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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吃坏 吃壞 chī huài to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating ∼HSK 1
年过 年過 nián guò over (a certain age) ∼HSK 1
不好说 不好說 bù hǎo shuō hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say ∼HSK 1
为时 為時 wéi shí timewise; pertaining to time ∼HSK 1
有话要说 有話要說 yǒu huà yào shuō to speak one's mind ∼HSK 1
一了百了 一了百了 yī liǎo - bǎi liǎo (idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles ∼HSK 1
话柄 話柄 huà bǐng a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision ∼HSK 1
淑女 淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman; lady ∼HSK 1
本家 本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name ∼HSK 1
四起 四起 sì qǐ to spring up everywhere; from all around ∼HSK 1
正中 正中 zhèng zhōng middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub ∼HSK 1
欢欢喜喜 歡歡喜喜 huān huān xǐ xǐ happily ∼HSK 1
过从 過從 guò cóng to have relations with; to associate with ∼HSK 1
年号 年號 nián hào reign title; era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it); year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) ∼HSK 1
藉口 藉口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext; also written ∼HSK 1
外甥女 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter; wife's sibling's daughter ∼HSK 1
包衣 包衣 bāo yī capsule (containing medicine); husk (of corn) ∼HSK 1
先秦 先秦 xiān Qín pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC ∼HSK 1
白日 白日 bái rì daytime; sun; time ∼HSK 1
惟有 惟有 wéi yǒu variant of ∼HSK 1
茶点 茶點 chá diǎn tea and cake; refreshments; tea and dim sum ∼HSK 1
看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) ∼HSK 1
每年 每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
上路 上路 shàng lù to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
女人家 女人家 nǚ rén jia women (in general) ∼HSK 1
客栈 客棧 kè zhàn tavern; guest house; inn; hotel ∼HSK 1
送人 送人 sòng rén to give away; to accompany; to see sb off ∼HSK 1
男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) ∼HSK 1
真人 真人 zhēn rén a real person; Daoist spiritual master ∼HSK 1
不忙 不忙 bù máng there's no hurry; take one's time ∼HSK 1
慢用 慢用 màn yòng same as ∼HSK 1
说动 說動 shuō dòng to persuade ∼HSK 1
他用 他用 tā yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
听不到 聽不到 tīng bu dào can't hear ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
荷包 荷包 hé bāo embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing) ∼HSK 1
大小姐 大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty ∼HSK 1
不菲 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc); high (social status etc) ∼HSK 1
重回 重回 chóng huí to return ∼HSK 1
奸人 奸人 jiān rén crafty scoundrel; villain ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
不外 不外 bù wài not beyond the scope of; nothing more than ∼HSK 1
新贵 新貴 xīn guì nouveau riche; upstart; new appointee ∼HSK 1
出错 出錯 chū cuò to make a mistake; error ∼HSK 1
洗手 洗手 xǐ shǒu to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet ∼HSK 1
诏书 詔書 zhào shū imperial edict ∼HSK 1
热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea ∼HSK 1
早来 早來 zǎo lái to arrive early ∼HSK 1
呓语 囈語 yì yǔ to talk in one's sleep; crazy talk ∼HSK 1
打小 打小 dǎ xiǎo (dialect) from childhood; from a young age ∼HSK 1