Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 46

S1E46 · 第46集 dì 6 jí

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4.89 Intermediate

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
住持 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
离宫 離宮 lí gōng detached palace; imperial villa ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
奉旨 奉旨 fèng zhǐ by imperial decree ∼HSK 6
微臣 微臣 wēi chén this small official; humble servant ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
大殿 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
孤身 孤身 gū shēn alone; lonely ∼HSK 6
何来 何來 hé lái wherefore ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
罪过 罪過 zuì guo sin; offense ∼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
享福 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life ∼HSK 6
烧炭 燒炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] ∼HSK 6
乳母 乳母 rǔ mǔ wet nurse ∼HSK 6
惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically; to meet with a violent death ∼HSK 6
顾念 顧念 gù niàn to care for; to worry about ∼HSK 6
清点 清點 qīng diǎn to check; to make inventory ∼HSK 6
通融 通融 tōng róng flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan ∼HSK 6
如常 如常 rú cháng as usual ∼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
善自保重 善自保重 shàn zì bǎo zhòng take good care of yourself! ∼HSK 6
顾全 顧全 gù quán to give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards ∼HSK 6
看顾 看顧 kàn gù to watch over ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
眉宇 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead; (literary) countenance; features ∼HSK 6
抛却 拋卻 pāo què to discard ∼HSK 6
杂事 雜事 zá shì miscellaneous tasks; various chores ∼HSK 6
闺阁 閨閣 guī gé lady's chamber ∼HSK 6
掉以轻心 掉以輕心 diào yǐ qīng xīn to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard ∼HSK 6
足足 足足 zú zú fully; no less than; as much as; extremely ∼HSK 6
意料之中 意料之中 yì liào zhī zhōng to come as no surprise; as expected ∼HSK 6
不成样子 不成樣子 bù chéng yàng zi shapeless; deformed; ruined; beyond recognition; (of a person) reduced to a shadow ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
妃嫔 妃嬪 fēi pín imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
善解人意 善解人意 shàn jiě rén yì to be good at understanding others (idiom) ∼HSK 6
瞒上不瞒下 瞞上不瞞下 mán shàng bù mán xià lit. to deceive superiors but not subordinates (idiom); to keep something from the higher-ups ∼HSK 6
劳作 勞作 láo zuò work; manual labor ∼HSK 6
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼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
僧尼 僧尼 sēng ní (Buddhist) monks and nuns ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
矫情 矯情 jiáo qing (Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable ∼HSK 6
狐狸精 狐狸精 hú li jīng fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress ∼HSK 6
愚钝 愚鈍 yú dùn stupid; slow-witted ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6