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

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
4.1 Intermediate

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

千疮百孔 千瘡百孔 qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng heavily damaged; (fig.) full of holes; riddled with problems 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
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
人声鼎沸 人聲鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha Idiom ∼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
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
瓦片 瓦片 wǎ piàn tile ∼HSK 6
木料 木料 mù liào lumber; timber ∼HSK 6
塌陷 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside; to sink; to cave in ∼HSK 6
朽坏 朽壞 xiǔ huài rotten ∼HSK 6
仙人 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal; celestial being ∼HSK 6
琉璃瓦 琉璃瓦 liú li wǎ glazed roof tile ∼HSK 6
百余 百餘 bǎi yú a hundred or more ∼HSK 6
砖石 磚石 zhuān shí brick ∼HSK 6
波形 波形 bō xíng wave form ∼HSK 6
正殿 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
烧制 燒製 shāo zhì to fire (in a kiln) ∼HSK 6
温情 溫情 wēn qíng tenderness; warmth; warmhearted; softhearted ∼HSK 6
小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship ∼HSK 6
明文 明文 míng wén to state in writing (laws, rules etc) ∼HSK 6
拎包 拎包 līn bāo handbag or shopping bag (dialect) ∼HSK 6
把持 把持 bǎ chí to control; to dominate; to monopolize ∼HSK 6
勘察 勘察 kān chá to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey ∼HSK 6
不堪设想 不堪設想 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable ∼HSK 6
座标 座標 zuò biāo variant of ∼HSK 6
斜纹 斜紋 xié wén (textiles) twill ∼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
横断 橫斷 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc); to cut across ∼HSK 6
取样 取樣 qǔ yàng to take a sample ∼HSK 6
附着 附著 fù zhuó to adhere; attachment ∼HSK 6
泥水 泥水 ní shuǐ muddy water; mud; masonry (craft) ∼HSK 6
备料 備料 bèi liào to get the materials ready; to prepare feed (for livestock) ∼HSK 6
分形 分形 fēn xíng fractal ∼HSK 6
铜匠 銅匠 tóng jiang coppersmith ∼HSK 6
精巧 精巧 jīng qiǎo elaborate ∼HSK 6
鸡娃 雞娃 jī wá (neologism, c. 2020) to arrange an intensive schedule of activities for one's child to maximize achievement; a child subjected to such a regimen; (dialect) chick ∼HSK 6
不规则 不規則 bù guī zé irregular ∼HSK 6
巡查 巡查 xún chá to patrol ∼HSK 6
宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn treasure hall ∼HSK 6
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (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 ∼HSK 6
雷击 雷擊 léi jī lightning strike; thunderbolt ∼HSK 6
劫难 劫難 jié nàn calamity ∼HSK 6
铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin ∼HSK 6
灰浆 灰漿 huī jiāng mortar (for masonry) ∼HSK 6
无处可寻 無處可尋 wú chù kě xún cannot be found anywhere (idiom) ∼HSK 6
宅男 宅男 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku") ∼HSK 6
形制 形制 xíng zhì form; shape; structure; design ∼HSK 6
告一段落 告一段落 gào yī duàn luò to come to the end of a phase (idiom) ∼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