Nirvana in Fire

Episode review

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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心急火燎 心急火燎 xīn jí huǒ liǎo to burn with anxiety Idiom ∼HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn variant of 管 HSK 3
监 監 jiān supervise, control, direct ∼HSK 3
京城 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country ∼HSK 3
父 父 fù father; KangXi radical 88 ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
死者 死者 sǐ zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 3
藉 藉 Jí mat, pad; rely on; pretext ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
追查 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out; to trace; to track down ∼HSK 3
破绽 破綻 pò zhàn split seam; (fig.) flaw; weak point ∼HSK 3
救火 救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire; firefighting ∼HSK 3
乱子 亂子 luàn zi disturbance; trouble ∼HSK 3
音 音 yīn sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
两者 兩者 liǎng zhě both of them; the two of them ∼HSK 3
军方 軍方 jūn fāng military ∼HSK 3
下马 下馬 xià mǎ to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project) ∼HSK 3
打压 打壓 dǎ yā to suppress; to beat down ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
银钱 銀錢 yín qián silver money (in former times) ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
相争 相爭 xiāng zhēng to vie against one another; to fight each other; mutual aggression ∼HSK 3
板子 板子 bǎn zi board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment ∼HSK 3
指使 指使 zhǐ shǐ to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) ∼HSK 3
有些人 有些人 yǒu xiē rén some people ∼HSK 3
不巧 不巧 bù qiǎo too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it ∼HSK 3
久等 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time ∼HSK 3
赶来 趕來 gǎn lái to rush over ∼HSK 3
出乱子 出亂子 chū luàn zi to go wrong; to get into trouble ∼HSK 3
接任 接任 jiē rèn to take over (as minister, manager etc) ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
补缺 補缺 bǔ quē to fill a vacancy; to make up for a shortage; to supply a deficiency ∼HSK 3
属下 屬下 shǔ xià subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
居心 居心 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions; to be bent on; a tranquil heart or mind ∼HSK 3
在朝 在朝 zài cháo sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members) ∼HSK 3
干系 干係 gān xì responsibility ∼HSK 3
有联系 有聯繫 yǒu lián xì to be connected; to be related ∼HSK 3
指证 指證 zhǐ zhèng to testify; to give evidence ∼HSK 3
关乎 關乎 guān hū to relate to; concerning; about ∼HSK 3
养伤 養傷 yǎng shāng to heal a wound; to recuperate (from an injury) ∼HSK 3
实证 實證 shí zhèng actual proof; concrete evidence; empirical ∼HSK 3
初二 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school; 2nd day of a lunar month; 2nd day of lunar New Year ∼HSK 3
简明 簡明 jiǎn míng simple and clear; concise ∼HSK 3
轻车简从 輕車簡從 qīng chē jiǎn cóng (of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort; to travel without ostentation ∼HSK 3