Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 65

S1E65 · 第65集 dì 6 jí

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混淆视听 混淆視聽 hùn xiáo shì tīng to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods Idiom ∼HSK 6
不敢高攀 不敢高攀 bù gǎn gāo pān lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term); I cannot presume on your attention Idiom ∼HSK 6
心满意足 心滿意足 xīn mǎn yì zú perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied Idiom ∼HSK 6
前车之鉴 前車之鑑 qián chē zhī jiàn lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); fig. lesson learned by observing others' failures Idiom ∼HSK 6
情投意合 情投意合 qíng tóu - yì hé (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial Idiom ∼HSK 6
穷山恶水 窮山惡水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom); fig. inhospitable natural environment Idiom ∼HSK 6
忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it Idiom ∼HSK 6
拔尖 拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
甘拜下风 甘拜下風 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression); to concede defeat; to play second fiddle Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
莫须有 莫須有 mò xū yǒu groundless; baseless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
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
福晋 福晉 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife ∼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
小姨 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼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
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
侍妾 侍妾 shì qiè concubine ∼HSK 6
钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love; to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) ∼HSK 6
公府 公府 gōng fǔ government post in Han dynasty ∼HSK 6
侍奉 侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
九泉之下 九泉之下 jiǔ quán zhī xià 九: nine · 泉: spring, fountain; wealth, money · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down ∼HSK 6
致谢 致謝 zhì xiè expression of gratitude; to give thanks; a thank-you note; acknowledgement ∼HSK 6
杜鹃 杜鵑 dù juān cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花) ∼HSK 6
陪嫁 陪嫁 péi jià dowry ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
饶过 饒過 ráo guò to pardon; to excuse; to forgive ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] ∼HSK 6
拜佛 拜佛 bài Fó to worship Buddha ∼HSK 6
吃醋 吃醋 chī cù to feel jealous ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
血崩 血崩 xuè bēng metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period) ∼HSK 6
但愿如此 但願如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ if only it were so; I hope so (idiom) ∼HSK 6
可堪 可堪 kě kān how can one endure?; to be able to endure ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
踏进 踏進 tà jìn to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
混进 混進 hùn jìn to infiltrate; to sneak into ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
凌驾 凌駕 líng jià to be above; to place above ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
俱佳 俱佳 jù jiā excellent; wonderful ∼HSK 6
精于 精於 jīng yú skillful in; proficient in; adept at ∼HSK 6
偏殿 偏殿 piān diàn side palace hall; side chamber ∼HSK 6
留情 留情 liú qíng to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6