Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 55

S1E55 · 第55集 dì jí

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Vocabulary

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不像样 不像樣 bù xiàng yàng in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
人各有志 人各有志 rén gè yǒu zhì everyone has their own aspirations (idiom); each to his own; people differ in their goals Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
后患无穷 後患無窮 hòu huàn - wú qióng (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼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
哀家 哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5] ∼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
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
圣旨 聖旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
情意 情意 qíng yì friendly regard; affection ∼HSK 6
定夺 定奪 dìng duó to make a decision; to determine ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
微贱 微賤 wēi jiàn humble; lowly ∼HSK 6
避嫌 避嫌 bì xián to avoid arousing suspicion ∼HSK 6
梳妆 梳妝 shū zhuāng to dress and groom oneself ∼HSK 6
葬身 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse; to be buried; (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
仪仗 儀仗 yí zhàng ceremonial weaponry ∼HSK 6
遵旨 遵旨 zūn zhǐ obey the decree ∼HSK 6
碍于 礙於 ài yú to be constrained by; due to (a constraining factor) ∼HSK 6
福泽 福澤 fú zé good fortune ∼HSK 6
荒山 荒山 huāng shān desert mountain; barren hill ∼HSK 6
野地 野地 yě dì wilderness ∼HSK 6
养母 養母 yǎng mǔ foster mother; adoptive mother ∼HSK 6
大驾光临 大駕光臨 dà jià guāng lín we are honored by your presence ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
熏香 薰香 xūn xiāng incense ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
愚笨 愚笨 yú bèn stupid; clumsy ∼HSK 6
拿主意 拿主意 ná zhǔ yi to make a decision; to make up one's mind ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
诞育 誕育 dàn yù to give birth to; to give rise to ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] ∼HSK 6
离宫 離宮 lí gōng detached palace; imperial villa ∼HSK 6
奉天承运 奉天承運 fèng tiān chéng yùn in compliance with Heaven and the imperial mandate (idiom); opening phrase of imperial edicts ∼HSK 6
端赖 端賴 duān lài to depend ultimately on (Tw); absolutely reliant on ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
大吉 大吉 dà jí very auspicious; extremely lucky ∼HSK 6
苦衷 苦衷 kǔ zhōng secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties ∼HSK 6
有生之年 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years ∼HSK 6
请勿 請勿 qǐng wù please don't ∼HSK 6
告之 告之 gào zhī to tell sb; to inform ∼HSK 6
不顾一切 不顧一切 bù gù - yī qiè (idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns ∼HSK 6
七窍 七竅 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth ∼HSK 6