Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 8

S1E8 · 第08集 dì 08 jí

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Vocabulary

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杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
诚惶诚恐 誠惶誠恐 chéng huáng chéng kǒng in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility) Idiom ∼HSK 4
一言九鼎 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight Idiom ∼HSK 4
才貌双全 才貌雙全 cái mào shuāng quán talented and good-looking (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
万安 萬安 Wàn ān Wan'an county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金安 金安 Jīn ān Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昌平 昌平 Chāng píng Changping, a district of Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太仓 太倉 Tài cāng Taicang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圆明园 圓明園 Yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
论语 論語 Lún yǔ The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1]) ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
美貌 美貌 měi mào good looks; beauty; good-looking ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both ...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
失着 失著 shī zhāo unwise move; to make an unwise move ∼HSK 4
抄录 抄錄 chāo lù to make a copy of ∼HSK 4
头牌 頭牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production; by extension, the lead role ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
惶恐 惶恐 huáng kǒng terrified ∼HSK 4
隔天 隔天 gé tiān the next day; on alternate days ∼HSK 4
吵醒 吵醒 chǎo xǐng to wake sb up with a noise ∼HSK 4
无需 無需 wú xū needless ∼HSK 4
早些 早些 zǎo xiē a bit earlier ∼HSK 4
参拜 參拜 cān bài to formally call on; to worship (a God); to pay homage to sb ∼HSK 4
延迟 延遲 yán chí to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate; (computing) to lag ∼HSK 4
执 執 zhí hold in hand; keep; carry out ∼HSK 4
仪 儀 yí ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
安好 安好 ān hǎo safe and sound; well ∼HSK 4
貌 貌 mào countenance, appearance ∼HSK 4
瓜果 瓜果 guā guǒ fruit (plural sense); melons and fruit ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
选秀 選秀 xuǎn xiù to select talented individuals; (sports) draft ∼HSK 4
可心 可心 kě xīn satisfying; to one's liking; to suit sb ∼HSK 4
散心 散心 sàn xīn to drive away cares; to relieve boredom ∼HSK 4
背弃 背棄 bèi qì to abandon; to desert; to renounce ∼HSK 4