Nirvana in Fire

Episode review

Grand Empress Dowager

S1E2 · 霓凰招亲 宫中重逢 ní huáng zhāoqīn gōng zhōng chóngféng

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4.85 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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住手 住手 zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
了得 了得 liǎo de exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling ∼HSK 1
客 客 kè guest, traveller; customer ∼HSK 1
先机 先機 xiān jī critical opportunity ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
十九 十九 shí jiǔ nineteen; 19 ∼HSK 1
上路 上路 shàng lù to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
觐见 覲見 jìn jiàn to have an audience (with the Emperor) ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
差事 差事 chà shì poor; not up to standard ∼HSK 1
朔日 朔日 shuò rì first day of the lunar month ∼HSK 1
榛子 榛子 zhēn zi hazelnut ∼HSK 1
送去 送去 sòng qù to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
两难 兩難 liǎng nán dilemma; quandary; to face a difficult choice ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
再怎么 再怎麼 zài zěn me no matter how ... ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
家姐 家姐 jiā jiě (polite) my older sister ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
十四 十四 shí sì fourteen; 14 ∼HSK 1
好玩 好玩 hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way, ... ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
太过 太過 tài guò excessively; too ∼HSK 1
买下 買下 mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
哪里哪里 哪裡哪裡 nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ you're too kind; you flatter me ∼HSK 1
视 視 shì look at, inspect, observe, see ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
先行 先行 xiān xíng to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just ...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
少不了 少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many ∼HSK 1
老人家 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
从来不 從來不 cóng lái bù never ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
弟 弟 dì younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) HSK 1