Lover of the Last Empress

Lover of the Last Empress 1995

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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màn cháng very long; endless HSK 5
shí ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color) HSK 5
nán seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
yóu to hesitate HSK 5
jiǎn qīng to lighten; to ease; to alleviate HSK 5
chuǎng to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) HSK 5
zēng (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to HSK 5
zhòng duō numerous HSK 5
tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless HSK 5
chéng to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc) HSK 5
to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
zhí wèi position; post; job HSK 5
xiàng always (previously); a period of time in the recent past HSK 5
rabbit HSK 5
ban to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress HSK 5
rǎn to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least HSK 5
fǎn huí to return to; to come (or go) back HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
tóng like; as HSK 5
mate; one of a pair HSK 5
zhēn to treasure; to value; to cherish HSK 5
quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
jiā to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] HSK 5
sōu to search HSK 5
ròu muscle; flesh HSK 5
cháng to compensate; to make up HSK 5
wàng to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope HSK 5
shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
ěr duo ear; handle (on a cup) HSK 5
mǐn gǎn sensitive; susceptible HSK 5
jīn today HSK 5
ruǎn soft; flexible HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
zhī nèi inside; within HSK 5
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
huà in a word; in short HSK 5
zhī xià under; beneath; less than HSK 5
rěn to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5