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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ruò weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than HSK 4
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
wèi position; status; place HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
àn dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant HSK 4
yǒu interesting; fascinating; amusing HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
shén mysterious; mystery HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
a household; door; family HSK 4
ren lady; madam; Mrs. HSK 4
liè to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row HSK 4
miǎn to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from HSK 4
tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant HSK 4
to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4
zhēn duì to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
xīng fèn excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
怀 huái to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
jiān period of time; time; time period; period HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
pái mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal HSK 4
extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
zhàng fu husband HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
zhèng zhì politics; political HSK 4
chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with HSK 4
gòng common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party HSK 4
wife and children HSK 4
xīn psychology; mentality HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4