Story of Yanxi Palace

Episode review

Investigating the Sister's Death

S1E2 · 璎珞床铺被泼水 yīngluò chuángpù bèi pōshuǐ

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4.99 Intermediate

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直言不讳 直言不諱 zhí yán bù huì to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words Idiom ∼HSK 6
唾面自干 唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek; to drain the cup of humiliation Idiom ∼HSK 6
原原本本 原原本本 yuán yuán běn běn from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
蠢货 蠢貨 chǔn huò blockhead; idiot; dunce; moron; fool Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
混账 混賬 hùn zhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
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
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid ∼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
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
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
锦绣 錦繡 jǐn xiù beautiful ∼HSK 6
枉然 枉然 wǎng rán in vain; to no avail ∼HSK 6
烂泥 爛泥 làn ní mud; mire ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
医治 醫治 yī zhì medical treatment ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
情急 情急 qíng jí anxious ∼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
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼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
大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster; calamity ∼HSK 6
天地良心 天地良心 tiān dì liáng xīn in all honesty; truth to tell ∼HSK 6
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6
不好惹 不好惹 bù hǎo rě not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense ∼HSK 6
唧唧 唧唧 jī jī (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc ∼HSK 6
但凡 但凡 dàn fán every single; as long as ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
雷击 雷擊 léi jī lightning strike; thunderbolt ∼HSK 6
蒙羞 蒙羞 méng xiū to be shamed; to be humiliated ∼HSK 6
族长 族長 zú zhǎng clan elder ∼HSK 6
叔伯 叔伯 shū bai (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather ∼HSK 6
一族 一族 yī zú social group; subculture; family; clan; see also ∼HSK 6
坟地 墳地 fén dì graveyard; cemetery ∼HSK 6
闯祸 闖禍 chuǎng huò to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble ∼HSK 6
哈喇子 哈喇子 hā lá zi (dialect) saliva ∼HSK 6
领情 領情 lǐng qíng to feel grateful to sb; to appreciate the kindness ∼HSK 6
怎敢 怎敢 zěn gǎn how dare ∼HSK 6
撒手 撒手 sā shǒu to let go of sth; to give up ∼HSK 6
坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) ∼HSK 6
兮兮 兮兮 xī xī (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) ∼HSK 6
作答 作答 zuò dá to answer; to respond ∼HSK 6
清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine); to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 6
调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize ∼HSK 6