Empresses in the Palace

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Episode 52

S1E52 · 第52集 dì jí

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Vocabulary

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迁怒 遷怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it) ∼HSK 6
赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) ∼HSK 6
蠢事 蠢事 chǔn shì folly ∼HSK 6
做绝 做絕 zuò jué to go to extremes; to leave no room for maneuver ∼HSK 6
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil ∼HSK 6
自求多福 自求多福 zì qiú duō fú to seek one's own blessings (idiom); you're on your own ∼HSK 6
包藏祸心 包藏禍心 bāo cáng - huò xīn (idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice ∼HSK 6
人母 人母 rén mǔ mother (as a social role) ∼HSK 6
蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd; queer; strange; fishy ∼HSK 6
憔悴 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shi1shou5-fen1li2] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shi1shou5-yi4chu4], decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
魂魄 魂魄 hún pò soul ∼HSK 6
好端端 好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
残骸 殘骸 cán hái remains; wreckage ∼HSK 6
调遣 調遣 diào qiǎn to dispatch; to assign; a dispatch ∼HSK 6
发丧 發喪 fā sāng to hold a funeral ∼HSK 6
还魂 還魂 huán hún to return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products) ∼HSK 6
病故 病故 bìng gù to die of an illness ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
依稀 依稀 yī xī vaguely; dimly; probably; very likely ∼HSK 6
春花秋月 春花秋月 chūn huā qiū yuè spring flowers and autumn moon (idiom); the beauty of the passing seasons; fine scenery ∼HSK 6
望月 望月 wàng yuè full moon ∼HSK 6
可逆 可逆 kě nì reversible; (math.) invertible ∼HSK 6
折枝 折枝 zhé zhī massage; snapped-off branch; sprig; to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort) ∼HSK 6
翩翩 翩翩 piān piān elegant; graceful; smart; to dance lightly ∼HSK 6
无痕 無痕 wú hén traceless ∼HSK 6
母慈子孝 母慈子孝 mǔ cí zǐ xiào a loving mother and a filial child (idiom); a harmonious family ∼HSK 6
天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds; ethical family relations ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
格格 格格 gé ge princess (loanword from Manchu, used in the Qing Dynasty) ∼HSK 6
福晋 福晉 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife ∼HSK 6
大功 大功 dà gōng great merit; great service ∼HSK 6
宽宏 寬宏 kuān hóng magnanimous ∼HSK 6
话虽如此 話雖如此 huà suī rú cǐ be that as it may ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
不枉 不枉 bù wǎng not in vain ∼HSK 6
抚育 撫育 fǔ yù to nurture; to raise; to foster; to tend ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
灭口 滅口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb ∼HSK 6
统辖 統轄 tǒng xiá to govern; to have complete control over; to be in command of ∼HSK 6
罢手 罷手 bà shǒu to give up ∼HSK 6
皇恩 皇恩 huáng ēn imperial kindness; benevolence from the emperor ∼HSK 6
命苦 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
可堪 可堪 kě kān how can one endure?; to be able to endure ∼HSK 6
称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5] ∼HSK 6
狠毒 狠毒 hěn dú vicious; malicious; savage ∼HSK 6