Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 33

S1E33 · 第33集 dì jí

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Vocabulary

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主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) 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
卧薪尝胆 臥薪嘗膽 wò xīn - cháng dǎn lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge Idiom ∼HSK 6
未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day Idiom ∼HSK 6
耿耿于怀 耿耿於懷 gěng gěng yú huái to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding Idiom ∼HSK 6
门可罗雀 門可羅雀 mén kě luó què lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); fig. completely deserted Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
忘恩负义 忘恩負義 wàng ēn fù yì to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth Idiom ∼HSK 6
打入冷宫 打入冷宮 dǎ rù - lěng gōng (idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history Idiom ∼HSK 6
前车之鉴 前車之鑑 qián chē zhī jiàn lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); fig. lesson learned by observing others' failures Idiom ∼HSK 6
时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo - yún sàn (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear Idiom ∼HSK 6
不能自拔 不能自拔 bù néng zì bá 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability · 自: self, private, personal; from · 拔: uproot, pull out Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom); fig. to be in a league of one's own; outstanding Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼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
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... 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
福晋 福晉 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
诬蔑 誣蔑 wū miè variant of 誣衊|诬蔑[wu1 mie4] ∼HSK 6
恩宠 恩寵 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite ∼HSK 6
争宠 爭寵 zhēng chǒng to strive for favor ∼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
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
失宠 失寵 shī chǒng to lose favor; in disfavor; disgraced ∼HSK 6
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor ∼HSK 6
得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite; favor ∼HSK 6
凄婉 淒婉 qī wǎn melancholy; moving and sad; sweet and piteous ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
撕破脸 撕破臉 sī pò liǎn to have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality; to tear into each other ∼HSK 6
脂粉 脂粉 zhī fěn cosmetics ∼HSK 6
行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence ∼HSK 6
一面之缘 一面之緣 yī miàn zhī yuán 一: one; a, an; alone · 面: face; surface; plane; side, dimension · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 缘: hem, margin; reason, cause; fate ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
失仪 失儀 shī yí discourteous; failure of etiquette ∼HSK 6
但凡 但凡 dàn fán every single; as long as ∼HSK 6
奉旨 奉旨 fèng zhǐ by imperial decree ∼HSK 6
夫君 夫君 fū jūn my husband ∼HSK 6
不睦 不睦 bù mù to not get along well; to be at odds ∼HSK 6
人情冷暖 人情冷暖 rén qíng lěng nuǎn 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 情: feeling, sentiment, emotion · 冷: cold, cool; lonely · 暖: warm, genial ∼HSK 6
法家拂士 法家拂士 fǎ jiā bì shì 法: law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French · 家: house, home, residence; family · 拂: shake off, brush away; dust · 士: scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 6
忧患 憂患 yōu huàn suffering; misery; hardship ∼HSK 6