Empresses in the Palace

Episode review

Episode 8

S1E8 · 第08集 dì 08 jí

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5.43 Advanced

Vocabulary

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芥蒂 芥蒂 jiè dì an obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling; grudge ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼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
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6
御膳房 御膳房 yù shàn fáng imperial kitchen ∼HSK 6
遗世独立 遺世獨立 yí shì dú lì to stand aloof from the world (idiom); to live in lofty seclusion ∼HSK 6
眼里揉不得沙子 眼裡揉不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zi see 眼裡容不得沙子|眼里容不得沙子[yan3 li3 rong2 bu5 de2 sha1 zi5] ∼HSK 6
哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute; mute; silent ∼HSK 6
骄纵 驕縱 jiāo zòng arrogant and willful ∼HSK 6
好端端 好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
端的 端的 duān dì really; after all; details; particulars ∼HSK 6
误事 誤事 wù shì to hold things up; to make a botch of things ∼HSK 6
申斥 申斥 shēn chì to rebuke; to blame; to denounce ∼HSK 6
迁怒 遷怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it) ∼HSK 6
勤勉 勤勉 qín miǎn diligence; diligent; industrious ∼HSK 6
懒怠 懶怠 lǎn dài lazy ∼HSK 6
忙于 忙於 máng yú busy with ∼HSK 6
谨言慎行 謹言慎行 jǐn yán shèn xíng to be cautious in word and deed (idiom); to speak and act prudently ∼HSK 6
且慢 且慢 qiě màn to wait a moment; do not go too soon ∼HSK 6
闷热 悶熱 mēn rè sultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy; stifling hot ∼HSK 6
原来如此 原來如此 yuán lái rú cǐ (idiom) so that's how it is; I see ∼HSK 6
眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country) ∼HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6
忠心 忠心 zhōng xīn good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication HSK 6
时时 時時 shí shí often; constantly HSK 6
只得 只得 zhǐ dé to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to HSK 6
近日 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
姑姑 姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
特地 特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
坡 坡 pō slope; sloping; slanted HSK 6
不便 不便 bù biàn inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash HSK 6
缘故 緣故 yuán gù reason; cause HSK 6
便是 便是 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as HSK 6
枝 枝 zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
片刻 片刻 piàn kè short period of time; a moment HSK 6
墓 墓 mù grave; tomb; mausoleum HSK 6
特意 特意 tè yì specially; intentionally HSK 6
杂 雜 zá variant of 杂 HSK 6
种种 種種 zhǒng zhǒng all kinds of HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
赖 賴 Lài surname Lai; (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app Colloquialism HSK 6
一同 一同 yī tóng together HSK 6
景 景 Jǐng surname Jing HSK 6
赶上 趕上 gǎn shàng to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for HSK 6
虽 雖 suī although; even though HSK 6
仿佛 彷彿 fǎng fú variant of 仿佛 HSK 6