Six Hundred Years in the Forbidden City

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Season 1 — Six Hundred Years in the Forbidden City

我在故宫六百年 wǒ zài gùgōng liù bǎinián

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Vocabulary

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典雅 典雅 diǎn yǎ refined; elegant ∼HSK 6
不倦 不倦 bù juàn tireless; untiring; indefatigable ∼HSK 6
上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube ∼HSK 6
水族馆 水族館 shuǐ zú guǎn aquarium (open to the public) ∼HSK 6
小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship ∼HSK 6
寻访 尋訪 xún fǎng to inquire after; to look for (sb) ∼HSK 6
宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn treasure hall ∼HSK 6
延年 延年 yán nián to prolong life ∼HSK 6
塌下 塌下 tā xià to collapse ∼HSK 6
各色各样 各色各樣 gè sè - gè yàng (idiom) diverse; various; all kinds of ∼HSK 6
劫难 劫難 jié nàn calamity ∼HSK 6
铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) ∼HSK 6
浩荡 浩蕩 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful ∼HSK 6
拎包 拎包 līn bāo handbag or shopping bag (dialect) ∼HSK 6
间距 間距 jiān jù gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events ∼HSK 6
不堪设想 不堪設想 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable ∼HSK 6
点点滴滴 點點滴滴 diǎn diǎn dī dī bit by bit; dribs and drabs; the little details; every aspect ∼HSK 6
帝王将相 帝王將相 dì wáng jiòn xiàng emperors, kings, generals and ministers (idiom); the ruling and ruling elite, the powerful and noble ∼HSK 6
荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild ∼HSK 6
可逆 可逆 kě nì reversible; (math.) invertible ∼HSK 6
置入 置入 zhì rù to insert; to implant; to embed; to introduce (a new element) into ∼HSK 6
临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) ∼HSK 6
百年之后 百年之後 bǎi nián zhī hòu lit. after a hundred years (idiom); euphemism for after one's death ∼HSK 6
鼎盛时期 鼎盛時期 dǐng shèng shí qī flourishing period; golden age ∼HSK 6
完好无损 完好無損 wán hǎo wú sǔn in good condition; undamaged; intact ∼HSK 6
祭祖 祭祖 jì zǔ to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors ∼HSK 6
铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin ∼HSK 6
面纱 面紗 miàn shā veil ∼HSK 6
横梁 橫梁 héng liáng beam ∼HSK 6
遮蔽 遮蔽 zhē bì to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military) ∼HSK 6
绝活 絕活 jué huó specialty; unique skill ∼HSK 6
杂物 雜物 zá wù junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs ∼HSK 6
浆糊 漿糊 jiàng hu paste; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2] ∼HSK 6
一探究竟 一探究竟 yī tàn jiū jìng to check out; to investigate ∼HSK 6
铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable); to construct (road, concrete slab) ∼HSK 6
悬疑 懸疑 xuán yí suspense ∼HSK 6
不规则 不規則 bù guī zé irregular ∼HSK 6
沃土 沃土 wò tǔ fertile land ∼HSK 6
阔别 闊別 kuò bié separated for a long time ∼HSK 6
扣住 扣住 kòu zhù to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook ∼HSK 6
磨砺 磨礪 mó lì to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice ∼HSK 6
青铜 青銅 qīng tóng bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin) ∼HSK 6
勘测 勘測 kān cè to investigate; to survey ∼HSK 6
主攻 主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault; to focus on; to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
近距离 近距離 jìn jù lí close range ∼HSK 6
洋房 洋房 yáng fáng Western-style house ∼HSK 6
御用 御用 yù yòng for use by the emperor; imperial; (derog.) in the pay of the ruler ∼HSK 6
残破 殘破 cán pò broken; dilapidated ∼HSK 6
树脂 樹脂 shù zhī resin ∼HSK 6
泥水 泥水 ní shuǐ muddy water; mud; masonry (craft) ∼HSK 6