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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母 母 mǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
疾病 疾病 jí bìng disease; sickness; ailment HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
州 州 zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ Nán Shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live! Idiom ∼HSK 5
含血喷人 含血噴人 hán xuè pēn rén to make false accusations against sb (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
心神不宁 心神不寧 xīn shén bù níng to feel ill at ease Idiom ∼HSK 5
乐极生悲 樂極生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! Idiom ∼HSK 5
铁面无私 鐵面無私 tiě miàn wú sī strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
养神 養神 yǎng shén to rest; to recuperate; to regain composure Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
寇 㓂 kòu bandits, thieves; enemy; invade ∼HSK 5
珠 珠 zhū precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl ∼HSK 5
槐 槐 huái locust tree ∼HSK 5
琳 琳 lín beautiful jade, gem ∼HSK 5
宸 宸 chén imperial; imperial palace ∼HSK 5
妃 妃 fēi concubine ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
碧 碧 bì jade green ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
不孝 不孝 bù xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
卿 卿 qīng noble, high officer ∼HSK 5
朕 朕 zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
狱 獄 yù prison, jail; case; lawsuit ∼HSK 5