Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 26

S1E26 · 第26集 dì 6 jí

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4.98 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
罪大恶极 罪大惡極 zuì dà è jí guilty of terrible crimes (idiom); reprehensible Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 gǒu yán - cán chuǎn (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door Idiom ∼HSK 6
不毛之地 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì (idiom) barren land; desert Idiom ∼HSK 6
战战兢兢 戰戰兢兢 zhàn zhàn jīng jīng trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation Idiom ∼HSK 6
尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost Idiom ∼HSK 6
防患于未然 防患於未然 fáng huàn yú wèi rán see 防患未然[fang2 huan4 wei4 ran2] Idiom ∼HSK 6
一溜烟 一溜煙 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke; (to disappear etc) in an instant Idiom ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
见死不救 見死不救 jiàn sǐ bù jiù to refuse to save someone in mortal danger (idiom); to stand by while another perishes Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
兴许 興許 xīng xǔ (coll.) perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? 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
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
老朽 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) ∼HSK 6
姨娘 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) ∼HSK 6
哀家 哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
猛虎 猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger ∼HSK 6
狠毒 狠毒 hěn dú vicious; malicious; savage ∼HSK 6
切磋 切磋 qiē cuō to compare notes; to learn from one another ∼HSK 6
诊脉 診脈 zhěn mài take pulse (TCM) ∼HSK 6
调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize ∼HSK 6
福泽 福澤 fú zé good fortune ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
传旨 傳旨 chuán zhǐ convey an edict ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
疤痕 疤痕 bā hén scar ∼HSK 6
牛乳 牛乳 niú rǔ cow's milk ∼HSK 6
横祸 橫禍 hèng huò unexpected calamity ∼HSK 6
险些 險些 xiǎn xiē narrowly; almost; nearly ∼HSK 6
利爪 利爪 lì zhǎo sharp claw; talon ∼HSK 6
医治 醫治 yī zhì medical treatment ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
吃得消 吃得消 chī de xiāo to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc); to be able to afford ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5] ∼HSK 6
凝神 凝神 níng shén with rapt attention ∼HSK 6
缠绵 纏綿 chán mián touching (emotions); lingering (illness) ∼HSK 6
苟活 苟活 gǒu huó to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
与世无争 與世無爭 yǔ shì wú zhēng (idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs ∼HSK 6