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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四面 四面 sì miàn all sides ∼HSK 2
奥 奧 Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
艾草 艾草 ài cǎo Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) ∼HSK 2
房事 房事 fáng shì sexual intercourse; to make love ∼HSK 2
装有 裝有 zhuāng yǒu fitted with ∼HSK 2
正房 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house); primary wife ∼HSK 2
变红 變紅 biàn hóng to redden ∼HSK 2
通读 通讀 tōng dú to read through ∼HSK 2
生冷 生冷 shēng lěng (of food) raw or cold ∼HSK 2
数位 數位 shù wèi digit; (Tw) digital ∼HSK 2
爱意 愛意 ài yì love ∼HSK 2
佯装 佯裝 yáng zhuāng to pretend; to pose as ∼HSK 2
行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic); shopkeeper (archaic) ∼HSK 2
河边 河邊 hé biān river bank ∼HSK 2
凉凉 涼涼 liáng liáng slightly cold; cool; (neologism) (slang) to be done for; about to be obliterated; (of a place or a person) desolate ∼HSK 2
热身 熱身 rè shēn to warm up (sports); (fig.) to prepare; to get in condition ∼HSK 2
有成 有成 yǒu chéng (literary) to achieve success ∼HSK 2
别名 別名 bié míng alias; alternative name ∼HSK 2
到头 到頭 dào tóu to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end ∼HSK 2
大红 大紅 dà hóng crimson ∼HSK 2
算起来 算起來 suàn qǐ lái to calculate; to estimate; in total; all told; (fig.) if you think about it ∼HSK 2
算不了 算不了 suàn bù liǎo does not count for anything; of no account ∼HSK 2
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life? ∼HSK 2
嘴脸 嘴臉 zuǐ liǎn features, face (esp. derogatorily); look; appearance; countenance ∼HSK 2
生就 生就 shēng jiù to be born with; to be gifted with ∼HSK 2
得气 得氣 dé qì "to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted ∼HSK 2
要得 要得 yào dé good; fine ∼HSK 2
花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc); a bonus; crab apple (Malus asiatica) ∼HSK 2
二更 二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
交杯酒 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony ∼HSK 2
不中意 不中意 bù zhòng yì not to one's liking ∼HSK 2
了无 了無 liǎo wú to completely lack; to have not even the slightest ∼HSK 2
鲤鱼 鯉魚 lǐ yú carp ∼HSK 2
掉下 掉下 diào xià to drop down; to fall ∼HSK 2
眼高 眼高 yǎn gāo haughty; contemptuous; to have high expectations ∼HSK 2
向西 向西 xiàng xī westward ∼HSK 2
将至 將至 jiāng zhì to be about to arrive; to be around the corner ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
得逞 得逞 dé chěng to prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it ∼HSK 2
取走 取走 qǔ zǒu to remove; to take away ∼HSK 2
话又说回来 話又說回來 huà yòu shuō huí lai (but) then again; (but) on the other hand ∼HSK 2
做完 做完 zuò wán to finish; to complete the task ∼HSK 2
小玩意 小玩意 xiǎo wán yì gadget; widget (small item of software) ∼HSK 2
画像 畫像 huà xiàng portrait; to do a portrait of sb ∼HSK 2
逾越 逾越 yú yuè to exceed ∼HSK 2
生还 生還 shēng huán to return alive; to survive ∼HSK 2
四更 四更 sì gēng fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant ∼HSK 2
当口 當口 dāng kǒu at that moment; just then ∼HSK 2
出头鸟 出頭鳥 chū tóu niǎo to stand out (among a group); distinguished ∼HSK 2