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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正殿 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
鼎盛时期 鼎盛時期 dǐng shèng shí qī flourishing period; golden age ∼HSK 6
缺损 缺損 quē sǔn defective; defect ∼HSK 6
磨砺 磨礪 mó lì to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice ∼HSK 6
绝活 絕活 jué huó specialty; unique skill ∼HSK 6
悬疑 懸疑 xuán yí suspense ∼HSK 6
主攻 主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault; to focus on; to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
备料 備料 bèi liào to get the materials ready; to prepare feed (for livestock) ∼HSK 6
磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance ∼HSK 6
浆糊 漿糊 jiàng hu paste; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2] ∼HSK 6
灰泥 灰泥 huī ní plaster; mortar ∼HSK 6
延年 延年 yán nián to prolong life ∼HSK 6
定额 定額 dìng é fixed amount; quota ∼HSK 6
仪仗 儀仗 yí zhàng ceremonial weaponry ∼HSK 6
文士 文士 wén shì literati; scholar ∼HSK 6
御用 御用 yù yòng for use by the emperor; imperial; (derog.) in the pay of the ruler ∼HSK 6
袖子 袖子 xiù zi sleeve ∼HSK 6
典雅 典雅 diǎn yǎ refined; elegant ∼HSK 6
树脂 樹脂 shù zhī resin ∼HSK 6
可逆 可逆 kě nì reversible; (math.) invertible ∼HSK 6
百年之后 百年之後 bǎi nián zhī hòu lit. after a hundred years (idiom); euphemism for after one's death ∼HSK 6
科技工作者 科技工作者 kē jì gōng zuò zhě worker in science and technology ∼HSK 6
剥落 剝落 bō luò to peel off ∼HSK 6
鸟粪 鳥糞 niǎo fèn guano; bird excrement ∼HSK 6
杂物 雜物 zá wù junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs ∼HSK 6
棉签 棉簽 mián qiān variant of ∼HSK 6
开裂 開裂 kāi liè to split open; to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) ∼HSK 6
横截面 橫截面 héng jié miàn cross-section ∼HSK 6
无误 無誤 wú wù verified; unmistaken ∼HSK 6
采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women ∼HSK 6
祭祖 祭祖 jì zǔ to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors ∼HSK 6
近距离 近距離 jìn jù lí close range ∼HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube ∼HSK 6
铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) ∼HSK 6
金雕 金鵰 jīn diāo (bird species of China) golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) ∼HSK 6
祥瑞 祥瑞 xiáng ruì auspicious sign ∼HSK 6
锐气 銳氣 ruì qì acute spirit; dash; drive ∼HSK 6
眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country) ∼HSK 6
塌下 塌下 tā xià to collapse ∼HSK 6
勘查 勘查 kān chá variant of ∼HSK 6
印记 印記 yìn jì imprint; trace ∼HSK 6
间距 間距 jiān jù gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events ∼HSK 6
面纱 面紗 miàn shā veil ∼HSK 6
砖瓦 磚瓦 zhuān wǎ tiles and bricks HSK 6
讲课 講課 jiǎng kè teach; lecture HSK 6
内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about HSK 6
构建 構建 gòu jiàn to construct (sth abstract) HSK 6
栏目 欄目 lán mù regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio) HSK 6
仰 仰 yǎng to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on HSK 6