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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说来说去 說來說去 shuō lái shuō qù 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 去: go away, leave, depart Idiom ∼HSK 7
斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely Idiom HSK 7
顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text) Idiom HSK 7
无可奈何 無可奈何 wú kě nài hé have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈 Xiehouyu HSK 7
丑闻 醜聞 chǒu wén scandal Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
古怪 古怪 gǔ guài strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
尴尬 尷尬 gān gà awkward; embarrassed Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
讨人喜欢 討人喜歡 tǎo rén xǐ huan to attract people's affection; charming; delightful HSK 7
走漏 走漏 zǒu lòu to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc) HSK 7
粗心大意 粗心大意 cū xīn dà yì negligent; careless; inadvertent HSK 7
踏上 踏上 tà shàng to set foot on; to step on or into HSK 7
谋害 謀害 móu hài to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life HSK 7
温习 溫習 wēn xí to review (a lesson etc) HSK 7
中庸 中庸 Zhōng yōng the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书 HSK 7
盛情 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness; magnificent hospitality HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
喜事 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion; wedding HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
根基 根基 gēn jī foundation HSK 7
暂且 暫且 zàn qiě for now; for the time being; temporarily HSK 7
肆无忌惮 肆無忌憚 sì wú jì dàn absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple HSK 7
执意 執意 zhí yì to be determined to; to insist on HSK 7
血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
抗衡 抗衡 kàng héng to compete with; to vie with; to counter HSK 7
惊动 驚動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb HSK 7
交情 交情 jiāo qing friendship; friendly relations HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
稳固 穩固 wěn gù stable; steady; firm; to stabilize HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
先例 先例 xiān lì antecedent; precedent HSK 7
未免 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably; can't help; really; rather HSK 7
惦记 惦記 diàn jì to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about HSK 7
盛会 盛會 shèng huì pageant; distinguished meeting HSK 7
矣 矣 yǐ classical final particle, similar to modern 了 HSK 7
逼近 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near HSK 7
要害 要害 yào hài vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
皇室 皇室 huáng shì royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family HSK 7
君子 君子 jūn zǐ nobleman; person of noble character HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
拣 揀 jiǎn to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up HSK 7
忍心 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task HSK 7