Lover of the Last Empress

Lover of the Last Empress 1995

慈禧秘密生活 cíxǐ mìmì shēnghuó

The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.

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罪该万死 罪該萬死 zuì gāi wàn sǐ 罪: crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship · 该: should, ought to, need to · 万: ten thousand; innumerable · 死: die; dead; death Idiom ∼HSK 7
日理万机 日理萬機 rì lǐ wàn jī 日: sun; day; daytime · 理: reason, logic; manage · 万: ten thousand; innumerable · 机: desk; machine; moment Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
目中无人 目中無人 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air Idiom HSK 7
死心塌地 死心塌地 sǐ xīn tā dì to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving Idiom HSK 7
相依为命 相依為命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent Idiom HSK 7
照办 照辦 zhào bàn to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request Xiehouyu HSK 7
黑心 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (flaw in pottery) Xiehouyu HSK 7
无可奈何 無可奈何 wú kě nài hé have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈 Xiehouyu HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
走漏 走漏 zǒu lòu to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc) HSK 7
害臊 害臊 hài sào to be bashful; to feel ashamed HSK 7
改为 改為 gǎi wéi to change into HSK 7
踏上 踏上 tà shàng to set foot on; to step on or into HSK 7
起程 起程 qǐ chéng to set out; to leave HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception HSK 7
浩劫 浩劫 hào jié calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
避暑 避暑 bì shǔ to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke HSK 7
孝敬 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents HSK 7
刁难 刁難 diāo nàn to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diāo nán] HSK 7
喜事 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion; wedding HSK 7
探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family HSK 7
恩赐 恩賜 ēn cì favor; to give charity to sb out of pity HSK 7
爱惜 愛惜 ài xī to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
威风 威風 wēi fēng might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive HSK 7
就医 就醫 jiù yī to receive medical treatment HSK 7
请示 請示 qǐng shì to ask for instructions HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
避难 避難 bì nàn refuge; to take refuge; to seek asylum (political etc) HSK 7
瘫 癱 tān paralyzed HSK 7
仇人 仇人 chóu rén foe; one's personal enemy HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
打猎 打獵 dǎ liè to go hunting HSK 7
抗衡 抗衡 kàng héng to compete with; to vie with; to counter HSK 7
惊动 驚動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb HSK 7
连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row HSK 7
松弛 鬆弛 sōng chí to relax; relaxed; limp; lax HSK 7
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to HSK 7
动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey; to leave HSK 7
半路 半路 bàn lù halfway; midway; on the way HSK 7
土匪 土匪 tǔ fěi bandit HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
昔日 昔日 xī rì former days; in the past HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7