Inside the Forbidden City

Inside the Forbidden City 1965

宋宫秘史 sòng gōng mì shǐ

It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?

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疏忽 疏忽 shū hu to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness HSK 7
绞 絞 jiǎo to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn HSK 7
妖怪 妖怪 yāo guài monster; devil HSK 7
捎 捎 shāo to bring sth to sb; to deliver HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
追问 追問 zhuī wèn to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter HSK 7
陷害 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
四季 四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
皇室 皇室 huáng shì royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family HSK 7
无从 無從 wú cóng not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing HSK 7
领队 領隊 lǐng duì to lead a group; leader of a group; captain (of sports squad) HSK 7
宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) HSK 7
棘手 棘手 jí shǒu thorny (problem); intractable HSK 7
攒 攢 cuán to bring together HSK 7
太平 太平 tài píng peace and security HSK 7
流水 流水 liú shuǐ running water; (business) turnover HSK 7
常人 常人 cháng rén ordinary person HSK 7
真情 真情 zhēn qíng real situation; the truth HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
荒谬 荒謬 huāng miù absurd; ridiculous HSK 7
探望 探望 tàn wàng to visit; to call on sb; to look around HSK 7
以致 以致 yǐ zhì to such an extent as to; down to; up to HSK 7
换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) HSK 7
皇上 皇上 huáng shang the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty HSK 7
闻名 聞名 wén míng well-known; famous; renowned; eminent HSK 7
苦恼 苦惱 kǔ nǎo vexed; distressed HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
可信 可信 kě xìn trustworthy HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) HSK 7
分明 分明 fēn míng clear; distinct; evidently; clearly HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
逢 逢 féng 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 HSK 7
裁 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment HSK 7
当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7
从头 從頭 cóng tóu anew; from the start HSK 7
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
舅舅 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal) HSK 7
至此 至此 zhì cǐ up until now; so far HSK 7
人为 人為 rén wéi artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort HSK 7
逆 逆 nì contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel HSK 7
除去 除去 chú qù to eliminate; to remove; except for; apart from HSK 7
盏 盞 zhǎn a small cup; classifier for lamps HSK 7
株 株 zhū tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business) HSK 7
生前 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life; while living HSK 7