Empresses in the Palace

Whole-title review

Season 1 — Empresses in the Palace

甄嬛传 zhēnhuán chuán

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Vocabulary

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洒脱 灑脫 sǎ tuo free and at ease; natural; unconstrained ∼HSK 5
府第 府第 fǔ dì mansion house; official residence ∼HSK 5
黎 黎 Lí surname; numerous, many; black ∼HSK 5
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display ∼HSK 5
福寿 福壽 fú shòu happiness and longevity ∼HSK 5
亏心事 虧心事 kuī xīn shì shameful deed ∼HSK 5
辜 辜 Gū crime, criminal offense ∼HSK 5
亲生骨肉 親生骨肉 qīn shēng gǔ ròu one's own flesh and blood ∼HSK 5
竿 竿 gān bamboo pole; penis ∼HSK 5
眼巴巴 眼巴巴 yǎn bā bā waiting anxiously; impatient ∼HSK 5
琴瑟 琴瑟 qín sè qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony ∼HSK 5
出戏 出戲 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance ∼HSK 5
劝和 勸和 quàn hé to mediate; to urge peace ∼HSK 5
桂 桂 Guì cassia or cinnamon ∼HSK 5
冒冒失失 冒冒失失 mào mào shī shī bold; forthright ∼HSK 5
石榴 石榴 shí liu pomegranate ∼HSK 5
裳 裳 cháng clothes; skirt; beautiful ∼HSK 5
独占 獨佔 dú zhàn variant of ∼HSK 5
髓 髓 suǐ bone marrow; essences, substances ∼HSK 5
斌 斌 bīn refined, having both appearance ∼HSK 5
钱粮 錢糧 qián liáng land tax; money and grain (given as tax or tribute) ∼HSK 5
死敌 死敵 sǐ dí mortal enemy; arch-enemy ∼HSK 5
惕 惕 tì be cautious, careful, alert ∼HSK 5
不可靠 不可靠 bù kě kào unreliable ∼HSK 5
彦 彥 yàn elegant ∼HSK 5
滑倒 滑倒 huá dǎo to slip (lose one's footing) ∼HSK 5
打骂 打罵 dǎ mà to beat and scold ∼HSK 5
芦 蘆 lú rushes, reeds ∼HSK 5
蛇蝎 蛇蠍 shé xiē (fig.) malevolent; treacherous ∼HSK 5
罚俸 罰俸 fá fèng to forfeit one's salary ∼HSK 5
紫檀 紫檀 zǐ tán red sandalwood ∼HSK 5
蓉 蓉 Róng hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan ∼HSK 5
已故 已故 yǐ gù the late; deceased ∼HSK 5
斑 斑 bān mottled, striped, freckle ∼HSK 5
獭 獺 tǎ otter ∼HSK 5
鄢 鄢 Yān name of a district in Honan ∼HSK 5
述职 述職 shù zhí to report on one's work or duties (to a supervisor) ∼HSK 5
追捕 追捕 zhuī bǔ to pursue; to be after; to hunt down ∼HSK 5
灶 灶 zào kitchen stove, cooking stove ∼HSK 5
俏 俏 qiào like, similar; resemble; pretty ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
幼年 幼年 yòu nián childhood; infancy ∼HSK 5
翅 翄 chì wings; fin ∼HSK 5
国库 國庫 guó kù public purse; state treasury; national exchequer ∼HSK 5
从命 從命 cóng mìng to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested ∼HSK 5
传神 傳神 chuán shén vivid; lifelike ∼HSK 5
病患 病患 bìng huàn illness; disease; patient; sufferer ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
效劳 效勞 xiào láo to serve (in some capacity); to work for ∼HSK 5
怨不得 怨不得 yuàn bu de cannot blame; no wonder ∼HSK 5