The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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极权 極權 jí quán totalitarian ∼HSK 6
近距离 近距離 jìn jù lí close range ∼HSK 6
印花 印花 yìn huā tax stamp; to print a pattern or design on fabric ∼HSK 6
盛事 盛事 shèng shì grand occasion ∼HSK 6
银制 銀製 yín zhì made of silver ∼HSK 6
决策者 決策者 jué cè zhě policymaker ∼HSK 6
榜眼 榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination; top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see and; top scorer in college entrance examination; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field ∼HSK 6
走兽 走獸 zǒu shòu (four-footed) animal; beast ∼HSK 6
陶瓷器 陶瓷器 táo cí qì pottery; chinaware ∼HSK 6
彩绘 彩繪 cǎi huì painted; colored painted-on designs ∼HSK 6
琉璃瓦 琉璃瓦 liú li wǎ glazed roof tile ∼HSK 6
成文 成文 chéng wén written; statutory ∼HSK 6
理事长 理事長 lǐ shì zhǎng director general ∼HSK 6
杠头 槓頭 gàng tóu (old) chief coffin bearer; (fig.) argumentative person; a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin ∼HSK 6
长方形 長方形 cháng fāng xíng rectangle ∼HSK 6
白山黑水 白山黑水 bái shān hēi shuǐ white mountains and black rivers (idiom); poetic name for Northeast China (the Changbai Mts and Heilongjiang) ∼HSK 6
方便之门 方便之門 fāng biàn zhī mén a way of convenience; an avenue for granting favors or concessions (idiom) ∼HSK 6
自鸣钟 自鳴鐘 zì míng zhōng chiming clock ∼HSK 6
铺保 鋪保 pù bǎo shop's guarantee ∼HSK 6
化作 化作 huà zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
宽限 寬限 kuān xiàn to extend (a deadline etc) ∼HSK 6
盗贼 盜賊 dào zéi robber ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
内服 內服 nèi fú to take medicine orally (as opposed to applying externally) ∼HSK 6
耕田 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil; to till fields ∼HSK 6
琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 qín - qí - shū - huà (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
相逢 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across ∼HSK 6
荒草 荒草 huāng cǎo weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland ∼HSK 6
诬告 誣告 wū gào to frame sb; to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
瓷瓶 瓷瓶 cí píng porcelain bottle ∼HSK 6
盗取 盜取 dào qǔ to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account); to misappropriate ∼HSK 6
几经 幾經 jǐ jīng to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc) ∼HSK 6
精湛 精湛 jīng zhàn consummate; exquisite ∼HSK 6
重臣 重臣 zhòng chén important minister; major figure in government ∼HSK 6
一睹 一睹 yī dǔ to look; to have a glimpse at; to observe (sth's splendor) ∼HSK 6
共谋 共謀 gòng móu to scheme together; to conspire; joint plan; conspiracy ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature; spirituality; intelligence (esp. in animals) ∼HSK 6
不祥 不祥 bù xiáng ominous; inauspicious ∼HSK 6
蒙骗 矇騙 mēng piàn to hoodwink; to deceive; to dupe sb ∼HSK 6
水患 水患 shuǐ huàn flooding; inundation ∼HSK 6
张罗 張羅 zhāng luo to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc) ∼HSK 6
如期 如期 rú qī as scheduled; on time; punctual ∼HSK 6
地利 地利 dì lì favorable location; in the right place; productivity of land ∼HSK 6
大功 大功 dà gōng great merit; great service ∼HSK 6
绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique ∼HSK 6
馈赠 饋贈 kuì zèng to present (a gift) to (sb) ∼HSK 6