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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驾 駕 jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
尚 尚 shàng still; yet; to value; to esteem HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
审判 審判 shěn pàn a trial; to try sb HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
抛 拋 pāo to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon HSK 7
恶 惡 ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
置 置 zhì to install; to place; to put; to buy HSK 7
计 計 jì to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
丧尽天良 喪盡天良 sàng jìn tiān liáng devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless Idiom ∼HSK 6
万死不辞 萬死不辭 wàn sǐ bù cí ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out Idiom ∼HSK 6
忠心耿耿 忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true Idiom ∼HSK 6
皇亲国戚 皇親國戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections Idiom ∼HSK 6
执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly Idiom ∼HSK 6
福如东海 福如東海 fú rú Dōng Hǎi may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
手足之情 手足之情 shǒu zú zhī qíng brotherly affection Idiom ∼HSK 6
串通一气 串通一氣 chuàn tōng yī qì to act in collusion (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
三头六臂 三頭六臂 sān tóu - liù bì lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom); fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 gǒu yán - cán chuǎn (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door Idiom ∼HSK 6
闻所未闻 聞所未聞 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event Idiom ∼HSK 6
言之凿凿 言之鑿鑿 yán zhī záo záo (idiom) to speak with conviction Idiom ∼HSK 6
捕风捉影 捕風捉影 bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence Idiom ∼HSK 6
无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without fire Idiom ∼HSK 6
赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any danger; to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) Idiom ∼HSK 6
在所不辞 在所不辭 zài suǒ bù cí not to refuse to (idiom); not to hesitate to Idiom ∼HSK 6
强词夺理 強詞奪理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats Idiom ∼HSK 6
死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
天高皇帝远 天高皇帝遠 tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom); fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government Idiom ∼HSK 6