The Forbidden City

Whole-title review

Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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宛 宛 Wǎn seem, as if, crooked ∼HSK 5
耿 耿 Gěng bright, shining; have guts ∼HSK 5
谣 謠 yáo sing; folksong, ballad; rumor ∼HSK 5
炕 匟 kàng the brick-bed in northern China ∼HSK 5
進 進 jìn advance, make progress, enter ∼HSK 5
開 開 kāi open; initiate, begin, start ∼HSK 5
門 門 mén gate, door, entrance, opening ∼HSK 5
長 長 cháng long; length; excel in; leader ∼HSK 5
與 與 yú and; with; to; for; give, grant ∼HSK 5
鋪 鋪 pū spread out, arrange; shop, store; place to sleep, bed ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
幼年 幼年 yòu nián childhood; infancy ∼HSK 5
袁 袁 Yuán robe; surname ∼HSK 5
公文 公文 gōng wén official document ∼HSK 5
棚 棚 péng tent, awning; booth; shed ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
豆 荳 dòu beans, peas; bean-shaped ∼HSK 5
膳 膳 shàn meals, provisions, board ∼HSK 5
丧 喪 sāng mourning; mourn; funeral ∼HSK 5
绵 綿 mián cotton wad; wool; soft, downy ∼HSK 5
赝品 贗品 yàn pǐn fake; counterfeit article ∼HSK 5
廊 廊 láng corridor, porch, veranda ∼HSK 5
开端 開端 kāi duān start; beginning ∼HSK 5
奢华 奢華 shē huá luxurious; sumptuous; lavish ∼HSK 5
晋 晉 Jìn advance, increase; promote ∼HSK 5
浸 浸 jìn soak, immerse, dip, percolate ∼HSK 5
辅 輔 fǔ cheek bone; protective; assist ∼HSK 5
囊括 囊括 náng kuò to include; to embrace; to bring together ∼HSK 5
炎 炎 yán flame, blaze; hot ∼HSK 5
神位 神位 shén wèi spirit tablet; ancestral tablet ∼HSK 5
甘 甘 Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
军机 軍機 jūn jī military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 5
独有 獨有 dú yǒu to own exclusively; unique to; specific; there is only ∼HSK 5
祥 祥 xiáng good luck, good omen; happiness ∼HSK 5
颜料 顏料 yán liào paint; dye; pigment ∼HSK 5
液 液 yè sap, juice, liquid, fluid ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
琉璃 琉璃 liú li colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object ∼HSK 5
是故 是故 shì gù therefore; so; consequently ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
兴盛 興盛 xīng shèng to flourish; to thrive ∼HSK 5
胚 肧 pēi embryo; unfinished things ∼HSK 5
焕 煥 huàn shining ∼HSK 5
屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves; roof (i.e. home) ∼HSK 5
公分 公分 gōng fēn centimeter (cm); gram (g) ∼HSK 5
击打 擊打 jī dǎ to beat; to lash ∼HSK 5
堕胎 墮胎 duò tāi to induce an abortion; induced abortion ∼HSK 5
西式 西式 xī shì Western style ∼HSK 5
電 電 diàn electricity, electric; lightning ∼HSK 5