Empresses in the Palace

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Season 1 — Empresses in the Palace

甄嬛传 zhēnhuán chuán

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轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
不济 不濟 bù jì (coll.) no good; of no use Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
无语 無語 wú yǔ to remain silent; to have nothing to say; (coll.) speechless; dumbfounded Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
尾巴 尾巴 wěi ba tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] Colloquialism HSK 4
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) Colloquialism HSK 4
尺寸 尺寸 chǐ cun size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety Colloquialism HSK 4
潮 潮 cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
金安 金安 Jīn ān Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
内务府 內務府 Nèi wù fǔ Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永寿 永壽 Yǒng shòu Yongshou County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
万安 萬安 Wàn ān Wan'an county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圆明园 圓明園 Yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凌云 凌雲 Líng yún Lingyun county in Baise, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蜀锦 蜀錦 Shǔ jǐn brocade from Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诗书 詩書 Shī Shū the Book of Songs and the Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蓬莱 蓬萊 Péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周宁 周寧 Zhōu níng Zhouning county in Ningde, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
平定 平定 Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
古塔 古塔 Gǔ tǎ Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安康 安康 Ān kāng Ankang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青海 青海 Qīng hǎi Qinghai Province, capital Xining Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
张廷玉 張廷玉 Zhāng Tíng yù Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi Dictionary Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
济州 濟州 Jì zhōu Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西施 西施 Xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties, given by King Gou Jian of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
噶尔 噶爾 Gá ěr Gar county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sgar rdzong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滇藏 滇藏 Diān Zàng Yunnan and Tibet Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同心 同心 Tóng xīn Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
礼部 禮部 Lǐ bù Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
巡抚 巡撫 xún fǔ inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
都察院 都察院 Dū chá yuàn (Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
暖暖 暖暖 Nuǎn nuǎn Nuannuan District of Keelung City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周公 周公 Zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou, and is also known as the "God of Dreams" Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
依兰 依蘭 Yī lán Yilan county in Harbin, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺 大理寺 Dà lǐ sì Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
真如 真如 Zhēn rú Tathata Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
会安 會安 Huì ān Hoi An (in Vietnam) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天命 天命 Tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
七夕 七夕 Qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting Proper Noun ∼HSK 4