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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小本 小本 xiǎo běn small capital; on a shoestring ∼HSK 1
重开 重開 chóng kāi to reopen ∼HSK 1
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions ∼HSK 1
下一次 下一次 xià yī cì next ∼HSK 1
起先 起先 qǐ xiān at first; in the beginning ∼HSK 1
坐视 坐視 zuò shì to stand by and watch; to look on passively ∼HSK 1
过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway; (of a woman) to marry; orchestral music interlude in an opera ∼HSK 1
会要 會要 huì yào dynastic records of imperial China ∼HSK 1
明早 明早 míng zǎo tomorrow morning; tomorrow ∼HSK 1
书本 書本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) ∼HSK 1
重病 重病 zhòng bìng serious illness ∼HSK 1
学到 學到 xué dào to learn (sth); to learn about ∼HSK 1
小病 小病 xiǎo bìng minor illness; indisposition ∼HSK 1
水路 水路 shuǐ lù waterway ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child; (humble) my son ∼HSK 1
大过 大過 dà guò serious mistake; major demerit ∼HSK 1
百出 百出 bǎi chū (following a noun) full of...; abounding in... ∼HSK 1
高出 高出 gāo chū to be higher (than the stated amount) by... ∼HSK 1
大白 大白 dà bái to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com ∼HSK 1
欢笑 歡笑 huān xiào to laugh happily; a belly-laugh ∼HSK 1
前行 前行 qián xíng (literary) to go forward ∼HSK 1
先机 先機 xiān jī critical opportunity ∼HSK 1
教子 教子 jiào zǐ to educate one's children; godson ∼HSK 1
没影 沒影 méi yǐng to vanish; to be nowhere to be found; unfounded (story) ∼HSK 1
偌大 偌大 ruò dà so big; such a big ∼HSK 1
嫡子 嫡子 dí zǐ son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with) ∼HSK 1
庶子 庶子 shù zǐ son born of a concubine ∼HSK 1
不谢 不謝 bù xiè don't mention it; not at all ∼HSK 1
年关 年關 nián guān end of the year ∼HSK 1
谢客 謝客 xiè kè to decline to meet a visitor; to express one's gratitude to one's guests ∼HSK 1
后手 後手 hòu shǒu defensive position (in chess); room for maneuver; a way of escape ∼HSK 1
高见 高見 gāo jiàn wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific) ∼HSK 1
外间 外間 wài jiān outer room; the external world; outside ∼HSK 1
再会 再會 zài huì to meet again; until we meet again; goodbye ∼HSK 1
最先 最先 zuì xiān (the) very first ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
下行 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital); (of river boats) to travel downstream; to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels; (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom ∼HSK 1
打进 打進 dǎ jìn to breach; to invade ∼HSK 1
拷问 拷問 kǎo wèn to question via torture ∼HSK 1
早夭 早夭 zǎo yāo to die young ∼HSK 1
攘外 攘外 rǎng wài to resist foreign aggression ∼HSK 1
一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) ∼HSK 1
放行 放行 fàng xíng to let pass ∼HSK 1
右手 右手 yòu shǒu right hand; right-hand side ∼HSK 1
远人 遠人 yuǎn rén an estranged person; sb who is alienated; people far from home ∼HSK 1
瞌睡 瞌睡 kē shuì drowsy; to doze; to nap ∼HSK 1
老鸨 老鴇 lǎo bǎo female brothel keeper ∼HSK 1
风韵 風韻 fēng yùn charm; grace; elegant bearing (usually feminine) ∼HSK 1
上半年 上半年 shàng bàn nián first half (of a year) ∼HSK 1