Masters in Forbidden City
Episode review
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Vocabulary
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| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 垂直 垂直 | perpendicular; vertical | |
| 绘画 繪畫 | drawing; painting | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 氧气 氧氣 | oxygen | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 此处 此處 | this place; here (literary) | |
| 过渡 過渡 | to cross over (by ferry); transition; interim; caretaker (administration) | |
| 捕 捕 | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 海外 海外 | overseas; abroad | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 开头 開頭 | beginning; to start | |
| 裂 裂 | to split; to crack; to break open; to rend | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 天然 天然 | natural | |
| 清洗 清洗 | to wash; to clean; to purge | |
| 家园 家園 | home; homeland | |
| 织 織 | to weave | |
| 珠宝 珠寶 | pearls; jewels; precious stones | |
| 仪器 儀器 | instrument; apparatus | |
| 办公 辦公 | to handle official business; to work (esp. in an office) | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 指数 指數 | (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth) | |
| 嘉宾 嘉賓 | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 搭配 搭配 | to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 尖 尖 | pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 边缘 邊緣 | edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline | |
| 扑 撲 | to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over | |
| 泥 泥 | mud; clay; paste; pulp | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 成分 成分 | composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status | |
| 刮 刮 | to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort | |
| 和谐 和諧 | harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 远远 遠遠 | distant; by far | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 物品 物品 | articles; goods | |
| 族 族 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 餐 餐 | meal; to eat; classifier for meals | |
| 顺 順 | to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable |