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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好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
听信 聽信 tīng xìn to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears ∼HSK 2
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to ∼HSK 2
开颜 開顏 kāi yán to smile; to beam ∼HSK 2
阴风 陰風 yīn fēng chill wind; (fig.) evil wind ∼HSK 2
昭雪 昭雪 zhāo xuě to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate ∼HSK 2
为重 為重 wéi zhòng to attach most importance to ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
街灯 街燈 jiē dēng streetlight ∼HSK 2
丈 丈 zhàng unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
十成 十成 shí chéng completely ∼HSK 2
每日 每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
息 息 xī rest, put stop to, end, cease ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
拿到 拿到 ná dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
忽然 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
不但 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
平安 平安 píng ān safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace HSK 2
早晨 早晨 zǎo chén early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì 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 HSK 2
草 艸 cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
闻 聞 wén to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at HSK 2
故意 故意 gù yì deliberately; on purpose HSK 2
大人 大人 dà ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
响 響 xiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
讲话 講話 jiǎng huà a speech; to speak; to talk; to address HSK 2
灯 燈 dēng lamp; light; lantern HSK 2
雪 雪 xuě snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
出口 出口 chū kǒu an exit; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port HSK 2
纸 紙 zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2