Empresses in the Palace

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甄嬛传 zhēnhuán chuán

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轻捷 輕捷 qīng jié light on one's feet; nimble; agile ∼HSK 6
花销 花銷 huā xiāo to spend (money); expenses ∼HSK 6
凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce; (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using instead of its homophone) ∼HSK 6
特派 特派 tè pài special appointment; special correspondent; task force; sb dispatched on a mission ∼HSK 6
拮据 拮据 jié jū hard pressed for money; in financial straits ∼HSK 6
干娘 乾娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 6
酷爱 酷愛 kù ài to be keen on; to have a passion for ∼HSK 6
抚琴 撫琴 fǔ qín to play the zither; classical variant of ∼HSK 6
舞曲 舞曲 wǔ qǔ dance music ∼HSK 6
口误 口誤 kǒu wù to misspeak; to get one's words mixed up; a slip of the tongue ∼HSK 6
谨小慎微 謹小慎微 jǐn xiǎo shèn wēi overcautious and timid (idiom); excessively careful about trifles ∼HSK 6
探口风 探口風 tàn kǒu fēng to sound out opinions; to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning ∼HSK 6
命途 命途 mìng tú the course of one's life; one's fate ∼HSK 6
心惊 心驚 xīn jīng fearful; apprehensive ∼HSK 6
疑忌 疑忌 yí jì jealousy; suspicious and jealous ∼HSK 6
污损 污損 wū sǔn to contaminate ∼HSK 6
剖白 剖白 pōu bái to explain oneself ∼HSK 6
雷电交加 雷電交加 léi diàn jiāo jiā thunder and lightning together (idiom); a violent thunderstorm ∼HSK 6
赠予 贈予 zèng yǔ to give a present; to accord (a favor); to grant ∼HSK 6
寒鸦 寒鴉 hán yā (bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) ∼HSK 6
企盼 企盼 qǐ pàn to expect; to look forward to; anxious for sth; to hope (to get sth) ∼HSK 6
攀折 攀折 pān zhé to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub) ∼HSK 6
游园 遊園 yóu yuán to visit a park or garden ∼HSK 6
针扎 針扎 zhēn zhā pincushion ∼HSK 6
畜类 畜類 chù lèi domestic animal ∼HSK 6
可叹 可嘆 kě tàn lamentable; sad(ly) ∼HSK 6
情事 情事 qíng shì circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair ∼HSK 6
惊惶 驚惶 jīng huáng panic-stricken ∼HSK 6
栽植 栽植 zāi zhí to plant; to transplant ∼HSK 6
拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) ∼HSK 6
纠葛 糾葛 jiū gé entanglement; dispute ∼HSK 6
恶习 惡習 è xí bad habit; vice ∼HSK 6
不平凡 不平凡 bù píng fán marvelous; marvelously ∼HSK 6
冤孽 冤孽 yuān niè karmic debt ∼HSK 6
异域 異域 yì yù foreign country; alien land ∼HSK 6
无援 無援 wú yuán without support; helpless ∼HSK 6
入局 入局 rù jú to enter the game; to get involved; to walk into a scam ∼HSK 6
芦苇 蘆葦 lú wěi reed ∼HSK 6
妙趣 妙趣 miào qù witty; clever; amusing ∼HSK 6
爱侣 愛侶 ài lǚ lovers ∼HSK 6
隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion ∼HSK 6
圆润 圓潤 yuán rùn mellow and full; suave; smooth and round; rich (in voice) ∼HSK 6
双足 雙足 shuāng zú both feet; two-legged ∼HSK 6
撕碎 撕碎 sī suì to tear to shreds ∼HSK 6
旗装 旗裝 qí zhuāng Manchu-style clothing ∼HSK 6
烛光 燭光 zhú guāng candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) ∼HSK 6
击溃 擊潰 jī kuì to defeat; to smash; to rout ∼HSK 6
封疆 封疆 fēng jiāng border region; regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) ∼HSK 6
不倦 不倦 bù juàn tireless; untiring; indefatigable ∼HSK 6
甜腻 甜膩 tián nì sweet and unctuous; (fig.) overly sentimental ∼HSK 6