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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圣母 聖母 Shèng mǔ the Virgin Mary Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同治 同治 Tóng zhì reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宣统 宣統 Xuān tǒng reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圆明园 圓明園 Yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
慈禧太后 慈禧太后 Cí xǐ tài hòu Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
溥仪 溥儀 Pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神州 神州 Shén zhōu old name for China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
格林 格林 Gé lín Green or Greene (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
通州 通州 Tōng zhōu Tongzhou, a district of Beijing; Tongzhou, a district of Nantong, Jiangsu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
木兰 木蘭 Mù lán Mulan county in Harbin, Heilongjiang; Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
会同 會同 Huì tóng Huitong county in Huaihua, Hunan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辛亥革命 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
光绪 光緒 Guāng xù reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛门 佛門 Fó mén Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江宁 江寧 Jiāng níng Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
方丈 方丈 Fāng zhang one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
归绥 歸綏 Guī suí old name for Hohhot city, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
洪秀全 洪秀全 Hóng Xiù quán Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波斯 波斯 Bō sī Persia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清廷 清廷 Qīng tíng the Qing court (as government of China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雍和宫 雍和宮 Yōng hé Gōng Yonghe Temple; Lama Temple (Beijing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法国人 法國人 Fǎ guó rén Frenchman; French person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
海淀区 海淀區 Hǎi diàn Qū Haidian, a district of Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清军 清軍 Qīng jūn the Qing army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大安 大安 Dà ān Da'an or Ta'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Da'an or Ta'an Township in Taichung County, Taiwan; Da'an, county-level city in Baicheng, Jilin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汉武帝 漢武帝 Hàn Wǔ dì Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武则天 武則天 Wǔ Zé tiān Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安康 安康 Ān kāng Ankang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
郭 郭 Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
王爷 王爺 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
同道 同道 tóng dào same principle ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
估 估 gū merchant; estimate, guess, presume ∼HSK 4
联军 聯軍 lián jūn allied armies ∼HSK 4
亲王 親王 qīn wáng prince ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
召唤 召喚 zhào huàn to summon; to beckon; to call ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
白日梦 白日夢 bái rì mèng daydream; reverie ∼HSK 4
落雨 落雨 luò yǔ (dialect) to rain ∼HSK 4
肚痛 肚痛 dù tòng stomachache ∼HSK 4
大呼小叫 大呼小叫 dà hū xiǎo jiào to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss ∼HSK 4