Story of Yanxi Palace

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Season 1 — Story of Yanxi Palace

延禧攻略 yánxǐgōnglüè

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Vocabulary

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娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid ∼HSK 6
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
臣妾 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) ∼HSK 6
挠痒痒 撓癢癢 náo yǎng yang to tickle ∼HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
琵琶 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
浮华 浮華 fú huá ostentatious; pretentious; showy ∼HSK 6
匾额 匾額 biǎn é a horizontal inscribed board ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
不甘 不甘 bù gān unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling ∼HSK 6
枉然 枉然 wǎng rán in vain; to no avail ∼HSK 6
斗胆 斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
玲珑 玲瓏 líng lóng (onom.) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine; clever; nimble ∼HSK 6
锦绣 錦繡 jǐn xiù beautiful ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
宫主 宮主 gōng zhǔ imperial empress; milady ∼HSK 6
妃嫔 妃嬪 fēi pín imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
置气 置氣 zhì qì to get angry; to take offense ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
医治 醫治 yī zhì medical treatment ∼HSK 6
不畏 不畏 bù wèi unafraid; to defy ∼HSK 6
大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster; calamity ∼HSK 6
一个样 一個樣 yī ge yàng the same; of the same type ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
情急 情急 qíng jí anxious ∼HSK 6
避讳 避諱 bì huì to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders) ∼HSK 6
佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
缝制 縫製 féng zhì to sew; to make (clothes, bedding) ∼HSK 6
浪子 浪子 làng zǐ loafer; wastrel; prodigal son ∼HSK 6
以下犯上 以下犯上 yǐ xià fàn shàng to disrespect one's superiors; to offend one's elders ∼HSK 6
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6
烂泥 爛泥 làn ní mud; mire ∼HSK 6
遮遮掩掩 遮遮掩掩 zhē zhē yǎn yǎn to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom) ∼HSK 6
天地良心 天地良心 tiān dì liáng xīn in all honesty; truth to tell ∼HSK 6
遮阴 遮陰 zhē yīn to provide shade ∼HSK 6
挨个儿 挨個兒 āi gè r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
闯祸 闖禍 chuǎng huò to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble ∼HSK 6
侍奉 侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs ∼HSK 6
郎君 郎君 láng jūn young gentleman, husband ∼HSK 6