The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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海港 海港 hǎi gǎng seaport; harbor ∼HSK 6
鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound ∼HSK 6
南端 南端 nán duān southern end or extremity ∼HSK 6
拼凑 拼湊 pīn còu to assemble; to put together ∼HSK 6
若隐若现 若隱若現 ruò yǐn - ruò xiàn (idiom) faint; indistinct ∼HSK 6
迥异 迥異 jiǒng yì totally different ∼HSK 6
祖居 祖居 zǔ jū former residence; one's original home ∼HSK 6
傲视 傲視 ào shì to turn up one's nose; to show disdain for; to regard superciliously ∼HSK 6
揪心 揪心 jiū xīn lit. grips the heart; worried; anxious ∼HSK 6
遗稿 遺稿 yí gǎo surviving manuscript; bequeathed draft (of book) ∼HSK 6
暗喻 暗喻 àn yù metaphor ∼HSK 6
过关斩将 過關斬將 guò guān zhǎn jiàng to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) ∼HSK 6
盛况 盛況 shèng kuàng grand occasion ∼HSK 6
步履 步履 bù lǚ gait; to walk ∼HSK 6
全盛 全盛 quán shèng flourishing; at the peak; in full bloom ∼HSK 6
宗正 宗正 zōng zhèng minister in charge of the imperial clan ∼HSK 6
当权 當權 dāng quán to hold power ∼HSK 6
求购 求購 qiú gòu to seek to purchase; to be looking to buy (sth) ∼HSK 6
孔洞 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object ∼HSK 6
青铜器 青銅器 qīng tóng qì bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC ∼HSK 6
除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) ∼HSK 6
画稿 畫稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it ∼HSK 6
狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow ∼HSK 6
沉浮 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes ∼HSK 6
蜿蜒 蜿蜒 wān yán (of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind ∼HSK 6
公产 公產 gōng chǎn public property ∼HSK 6
人体解剖学 人體解剖學 rén tǐ jiě pōu xué human anatomy ∼HSK 6
庭园 庭園 tíng yuán flower garden ∼HSK 6
微缩 微縮 wēi suō compact; micro-; miniature; to miniaturize ∼HSK 6
水墨画 水墨畫 shuǐ mò huà ink and wash painting ∼HSK 6
天文学 天文學 tiān wén xué astronomy ∼HSK 6
顿足 頓足 dùn zú stamp (one's feet) ∼HSK 6
晚清 晚清 wǎn Qīng the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China ∼HSK 6
花蕾 花蕾 huā lěi bud; flower bud ∼HSK 6
家谱 家譜 jiā pǔ genealogy; family tree ∼HSK 6
山洪 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt ∼HSK 6
凹陷 凹陷 āo xiàn to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed ∼HSK 6
令人吃惊 令人吃驚 lìng rén chī jīng to shock; to amaze ∼HSK 6
追捧 追捧 zhuī pěng to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace; favor; acclaim; adulation; high demand ∼HSK 6
印制 印製 yìn zhì to print; to produce (a publication) ∼HSK 6
浑浊 渾濁 hún zhuó muddy; turbid ∼HSK 6
优劣 優劣 yōu liè good and bad; merits and drawbacks ∼HSK 6
民主革命 民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) ∼HSK 6
跪倒 跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down; to sink to one's knees; to grovel ∼HSK 6
西洋人 西洋人 xī yáng rén Westerner ∼HSK 6
康乾盛世 康乾盛世 kāng qián shèng shì booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors) ∼HSK 6
泪痕 淚痕 lèi hén tear stains ∼HSK 6
拆卸 拆卸 chāi xiè to dismantle; to take apart ∼HSK 6
镣铐 鐐銬 liào kào manacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs ∼HSK 6
笔筒 筆筒 bǐ tǒng pen container; brush pot ∼HSK 6