The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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儒雅 儒雅 rú yǎ scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous ∼HSK 6
原状 原狀 yuán zhuàng previous condition; original state ∼HSK 6
原作 原作 yuán zuò original works; original text; original author ∼HSK 6
军阀混战 軍閥混戰 jūn fá hùn zhàn incessant fighting between warlords ∼HSK 6
铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable); to construct (road, concrete slab) ∼HSK 6
阿拉伯半岛 阿拉伯半島 Ā lā bó Bàn dǎo Arabian Peninsula ∼HSK 6
阔别 闊別 kuò bié separated for a long time ∼HSK 6
稀薄 稀薄 xī bó thin; rarefied ∼HSK 6
眺望 眺望 tiào wàng to survey the scene from an elevated position ∼HSK 6
拱门 拱門 gǒng mén arched door ∼HSK 6
入侵者 入侵者 rù qīn zhě intruder ∼HSK 6
叮当 叮噹 dīng dāng (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound ∼HSK 6
木料 木料 mù liào lumber; timber ∼HSK 6
地宫 地宮 dì gōng underground palace (as part of imperial tomb) ∼HSK 6
地标 地標 dì biāo landmark ∼HSK 6
继承者 繼承者 jì chéng zhě successor ∼HSK 6
雅士 雅士 yǎ shì elegant scholar ∼HSK 6
木制 木製 mù zhì wooden ∼HSK 6
峭壁 峭壁 qiào bì cliff; steep; precipice ∼HSK 6
合二为一 合二為一 hé èr wéi yī 合: combine, unite, join; gather · 二: two; twice · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 一: one; a, an; alone ∼HSK 6
躯壳 軀殼 qū qiào the body (as opposed to the soul) ∼HSK 6
勘测 勘測 kān cè to investigate; to survey ∼HSK 6
谐音 諧音 xié yīn homonym; homophone; harmonic (component of sound) ∼HSK 6
孤寂 孤寂 gū jì lonesome; desolate ∼HSK 6
先驱者 先驅者 xiān qū zhě pioneer; trailblazer ∼HSK 6
隐含 隱含 yǐn hán to contain in a concealed form; to keep covered up; implicit ∼HSK 6
山崖 山崖 shān yá cliff ∼HSK 6
妙笔 妙筆 miào bǐ talented, gifted or ingenious writing ∼HSK 6
双膝 雙膝 shuāng xī both knees ∼HSK 6
哀伤 哀傷 āi shāng grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected ∼HSK 6
锯掉 鋸掉 jù diào to saw off (a branch etc); to amputate (a limb) ∼HSK 6
寿堂 壽堂 shòu táng mourning hall; a hall for a birthday celebration ∼HSK 6
霸主 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord; hegemon ∼HSK 6
吐痰 吐痰 tǔ tán to spit; to expectorate ∼HSK 6
烫平 燙平 tàng píng to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles) ∼HSK 6
行政命令 行政命令 xíng zhèng mìng lìng executive order ∼HSK 6
动议 動議 dòng yì motion; proposal ∼HSK 6
冠以 冠以 guàn yǐ to label; to call ∼HSK 6
偏西 偏西 piān xī inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day) ∼HSK 6
纠察 糾察 jiū chá to maintain order; steward (policing a meeting) ∼HSK 6
数理 數理 shù lǐ mathematical sciences ∼HSK 6
热敷 熱敷 rè fū to apply a hot compress ∼HSK 6
并拢 併攏 bìng lǒng to draw together; to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc) ∼HSK 6
转瞬即逝 轉瞬即逝 zhuǎn shùn jí shì (idiom) fleeting; transitory ∼HSK 6
瑕疵 瑕疵 xiá cī blemish; flaw; defect ∼HSK 6
棉裤 棉褲 mián kù quilted cotton trousers; cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) ∼HSK 6
剧集 劇集 jù jí (serialized TV or Internet drama) show; series ∼HSK 6
激荡 激盪 jī dàng to rage; to dash; to surge ∼HSK 6
墨盒 墨盒 mò hé ink cartridge ∼HSK 6
计时器 計時器 jì shí qì timer ∼HSK 6