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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坐牢 坐牢 zuò láo to be imprisoned ∼HSK 4
日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day ∼HSK 4
效法 效法 xiào fǎ to imitate; to follow the example of ∼HSK 4
应有 應有 yīng yǒu to deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc) ∼HSK 4
杜 杜 Dù stop, prevent; restrict; surname ∼HSK 4
密函 密函 mì hán secret letter ∼HSK 4
大大方方 大大方方 dà dà fāng fāng confident; calm; natural; poised ∼HSK 4
执 執 zhí hold in hand; keep; carry out ∼HSK 4
登基 登基 dēng jī to ascend the throne ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
辛 辛 Xīn bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem ∼HSK 4
直言 直言 zhí yán to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly ∼HSK 4
定数 定數 dìng shù constant (math.); quota; fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus); fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck); destiny ∼HSK 4
介怀 介懷 jiè huái to mind; to brood over; to be concerned about ∼HSK 4
摆布 擺布 bǎi bù to arrange; to order about; to manipulate ∼HSK 4
失言 失言 shī yán slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret ∼HSK 4
怪味 怪味 guài wèi strange odor ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
拜天地 拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth; ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; also called 拜堂 ∼HSK 4
救兵 救兵 jiù bīng relief troops; reinforcements ∼HSK 4
禁 禁 jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
森严 森嚴 sēn yán strict; rigid; tight (security) ∼HSK 4
毛刷 毛刷 máo shuā brush ∼HSK 4
睡醒 睡醒 shuì xǐng to wake up ∼HSK 4
无缺 無缺 wú quē whole ∼HSK 4
肥厚 肥厚 féi hòu plump; fleshy; fertile ∼HSK 4
极点 極點 jí diǎn extreme point; pole; the origin (in polar coordinates) ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
厌 厭 yàn dislike, detest, reject; satiate ∼HSK 4
耳根 耳根 ěr gēn base of the ear; ear; (Buddhism) sense of hearing ∼HSK 4
酒色 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women; color of wine; drunken expression ∼HSK 4
女色 女色 nǚ sè female charms; femininity ∼HSK 4
别无 別無 bié wú to have no other... (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
无需 無需 wú xū needless ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
带兵 帶兵 dài bīng to lead troops ∼HSK 4
交兵 交兵 jiāo bīng in a state of war ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
心怀 心懷 xīn huái to harbor (thoughts); to cherish; to entertain (illusions) ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
大败 大敗 dà bài to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb ∼HSK 4
唯有 唯有 wéi yǒu only ∼HSK 4
退守 退守 tuì shǒu to retreat and defend; to withdraw and maintain one's guard ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake ∼HSK 4
幸 倖 xìng luck(ily), favor, fortunately ∼HSK 4
留守 留守 liú shǒu to stay behind to take care of things ∼HSK 4
宅 宅 zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
宣 宣 Xuān declare, announce, proclaim ∼HSK 4