Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 36

S1E36 · 第36集 dì 6 jí

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6.1 Advanced

Vocabulary

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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
哀家 哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
微臣 微臣 wēi chén this small official; humble servant ∼HSK 6
眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country) ∼HSK 6
侍奉 侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
嫌隙 嫌隙 xián xì hostility; animosity ∼HSK 6
窝囊 窩囊 wō nang to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly ∼HSK 6
君王 君王 jūn wáng monarch ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
往昔 往昔 wǎng xī the past ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
肝火 肝火 gān huǒ irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
不肖 不肖 bù xiào (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy ∼HSK 6
睁一只眼闭一只眼 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼 zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
隐忍 隱忍 yǐn rěn to bear patiently; to endure silently; to forbear ∼HSK 6
颇多 頗多 pō duō (quite) a lot; many ∼HSK 6
首鼠两端 首鼠兩端 shǒu shǔ liǎng duān (idiom) to hesitate; to remain undecided ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
帝王将相 帝王將相 dì wáng jiòn xiàng emperors, kings, generals and ministers (idiom); the ruling and ruling elite, the powerful and noble ∼HSK 6
掣肘 掣肘 chè zhǒu to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder ∼HSK 6
兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
恩德 恩德 ēn dé benevolence; favor ∼HSK 6
揣度 揣度 chuǎi duó to estimate; to surmise; to appraise ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
施恩 施恩 shī ēn to confer a favor on sb; to confer a benefit ∼HSK 6
一族 一族 yī zú social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族[zu2] ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
附议 附議 fù yì to second a motion ∼HSK 6
荣辱 榮辱 róng rǔ honor and disgrace; reputation ∼HSK 6
独独 獨獨 dú dú alone ∼HSK 6
赐给 賜給 cì gěi to bestow; to give ∼HSK 6
逼宫 逼宮 bī gōng to force the king or emperor to abdicate ∼HSK 6
兵权 兵權 bīng quán military leadership; military power ∼HSK 6
配制 配製 pèi zhì to compound (medicines etc); to prepare (by mixing ingredients); to concoct ∼HSK 6
避嫌 避嫌 bì xián to avoid arousing suspicion ∼HSK 6
霜雪 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow; (fig.) snowy white (hair); adversity ∼HSK 6
滴答 滴答 dī dā (onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water); tick tock (of clock); also pr. [di1 da5] ∼HSK 6
人尽皆知 人盡皆知 rén jìn jiē zhī see 盡人皆知|尽人皆知[jin4 ren2 jie1 zhi1] ∼HSK 6
疏远 疏遠 shū yuǎn to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement ∼HSK 6
腻味 膩味 nì wei tired of; fed up with; sick of; (of a person) to annoy; to be tiresome ∼HSK 6
臣子 臣子 chén zǐ official in feudal court; subject ∼HSK 6
拘礼 拘禮 jū lǐ to stand on ceremony; punctilious ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
皇恩 皇恩 huáng ēn imperial kindness; benevolence from the emperor ∼HSK 6