The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels; to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
层层 層層 céng céng layer upon layer ∼HSK 2
具 具 jù tool, implement; draw up, write ∼HSK 2
联 聯 lián connect, join; associate, ally ∼HSK 2
画像 畫像 huà xiàng portrait; to do a portrait of sb ∼HSK 2
千米 千米 qiān mǐ kilometer ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
画画 畫畫 huà huà to draw; to paint ∼HSK 2
起眼 起眼 qǐ yǎn to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative) ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
成书 成書 chéng shū to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
取名 取名 qǔ míng to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame ∼HSK 2
生子 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children ∼HSK 2
不变 不變 bù biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
万国 萬國 wàn guó all nations ∼HSK 2
取出 取出 qǔ chū to take out; to extract; to draw out ∼HSK 2
身穿 身穿 shēn chuān to wear (a garment) ∼HSK 2
大节 大節 dà jié major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character ∼HSK 2
前夜 前夜 qián yè the eve; the night before ∼HSK 2
周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
酒杯 酒杯 jiǔ bēi wine cup ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
离去 離去 lí qù to leave; to exit ∼HSK 2
颜 顏 Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand ∼HSK 2
数百 數百 shù bǎi several hundred ∼HSK 2
和面 和麵 huó miàn to knead dough ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
称得上 稱得上 chēng de shàng can be counted as ∼HSK 2
对数 對數 duì shù logarithm ∼HSK 2
科举考试 科舉考試 kē jǔ kǎo shì imperial examinations (in former times) ∼HSK 2
封条 封條 fēng tiáo seal ∼HSK 2
完工 完工 wán gōng to finish work; to complete a project ∼HSK 2