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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式 式 shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
意识 意識 yì shí consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize HSK 5
棒 棒 bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
分析 分析 fēn xī to analyze; analysis HSK 5
再次 再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
聊天 聊天 liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
修理 修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
故宫 故宮 Gù gōng the Forbidden City; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乾隆 乾隆 Qián lóng the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
故宫博物院 故宮博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凤仙 鳳仙 fèng xiān Fengxian (name); also garden balsam (the flower) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吉林 吉林 Jí lín Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清华大学 清華大學 Qīng huá Dà xué Tsinghua University, Beijing; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
祥云 祥雲 Xiáng yún Xiangyun county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
顺治帝 順治帝 Shùn zhì dì Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清代 清代 Qīng dài Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫金 紫金 Zǐ jīn Zijin county in Heyuan, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太和殿 太和殿 Tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
彩画 彩畫 cǎi huà color painting ∼HSK 4
源自 源自 yuán zì to originate from ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
院落 院落 yuàn luò courtyard ∼HSK 4
傅 傅 Fù tutor, teacher; assist; surname ∼HSK 4
乔 喬 Qiáo tall, lofty; proud, stately ∼HSK 4
博物院 博物院 bó wù yuàn museum ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
泽 澤 zé marsh, swamp; grace, brilliance ∼HSK 4
嘉 嘉 Jiā excellent; joyful; auspicious ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
五彩 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored ∼HSK 4
有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense; to have meaning; to have significance; meaningful; significant; worthwhile; important; interesting ∼HSK 4
桑 桑 Sāng mulberry tree; surname ∼HSK 4
寒意 寒意 hán yì a nip in the air; chilliness ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
松动 鬆動 sōng dòng loose; slack; (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice); to give some slack; (of a place) not crowded ∼HSK 4