The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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残骸 殘骸 cán hái remains; wreckage ∼HSK 6
水渠 水渠 shuǐ qú canal ∼HSK 6
纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc) ∼HSK 6
杂役 雜役 zá yì odd jobs; part-time worker ∼HSK 6
草拟 草擬 cǎo nǐ first draft; to draw up (a first version) ∼HSK 6
形同 形同 xíng tóng tantamount to; to be like ∼HSK 6
璀璨 璀璨 cuǐ càn bright; resplendent ∼HSK 6
俯瞰 俯瞰 fǔ kàn to look down at (from a high vantage point) ∼HSK 6
享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life; pleasures of life ∼HSK 6
仪仗 儀仗 yí zhàng ceremonial weaponry ∼HSK 6
选入 選入 xuǎn rù selected (for admission); elected ∼HSK 6
乐章 樂章 yuè zhāng movement (of a symphony) ∼HSK 6
定夺 定奪 dìng duó to make a decision; to determine ∼HSK 6
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor ∼HSK 6
嘀咕 嘀咕 dí gu to mutter; to feel apprehensive ∼HSK 6
抚琴 撫琴 fǔ qín to play the zither; classical variant of ∼HSK 6
回娘家 回孃家 huí niáng jiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home; (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc ∼HSK 6
卑贱 卑賤 bēi jiàn lowly; mean and low ∼HSK 6
走入 走入 zǒu rù to walk into ∼HSK 6
典雅 典雅 diǎn yǎ refined; elegant ∼HSK 6
同音 同音 tóng yīn (music) unison; (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic ∼HSK 6
足足 足足 zú zú fully; no less than; as much as; extremely ∼HSK 6
衣料 衣料 yī liào material for clothing ∼HSK 6
九五之尊 九五之尊 jiǔ wǔ zhī zūn 九: nine · 五: five; surname · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 尊: respect, revere, venerate; honor ∼HSK 6
颂扬 頌揚 sòng yáng to eulogize; to praise ∼HSK 6
劳作 勞作 láo zuò work; manual labor ∼HSK 6
驾崩 駕崩 jià bēng (of an emperor) to pass away ∼HSK 6
棉袄 棉襖 mián ǎo cotton-padded jacket ∼HSK 6
太祖 太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) ∼HSK 6
残废 殘廢 cán fèi deformity; handicapped ∼HSK 6
雕琢 雕琢 diāo zhuó to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose ∼HSK 6
神灵 神靈 shén líng god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general ∼HSK 6
衰败 衰敗 shuāi bài to decline; to wane; to decay; to deteriorate ∼HSK 6
梳妆台 梳妝檯 shū zhuāng tái dressing table ∼HSK 6
原图 原圖 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version) ∼HSK 6
仰视 仰視 yǎng shì to tilt one's head back to see (sth); to look up at ∼HSK 6
原件 原件 yuán jiàn the original; original document; master copy ∼HSK 6
足球场 足球場 zú qiú chǎng football field; soccer field ∼HSK 6
灰烬 灰燼 huī jìn ashes ∼HSK 6
仙人 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal; celestial being ∼HSK 6
供品 供品 gòng pǐn offering ∼HSK 6
僵持 僵持 jiāng chí to be deadlocked ∼HSK 6
甘愿 甘願 gān yuàn willingly ∼HSK 6
王宫 王宮 wáng gōng imperial palace ∼HSK 6
绣花 繡花 xiù huā to embroider; to do embroidery ∼HSK 6
一夜之间 一夜之間 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight ∼HSK 6
万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash; very wealthy; millionaire ∼HSK 6
子母 子母 zǐ mǔ mother and son; interest and capital; combination of a large object and a smaller one of the same type ∼HSK 6
砸碎 砸碎 zá suì to pulverize; to smash to bits ∼HSK 6
千里之外 千里之外 qiān lǐ zhī wài thousand miles distant ∼HSK 6