Six Hundred Years in the Forbidden City
Whole-title review
Season 1 — Six Hundred Years in the Forbidden City
我在故宫六百年
Vocabulary
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| 祥瑞 祥瑞 | auspicious sign | |
| 走样 走樣 | to lose shape; to deform | |
| 百余 百餘 | a hundred or more | |
| 告一段落 告一段落 | to come to the end of a phase (idiom) | |
| 备料 備料 | to get the materials ready; to prepare feed (for livestock) | |
| 裂开 裂開 | to split open | |
| 烧制 燒製 | to fire (in a kiln) | |
| 剥落 剝落 | to peel off | |
| 策展 策展 | to curate | |
| 波形 波形 | wave form | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 妙手 妙手 | miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 | |
| 清廉 清廉 | honest; uncorrupted | |
| 如来 如來 | tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) | |
| 善事 善事 | good deeds | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 机缘 機緣 | chance; opportunity; destiny | |
| 袖子 袖子 | sleeve | |
| 无误 無誤 | verified; unmistaken | |
| 印记 印記 | imprint; trace | |
| 殿下 殿下 | Your Highness | |
| 锐气 銳氣 | acute spirit; dash; drive | |
| 规制 規制 | to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building) | |
| 文士 文士 | literati; scholar | |
| 依稀 依稀 | vaguely; dimly; probably; very likely | |
| 温情 溫情 | tenderness; warmth; warmhearted; softhearted | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 勘查 勘查 | variant of | |
| 精巧 精巧 | elaborate | |
| 明文 明文 | to state in writing (laws, rules etc) | |
| 金雕 金鵰 | (bird species of China) golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) | |
| 雷击 雷擊 | lightning strike; thunderbolt | |
| 独到 獨到 | original | |
| 勘察 勘察 | to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey | |
| 采花 採花 | to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women | |
| 灭火 滅火 | to extinguish a fire; firefighting | |
| 附着 附著 | to adhere; attachment | |
| 巡查 巡查 | to patrol | |
| 学徒 學徒 | apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship | |
| 磨练 磨練 | to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance | |
| 勘验 勘驗 | to investigate; examination | |
| 形制 形制 | form; shape; structure; design | |
| 牵手 牽手 | to hold hands | |
| 把持 把持 | to control; to dominate; to monopolize | |
| 眷顾 眷顧 | to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country) | |
| 不尽 不盡 | not completely; endlessly | |
| 享乐 享樂 | to enjoy life; pleasures of life | |
| 仪仗 儀仗 | ceremonial weaponry | |
| 卸下 卸下 | to unload | |
| 冷宫 冷宮 | (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor |