Six Hundred Years in the Forbidden City
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我在故宫六百年
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| 典雅 典雅 | refined; elegant | |
| 不倦 不倦 | tireless; untiring; indefatigable | |
| 上梁 上樑 | to lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube | |
| 水族馆 水族館 | aquarium (open to the public) | |
| 小动作 小動作 | bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship | |
| 寻访 尋訪 | to inquire after; to look for (sb) | |
| 宝殿 寶殿 | treasure hall | |
| 延年 延年 | to prolong life | |
| 塌下 塌下 | to collapse | |
| 各色各样 各色各樣 | (idiom) diverse; various; all kinds of | |
| 劫难 劫難 | calamity | |
| 铜钱 銅錢 | copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) | |
| 浩荡 浩蕩 | vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful | |
| 拎包 拎包 | handbag or shopping bag (dialect) | |
| 间距 間距 | gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events | |
| 不堪设想 不堪設想 | too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable | |
| 点点滴滴 點點滴滴 | bit by bit; dribs and drabs; the little details; every aspect | |
| 帝王将相 帝王將相 | 帝: supreme ruler, emperor; god · 王: king, ruler; royal; surname · 将: will, going to, future; general · 相: mutual, reciprocal, each other | |
| 荒芜 荒蕪 | left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild | |
| 可逆 可逆 | reversible; (math.) invertible | |
| 置入 置入 | to insert; to implant; to embed; to introduce (a new element) into | |
| 临摹 臨摹 | to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) | |
| 百年之后 百年之後 | 百: one hundred; numerous, many · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 后: queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for | |
| 鼎盛时期 鼎盛時期 | flourishing period; golden age | |
| 完好无损 完好無損 | in good condition; undamaged; intact | |
| 祭祖 祭祖 | to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors | |
| 铜板 銅板 | copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin | |
| 面纱 面紗 | veil | |
| 横梁 橫梁 | beam | |
| 遮蔽 遮蔽 | to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military) | |
| 绝活 絕活 | specialty; unique skill | |
| 杂物 雜物 | junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs | |
| 浆糊 漿糊 | paste; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2] | |
| 一探究竟 一探究竟 | to check out; to investigate | |
| 铺设 鋪設 | to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable); to construct (road, concrete slab) | |
| 悬疑 懸疑 | suspense | |
| 不规则 不規則 | irregular | |
| 沃土 沃土 | fertile land | |
| 阔别 闊別 | separated for a long time | |
| 扣住 扣住 | to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook | |
| 磨砺 磨礪 | to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice | |
| 青铜 青銅 | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin) | |
| 勘测 勘測 | to investigate; to survey | |
| 主攻 主攻 | main assault; to focus on; to specialize in; to major in | |
| 近距离 近距離 | close range | |
| 洋房 洋房 | Western-style house | |
| 御用 御用 | for use by the emperor; imperial; (derog.) in the pay of the ruler | |
| 残破 殘破 | broken; dilapidated | |
| 树脂 樹脂 | resin | |
| 泥水 泥水 | muddy water; mud; masonry (craft) |