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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表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
臣妾 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
山贼 山賊 shān zéi brigand ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
不敬 不敬 bù jìng disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) ∼HSK 6
先皇 先皇 xiān huáng emperor of a former dynasty ∼HSK 6
女皇 女皇 nǚ huáng empress ∼HSK 6
尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead ∼HSK 6
大权 大權 dà quán power; authority ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
蟑螂 蟑螂 zhāng láng cockroach ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
苍天 蒼天 cāng tiān firmament ∼HSK 6
文武 文武 wén wǔ civil and military ∼HSK 6
微臣 微臣 wēi chén this small official; humble servant ∼HSK 6
议政 議政 yì zhèng to discuss politics ∼HSK 6
仁厚 仁厚 rén hòu kindhearted; tolerant; honest and generous ∼HSK 6
产下 產下 chǎn xià to bear (give birth) ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
梳头 梳頭 shū tóu to comb one's hair ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
议和 議和 yì hé to negotiate peace ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
皇太子 皇太子 huáng tài zǐ crown prince ∼HSK 6
驾崩 駕崩 jià bēng (of an emperor) to pass away ∼HSK 6
心腹 心腹 xīn fù trusted aide; confidant ∼HSK 6
平身 平身 píng shēn rise (to subjects bowing) ∼HSK 6
奔丧 奔喪 bēn sāng to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
灵柩 靈柩 líng jiù coffin containing a corpse ∼HSK 6
传旨 傳旨 chuán zhǐ convey an edict ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
爱新觉罗 愛新覺羅 Ài xīn Jué luó Aisin Gioro, family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 6
恩宠 恩寵 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
把持 把持 bǎ chí to control; to dominate; to monopolize ∼HSK 6
何须 何須 hé xū there is no need; why should ∼HSK 6
若然 若然 ruò rán if; if so ∼HSK 6
污辱 汙辱 wū rǔ to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
睁开 睜開 zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes) ∼HSK 6
蒙恩 蒙恩 méng ēn to receive favor ∼HSK 6
莫大 莫大 mò dà greatest; most important ∼HSK 6