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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双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs; close union as husband and wife; round-trip flight; (slang) threesome ∼HSK 3
相好 相好 xiāng hǎo to be intimate; close friend; paramour ∼HSK 3
检举 檢舉 jiǎn jǔ to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb ∼HSK 3
身亡 身亡 shēn wáng to die ∼HSK 3
口实 口實 kǒu shí food; salary (old); a pretext; a cause for gossip ∼HSK 3
时兴 時興 shí xīng fashionable; popular ∼HSK 3
心急 心急 xīn jí anxious; impatient ∼HSK 3
指派 指派 zhǐ pài to assign; to appoint; assignment ∼HSK 3
面目 面目 miàn mù appearance; facial features; look ∼HSK 3
居心 居心 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions; to be bent on; a tranquil heart or mind ∼HSK 3
传遍 傳遍 chuán biàn to spread widely ∼HSK 3
逾 踰 yú go over, pass over, exceed ∼HSK 3
接管 接管 jiē guǎn to take over; to assume control ∼HSK 3
随行 隨行 suí xíng to accompany ∼HSK 3
属实 屬實 shǔ shí to turn out to be true; verified; true ∼HSK 3
血气 血氣 xuè qì blood and vital breath; bloodline (i.e. parentage); valor ∼HSK 3
皮子 皮子 pí zi skin; fur ∼HSK 3
阴阳 陰陽 yīn yáng yin and yang ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
血肉 血肉 xuè ròu flesh ∼HSK 3
两者 兩者 liǎng zhě both of them; the two of them ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
死活 死活 sǐ huó life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me ∼HSK 3
心地 心地 xīn dì character ∼HSK 3
天时 天時 tiān shí the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order ∼HSK 3
长者 長者 zhǎng zhě an elder; a senior ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
饱受 飽受 bǎo shòu to endure; to suffer; to be subjected to ∼HSK 3
金银花 金銀花 jīn yín huā honeysuckle ∼HSK 3
真香 真香 zhēn xiāng awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) ∼HSK 3
跳出 跳出 tiào chū to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly ∼HSK 3
乐见 樂見 lè jiàn to be pleased to see (a circumstance, occurrence etc); to look favorably on ∼HSK 3
鼻 鼻 bí nose; first; KangXi radical 209 ∼HSK 3
云烟 雲煙 yún yān mist; clouds; smoke ∼HSK 3
没趣 沒趣 méi qù embarrassing; dull; unsatisfactory ∼HSK 3
亲亲 親親 qīn qīn dear one; to kiss; friendly ∼HSK 3
修身 修身 xiū shēn to cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging ∼HSK 3
养性 養性 yǎng xìng mental or spiritual cultivation ∼HSK 3
内疚 內疚 nèi jiù guilty conscience; to feel a twinge of guilt ∼HSK 3
朝朝 朝朝 zhāo zhāo every day (archaic) ∼HSK 3
造孽 造孽 zào niè to do evil; to commit sins ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
活生生 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) ∼HSK 3
小心眼 小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded; petty ∼HSK 3
爱美 愛美 ài měi to pay attention to one's appearance; to like to be well-groomed; (literary) on very friendly terms ∼HSK 3
拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady ∼HSK 3
相看 相看 xiāng kàn to look at one another; to take a good look at; to look upon ∼HSK 3
相近 相近 xiāng jìn close; similar to ∼HSK 3
近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative; near relation ∼HSK 3
出马 出馬 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring ∼HSK 3