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
Vocabulary
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| 纹饰 紋飾 | decorative motif; figure | |
| 机缘 機緣 | chance; opportunity; destiny | |
| 完好无损 完好無損 | in good condition; undamaged; intact | |
| 遮蔽 遮蔽 | to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military) | |
| 扣住 扣住 | to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook | |
| 走兽 走獸 | (four-footed) animal; beast | |
| 灭火 滅火 | to extinguish a fire; firefighting | |
| 不倦 不倦 | tireless; untiring; indefatigable | |
| 瓦当 瓦當 | eaves-tile | |
| 建筑群 建築群 | building complex; cluster of buildings | |
| 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) | |
| 朽木 朽木 | rotten wood | |
| 道教 道教 | Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs) | |
| 首次 首次 | first; first time; for the first time | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 更是 更是 | even more (so) | |
| 时时 時時 | often; constantly | |
| 柱子 柱子 | pillar | |
| 精品 精品 | quality goods; premium product; fine work (of art) | |
| 构建 構建 | to construct (sth abstract) | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 过时 過時 | old-fashioned; out of date; to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 衡量 衡量 | to weigh; to examine; to consider | |
| 高峰 高峰 | peak; summit; height | |
| 翼 翼 | surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 行程 行程 | journey; course of a journey; distance traveled; trajectory; itinerary; route; course (of history); stroke (of a piston); (Tw) (computing) process | |
| 种种 種種 | all kinds of | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 时装 時裝 | fashion; fashionable clothes | |
| 常规 常規 | code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc) | |
| 岗位 崗位 | a post; a job | |
| 支撑 支撐 | to prop up; to support; strut; brace | |
| 抵达 抵達 | to arrive; to reach (a destination) | |
| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 铺 鋪 | plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station | |
| 蹲 蹲 | to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) | |
| 隐藏 隱藏 | to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting) | |
| 播 播 | to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] | |
| 扎 扎 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 宗教 宗教 | religion | |
| 踏 踏 | see 踏实 | |
| 定位 定位 | to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale |