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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起家 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with; to begin one's career by ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
商 商 Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
二十多 二十多 èr shí duō over 20 ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
重重 重重 chóng chóng layer upon layer; one after another ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
上山 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise ∼HSK 1
老去 老去 lǎo qù to get old ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
工分 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) ∼HSK 1
重回 重回 chóng huí to return ∼HSK 1
写真 寫真 xiě zhēn portrait; to describe sth accurately ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
看书 看書 kàn shū to read; to study ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
起动 起動 qǐ dòng to start up (a motor); to launch (a computer application) ∼HSK 1
年中 年中 nián zhōng within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
过一会儿 過一會兒 guò yī huì r later; after a while ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
在读 在讀 zài dú to be studying (at a school or research institute) ∼HSK 1
课桌 課桌 kè zhuō school desk ∼HSK 1
听课 聽課 tīng kè to attend a class; to go to a lecture ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
最新 最新 zuì xīn latest; newest ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
在教 在教 zài jiào to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam) ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
正点 正點 zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time; punctual; (slang) awesome; (Tw) on the hour ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
上天 上天 shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
两下 兩下 liǎng xià twice; for a little while ∼HSK 1
还手 還手 huán shǒu to hit back; to retaliate ∼HSK 1
下边 下邊 xià bian under; the underside; below HSK 1
西边 西邊 xī biān west; west side; western part; to the west of HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1