Lover of the Last Empress 1995
慈禧秘密生活
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.
Vocabulary
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| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 为止 為止 | until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止) | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 年龄 年齡 | (a person's) age | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 掌握 掌握 | to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 享受 享受 | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 隔墙有耳 隔牆有耳 | the walls have ears (idiom) | Idiom |
| 小人得志 小人得志 | lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom); fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant | Idiom |
| 国色天香 國色天香 | national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty | Idiom |
| 江河日下 江河日下 | rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse; deteriorating day by day | Idiom |
| 心烦意乱 心煩意亂 | lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety | Idiom |
| 寒酸 寒酸 | wretched; poverty-stricken; unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) | Xiehouyu |
| 大方 大方 | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 玉兰 玉蘭 | Yulan magnolia | Proper Noun |
| 慈禧 慈禧 | Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908) | Proper Noun |
| 恭亲王 恭親王 | Grand Prince (Qing title) | Proper Noun |
| 咸丰 咸豐 | Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei | Proper Noun |