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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驮 馱 duò load carried by a pack animal HSK 7
推敲 推敲 tuī qiāo to think over HSK 7
亏待 虧待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly HSK 7
质朴 質樸 zhì pǔ simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy HSK 7
边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region HSK 7
分外 分外 fèn wài exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
暴利 暴利 bào lì sudden huge profits HSK 7
惩处 懲處 chéng chǔ to punish; to administer justice HSK 7
揣摩 揣摩 chuǎi mó to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom HSK 7
中庸 中庸 Zhōng yōng the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书 HSK 7
盛情 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness; magnificent hospitality HSK 7
正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) HSK 7
殷勤 殷勤 yīn qín politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive HSK 7
心慌 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered; (dialect) irregular heart-beat HSK 7
心病 心病 xīn bìng anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine) HSK 7
巴结 巴結 bā jie to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to HSK 7
拙劣 拙劣 zhuō liè clumsy; botched HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
铺路 鋪路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success HSK 7
失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct HSK 7
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties HSK 7
退却 退卻 tuì què to retreat; to shrink back HSK 7
功底 功底 gōng dǐ training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals HSK 7
斟酌 斟酌 zhēn zhuó to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim HSK 7
辛酸 辛酸 xīn suān pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable HSK 7
艳丽 艷麗 yàn lì gorgeous; garish and beautiful HSK 7
底子 底子 dǐ zi base; foundation; bottom HSK 7
边远 邊遠 biān yuǎn far from the center; remote; outlying HSK 7
红薯 紅薯 hóng shǔ sweet potato HSK 7
文人 文人 wén rén scholar; literati HSK 7
佳节 佳節 jiā jié festive day; holiday HSK 7
嫁妆 嫁妝 jià zhuang dowry HSK 7
鉴赏 鑑賞 jiàn shǎng to appreciate (as a connoisseur) HSK 7
喜怒哀乐 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 欢喜, anger 愤怒, sorrow 哀 and joy 快乐 HSK 7
纵然 縱然 zòng rán even if; even though HSK 7
污秽 污穢 wū huì nasty; sordid; filthy HSK 7
一晃 一晃 yī huǎng (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash HSK 7
表率 表率 biǎo shuài example; model HSK 7
照例 照例 zhào lì as a rule; as usual; usually HSK 7
按理说 按理說 àn lǐ shuō it is reasonable to say that... HSK 7
谜语 謎語 mí yǔ riddle; conundrum HSK 7
污蔑 污衊 wū miè to slander; to smear; to tarnish HSK 7
忠贞 忠貞 zhōng zhēn loyal and dependable HSK 7
分寸 分寸 fēn cun propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms HSK 7
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception HSK 7
立功 立功 lì gōng to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 朽); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself HSK 7
归根到底 歸根到底 guī gēn dào dǐ after all; in the final analysis; ultimately HSK 7
笨重 笨重 bèn zhòng heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy HSK 7
着力 著力 zhuó lì to put effort into sth; to try really hard HSK 7