Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 67

S1E67 · 第67集 dì 67 jí

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Vocabulary

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皇位 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor ∼HSK 6
灵犀 靈犀 líng xī rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5] ∼HSK 6
伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love; deep conjugal love ∼HSK 6
妾侍 妾侍 qiè shì maids and concubines ∼HSK 6
传旨 傳旨 chuán zhǐ convey an edict ∼HSK 6
得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite; favor ∼HSK 6
苎麻 苧麻 zhù má (botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea); the fiber of this plant ∼HSK 6
膝下 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) ∼HSK 6
手足 手足 shǒu zú hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices ∼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
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
帝都 帝都 dì dū imperial capital ∼HSK 6
桩桩件件 樁樁件件 zhuāng zhuāng - jiàn jiàn each and every one ∼HSK 6
隐忍不发 隱忍不發 yǐn rěn bù fā to keep one's emotions inside oneself; to restrain one's emotions ∼HSK 6
善待 善待 shàn dài to treat well ∼HSK 6
免遭 免遭 miǎn zāo to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared ∼HSK 6
恶名 惡名 è míng bad name; evil reputation ∼HSK 6
守灵 守靈 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin ∼HSK 6
昏厥 昏厥 hūn jué to faint ∼HSK 6
口舌 口舌 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round ∼HSK 6
愚钝 愚鈍 yú dùn stupid; slow-witted ∼HSK 6
尽孝 盡孝 jìn xiào to do one's filial duty ∼HSK 6
拘泥 拘泥 jū nì to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease ∼HSK 6
元宵 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]; sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 6
铺张 鋪張 pū zhāng ostentation; extravagance ∼HSK 6
乳母 乳母 rǔ mǔ wet nurse ∼HSK 6
憔悴 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
臣民 臣民 chén mín subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) ∼HSK 6
烦忧 煩憂 fán yōu to worry; to fret ∼HSK 6
好端端 好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
用心良苦 用心良苦 yòng xīn liáng kǔ to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth ∼HSK 6
奉旨 奉旨 fèng zhǐ by imperial decree ∼HSK 6
协理 協理 xié lǐ assistant manager; to assist in managing ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
忧心 憂心 yōu xīn concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious ∼HSK 6
绝育 絕育 jué yù to sterilize; to spay ∼HSK 6
人逢喜事精神爽 人逢喜事精神爽 rén féng xǐ shì jīng shén shuǎng 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 逢: come upon, happen meet; flatter · 喜: like, love, enjoy; joyful thing · 事: affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident · 精: essence; semen; spirit · 神: spirit, god, supernatural being · 爽: happy, cheerful; refreshing ∼HSK 6
娇弱 嬌弱 jiāo ruò delicate ∼HSK 6
不消 不消 bù xiāo to not need; needless (to say) ∼HSK 6
露珠 露珠 lù zhū dewdrop ∼HSK 6
文静 文靜 wén jìng (of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet ∼HSK 6
伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) ∼HSK 6
文武百官 文武百官 wén wǔ bǎi guān civil and military officials ∼HSK 6
宠幸 寵幸 chǒng xìng (old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards ∼HSK 6
能歌善舞 能歌善舞 néng gē shàn wǔ can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents ∼HSK 6
雀鸟 雀鳥 què niǎo bird ∼HSK 6
同日 同日 tóng rì same day; simultaneous ∼HSK 6
未定 未定 wèi dìng undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt ∼HSK 6
哀荣 哀榮 āi róng (literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died; posthumous recognition ∼HSK 6