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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刁钻 刁鑽 diāo zuān crafty; tricky ∼HSK 6
搭救 搭救 dā jiù to rescue ∼HSK 6
狠毒 狠毒 hěn dú vicious; malicious; savage ∼HSK 6
残生 殘生 cán shēng remaining years of one's life ∼HSK 6
主使 主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator ∼HSK 6
从犯 從犯 cóng fàn accessory to a crime; accomplice ∼HSK 6
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil; good versus evil ∼HSK 6
奸佞 奸佞 jiān nìng crafty and fawning ∼HSK 6
恶名 惡名 è míng bad name; evil reputation ∼HSK 6
游玩 遊玩 yóu wán to amuse oneself; to have fun; to go sightseeing; to take a stroll HSK 6
忠心 忠心 zhōng xīn good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication HSK 6
只管 只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) HSK 6
近日 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days HSK 6
母子 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest HSK 6
冷水 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans) HSK 6
奏 奏 zòu to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) HSK 6
巧妙 巧妙 qiǎo miào ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
传言 傳言 chuán yán rumor; hearsay HSK 6
亲眼 親眼 qīn yǎn with one's own eyes; personally HSK 6
打断 打斷 dǎ duàn to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) HSK 6
牢 牢 láo firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
珠宝 珠寶 zhū bǎo pearls; jewels; precious stones HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
跪 跪 guì to kneel HSK 6
皇帝 皇帝 huáng dì emperor HSK 6
添 添 tiān to add; to increase; to replenish HSK 6
此事 此事 cǐ shì this matter HSK 6
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal); before; previously HSK 6
虽 雖 suī although; even though HSK 6
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown HSK 6
刮 刮 guā to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
狠 狠 hěn ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 HSK 6
算了 算了 suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
王子 王子 wáng zǐ prince; son of a king HSK 6
惨 慘 cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
本地 本地 běn dì local; this locality HSK 6
夺 奪 duó to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose HSK 6
宫 宮 gōng palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale HSK 6
蒙 濛 méng drizzle; mist HSK 6
晕 暈 yūn confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out HSK 6
顺 順 shùn to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable HSK 6
公主 公主 gōng zhǔ princess HSK 6
绝 絕 jué to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means HSK 6
至于 至於 zhì yú as for; as to; to go so far as to HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6