Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 59

S1E59 · 第59集 dì 9 jí

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4.79 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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尽孝 盡孝 jìn xiào to do one's filial duty ∼HSK 6
临盆 臨盆 lín pén at childbirth; in labor ∼HSK 6
全权 全權 quán quán full powers; total authority; plenipotentiary powers ∼HSK 6
憔悴 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
恍惚 恍惚 huǎng hū absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly ∼HSK 6
好端端 好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
弥天 彌天 mí tiān filling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc) ∼HSK 6
照理 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
有心无力 有心無力 yǒu xīn wú lì to have the will but not the strength (idiom); willing but unable to help ∼HSK 6
撒手 撒手 sā shǒu to let go of sth; to give up ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
震怒 震怒 zhèn nù to be furious ∼HSK 6
结党 結黨 jié dǎng to form a clique ∼HSK 6
识得 識得 shí de to know ∼HSK 6
袖口 袖口 xiù kǒu cuff ∼HSK 6
端倪 端倪 duān ní boundary; clue; indication; to obtain clues; to infer ∼HSK 6
避嫌 避嫌 bì xián to avoid arousing suspicion ∼HSK 6
敬仰 敬仰 jìng yǎng to revere; highly esteemed ∼HSK 6
秉公 秉公 bǐng gōng justly; impartially ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying ∼HSK 6
无头苍蝇 無頭蒼蠅 wú tóu cāng ying headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically) ∼HSK 6
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old) ∼HSK 6
自幼 自幼 zì yòu from childhood ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
避忌 避忌 bì jì to avoid as taboo ∼HSK 6
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor ∼HSK 6
余下 餘下 yú xià remaining ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
现如今 現如今 xiàn rú jīn nowadays; now ∼HSK 6
闲聊 閒聊 xián liáo to chat; casual conversation ∼HSK 6
憋屈 憋屈 biē qū sullen ∼HSK 6
禁足 禁足 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
妄称 妄稱 wàng chēng to make a false and unwarranted declaration ∼HSK 6
赞誉 贊譽 zàn yù to praise; recognition ∼HSK 6
曲解 曲解 qū jiě to misrepresent; to misinterpret ∼HSK 6
绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken ∼HSK 6
且不说 且不說 qiě bù shuō not to mention; leaving aside ∼HSK 6
飘零 飄零 piāo líng to fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless ∼HSK 6
祸乱 禍亂 huò luàn calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil ∼HSK 6
孤身 孤身 gū shēn alone; lonely ∼HSK 6
劳作 勞作 láo zuò work; manual labor ∼HSK 6
以己度人 以己度人 yǐ jǐ duó rén to judge others by one's own standards (idiom); to measure others against oneself ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6
神色 神色 shén sè expression; look HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
看管 看管 kān guǎn to look after HSK 6