The Forbidden City

Whole-title review

Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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沧桑 滄桑 cāng sāng great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 HSK 7
崇敬 崇敬 chóng jìng to revere; to venerate; high esteem HSK 7
恩惠 恩惠 ēn huì favor; grace HSK 7
封建 封建 fēng jiàn system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic HSK 7
根基 根基 gēn jī foundation HSK 7
着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution HSK 7
残缺 殘缺 cán quē badly damaged; shattered HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
破例 破例 pò lì to make an exception HSK 7
浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense HSK 7
落成 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project HSK 7
变故 變故 biàn gù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune HSK 7
枢纽 樞紐 shū niǔ hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum HSK 7
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty HSK 7
名贵 名貴 míng guì famous and valuable; rare; precious HSK 7
抱负 抱負 bào fù aspiration; ambition HSK 7
推算 推算 tuī suàn to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation) HSK 7
有序 有序 yǒu xù regular; orderly; successive; in order HSK 7
风气 風氣 fēng qì general mood; atmosphere; common practice HSK 7
当即 當即 dāng jí at once; on the spot HSK 7
默默无闻 默默無聞 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation; a nobody; an unknown quantity HSK 7
略微 略微 lu:è wēi a little bit; slightly HSK 7
儒学 儒學 Rú xué Confucianism HSK 7
折射 折射 zhé shè to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) HSK 7
吸纳 吸納 xī nà to take in; to absorb; to admit; to accept HSK 7
留念 留念 liú niàn to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly HSK 7
感慨 感慨 gǎn kǎi to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved HSK 7
定为 定為 dìng wèi set to HSK 7
波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) HSK 7
美观 美觀 měi guān pleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
测算 測算 cè suàn to take measurements and calculate HSK 7
空荡荡 空蕩蕩 kōng dàng dàng empty; deserted HSK 7
瘸 瘸 qué lame HSK 7
次序 次序 cì xù sequence; order HSK 7
饱和 飽和 bǎo hé saturated; filled to capacity HSK 7
回忆录 回憶錄 huí yì lù memoir HSK 7
总计 總計 zǒng jì (grand) total HSK 7
审美 審美 shěn měi esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste HSK 7
拟定 擬定 nǐ dìng to draw up; to draft; to formulate HSK 7
杜绝 杜絕 dù jué to put an end to HSK 7
含蓄 含蓄 hán xù to contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning; implicit; veiled (criticism) HSK 7
骨干 骨幹 gǔ gàn diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone HSK 7
礼节 禮節 lǐ jié etiquette HSK 7
气派 氣派 qì pài impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air HSK 7
载体 載體 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium HSK 7
历时 歷時 lì shí to last; to take (time); period; diachronic HSK 7
专著 專著 zhuān zhù monograph; specialized text HSK 7
遗物 遺物 yí wù remnant HSK 7
脱口而出 脫口而出 tuō kǒu ér chū to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark) HSK 7