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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包括 包括 bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
未来 未來 wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending HSK 4
根据 根據 gēn jù according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
提供 提供 tí gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
研究 研究 yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
处 處 chù place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point HSK 4
对于 對於 duì yú regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
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
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
明初 明初 Míng chū the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
和美 和美 Hé měi Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
康熙 康熙 Kāng xī Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
凤阳 鳳陽 Fèng yáng Fengyang, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
修缮 修繕 xiū shàn to renovate; to repair (a building) ∼HSK 3
杨 楊 Yáng willow, poplar, aspen; surname ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
脚手架 腳手架 jiǎo shǒu jià scaffolding ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
代表性 代表性 dài biǎo xìng representativeness; representative; typical ∼HSK 3
平整 平整 píng zhěng smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps) ∼HSK 3
国内外 國內外 guó nèi wài domestic and international; at home and abroad ∼HSK 3
链 鏈 liàn chain, wire, cable; chain, shack ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
代代 代代 dài dài from generation to generation; generation after generation ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
流连 流連 liú lián to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on ∼HSK 3
现存 現存 xiàn cún extant; existent; in stock ∼HSK 3
重修 重修 chóng xiū to reconstruct; to repair; to revamp; to revise; to retake a failed course ∼HSK 3
现代人 現代人 xiàn dài rén modern man; Homo sapiens ∼HSK 3
整容 整容 zhěng róng plastic surgery ∼HSK 3
帽 㡌 mào hat, cap; cap-like tops ∼HSK 3
谷 穀 gǔ valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
所在地 所在地 suǒ zài dì location; site ∼HSK 3
没多久 沒多久 méi duō jiǔ before long; soon after ∼HSK 3
口传 口傳 kǒu chuán to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc) ∼HSK 3
改建 改建 gǎi jiàn to rebuild; to transform (a building); to refurbish ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3