Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 16

S1E16 · 第16集 dì 6 jí

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4.79 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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雷电交加 雷電交加 léi diàn jiāo jiā 雷: thunder · 电: electricity; electric; lightning · 交: mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver · 加: add to, increase, augment ∼HSK 6
屈辱 屈辱 qū rǔ to humiliate; humiliating ∼HSK 6
诡计 詭計 guǐ jì trick; ruse; crafty scheme ∼HSK 6
两广总督 兩廣總督 liǎng guǎng zǒng dū Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi ∼HSK 6
屏风 屏風 píng fēng (furniture) screen ∼HSK 6
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
污浊 污濁 wū zhuó dirty; muddy; foul (sewer) ∼HSK 6
赠予 贈予 zèng yǔ to give a present; to accord (a favor); to grant ∼HSK 6
锦绣 錦繡 jǐn xiù beautiful ∼HSK 6
寒鸦 寒鴉 hán yā (bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) ∼HSK 6
企盼 企盼 qǐ pàn to expect; to look forward to; anxious for sth; to hope (to get sth) ∼HSK 6
皇恩 皇恩 huáng ēn imperial kindness; benevolence from the emperor ∼HSK 6
御花园 御花園 yù huā yuán imperial garden ∼HSK 6
雨露 雨露 yǔ lù rain and dew; (fig.) favor; grace ∼HSK 6
恩泽 恩澤 ēn zé favor from an emperor or high official ∼HSK 6
倾心 傾心 qīng xīn to admire wholeheartedly; to fall in love with ∼HSK 6
雕饰 雕飾 diāo shì to carve; to decorate; carved; decorated ∼HSK 6
操持 操持 cāo chi to manage; to handle ∼HSK 6
能歌善舞 能歌善舞 néng gē shàn wǔ can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents ∼HSK 6
何来 何來 hé lái wherefore ∼HSK 6
闭门思过 閉門思過 bì mén sī guò shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes ∼HSK 6
官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post; to send sb back to his former post ∼HSK 6
比作 比作 bǐ zuò to liken to; to compare to ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
攀折 攀折 pān zhé to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub) ∼HSK 6
柔顺 柔順 róu shùn gentle and agreeable; supple; yielding ∼HSK 6
强辩 強辯 qiǎng biàn to try to make one's case using false arguments ∼HSK 6
犯上 犯上 fàn shàng to offend one's superiors ∼HSK 6
靡靡之音 靡靡之音 mǐ mǐ zhī yīn (idiom) decadent music ∼HSK 6
失礼 失禮 shī lǐ discourteous ∼HSK 6
理当 理當 lǐ dāng should; ought ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
入夜 入夜 rù yè at nightfall ∼HSK 6
游园 遊園 yóu yuán to visit a park or garden ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
针扎 針扎 zhēn zhā pincushion ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence ∼HSK 6
得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite; favor ∼HSK 6
意料之中 意料之中 yì liào zhī zhōng to come as no surprise; as expected ∼HSK 6
怪罪 怪罪 guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
赌气 賭氣 dǔ qì to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
惹事 惹事 rě shì to cause trouble ∼HSK 6
御膳房 御膳房 yù shàn fáng imperial kitchen ∼HSK 6
好容易 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy HSK 6
霞 霞 xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6