Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 23

S1E23 · 第23集 dì jí

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Vocabulary

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门望 門望 mén wàng family prestige ∼HSK 6
主使 主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
奉劝 奉勸 fèng quàn may I offer a bit of advice ∼HSK 6
少安毋躁 少安毋躁 shǎo ān wú zào keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient ∼HSK 6
唯恐 唯恐 wéi kǒng for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐 ∼HSK 6
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old) ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law; cruel punishment; to carry out cruel law rigorously ∼HSK 6
逼供 逼供 bī gòng to extort a confession ∼HSK 6
混迹 混跡 hùn jì mixed in as part of a community; hiding one's identity; occupying a position while not deserving it ∼HSK 6
寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide; to court death ∼HSK 6
头昏 頭昏 tóu hūn dizzy; giddy; one's head spins ∼HSK 6
把脉 把脈 bǎ mài to feel the pulse; to take sb's pulse ∼HSK 6
脉象 脈象 mài xiàng condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 6
避险 避險 bì xiǎn to flee from danger; to avoid danger; to minimize risk; (finance) hedge ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
颇多 頗多 pō duō (quite) a lot; many ∼HSK 6
无端 無端 wú duān for no reason at all ∼HSK 6
岂非 豈非 qǐ fēi wouldn't it be ... ? ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
大抵 大抵 dà dǐ generally speaking; by and large; for the most part ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
寻短见 尋短見 xún duǎn jiàn to commit suicide ∼HSK 6
忧思 憂思 yōu sī to be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive ∼HSK 6
作践 作踐 zuò jiàn to ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade; to ruin; also pr. [zuo2 jian4] ∼HSK 6
狡诈 狡詐 jiǎo zhà crafty; cunning; deceitful ∼HSK 6
蒙蔽 矇蔽 méng bì to deceive; to hoodwink ∼HSK 6
愚弄 愚弄 yú nòng to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe ∼HSK 6
赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4] ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
跋扈 跋扈 bá hù domineering; bossy ∼HSK 6
沾染 沾染 zhān rǎn to pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage ∼HSK 6
闭塞 閉塞 bì sè to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking HSK 6
照应 照應 zhào yìng to correlate with; to correspond to HSK 6
遍地 遍地 biàn dì everywhere; all over HSK 6
不择手段 不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
盛行 盛行 shèng xíng to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about HSK 6
只顾 只顧 zhǐ gù solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect HSK 6
日夜 日夜 rì yè day and night; around the clock HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6