Empresses in the Palace

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Season 1 — Empresses in the Palace

甄嬛传 zhēnhuán chuán

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Vocabulary

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郁闷 鬱悶 yù mèn gloomy; depressed ∼HSK 5
信口胡说 信口胡說 xìn kǒu - hú shuō to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out ∼HSK 5
轻柔 輕柔 qīng róu soft; gentle; pliable ∼HSK 5
如斯 如斯 rú sī (literary) in this way; so ∼HSK 5
空寂 空寂 kōng jì empty and silent; desolate ∼HSK 5
连声 連聲 lián shēng repeatedly (say something) ∼HSK 5
抑 抑 yì press down, repress; curb, hinder ∼HSK 5
蒲 蒲 Pú type of rush; vine ∼HSK 5
银器 銀器 yín qì silverware ∼HSK 5
青史 青史 qīng shǐ annal; historical record ∼HSK 5
傣 傣 Dǎi the Dai minority living in South China ∼HSK 5
软禁 軟禁 ruǎn jìn to place under house arrest ∼HSK 5
可气 可氣 kě qì annoying; irritating; exasperating ∼HSK 5
面壁思过 面壁思過 miàn bì sī guò to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds; to stand in the corner (punishment); (fig.) to examine one's conscience ∼HSK 5
屉子 屜子 tì zi drawer; stackable cooking vessel; woven mat on a bed frame or chair; woven window screen ∼HSK 5
冷寂 冷寂 lěng jì cold and desolate; lonely ∼HSK 5
窗扇 窗扇 chuāng shàn window; the opening panel of a window ∼HSK 5
贞烈 貞烈 zhēn liè ready to die to preserve one's chastity ∼HSK 5
外劳 外勞 wài láo foreign worker ∼HSK 5
私底下 私底下 sī dǐ xia privately; secretly; confidentially ∼HSK 5
入睡 入睡 rù shuì to fall asleep ∼HSK 5
帏 幃 wéi curtain that forms wall ∼HSK 5
寿材 壽材 shòu cái coffin ∼HSK 5
匣 匣 xiá small box, case, coffer ∼HSK 5
闲逸 閑逸 xián yì comfort and leisure ∼HSK 5
大丈夫能屈能伸 大丈夫能屈能伸 dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.; ready to give and take; flexible ∼HSK 5
男儿有泪不轻弹 男兒有淚不輕彈 nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán real men do not easily cry (idiom) ∼HSK 5
说曹操曹操就到 說曹操曹操就到 shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives; fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
只见 只見 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) HSK 5
压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve HSK 5
剪子 剪子 jiǎn zi clippers; scissors; shears HSK 5
慌忙 慌忙 huāng máng in a great rush; in a flurry HSK 5
水灾 水災 shuǐ zāi flood; flood damage HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
不免 不免 bù miǎn inevitably HSK 5
扇子 扇子 shàn zi fan HSK 5
中药 中藥 zhōng yào traditional Chinese medicine HSK 5
着凉 著涼 zháo liáng to catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhāo liáng] HSK 5
时事 時事 shí shì current trends; the present situation; how things are going HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
不易 不易 bù yì not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging HSK 5
桃花 桃花 táo huā peach blossom; (fig.) love affair HSK 5
吃力 吃力 chī lì to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain HSK 5
落实 落實 luò shí practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide HSK 5
出汗 出汗 chū hàn to perspire; to sweat HSK 5
鲜艳 鮮艷 xiān yàn bright-colored; gaily-colored HSK 5
书法 書法 shū fǎ calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship HSK 5
主体 主體 zhǔ tǐ main part; bulk; body; subject; agent HSK 5
大伙儿 大伙兒 dà huǒ r erhua variant of 大伙; everybody; everyone HSK 5