The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture Idiom ∼HSK 4
百里挑一 百裡挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred; cream of the crop Idiom ∼HSK 4
挺身而出 挺身而出 tǐng shēn ér chū to step forward bravely Idiom ∼HSK 4
不寒而栗 不寒而慄 bù hán ér lì lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom); fig. to tremble with fear; to be terrified Idiom ∼HSK 4
一反常态 一反常態 yī fǎn cháng tài complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic; entirely outside the norm; out of character Idiom ∼HSK 4
无用 無用 wú yòng useless; worthless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
神话 神話 shén huà legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology Xiehouyu HSK 4
高潮 高潮 gāo cháo high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
胡适 胡適 Hú Shì Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
云彩 雲彩 yún cai (coll.) cloud Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
尾巴 尾巴 wěi ba tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] Colloquialism HSK 4
尺寸 尺寸 chǐ cun size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety Colloquialism HSK 4
修理 修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 4
潮 潮 cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
垃圾 垃圾 lā jī trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乾隆 乾隆 Qián lóng the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李宗盛 李宗盛 Lǐ Zōng shèng Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
故宫 故宮 Gù gōng the Forbidden City; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
故宫博物院 故宮博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
溥仪 溥儀 Pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太和殿 太和殿 Tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
光绪 光緒 Guāng xù reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清代 清代 Qīng dài Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西洋 西洋 Xī yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
慈禧 慈禧 Cí Xǐ Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
顺治 順治 Shùn zhì reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
慈禧太后 慈禧太后 Cí xǐ tài hòu Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
嘉庆 嘉慶 Jiā qìng Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name, reigned 1796-1820 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
景德镇 景德鎮 Jǐng dé zhèn Jingdezhen, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
利马 利馬 Lì mǎ Lima, capital of Peru Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
崇祯 崇禎 Chóng zhēn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
扬州 揚州 Yáng zhōu Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
内务府 內務府 Nèi wù fǔ Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明清 明清 Míng Qīng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
和田 和田 Hé tián Hotan, prefecture in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; Wada (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藏传佛教 藏傳佛教 Zàng chuán Fó jiào Tibetan Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4