The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment Idiom ∼HSK 2
平起平坐 平起平坐 píng qǐ píng zuò to be on an equal footing Idiom ∼HSK 2
人山人海 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi (idiom) multitude; vast crowd Idiom ∼HSK 2
一分为二 一分為二 yī fēn wéi èr one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
焕然一新 煥然一新 huàn rán yī xīn to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition Idiom ∼HSK 2
雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom); every cloud has a silver lining (idiom); see also Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
新疆 新疆 Xīn jiāng Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大名 大名 Dà míng Daming county in Handan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
意大利 意大利 Yì dà lì Italy Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
段祺瑞 段祺瑞 Duàn Qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
长子 長子 Zhǎng zǐ Zhangzi county in Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
名家 名家 Míng jiā School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大发 大發 Dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
浙江 浙江 Zhè jiāng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北平 北平 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
杭州 杭州 Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
他信 他信 Tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万年 萬年 Wàn nián Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
云南 雲南 Yún nán Yunnan Province, capital Kunming Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
满语 滿語 Mǎn yǔ Manchurian language Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西藏 西藏 Xī zàng Tibet Autonomous Region, capital Lhasa Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
非洲 非洲 Fēi zhōu Africa; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
道家 道家 Dào jiā Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi (369-286 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大数 大數 Dà shù Tarsus, Mediterranean city in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
国民党 國民黨 Guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖北 湖北 Hú běi Hubei Province, capital Wuhan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
缅甸 緬甸 Miǎn diàn Myanmar (or Burma) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
江西 江西 Jiāng xī Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
米高 米高 Mǐ gāo (HK) (name) Michael Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天安门 天安門 Tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
广西 廣西 Guǎng xī Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北海 北海 Běi Hǎi North Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal, Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
红山 紅山 Hóng shān Hongshan District of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
萨满教 薩滿教 Sà mǎn jiào Shamanism Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
行省 行省 xíng shěng province (old) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
山海关 山海關 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall; Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
难得一见 難得一見 nán dé yī jiàn rarely seen ∼HSK 2
书画 書畫 shū huà painting and calligraphy ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2