Empresses in the Palace

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Episode 17

S1E17 · 第17集 dì 7 jí

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就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
臣妾 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
御膳房 御膳房 yù shàn fáng imperial kitchen ∼HSK 6
微臣 微臣 wēi chén this small official; humble servant ∼HSK 6
薄命 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky ∼HSK 6
丸子 丸子 wán zi pills; balls; meatballs ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] ∼HSK 6
袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side ∼HSK 6
料子 料子 liào zi material ∼HSK 6
温驯 溫馴 wēn xùn docile; meek; harmless; moderate and obedient; tame ∼HSK 6
妃嫔 妃嬪 fēi pín imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
清丽 清麗 qīng lì (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful ∼HSK 6
情爱 情愛 qíng ài affection; friendly feelings towards sb; love ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd; queer; strange; fishy ∼HSK 6
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old) ∼HSK 6
襁褓 襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes; fig. early stage of development; infancy ∼HSK 6
适才 適才 shì cái just now (literary) ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
陪嫁 陪嫁 péi jià dowry ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
顺道 順道 shùn dào on the way ∼HSK 6
宵夜 宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack; late-night snack ∼HSK 6
得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite; favor ∼HSK 6
畜类 畜類 chù lèi domestic animal ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence ∼HSK 6
冷清 冷清 lěng qīng cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted ∼HSK 6
梧桐 梧桐 wú tóng wutong (Firmiana platanifolia); Chinese parasol tree ∼HSK 6
受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of ∼HSK 6
恩宠 恩寵 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite ∼HSK 6
可叹 可嘆 kě tàn lamentable; sad(ly) ∼HSK 6
奢靡 奢靡 shē mí extravagant ∼HSK 6
荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study) ∼HSK 6
情事 情事 qíng shì circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair ∼HSK 6
浮云 浮雲 fú yún floating clouds; fleeting; transient ∼HSK 6
惊惶 驚惶 jīng huáng panic-stricken ∼HSK 6
葱郁 蔥鬱 cōng yù verdant; lush green and full of life ∼HSK 6
惊扰 驚擾 jīng rǎo to alarm; to agitate ∼HSK 6
金风玉露 金風玉露 jīn fēng yù lù lit. golden autumn wind and jade dew (idiom); fig. the meeting of lovers in autumn; an auspicious romantic encounter ∼HSK 6
相逢 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across ∼HSK 6