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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清除 清除 qīng chú to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of HSK 7
缝 縫 féng to sew; to stitch HSK 7
抹 抹 mā to wipe HSK 7
残 殘 cán to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus HSK 7
角落 角落 jiǎo luò nook; corner HSK 7
痕迹 痕跡 hén jì vestige; mark; trace HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
兼 兼 jiān double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time HSK 7
瓦 瓦 wǎ roof tile; abbr. for 特 HSK 7
粘 粘 zhān to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
完毕 完畢 wán bì to finish; to end; to complete HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
即便 即便 jí biàn even if; even though; right away; immediately HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
剂 劑 jì dose (medicine) HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
领域 領域 lǐng yù domain; sphere; field; territory; area HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
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
后继无人 後繼無人 hòu jì wú rén to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
小样 小樣 xiǎo yàng galley proof (printing); unimpressive; (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
整治 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) Colloquialism HSK 6
地砖 地磚 dì zhuān floor tile ∼HSK 6
抹灰 抹灰 mǒ huī to plaster; to render (a wall); (fig.) to bring shame on; also pr. [mo4 hui1] ∼HSK 6
砖石 磚石 zhuān shí brick ∼HSK 6
化缘 化緣 huà yuán (of a monk) to beg ∼HSK 6
裂开 裂開 liè kāi to split open ∼HSK 6
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
缝隙 縫隙 fèng xì small crack; chink ∼HSK 6
取样 取樣 qǔ yàng to take a sample ∼HSK 6
学徒 學徒 xué tú apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
青铜 青銅 qīng tóng bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin) ∼HSK 6