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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不停 不停 bù tíng incessant HSK 5
泉 泉 quán spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic) HSK 5
言语 言語 yán yǔ words; speech; (spoken) language HSK 5
回避 迴避 huí bì to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
现有 現有 xiàn yǒu currently existing; currently available HSK 5
鼓 皷 gǔ drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell HSK 5
人间 人間 rén jiān the human world; the earth HSK 5
摘 摘 zhāi to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) HSK 5
难得 難得 nán dé seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last; finally; on the whole HSK 5
灾难 災難 zāi nàn disaster; catastrophe HSK 5
闯 闖 chuǎng to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) HSK 5
决不 決不 jué bù not at all; simply (can) not HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
大胆 大膽 dà dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless HSK 5
扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
一向 一向 yī xiàng always (previously); a period of time in the recent past HSK 5
伸 伸 shēn to stretch; to extend HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
情形 情形 qíng xing circumstances; situation HSK 5
明明 明明 míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
不许 不許 bù xǔ not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
提起 提起 tí qǐ 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) HSK 5
匹 匹 pī mate; one of a pair HSK 5
消除 消除 xiāo chú to eliminate; to remove HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
询问 詢問 xún wèn to inquire HSK 5
大事 大事 dà shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
喷 噴 pēn to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt HSK 5
虎 虎 hǔ tiger HSK 5
艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult; hard; challenging HSK 5
除非 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
尝 嘗 cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
今日 今日 jīn rì today HSK 5
软 軟 ruǎn soft; flexible HSK 5
违反 違反 wéi fǎn to violate (a law) HSK 5
不足 不足 bù zú insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not HSK 5
盒 盒 hé small box; case HSK 5
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
详细 詳細 xiáng xì detailed; in detail; minute HSK 5
回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
害 害 hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
必 必 bì certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
硬 硬 yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
扔 扔 rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
烂 爛 làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
冒 冐 mào 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 HSK 5