Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 62

S1E62 · 第62集 dì 6 jí

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5.37 Advanced

Vocabulary

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嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
制 製 zhì system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 Jīng surname Jing HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
养尊处优 養尊處優 yǎng zūn chǔ yōu to live like a prince (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
如获至宝 如獲至寶 rú huò zhì bǎo as if gaining the most precious treasure Idiom ∼HSK 6
心满意足 心滿意足 xīn mǎn yì zú perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied Idiom ∼HSK 6
借花献佛 借花獻佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property; plagiarism Idiom ∼HSK 6
信口雌黄 信口雌黃 xìn kǒu cí huáng to speak off the cuff; to casually opine Idiom ∼HSK 6
掩人耳目 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes Idiom ∼HSK 6
露马脚 露馬腳 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away Idiom ∼HSK 6
莫须有 莫須有 mò xū yǒu groundless; baseless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical 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
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
微臣 微臣 wēi chén this small official; humble servant ∼HSK 6
袖口 袖口 xiù kǒu cuff ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] ∼HSK 6
轻盈 輕盈 qīng yíng graceful; lithe; light and graceful; lighthearted; relaxed ∼HSK 6
翡翠 翡翠 fěi cuì jadeite; tree kingfisher ∼HSK 6
临盆 臨盆 lín pén at childbirth; in labor ∼HSK 6
自寻死路 自尋死路 zì xún sǐ lù to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction ∼HSK 6
昔年 昔年 xī nián former years; previous years ∼HSK 6
瞒不过 瞞不過 mán bù guò cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) ∼HSK 6
逆风 逆風 nì fēng to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind ∼HSK 6
惊鸿 驚鴻 jīng hóng graceful (esp. of female posture); lithe ∼HSK 6
一族 一族 yī zú social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族[zu2] ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
素来 素來 sù lái consistently; always (in the past and now) ∼HSK 6
故人 故人 gù rén old friend; the deceased ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
告发 告發 gào fā to lodge an accusation; accusation (law) ∼HSK 6
虚言 虛言 xū yán empty words; false words ∼HSK 6
争宠 爭寵 zhēng chǒng to strive for favor ∼HSK 6
钦定 欽定 qīn dìng to authorize; to designate; (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command ∼HSK 6
纤弱 纖弱 xiān ruò fragile; delicate ∼HSK 6
得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite; favor ∼HSK 6
大权 大權 dà quán power; authority ∼HSK 6
忌惮 忌憚 jì dàn to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear ∼HSK 6
药丸 藥丸 yào wán pill; CL:粒[li4] ∼HSK 6