Empresses in the Palace

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Episode 2

S1E2 · 第02集 dì 0 jí

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青 青 Qīng abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province HSK 5
立 立 Lì surname Li HSK 5
必 必 bì certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
辛苦 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
碎 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out HSK 5
彼此 彼此 bǐ cǐ each other; one another HSK 5
欠 欠 qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
之外 之外 zhī wài outside; excluding HSK 5
屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
可怜 可憐 kě lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
尽管 儘管 jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
三言两语 三言兩語 sān yán liǎng yǔ in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 4
倾国倾城 傾國傾城 qīng guó qīng chéng lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom); fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful; also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2] Idiom ∼HSK 4
哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
龙井 龍井 Lóng jǐng Longjing, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2bian1 Chao2xian3zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1], Jilin; Longjing, a district of Taichung 臺中市|台中市[Tai2zhong1 Shi4], Taiwan; Longjing tea (abbr. for 龍井茶|龙井茶[long2jing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺 大理寺 Dà lǐ sì Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
济州 濟州 Jì zhōu Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诗书 詩書 Shī Shū the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣祖 聖祖 Shèng zǔ Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722); cf. 康熙[Kang1 xi1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江南 江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
内务府 內務府 Nèi wù fǔ Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐诗 唐詩 Táng shī Tang poetry; a Tang poem Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金安 金安 Jīn ān Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
松阳县 松陽縣 Sōng yáng xiàn Songyang county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3], Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
红旗 紅旗 Hóng qí Hongqi district of Xinxiang city 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 shi4], Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
镶黄旗 鑲黃旗 Xiāng huáng qí Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
正蓝旗 正藍旗 Zhèng lán qí Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia; also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八旗 八旗 Bā qí Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
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
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
选秀 選秀 xuǎn xiù to select talented individuals; (sports) draft ∼HSK 4
为父 為父 wéi fù term used by a father to refer to himself when speaking to his child ∼HSK 4
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching ∼HSK 4