The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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幸存 倖存 xìng cún to survive (a disaster) HSK 7
风水 風水 fēng shuǐ feng shui; geomancy HSK 7
修订 修訂 xiū dìng to revise HSK 7
同年 同年 tóng nián the same year HSK 7
撰写 撰寫 zhuàn xiě to write; to compose HSK 7
汇聚 匯聚 huì jù convergence; to come together HSK 7
价位 價位 jià wèi price level HSK 7
交替 交替 jiāo tì to replace; alternately; in turn HSK 7
承载 承載 chéng zài to bear the weight; to sustain HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
谈到 談到 tán dào to refer to; to speak about; to talk about HSK 7
昔日 昔日 xī rì former days; in the past HSK 7
少有 少有 shǎo yǒu rare; infrequent HSK 7
相当于 相當於 xiāng dāng yú equivalent to HSK 7
私立 私立 sī lì private (company, school etc) HSK 7
无关紧要 無關緊要 wú guān jǐn yào indifferent; insignificant HSK 7
遗址 遺址 yí zhǐ ruins; historic relics HSK 7
浸泡 浸泡 jìn pào to steep; to soak; to immerse HSK 7
由衷 由衷 yóu zhōng heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned HSK 7
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation HSK 7
字体 字體 zì tǐ calligraphic style; typeface; font HSK 7
搬迁 搬遷 bān qiān to move; to relocate; removal HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
官僚 官僚 guān liáo bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic HSK 7
埋藏 埋藏 mái cáng to bury; to hide by burying; hidden HSK 7
耗费 耗費 hào fèi to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander HSK 7
交接 交接 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse HSK 7
子孙 子孫 zǐ sūn offspring; posterity HSK 7
打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea) HSK 7
崇尚 崇尚 chóng shàng to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate HSK 7
煽动 煽動 shān dòng to incite; to instigate HSK 7
飞速 飛速 fēi sù swift; rapidly HSK 7
陈旧 陳舊 chén jiù old-fashioned HSK 7
肩负 肩負 jiān fù to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage) HSK 7
换成 換成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into HSK 7
自立 自立 zì lì independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself HSK 7
得体 得體 dé tǐ appropriate to the occasion; fitting HSK 7
香料 香料 xiāng liào spice; flavoring; condiment; perfume HSK 7
直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop HSK 7
先例 先例 xiān lì antecedent; precedent HSK 7
书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe HSK 7
来历 來歷 lái lì history; antecedents; origin HSK 7
风波 風波 fēng bō disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness HSK 7
下游 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream HSK 7
掌管 掌管 zhǎng guǎn in charge of; to control HSK 7
调料 調料 tiáo liào condiment; seasoning; flavoring HSK 7
免除 免除 miǎn chú to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit HSK 7
高超 高超 gāo chāo excellent; superlative HSK 7
悬挂 懸掛 xuán guà to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension HSK 7
落下 落下 luò xià to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) HSK 7