Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 72

S1E72 · 第72集 dì 7 jí

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Vocabulary

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渗入 滲入 shèn rù to permeate ∼HSK 6
受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of ∼HSK 6
产下 產下 chǎn xià to bear (give birth) ∼HSK 6
瘢痕 瘢痕 bān hén scar ∼HSK 6
惊悸 驚悸 jīng jì shaking in fear; one's heart palpitating with fear ∼HSK 6
忧思 憂思 yōu sī to be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive ∼HSK 6
诡计 詭計 guǐ jì trick; ruse; crafty scheme ∼HSK 6
筹谋 籌謀 chóu móu to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for ∼HSK 6
储君 儲君 chǔ jūn heir apparent to a throne ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
嫌恶 嫌惡 xián wù to loathe; to abhor; hatred; revulsion ∼HSK 6
衰败 衰敗 shuāi bài to decline; to wane; to decay; to deteriorate ∼HSK 6
尊卑 尊卑 zūn bēi superior and subordinate; social ranking ∼HSK 6
夫君 夫君 fū jūn my husband ∼HSK 6
夭亡 夭亡 yāo wáng to die young ∼HSK 6
滚烫 滾燙 gǔn tàng boiling hot ∼HSK 6
尸身 屍身 shī shēn corpse; dead body ∼HSK 6
恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
掩藏 掩藏 yǎn cáng hidden; covered; concealed ∼HSK 6
宗庙 宗廟 zōng miào temple; ancestral shrine ∼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
欺瞒 欺瞞 qī mán to fool; to hoodwink; to dupe ∼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
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
命薄 命薄 mìng bó to be unlucky ∼HSK 6
望日 望日 wàng rì the full moon; the fifteenth day of each lunar month ∼HSK 6
善待 善待 shàn dài to treat well ∼HSK 6
魂魄 魂魄 hún pò soul ∼HSK 6
圣旨 聖旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
晓谕 曉諭 xiǎo yù variant of 曉喻|晓喻[xiao3 yu4] ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
遵旨 遵旨 zūn zhǐ obey the decree ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6
上佳 上佳 shàng jiā excellent; outstanding; great ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
虚名 虛名 xū míng false reputation ∼HSK 6
镇守 鎮守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect ∼HSK 6
年轻气盛 年輕氣盛 nián qīng qì shèng full of youthful vigor (idiom); in the prime of youth ∼HSK 6
虚实 虛實 xū shí what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
觊觎 覬覦 jì yú (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on ∼HSK 6
弄清 弄清 nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
忌惮 忌憚 jì dàn to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear ∼HSK 6
军功 軍功 jūn gōng (military) meritorious service ∼HSK 6
国难当头 國難當頭 guó nàn dāng tóu 国: nation, country, nation-state · 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 当: bear, accept, undertake; just · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss ∼HSK 6
建功立业 建功立業 jiàn gōng lì yè to achieve or accomplish goals ∼HSK 6