Empresses in the Palace

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Season 1 — Empresses in the Palace

甄嬛传 zhēnhuán chuán

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拔尖 拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
乱哄哄 亂哄哄 luàn hōng hōng noisy and in disarray; in an uproar Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
人人自危 人人自危 rén rén zì wēi everyone feels in danger; an atmosphere of general insecurity (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欲擒故纵 欲擒故縱 yù qín gù zòng In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
事出有因 事出有因 shì chū yǒu yīn there is a reason behind it; the matter has a cause (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
胡搅蛮缠 胡攪蠻纏 hú jiǎo mán chán (idiom) to pester endlessly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不像样 不像樣 bù xiàng yàng in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱骨头 賤骨頭 jiàn gǔ tou miserable wretch; contemptible individual Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不识抬举 不識抬舉 bù shí tái jǔ fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
讨人嫌 討人嫌 tǎo rén xián unpleasant; disagreeable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自顾不暇 自顧不暇 zì gù bù xiá (idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs; too busy to spare time for anything extra Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
弄巧成拙 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
各有所长 各有所長 gè yǒu suǒ chéng each has their own strengths (idiom); everyone has something they excel at Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
鬼迷心窍 鬼迷心竅 guǐ mí xīn qiào to be obsessed; to be possessed Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
腹背受敌 腹背受敵 fù bèi shòu dí (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
后继有人 後繼有人 hòu jì yǒu rén (idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
后患无穷 後患無窮 hòu huàn - wú qióng (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
甘拜下风 甘拜下風 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression); to concede defeat; to play second fiddle Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拿着鸡毛当令箭 拿著雞毛當令箭 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call; to have a narrow escape Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱货 賤貨 jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
免不得 免不得 miǎn bu de unavoidable; bound to (happen) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
慢腾腾 慢騰騰 màn téng téng leisurely; unhurried; sluggish Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
出格 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper; to take sth too far; (of a measuring device) to go off the scale Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大开眼界 大開眼界 dà kāi - yǎn jiè (idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
平白无故 平白無故 píng bái - wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
捣鬼 搗鬼 dǎo guǐ to play tricks; to cause mischief Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
故弄玄虚 故弄玄虛 gù nòng xuán xū deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
见死不救 見死不救 jiàn sǐ bù jiù lit. to see someone dying and not save them (idiom); fig. to refuse to help someone in mortal danger Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
明明白白 明明白白 míng míng bái bái clearly and plainly; perfectly clear (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
露一手 露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities; to exhibit one's skills Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
帮凶 幫兇 bāng xiōng variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
苦心经营 苦心經營 kǔ xīn jīng yíng to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大功告成 大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装模作样 裝模作樣 zhuāng mó - zuò yàng (idiom) to put on an act; to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自欺欺人 自欺欺人 zì qī qī rén to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
屈打成招 屈打成招 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不能自拔 不能自拔 bù néng zì bá unable to extricate oneself (from vice, temptation or trouble) (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
天外有天 天外有天 tiān wài yǒu tiān lit. beyond the sky there is another sky (idiom); fig. there is always someone better; the world is wider than you think Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拖拖拉拉 拖拖拉拉 tuō tuō lā lā to procrastinate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
神不知鬼不觉 神不知鬼不覺 shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué top secret; hush-hush Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
人各有志 人各有志 rén gè yǒu zhì each person has their own aspirations (idiom); everyone is entitled to their own ambitions and choices Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
死到临头 死到臨頭 sǐ dào lín tóu Death is near at hand. (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
干脆利落 乾脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6