Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 28

S1E28 · 第28集 dì 8 jí

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Vocabulary

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指日可待 指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent; just around the corner (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
妃 妃 fēi concubine ∼HSK 5
嫔 嬪 pín court lady; palace maid ∼HSK 5
朕 朕 zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
莞 莞 guān smiling; a kind of aquatic herb, clubrush, Scirpus lacustris ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
羹 羹 gēng soup, broth ∼HSK 5
尧 堯 Yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
淳 淳 chún honest, simple, unsophisticated; cyanogen; ethane dinitrile ∼HSK 5
疾 疾 jí illness, disease, sickness; to hate ∼HSK 5
夹竹桃 夾竹桃 jiā zhú táo oleander (Nerium indicum); Taiwan pr. [jia4 zhu2 tao2] ∼HSK 5
晋 晉 Jìn advance, increase; promote ∼HSK 5
大将军 大將軍 dà jiāng jūn important general; generalissimo ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
隆 隆 Lóng prosperous, plentiful, abundant ∼HSK 5
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
侍 侍 shì serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
聪慧 聰慧 cōng huì bright; intelligent ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
禀 稟 bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
府第 府第 fǔ dì mansion house; official residence ∼HSK 5
策 策 Cè scheme, plan; to whip; urge ∼HSK 5
孕 孕 yùn be pregnant, pregnancy ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
华贵 華貴 huá guì sumptuous; luxurious ∼HSK 5
僖 僖 Xī joy, gladness, delight; surname ∼HSK 5
虽是 雖是 suī shì although; even though; even if ∼HSK 5
董 董 Dǒng direct, supervise; surname ∼HSK 5
鄂 鄂 È Hubei province; startled ∼HSK 5
惠 惠 Huì favor, benefit, confer kindness ∼HSK 5
诊治 診治 zhěn zhì to diagnose and treat ∼HSK 5
咐 咐 fù instruct, order ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
翊 翊 yì flying; assist, help; respect ∼HSK 5
坤 坤 kūn earth; feminine, female ∼HSK 5
鄢 鄢 Yān name of a district in Honan ∼HSK 5
幼 幼 yòu young ∼HSK 5
屡屡 屢屢 lǚ lǚ again and again; repeatedly ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
谕 諭 yù proclaim, instruct; edict ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4] ∼HSK 5
遏 遏 è stop, suppress, curb, check; a bar ∼HSK 5
仁 仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
祛 祛 qū expel, disperse, exorcise ∼HSK 5
痕 痕 hén scar; mark; trace ∼HSK 5