

into;to be all right; OK!; one tenth; (Chinese surname)

何 hé what; how; why; which; carry; (Chinese surname)

体统 tǐtǒng decorum; propriety; arrangement or form (of piece of writing)

体 tǐ body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)

统 tǒng to gather; to unite; to unify; whole

6. 循环往复 move in cycles (idiom)

循环 xúnhuán to cycle; to circulate; circle; loop

往复 wǎngfù to go and come back; to make a return trip; backwards and forwards (e.g.

of piston or pump action); to reciprocate (of machine part)

循 xún to follow; to adhere to; to abide by

环 huán ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; measure word for scores in archery, etc.; to

surround; to encircle; to hem in; (Chinese surname)


1. (13:16) 拿到一血


2. (17:36) 足蛇吞象


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