Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 54

S1E54 · 第54集 dì jí

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4.97 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼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
微臣 微臣 wēi chén this small official; humble servant ∼HSK 6
扭伤 扭傷 niǔ shāng a sprain; a crick; to sprain ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
医治 醫治 yī zhì medical treatment ∼HSK 6
待产 待產 dài chǎn (of an expectant mother) to be in labor ∼HSK 6
死讯 死訊 sǐ xùn news of sb's death ∼HSK 6
束腹 束腹 shù fù corset; girdle ∼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
积云 積雲 jī yún cumulus; heap cloud ∼HSK 6
失足 失足 shī zú to lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life ∼HSK 6
开蒙 開蒙 kāi méng (old) (of a child) to begin schooling ∼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
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
岔子 岔子 chà zi branch road; setback; accident; hiccup ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
图谋 圖謀 tú móu to conspire ∼HSK 6
怎敢 怎敢 zěn gǎn how dare ∼HSK 6
推托 推託 tuī tuō to make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something) ∼HSK 6
有损 有損 yǒu sǔn to be harmful (to) ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
意欲 意欲 yì yù to intend to; intention; desire ∼HSK 6
独行 獨行 dú xíng solitary ∼HSK 6
免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying ∼HSK 6
清香 清香 qīng xiāng sweet scent; fragrant odor ∼HSK 6
扑鼻 撲鼻 pū bí to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors) ∼HSK 6
作呕 作嘔 zuò ǒu to feel sick; to feel nauseous; to feel disgusted ∼HSK 6
欠佳 欠佳 qiàn jiā suboptimal; subpar; not good enough ∼HSK 6
诸事 諸事 zhū shì everything; every matter ∼HSK 6
妥帖 妥帖 tuǒ tiē properly; satisfactorily; firmly; very fitting; appropriate; proper; to be in good order; also written 妥貼|妥贴[tuo3 tie1] ∼HSK 6
妙手 妙手 miào shǒu miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 ∼HSK 6
荒山野岭 荒山野嶺 huāng shān yě lǐng wild, mountainous country ∼HSK 6
归入 歸入 guī rù to assign (to a class); to classify as; to include ∼HSK 6
宗室 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
奢求 奢求 shē qiú to make extravagant demands; an unreasonable request ∼HSK 6
驾临 駕臨 jià lín to grace sb with one's presence; your arrival (honorific); your esteemed presence ∼HSK 6
费口舌 費口舌 fèi kǒu shé to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining ∼HSK 6
看顾 看顧 kàn gù to watch over ∼HSK 6
事到临头 事到臨頭 shì dào lín tóu when things come to a head (idiom) ∼HSK 6
平身 平身 píng shēn rise (to subjects bowing) ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
不拘 不拘 bù jū not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
牛乳 牛乳 niú rǔ cow's milk ∼HSK 6
离宫 離宮 lí gōng detached palace; imperial villa ∼HSK 6
有情 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6