Nirvana in Fire

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The Eastern Palace Strikes

S1E15 · 后宫起火 皇后受责 hòugōng qǐhuǒ huánghòu shòu zé

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4.59 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
宫城 宮城 Gōng chéng Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
泉山 泉山 Quán shān Quanshan district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宁国 寧國 Níng guó Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1cheng2], Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大梁 大梁 Dà liáng capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states; CL:根[gen1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
户部 戶部 Hù bù Ministry of Revenue in imperial China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尚书 尚書 Shàng shū same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
琅琊 瑯琊 Láng yá Langya, a district in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2zhou1 Shi4], Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
七夕 七夕 Qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]); ( ∼HSK 4
镜 鏡 jìng mirror; lens; glass; glasses ∼HSK 4
责 責 zé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
坊 坊 Fāng surname Fang ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4] ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
散心 散心 sàn xīn to drive away cares; to relieve boredom ∼HSK 4
严加 嚴加 yán jiā sternly; strictly; harshly; stringently; rigorously ∼HSK 4
登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home ∼HSK 4
对阵 對陣 duì zhèn (of armies) to face each other, ready for battle; (sports) (of two teams) to play against each other ∼HSK 4
昨夜 昨夜 zuó yè last night ∼HSK 4
甚为 甚為 shèn wéi very; extremely ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
总归 總歸 zǒng guī anyhow; after all; eventually ∼HSK 4
结交 結交 jié jiāo to make friends with ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
血案 血案 xuè àn murder case ∼HSK 4
守卫 守衛 shǒu wèi to guard; to defend ∼HSK 4
多疑 多疑 duō yí mistrustful; suspicious; paranoid ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
全身而退 全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
方能 方能 fāng néng can then (and only then) ∼HSK 4
掌控 掌控 zhǎng kòng to control; in control of ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
疑心 疑心 yí xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4
此话怎讲 此話怎講 cǐ huà zěn jiǎng How do you mean?; How could that be the case?; How so? ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
安生 安生 ān shēng peaceful; restful; quiet; still ∼HSK 4
有失 有失 yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
定当 定當 dìng dāng necessarily ∼HSK 4