Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 11

S1E11 · 第11集 dì jí

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5.37 Advanced

Vocabulary

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冤魂 冤魂 yuān hún ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] ∼HSK 6
风寒 風寒 fēng hán cold (TCM) ∼HSK 6
勒死 勒死 lēi sǐ to strangle ∼HSK 6
诵经 誦經 sòng jīng to chant the sutras ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
超度 超度 chāo dù to surpass; to transcend; to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace ∼HSK 6
神志不清 神志不清 shén zhì bù qīng to be delirious; to be mentally confused ∼HSK 6
怪罪 怪罪 guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
撇清 撇清 piē qīng to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear ∼HSK 6
忌恨 忌恨 jì hèn hate (due to envy etc) ∼HSK 6
忌日 忌日 jì rì anniversary of a death; inauspicious day ∼HSK 6
蠢笨 蠢笨 chǔn bèn stupid ∼HSK 6
不善 不善 bù shàn bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive ∼HSK 6
死绝 死絕 sǐ jué to die out; to be exterminated; to become extinct ∼HSK 6
乱葬岗 亂葬崗 luàn zàng gǎng unmarked burial mound; untended graveyard; mass grave ∼HSK 6
利落 利落 lì luo agile; nimble; all settled; in order ∼HSK 6
识相 識相 shí xiàng sensitive; tactful ∼HSK 6
心计 心計 xīn jì scheming; shrewdness ∼HSK 6
药理 藥理 yào lǐ pharmacology ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
攀诬 攀誣 pān wū to frame; to accuse unjustly ∼HSK 6
主使 主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator ∼HSK 6
欠佳 欠佳 qiàn jiā suboptimal; subpar; not good enough ∼HSK 6
腥臭 腥臭 xīng chòu fishy and smelly ∼HSK 6
索命 索命 suǒ mìng to demand sb's life ∼HSK 6
弓弦 弓弦 gōng xián bowstring ∼HSK 6
怪力乱神 怪力亂神 guài lì luàn shén prodigies, force, disorder and spirits (idiom, from Confucius); supernatural and aberrant phenomena that the wise do not discuss ∼HSK 6
福泽 福澤 fú zé good fortune ∼HSK 6
自求多福 自求多福 zì qiú duō fú to seek one's own blessings (idiom); you're on your own ∼HSK 6
抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; panic measures in place of timely preparation ∼HSK 6
作孽 作孽 zuò niè to sin ∼HSK 6
遭罪 遭罪 zāo zuì to endure hardship; to suffer ∼HSK 6
上苍 上蒼 shàng cāng heaven ∼HSK 6
护佑 護佑 hù yòu to bless and protect; to protect ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
亡魂 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased; departed spirit ∼HSK 6
大雷 大雷 dà léi (slang) large breasts ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
憔悴 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one ∼HSK 6
灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature; spirituality; intelligence (esp. in animals) ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
妃嫔 妃嬪 fēi pín imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
求情 求情 qiú qíng to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor ∼HSK 6
惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically; to meet with a violent death ∼HSK 6