Nirvana in Fire

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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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不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 Jīng surname Jing HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
堂而皇之 堂而皇之 táng ér huáng zhī overt; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose; with great scope Idiom ∼HSK 6
独来独往 獨來獨往 dú lái - dú wǎng (idiom) to be a loner; to keep to oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
高枕无忧 高枕無憂 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries Idiom ∼HSK 6
无价之宝 無價之寶 wú jià zhī bǎo (idiom) priceless treasure Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼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
闯祸 闖禍 chuǎng huò to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble ∼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
贵客 貴客 guì kè honored guest ∼HSK 6
见驾 見駕 jiàn jià to have an audience (with the emperor) ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
进殿 進殿 jìn diàn enter the palace ∼HSK 6
招亲 招親 zhāo qīn select a spouse ∼HSK 6
品格 品格 pǐn gé one's character; fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar) ∼HSK 6
翘楚 翹楚 qiáo chǔ person of outstanding talent ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
臂膀 臂膀 bì bǎng arm ∼HSK 6
忌惮 忌憚 jì dàn to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear ∼HSK 6
兵权 兵權 bīng quán military leadership; military power ∼HSK 6
遣使 遣使 qiǎn shǐ to dispatch an envoy ∼HSK 6
愚钝 愚鈍 yú dùn stupid; slow-witted ∼HSK 6
撒野 撒野 sā yě to display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously ∼HSK 6
切磋 切磋 qiē cuō to compare notes; to learn from one another ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
相救 相救 xiāng jiù rescue ∼HSK 6
瞒不过 瞞不過 mán bù guò cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) ∼HSK 6
钦犯 欽犯 qīn fàn criminal whose arrest has been ordered by the emperor ∼HSK 6
凡俗 凡俗 fán sú lay (as opposed to clergy); ordinary; commonplace ∼HSK 6
探听 探聽 tàn tīng to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry ∼HSK 6
捉摸 捉摸 zhuō mō to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp ∼HSK 6
归附 歸附 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit ∼HSK 6
铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ∼HSK 6
绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique ∼HSK 6