The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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宰 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
操控 操控 cāo kòng to control; to manipulate HSK 7
陶冶 陶冶 táo yě lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate HSK 7
节气 節氣 jié qi solar term HSK 7
迷惑不解 迷惑不解 mí huò bù jiě to feel puzzled HSK 7
对联 對聯 duì lián rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway HSK 7
临街 臨街 lín jiē facing the street HSK 7
不亚于 不亞於 bù yà yú no less than; not inferior to HSK 7
烘托 烘托 hōng tuō background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage); to offset (something to advantage) HSK 7
籍贯 籍貫 jí guàn one's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace HSK 7
讲学 講學 jiǎng xué to lecture (on branch of learning) HSK 7
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as; to lengthen out to HSK 7
天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy; domestic bliss HSK 7
立方米 立方米 lì fāng mǐ cubic meter (unit of volume) HSK 7
瑰宝 瑰寶 guī bǎo gem; (fig.) rare and valuable item; gem; treasure HSK 7
刮风 颳風 guā fēng to be windy HSK 7
弘扬 弘揚 hóng yáng to enhance; to promote; to enrich HSK 7
珍重 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! HSK 7
农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar HSK 7
月初 月初 yuè chū start of month; early in the month HSK 7
纵深 縱深 zòng shēn depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time); (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc) HSK 7
朝代 朝代 cháo dài dynasty; reign (of a king) HSK 7
骤然 驟然 zhòu rán suddenly; abruptly HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
改为 改為 gǎi wéi to change into HSK 7
官吏 官吏 guān lì bureaucrat; official HSK 7
古朴 古樸 gǔ pǔ simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) HSK 7
富强 富強 fù qiáng rich and powerful HSK 7
潜移默化 潛移默化 qián yí mò huà imperceptible influence; to influence secretly HSK 7
学堂 學堂 xué táng college; school (old) HSK 7
大同小异 大同小異 dà tóng xiǎo yì virtually the same; differing only on small points HSK 7
清脆 清脆 qīng cuì sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 轻脆 HSK 7
欢聚 歡聚 huān jù to get together socially; to celebrate; party; celebration HSK 7
夸耀 誇耀 kuā yào to brag about; to flaunt HSK 7
工序 工序 gōng xù working procedure; process HSK 7
茂密 茂密 mào mì dense (of plant growth); lush HSK 7
翠绿 翠綠 cuì lǜ greenish-blue; emerald green HSK 7
贯通 貫通 guàn tōng to link up; to thread together HSK 7
家境 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation; family circumstances HSK 7
挺拔 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight HSK 7
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain HSK 7
罢免 罷免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post; to dismiss HSK 7
出土 出土 chū tǔ to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground HSK 7
郊游 郊遊 jiāo yóu to go for an outing; to go on an excursion HSK 7
浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense; thick; strong; rich (colors); heavy (aroma); deep (friendship); profound (effect) HSK 7
边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
景区 景區 jǐng qū scenic area HSK 7