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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制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items 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
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
了如指掌 瞭如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out Idiom ∼HSK 6
灰飞烟灭 灰飛煙滅 huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke Idiom ∼HSK 6
人声鼎沸 人聲鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha Idiom ∼HSK 6
滴水不漏 滴水不漏 dī shuǐ bù lòu lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) Idiom ∼HSK 6
风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom); to grow by leaps and bounds Idiom ∼HSK 6
金碧辉煌 金碧輝煌 jīn bì huī huáng gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom); fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) Idiom ∼HSK 6
千疮百孔 千瘡百孔 qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng heavily damaged; (fig.) full of holes; riddled with problems Idiom ∼HSK 6
风霜雨雪 風霜雨雪 fēng - shuāng - yǔ - xuě lit. wind, frost, rain and snow (idiom); fig. all kinds of trials and hardships Idiom ∼HSK 6
后继无人 後繼無人 hòu jì wú rén to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
物尽其用 物盡其用 wù jìn qí yòng to use sth to the full; to make the best use of everything 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
小样 小樣 xiǎo yàng galley proof (printing); unimpressive; (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
整治 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) Colloquialism 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
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
瓦片 瓦片 wǎ piàn tile ∼HSK 6
瓷砖 瓷磚 cí zhuān ceramic tile ∼HSK 6
正殿 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
砖石 磚石 zhuān shí brick ∼HSK 6
木料 木料 mù liào lumber; timber ∼HSK 6
琉璃瓦 琉璃瓦 liú li wǎ glazed roof tile ∼HSK 6
地砖 地磚 dì zhuān floor tile ∼HSK 6
塌陷 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside; to sink; to cave in ∼HSK 6
抹灰 抹灰 mǒ huī to plaster; to render (a wall); (fig.) to bring shame on; also pr. [mo4 hui1] ∼HSK 6
化缘 化緣 huà yuán (of a monk) to beg ∼HSK 6
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
仙人 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal; celestial being ∼HSK 6
木桩 木樁 mù zhuāng wooden pile; stake ∼HSK 6
取样 取樣 qǔ yàng to take a sample ∼HSK 6
朽坏 朽壞 xiǔ huài rotten ∼HSK 6
缝隙 縫隙 fèng xì small crack; chink ∼HSK 6