The Forbidden City

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故宫 gùgōng

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复数 複數 fù shù (linguistics) plural; (math.) complex number ∼HSK 3
历史性 歷史性 lì shǐ xìng historic ∼HSK 3
一空 一空 yī kōng leaving none left; (sold etc) out ∼HSK 3
意境 意境 yì jìng artistic mood or conception; creative concept ∼HSK 3
皮实 皮實 pí shi (of things) durable; (of people) sturdy; tough ∼HSK 3
火光 火光 huǒ guāng flame; blaze ∼HSK 3
亲历 親歷 qīn lì to personally experience ∼HSK 3
时钟 時鐘 shí zhōng clock ∼HSK 3
围剿 圍剿 wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards ∼HSK 3
平整 平整 píng zhěng smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps) ∼HSK 3
分派 分派 fēn pài to assign (a task to different people); to allocate ∼HSK 3
古物 古物 gǔ wù antique ∼HSK 3
工作室 工作室 gōng zuò shì studio; workshop ∼HSK 3
照搬 照搬 zhào bān to copy; to imitate ∼HSK 3
力学 力學 lì xué mechanics; to study hard ∼HSK 3
白热化 白熱化 bái rè huà to turn white-hot; to intensify; to reach a climax ∼HSK 3
美学 美學 měi xué aesthetics ∼HSK 3
十字架 十字架 shí zì jià cross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure ∼HSK 3
会客室 會客室 huì kè shì parlor ∼HSK 3
年历 年曆 nián lì calendar; diary ∼HSK 3
教育学 教育學 jiào yù xué pedagogy ∼HSK 3
西南部 西南部 xī nán bù southwest part ∼HSK 3
面团 麵團 miàn tuán dough ∼HSK 3
中空 中空 zhōng kōng hollow; empty interior ∼HSK 3
音乐家 音樂家 yīn yuè jiā musician ∼HSK 3
留任 留任 liú rèn to remain in office; to hold on to one's job ∼HSK 3
在这期间 在這期間 zài zhè qī jiān during time; in this time ∼HSK 3
草图 草圖 cǎo tú a sketch; rough drawing ∼HSK 3
烙铁 烙鐵 lào tie flatiron; iron; branding iron; soldering iron ∼HSK 3
新技术 新技術 xīn jì shù new technology ∼HSK 3
正月初一 正月初一 zhēng yuè chū yī New Year's Day in the lunar calendar ∼HSK 3
交合 交合 jiāo hé to join; to meet; to copulate; sexual intercourse ∼HSK 3
历史人物 歷史人物 lì shǐ rén wù historical person ∼HSK 3
宜居 宜居 yí jū livable ∼HSK 3
轴线 軸線 zhóu xiàn central axis (line) ∼HSK 3
存留 存留 cún liú remaining; extant ∼HSK 3
前传 前傳 qián chuán forward pass (sport) ∼HSK 3
总重 總重 zǒng zhòng gross weight; total weight ∼HSK 3
门类 門類 mén lèi category; kind; class ∼HSK 3
八音 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹); the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in the ∼HSK 3
国家图书馆 國家圖書館 guó jiā tú shū guǎn national library ∼HSK 3
历史时期 歷史時期 lì shǐ shí qī historical period ∼HSK 3
总称 總稱 zǒng chēng generic term ∼HSK 3
从属 從屬 cóng shǔ subordinate ∼HSK 3
内建 內建 nèi jiàn built-in ∼HSK 3
代笔 代筆 dài bǐ to write on behalf of sb; to ghostwrite ∼HSK 3
古玩店 古玩店 gǔ wán diàn antique store ∼HSK 3
离乱 離亂 lí luàn social upheaval caused by war or famine etc ∼HSK 3
传流 傳流 chuán liú to spread; to hand down; to circulate ∼HSK 3
转写 轉寫 zhuǎn xiě to transliterate; to transcribe; to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal) ∼HSK 3