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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棉被 棉被 mián bèi comforter; quilt ∼HSK 6
逆贼 逆賊 nì zéi renegade; traitor and bandit ∼HSK 6
动怒 動怒 dòng nù to get angry ∼HSK 6
被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover ∼HSK 6
钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into ∼HSK 6
安寝 安寢 ān qǐn to sleep peacefully ∼HSK 6
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life ∼HSK 6
雏妓 雛妓 chú jì underage prostitute ∼HSK 6
坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) ∼HSK 6
搔痒 搔癢 sāo yǎng to scratch (an itch); to tickle ∼HSK 6
绑住 綁住 bǎng zhù to fasten; to bind ∼HSK 6
求告 求告 qiú gào to implore; to beseech ∼HSK 6
列祖列宗 列祖列宗 liè zǔ liè zōng 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 祖: ancestor, forefather; grandfather · 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 宗: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan ∼HSK 6
吃素 吃素 chī sù to be a vegetarian ∼HSK 6
差遣 差遣 chāi qiǎn to send (on errand) ∼HSK 6
假扮 假扮 jiǎ bàn to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else ∼HSK 6
瞒不过 瞞不過 mán bù guò cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) ∼HSK 6
圣明 聖明 shèng míng enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) ∼HSK 6
生生世世 生生世世 shēng shēng shì shì 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 世: generation; world; era · 世: generation; world; era ∼HSK 6
次之 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) ∼HSK 6
张皇 張皇 zhāng huáng alarmed; flustered ∼HSK 6
捉住 捉住 zhuō zhù to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto ∼HSK 6
直捣 直搗 zhí dǎo to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc); (fig.) to directly target (the main objective) ∼HSK 6
不堪设想 不堪設想 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable ∼HSK 6
不轨 不軌 bù guǐ errant ∼HSK 6
卖国求荣 賣國求榮 mài guó qiú róng 卖: sell; betray; show off · 国: nation, country, nation-state · 求: seek; demand, request; beseech · 荣: glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 6
奸淫 姦淫 jiān yín illicit sex; to rape or seduce ∼HSK 6
摊子 攤子 tān zi booth; vendor's stall; (fig.) organizational structure; scale of operations ∼HSK 6
兴亡 興亡 xīng wáng to flourish and decay; rise and fall ∼HSK 6
匹夫有责 匹夫有責 pǐ fū yǒu zé 匹: bolt of cloth; counter for horses · 夫: man, male adult, husband; those · 有: have, own, possess; exist ∼HSK 6
收拾残局 收拾殘局 shōu shi cán jú to clear up the mess; to pick up the pieces ∼HSK 6
置之度外 置之度外 zhì zhī dù wài to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard ∼HSK 6
攻入 攻入 gōng rù to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport) ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
良策 良策 liáng cè good plan; good idea ∼HSK 6
九泉之下 九泉之下 jiǔ quán zhī xià 九: nine · 泉: spring, fountain; wealth, money · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down ∼HSK 6
王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
遵旨 遵旨 zūn zhǐ obey the decree ∼HSK 6
异动 異動 yì dòng to shift; to alter; unusual change; abnormal move ∼HSK 6
丧礼 喪禮 sāng lǐ funeral ∼HSK 6
截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate ∼HSK 6
权重 權重 quán zhòng weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) ∼HSK 6
烟波 煙波 yān bō mist covered water ∼HSK 6
拜祭 拜祭 bài jì to worship; to observe religious rites; to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
皇位 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor ∼HSK 6
荒野 荒野 huāng yě wilderness ∼HSK 6
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6