Six Hundred Years in the Forbidden City

Episode review

In the Forbidden City for 600 Years

S1E2 · 养心殿是如何“养”成的 yǎng xīn diàn shì rúhé “ yǎng ” chéng de

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Vocabulary

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代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down Idiom ∼HSK 3
热火朝天 熱火朝天 rè huǒ cháo tiān in full swing (idiom); (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity Idiom ∼HSK 3
车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom); heavy traffic Idiom ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
康熙 康熙 Kāng xī Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
明代 明代 Míng dài the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
万历 萬曆 Wàn lì reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美的 美的 Měi dí Midea (brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
朝阳 朝陽 Cháo yáng Chaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province; Chaoyang, a county in Chaoyang City, Liaoning; Chaoyang, an inner district of Beijing; Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City, Jilin; Chaoyang, a district of Shantou City, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
元代 元代 Yuán dài the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
修缮 修繕 xiū shàn to renovate; to repair (a building) ∼HSK 3
兽 獸 shòu beast, animal; bestial ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
大修 大修 dà xiū overhaul ∼HSK 3
疫情 疫情 yì qíng epidemic situation ∼HSK 3
装束 裝束 zhuāng shù attire; clothing ∼HSK 3
保住 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve; to save ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
合一 合一 hé yī to unite ∼HSK 3
之上 之上 zhī shàng above ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
居所 居所 jū suǒ residence ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
外围 外圍 wài wéi surrounding ∼HSK 3
近乎 近乎 jìn hu close to; intimate ∼HSK 3
异 異 yì different, unusual, strange ∼HSK 3
赶早 趕早 gǎn zǎo as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
合当 合當 hé dāng must; should ∼HSK 3
国力 國力 guó lì a nation's power ∼HSK 3
修好 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
修身 修身 xiū shēn to cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging ∼HSK 3
养性 養性 yǎng xìng mental or spiritual cultivation ∼HSK 3
退位 退位 tuì wèi to abdicate ∼HSK 3
赶来 趕來 gǎn lái to rush over ∼HSK 3
已久 已久 yǐ jiǔ already a long time ∼HSK 3
父 父 fù father; KangXi radical 88 ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
可能性 可能性 kě néng xìng possibility; probability ∼HSK 3
准的 準的 zhǔn dì standard; norm; criterion ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
代表人物 代表人物 dài biǎo rén wù representative individual (of a school of thought) ∼HSK 3
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc ∼HSK 3
上半部分 上半部分 shàng bàn bù fèn upper part; top half ∼HSK 3
中保 中保 zhōng bǎo middleman and guarantor ∼HSK 3
留存 留存 liú cún to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past) ∼HSK 3