The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves; billows HSK 7
收复 收復 shōu fù to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture HSK 7
指南针 指南針 zhǐ nán zhēn compass HSK 7
胜出 勝出 shèng chū to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory HSK 7
纬度 緯度 wěi dù latitude HSK 7
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties HSK 7
赤道 赤道 chì dào equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator HSK 7
斟酌 斟酌 zhēn zhuó to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim HSK 7
文人 文人 wén rén scholar; literati HSK 7
鉴赏 鑑賞 jiàn shǎng to appreciate (as a connoisseur) HSK 7
查获 查獲 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) HSK 7
纵然 縱然 zòng rán even if; even though HSK 7
表率 表率 biǎo shuài example; model HSK 7
衰弱 衰弱 shuāi ruò weak; feeble HSK 7
造价 造價 zào jià construction cost HSK 7
刹那 剎那 chà nà an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye HSK 7
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception HSK 7
特例 特例 tè lì special case; isolated example HSK 7
一系列 一系列 yī xì liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7
下期 下期 xià qī next period (week, month or quarter etc) HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior HSK 7
占卜 占卜 zhān bǔ to divine HSK 7
作息 作息 zuò xī to work and rest HSK 7
乖巧 乖巧 guāi qiǎo clever (child); smart; lovable; cute HSK 7
邻国 鄰國 lín guó bordering country; neighbor country; neighboring countries; surrounding countries HSK 7
精妙 精妙 jīng miào exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) HSK 7
风貌 風貌 fēng mào style; manner; ethos HSK 7
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light HSK 7
供奉 供奉 gòng fèng to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) HSK 7
壮丽 壯麗 zhuàng lì magnificence; magnificent; majestic; glorious HSK 7
全长 全長 quán cháng overall length; span HSK 7
本分 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role HSK 7
仿制 仿製 fǎng zhì to copy; to imitate; to make by imitating a model HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
纪实 紀實 jì shí record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional) HSK 7
相传 相傳 xiāng chuán to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend HSK 7
画册 畫冊 huà cè picture album HSK 7
宝库 寶庫 bǎo kù treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) HSK 7
逐年 逐年 zhú nián year after year; with each passing year; over the years HSK 7
国宝 國寶 guó bǎo national treasure HSK 7
就近 就近 jiù jìn nearby; in a close neighborhood HSK 7
开明 開明 kāi míng enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment HSK 7
效仿 傚仿 xiào fǎng to copy; to imitate HSK 7
古迹 古蹟 gǔ jì places of historic interest; historical sites HSK 7
直观 直觀 zhí guān direct observation; directly perceived through the senses; intuitive; audiovisual HSK 7
完备 完備 wán bèi faultless; complete; perfect; to leave nothing to be desired HSK 7
和气 和氣 hé qi friendly; polite; amiable HSK 7
劝阻 勸阻 quàn zǔ to advise against; to dissuade HSK 7