Nirvana in Fire

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Schemes in the Inner Palace

S1E5 · 靖王闯宫 解救郡主 jìng wáng chuǎng gōng jiějiù jùn zhǔ

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Vocabulary

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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
神采奕奕 神采奕奕 shén cǎi yì yì in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life; radiating health and vigor Idiom ∼HSK 6
文武双全 文武雙全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier; master of pen and sword Idiom ∼HSK 6
闻所未闻 聞所未聞 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event Idiom ∼HSK 6
兜圈子 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
同归于尽 同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
苦心经营 苦心經營 kǔ xīn jīng yíng to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
雷 雷 Léi surname Lei HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼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
臣妾 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) ∼HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
不轨 不軌 bù guǐ errant ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
慵懒 慵懶 yōng lǎn languid; indolent ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
玄妙 玄妙 xuán miào mysterious; profound; abstruse ∼HSK 6
稚子 稚子 zhì zǐ young child ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼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
储君 儲君 chǔ jūn heir apparent to a throne ∼HSK 6
烦忧 煩憂 fán yōu to worry; to fret ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
灭口 滅口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb ∼HSK 6
申辩 申辯 shēn biàn to defend oneself; to rebut a charge ∼HSK 6
卑劣 卑劣 bēi liè base; mean; despicable ∼HSK 6
褫夺 褫奪 chǐ duó to deprive; to strip of ∼HSK 6
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn show mercy ∼HSK 6
剑法 劍法 jiàn fǎ fencing; sword-play ∼HSK 6
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs ∼HSK 6
征战 征戰 zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition ∼HSK 6
如若 如若 rú ruò if ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
付诸 付諸 fù zhū to apply to; to put into (practice etc); to put to (a test, a vote etc) ∼HSK 6
偏重 偏重 piān zhòng to stress in a prejudiced way; to emphasize sth unduly ∼HSK 6
轻浮 輕浮 qīng fú frivolous; careless; giddy ∼HSK 6
潜藏 潛藏 qián cáng hidden beneath the surface; buried and concealed ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
渺茫 渺茫 miǎo máng uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague ∼HSK 6
推托 推託 tuī tuō to make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something) ∼HSK 6
谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn thank for grace ∼HSK 6
无福消受 無福消受 wú fú xiāo shòu unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom) ∼HSK 6
恩准 恩准 ēn zhǔn approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow ∼HSK 6