Empresses in the Palace

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Episode 12

S1E12 · 第12集 dì jí

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Vocabulary

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陪嫁 陪嫁 péi jià dowry ∼HSK 6
口耳相传 口耳相傳 kǒu ěr xiāng chuán passed on by word of mouth; transmitted orally from one to another (idiom) ∼HSK 6
心服口服 心服口服 xīn fú - kǒu fú (idiom) to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over ∼HSK 6
花销 花銷 huā xiāo to spend (money); expenses ∼HSK 6
凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce; (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4]) ∼HSK 6
裁减 裁減 cái jiǎn to reduce; to lessen; to cut down ∼HSK 6
协理 協理 xié lǐ assistant manager; to assist in managing ∼HSK 6
顾惜 顧惜 gù xī to take loving care of; to value ∼HSK 6
如若 如若 rú ruò if ∼HSK 6
满堂 滿堂 mǎn táng whole audience; a sellout (capacity audience); jam-packed ∼HSK 6
承欢膝下 承歡膝下 chéng huān xī xià to wait upon and please one's parents at their knee; to dutifully attend to one's parents (idiom) ∼HSK 6
窝子 窩子 wō zi lair; den; stronghold ∼HSK 6
诞育 誕育 dàn yù to give birth to; to give rise to ∼HSK 6
谋事在人 謀事在人 móu shì zài rén man proposes (but heaven disposes); planning rests with man (idiom); usu. paired with 成事在天 ∼HSK 6
守丧 守喪 shǒu sāng to keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning ∼HSK 6
特派 特派 tè pài special appointment; special correspondent; task force; sb dispatched on a mission ∼HSK 6
不睦 不睦 bù mù to not get along well; to be at odds ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
病愈 病癒 bìng yù to recover (from an illness) ∼HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
脉象 脈象 mài xiàng condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 6
生辰 生辰 shēng chén birthday ∼HSK 6
繁盛 繁盛 fán shèng prosperous; thriving; (of vegetation) luxuriant ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
好端端 好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
顺溜 順溜 shùn liu orderly; tidy; smooth ∼HSK 6
拮据 拮据 jié jū hard pressed for money; in financial straits ∼HSK 6
卑微 卑微 bēi wēi lowly; humble ∼HSK 6
安枕 安枕 ān zhěn to sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries ∼HSK 6
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
早亡 早亡 zǎo wáng premature death ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
龃龉 齟齬 jǔ yǔ (literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned; (fig.) in disagreement; at odds ∼HSK 6
筵席 筵席 yán xí banquet; mat for sitting ∼HSK 6
作陪 作陪 zuò péi to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company ∼HSK 6
端的 端的 duān dì really; after all; details; particulars ∼HSK 6
莫不是 莫不是 mò bù shì probably; perhaps; could it be that...? ∼HSK 6
懒怠 懶怠 lǎn dài lazy ∼HSK 6
疏漏 疏漏 shū lòu to slip up; to overlook by negligence; careless omission; oversight ∼HSK 6
存档 存檔 cún dàng to archive; to place on file; saved data (for a video game etc) ∼HSK 6
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old) ∼HSK 6
饮食起居 飲食起居 yǐn shí qǐ jū daily life; food, clothing and daily routine (eating, sleeping, living) ∼HSK 6
诊脉 診脈 zhěn mài take pulse (TCM) ∼HSK 6
奉上 奉上 fèng shàng to offer ∼HSK 6
贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous ∼HSK 6
做东 做東 zuò dōng to act as host HSK 6
伶俐 伶俐 líng lì clever; witty; intelligent HSK 6
照应 照應 zhào yìng to correlate with; to correspond to HSK 6
山峰 山峰 shān fēng (mountain) peak HSK 6
常年 常年 cháng nián all year round; for years on end; average year HSK 6