The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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誓言 誓言 shì yán to pledge; to promise; oath; vow ∼HSK 5
护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) ∼HSK 5
烈 烈 liè fiery, violent, vehement, ardent ∼HSK 5
旁门 旁門 páng mén side door ∼HSK 5
犹 猶 yóu like, similar to, just like, as ∼HSK 5
推崇 推崇 tuī chóng to esteem; to think highly of; to accord importance to; to revere ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
蚂蚁 螞蟻 mǎ yǐ ant ∼HSK 5
榻 榻 tà cot, couch, bed ∼HSK 5
圣 聖 kū holy, sage ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
权势 權勢 quán shì power; influence ∼HSK 5
叩 叩 kòu knock, ask; kowtow, bow ∼HSK 5
暴 暴 Bào violent, brutal, tyrannical ∼HSK 5
驳斥 駁斥 bó chì to refute; to debunk; to deny; to denounce ∼HSK 5
下情 下情 xià qíng feelings of the masses; my situation (humble speech) ∼HSK 5
疏 疎 shū neglect; careless, lax ∼HSK 5
强权 強權 qiáng quán power; might ∼HSK 5
怒 怒 nù anger ∼HSK 5
塘 塘 táng pond; tank; dike, embankment ∼HSK 5
可嘉 可嘉 kě jiā laudable ∼HSK 5
劝化 勸化 quàn huà to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism); to beg for alms ∼HSK 5
循 循 xún obey, comply with, follow ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
心神 心神 xīn shén mind; state of mind; attention; (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution ∼HSK 5
俱全 俱全 jù quán to have all of the elements mentioned (features, qualities, items etc) ∼HSK 5
饮 飲 yǐn drink ∼HSK 5
激怒 激怒 jī nù to infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate ∼HSK 5
棺 棺 guān coffin ∼HSK 5
伏 伏 Fú crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal ∼HSK 5
两样 兩樣 liǎng yàng not the same; different ∼HSK 5
社稷 社稷 shè jì state; country; the Gods of earth and grain ∼HSK 5
述 述 shù narrate, state, express ∼HSK 5
夷 夷 yí ancient barbarian tribes ∼HSK 5
联姻 聯姻 lián yīn related by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units) ∼HSK 5
繁多 繁多 fán duō many and varied; of many different kinds ∼HSK 5
陌路 陌路 mò lù (literary) stranger ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
认输 認輸 rèn shū to concede; to admit defeat ∼HSK 5
碍 礙 ài obstruct, hinder, block, deter ∼HSK 5
韵 韻 yùn rhyme; vowel ∼HSK 5
翁 翁 Wēng old man; father, father-in-law ∼HSK 5
品味 品味 pǐn wèi to sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
菊 菊 jú chrysanthemum ∼HSK 5
插花 插花 chā huā flower arranging; ikebana ∼HSK 5
柔 柔 róu soft; gentle, pliant ∼HSK 5
巢 巢 Cháo nest, living quarter in tree ∼HSK 5