Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 76

S1E76 · 第76集 dì 76 jí

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5.53 Advanced

Vocabulary

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且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) 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
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for 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
痴心妄想 痴心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful thinking Idiom ∼HSK 6
良药苦口 良藥苦口 liáng yào kǔ kǒu good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow Idiom ∼HSK 6
高瞻远瞩 高瞻遠矚 gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view; acute foresight Idiom ∼HSK 6
活蹦乱跳 活蹦亂跳 huó bèng luàn tiào to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active Idiom ∼HSK 6
伤天害理 傷天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts Idiom ∼HSK 6
郁郁葱葱 鬱鬱蔥蔥 yù yù - cōng cōng (idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼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
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line Xiehouyu ∼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
哀家 哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) ∼HSK 6
乌拉 烏拉 wù la leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4la5cao3], worn in northeastern China during winter ∼HSK 6
驾崩 駕崩 jià bēng (of an emperor) to pass away ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼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
圣明 聖明 shèng míng enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
嫡母 嫡母 dí mǔ father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife) ∼HSK 6
岂非 豈非 qǐ fēi wouldn't it be ... ? ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼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
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
服众 服眾 fú zhòng to convince the masses ∼HSK 6
福晋 福晉 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife ∼HSK 6
歹毒 歹毒 dǎi dú vicious; ruthless; malevolent ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] ∼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
孤傲 孤傲 gū ào proud and aloof ∼HSK 6
柔情似水 柔情似水 róu qíng sì shuǐ tender and soft as water; deeply attached to sb ∼HSK 6
忧心 憂心 yōu xīn concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious ∼HSK 6
庇佑 庇佑 bì yòu to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine) ∼HSK 6
服药 服藥 fú yào to take medicine ∼HSK 6
知无不言 知無不言 zhī wú bù yán to speak freely and hold nothing back (idiom); to say all one knows ∼HSK 6
抚育 撫育 fǔ yù to nurture; to raise; to foster; to tend ∼HSK 6
九泉之下 九泉之下 jiǔ quán zhī xià beneath the Nine Springs (idiom); the underworld; the world of the dead ∼HSK 6
残杀 殘殺 cán shā to massacre; to slaughter ∼HSK 6
手足 手足 shǒu zú hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices ∼HSK 6
私情 私情 sī qíng personal considerations; love affair ∼HSK 6
动怒 動怒 dòng nù to get angry ∼HSK 6
安泰 安泰 ān tài at peace; healthy and secure ∼HSK 6
郁结 鬱結 yù jié to suffer from pent-up frustrations; mental knot; emotional issue ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
大权 大權 dà quán power; authority ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6