Six Hundred Years in the Forbidden City

Episode review

In the Forbidden City for 600 Years

S1E3 · 紫禁城“整容”秘术 zǐjìnchéng “ zhěngróng ” mì shù

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4.36 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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历经 歷經 lì jīng to experience; to go through HSK 7
复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery HSK 7
悠久 悠久 yōu jiǔ long (tradition, history etc) HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace HSK 7
尾声 尾聲 wěi shēng coda; epilogue; end HSK 7
追溯 追溯 zhuī sù lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from HSK 7
洗礼 洗禮 xǐ lǐ baptism (lit. or fig.) HSK 7
凸 凸 tū to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tú] HSK 7
宽敞 寬敞 kuān chang spacious; wide HSK 7
底层 底層 dǐ céng ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society) HSK 7
足迹 足跡 zú jì footprint; track; spoor HSK 7
木板 木板 mù bǎn slab; board; plank HSK 7
尊贵 尊貴 zūn guì respected; respectable; honorable HSK 7
颗粒 顆粒 kē lì kernel; granule; granulated (sugar, chemical product) HSK 7
宫殿 宮殿 gōng diàn palace HSK 7
面粉 麵粉 miàn fěn flour HSK 7
牢固 牢固 láo gù firm; secure HSK 7
看中 看中 kàn zhòng to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on HSK 7
住户 住戶 zhù hù household; inhabitant; householder HSK 7
进场 進場 jìn chǎng to enter the venue; to enter the arena; (aviation) to approach the airfield; (investing) to get into the market HSK 7
惊叹 驚嘆 jīng tàn to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise HSK 7
雕 彫 diāo to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey HSK 7
玄 玄 xuán black; mysterious HSK 7
人气 人氣 rén qì popularity; personality; character HSK 7
心血 心血 xīn xuè heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care HSK 7
古人 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person HSK 7
拟 擬 nǐ to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo- HSK 7
诸多 諸多 zhū duō (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of HSK 7
揭示 揭示 jiē shì to show; to make known HSK 7
灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust HSK 7
修补 修補 xiū bǔ to mend HSK 7
粗糙 粗糙 cū cāo crude; gruff; rough; coarse HSK 7
标本 標本 biāo běn specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease HSK 7
丙 丙 bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl HSK 7
精华 精華 jīng huá best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul HSK 7
解读 解讀 jiě dú to decipher; to decode; to interpret HSK 7
架子 架子 jià zi shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance HSK 7
锡 錫 xī tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xí] HSK 7
实质 實質 shí zhì substance; essence HSK 7
稀 稀 xī rare; uncommon; watery; sparse HSK 7
落地 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land HSK 7
营造 營造 yíng zào to build (housing); to construct; to make HSK 7
人手 人手 rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
光彩 光彩 guāng cǎi luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance HSK 7
住处 住處 zhù chù residence; dwelling HSK 7
比喻 比喻 bǐ yù to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively HSK 7
纱 紗 shā cotton yarn; muslin HSK 7
宠 寵 chǒng to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7