Empresses in the Palace

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Episode 10

S1E10 · 第10集 dì 0 jí

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请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1]) ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
诅咒 詛咒 zǔ zhòu to curse ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
穴 穴 xué cave, den, hole; KangXi radical 116 ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
每隔 每隔 měi gé at intervals of; every (so often) ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
变色 變色 biàn sè to change color; to discolor; to change countenance; to become angry ∼HSK 4
淡淡 淡淡 dàn dàn faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent ∼HSK 4
失常 失常 shī cháng not normal; an aberration ∼HSK 4
幸而 幸而 xìng ér by good fortune; luckily ∼HSK 4
梦中 夢中 mèng zhōng in a dream ∼HSK 4
渎职 瀆職 dú zhí wrongdoing; failure to do one's duty ∼HSK 4
方子 方子 fāng zi prescription (of medicine) ∼HSK 4
门户 門戶 mén hù door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel ∼HSK 4
面色 面色 miàn sè complexion ∼HSK 4
好些 好些 hǎo xiē a good deal of; quite a lot ∼HSK 4
估摸 估摸 gū mo to reckon; to guess ∼HSK 4
貌美 貌美 mào měi good looks; pretty (e.g. young woman) ∼HSK 4
不过如此 不過如此 bù guò - rú cǐ (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive ∼HSK 4
眼皮子底下 眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes; right under sb's nose; current; at the moment ∼HSK 4
亲自动手 親自動手 qīn zì dòng shǒu to do the job oneself ∼HSK 4
疑心 疑心 yí xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4
粗笨 粗笨 cū bèn awkward; clumsy; unwieldy; heavy-handed ∼HSK 4
明察 明察 míng chá to note clearly; to perceive ∼HSK 4
法子 法子 fǎ zi way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] ∼HSK 4
暗语 暗語 àn yǔ code word ∼HSK 4
别来无恙 別來無恙 bié lái wú yàng (literary) I trust you have been well since we last met ∼HSK 4
狠狠 狠狠 hěn hěn resolutely; firmly; ferociously; ruthlessly ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
污 汙 wū filthy, dirty, impure, polluted ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
何曾 何曾 hé céng did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc) ∼HSK 4
推脱 推脫 tuī tuō to evade; to shirk ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
爱怜 愛憐 ài lián to show tenderness; to coo over; affection ∼HSK 4
废弃 廢棄 fèi qì to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate ∼HSK 4
幽禁 幽禁 yōu jìn to place under house arrest; to imprison ∼HSK 4
虑 慮 lǜ be concerned, worry about ∼HSK 4
鞋袜 鞋襪 xié wà shoes and socks ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) ∼HSK 4
借此 藉此 jiè cǐ using this as a pretext; thereby ∼HSK 4
放宽 放寬 fàng kuān to relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions); to extend (a time limit); to let out (a garment); to expand; to broaden ∼HSK 4
安顿 安頓 ān dùn to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful ∼HSK 4
心细 心細 xīn xì careful; scrupulous ∼HSK 4
暗算 暗算 àn suàn to plot against ∼HSK 4