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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东 東 dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1
生日 生日 shēng rì birthday HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
八 八 bā eight; 8 HSK 1
班 班 bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
休息 休息 xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
打开 打開 dǎ kāi to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
风 風 fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
关 關 guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
早上 早上 zǎo shang early morning HSK 1
冷 冷 lěng cold HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
不用 不用 bù yòng need not HSK 1
教 教 jiào religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell HSK 1
回到 回到 huí dào to return to HSK 1
来到 來到 lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
白 白 bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
看见 看見 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
十 十 shí ten; 10 HSK 1
今年 今年 jīn nián this year HSK 1
名字 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
六 六 liù six; 6 HSK 1
飞 飛 fēi to fly HSK 1
楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
包 包 bāo to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet HSK 1
哪里 哪裏 nǎ lǐ where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
记得 記得 jì de to remember HSK 1
明白 明白 míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
二 二 èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
口 口 kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
子 子 zǐ son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
真的 真的 zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
重 重 chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
先生 先生 xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
五 五 wǔ five; 5 HSK 1
晚 晚 wǎn evening; night; late HSK 1
哪 哪 nǎ how; which HSK 1
难 難 nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
第二 第二 dì èr second; number two; next; secondary HSK 1
多少 多少 duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat HSK 1
妈 媽 mā ma; mom; mother HSK 1
外 外 wài outside; in addition; foreign; external HSK 1
四 四 sì four; 4 HSK 1
回来 回來 huí lai to return; to come back HSK 1
睡 睡 shuì to sleep; to lie down HSK 1
早 早 zǎo early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely HSK 1
坐 坐 Zuò surname Zuo HSK 1
门 門 mén gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) HSK 1