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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尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
文武双全 文武雙全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier; master of pen and sword Idiom ∼HSK 6
挑拨离间 挑撥離間 tiǎo bō lí jiàn to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between Idiom ∼HSK 6
心满意足 心滿意足 xīn mǎn yì zú perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied Idiom ∼HSK 6
狼狈为奸 狼狽為奸 láng bèi wéi jiān villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends) Idiom ∼HSK 6
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
丧权辱国 喪權辱國 sàng quán rǔ guó to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom); to surrender territory under humiliating terms Idiom ∼HSK 6
一丝不挂 一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit Idiom ∼HSK 6
势如破竹 勢如破竹 shì rú pò zhú like a hot knife through butter (idiom); with irresistible force Idiom ∼HSK 6
甜言蜜语 甜言蜜語 tián yán mì yǔ (idiom) sweet words; sweet talk; cajolery Idiom ∼HSK 6
若有若无 若有若無 ruò yǒu ruò wú indistinct; faintly discernible Idiom ∼HSK 6
天翻地覆 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head Idiom ∼HSK 6
内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad Idiom ∼HSK 6
瓜熟蒂落 瓜熟蒂落 guā shú dì luò when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time Idiom ∼HSK 6
临阵脱逃 臨陣脫逃 lín zhèn tuō táo to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet Idiom ∼HSK 6
挟天子以令天下 挾天子以令天下 xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng tiān xià (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country Idiom ∼HSK 6
万死不辞 萬死不辭 wàn sǐ bù cí ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out Idiom ∼HSK 6
轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong; vigorous; large-scale Idiom ∼HSK 6
棋高一着 棋高一著 qí gāo yī zhāo to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent Idiom ∼HSK 6
垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
耿耿于怀 耿耿於懷 gěng gěng yú huái to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding Idiom ∼HSK 6
舟车劳顿 舟車勞頓 zhōu chē láo dùn travel-worn Idiom ∼HSK 6
妄自尊大 妄自尊大 wàng zì zūn dà ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance Idiom ∼HSK 6
大逆不道 大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) Idiom ∼HSK 6
饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不近人情 不近人情 bù jìn - rén qíng (idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺上瞒下 欺上瞞下 qī shàng mán xià 欺: cheat, double-cross, deceive · 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 瞒: deceive, lie; eyes half-closed · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
割肉 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat; to cut off a piece of flesh; (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6