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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烦乱 煩亂 fán luàn anxious; agitated ∼HSK 4
深思熟虑 深思熟慮 shēn sī shú lǜ mature reflection; after careful deliberations ∼HSK 4
微微 微微 wēi wēi slight; faint; humble ∼HSK 4
安好心 安好心 ān hǎo xīn to have good intentions ∼HSK 4
安人 安人 ān rén to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of, landlord ∼HSK 4
阴森 陰森 yīn sēn gloomy; sinister; eerie ∼HSK 4
忘却 忘卻 wàng què to forget ∼HSK 4
永志不忘 永誌不忘 yǒng zhì bù wàng never to be forgotten ∼HSK 4
自救 自救 zì jiù to get oneself out of trouble ∼HSK 4
夭折 夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely ∼HSK 4
倒替 倒替 dǎo tì to take turns (responsibility); to replace ∼HSK 4
教规 教規 jiào guī canon; religious rules ∼HSK 4
擦拭 擦拭 cā shì to wipe clean ∼HSK 4
尚无 尚無 shàng wú not yet; not so far ∼HSK 4
刺伤 刺傷 cì shāng to stab ∼HSK 4
万里江山 萬里江山 wàn lǐ jiāng shān lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; a vast territory (idiom) ∼HSK 4
血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship; lineage; parentage ∼HSK 4
永永远远 永永遠遠 yǒng yǒng yuǎn yuǎn for ever and ever ∼HSK 4
比方说 比方說 bǐ fang shuō for example; for instance ∼HSK 4
与共 與共 yǔ gòng to experience together with sb ∼HSK 4
分隔 分隔 fēn gé to divide; to separate; partition ∼HSK 4
败落 敗落 bài luò (of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated; run-down; (of plants) to wilt ∼HSK 4
好言好语 好言好語 hǎo yán hǎo yǔ sincere, well-meant, kind words ∼HSK 4
静默 靜默 jìng mò silent; still; quiet; to mourn in silence; to observe silence; (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic ∼HSK 4
位列 位列 wèi liè to rank ∼HSK 4
站稳脚跟 站穩腳跟 zhàn wěn jiǎo gēn to stand firmly; to gain a foothold; to establish oneself ∼HSK 4
风水轮流转 風水輪流轉 fēng shuǐ lún liú zhuàn fortunes rise and fall; times change ∼HSK 4
聚少离多 聚少離多 jù shǎo - lí duō (of a husband and wife etc) to spend more time apart than together; to see each other very little ∼HSK 4
无论何时 無論何時 wú lùn hé shí whenever ∼HSK 4
管教无方 管教無方 guǎn jiào wú fāng unable to discipline a child; incapable of dealing with (unruly child) ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
节节败退 節節敗退 jié jié bài tuì to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat ∼HSK 4
的士 的士 dī shì taxi (loanword) ∼HSK 4
兵戈 兵戈 bīng gē weapons; arms; fighting; war ∼HSK 4
药膏 藥膏 yào gāo ointment ∼HSK 4
千挑万选 千挑萬選 qiān tiāo wàn xuǎn to select very carefully ∼HSK 4
活脱脱 活脫脫 huó tuō tuō remarkably alike ∼HSK 4
丰腴 豐腴 fēng yú full-bodied; well-rounded; fig. fertile land ∼HSK 4
配戴 配戴 pèi dài to put on; to wear (mouthguard, contact lenses, hearing aid etc) ∼HSK 4
腰部 腰部 yāo bù waist; small of the back ∼HSK 4
鲜红 鮮紅 xiān hóng scarlet; bright red ∼HSK 4
树根 樹根 shù gēn tree roots ∼HSK 4
学究 學究 xué jiū pedant ∼HSK 4
懦弱 懦弱 nuò ruò cowardly; weak ∼HSK 4
奋 奮 fèn strive, exert effort; arouse ∼HSK 4
烧茶 燒茶 shāo chá to make tea ∼HSK 4
既得 既得 jì dé vested in; already obtained; vesting ∼HSK 4
口不应心 口不應心 kǒu bù yìng xīn to say one thing but mean another; to dissimulate ∼HSK 4
前程远大 前程遠大 qián chéng yuǎn dà to have a future full of promise ∼HSK 4
部众 部衆 bù zhòng troops ∼HSK 4