The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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黄泉 黃泉 Huáng quán the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明末 明末 Míng mò late Ming; first half of the 17th century Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
道光帝 道光帝 Dào guāng dì Daoguang Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
礼部 禮部 Lǐ bù Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
平定 平定 Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
定海 定海 Dìng hǎi Dinghai district of Zhoushan city, Zhejiang; Qing dynasty name of 舟山市 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八旗 八旗 Bā qí Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
多尔 多爾 Duō ěr Dole (name); Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永乐 永樂 Yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同治 同治 Tóng zhì reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
努尔哈赤 努爾哈赤 Nǔ ěr hā chì Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty (from 1616) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明成祖 明成祖 Míng Chéng zǔ Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
满清 滿清 Mǎn Qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
满族 滿族 Mǎn zú Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北洋政府 北洋政府 Běi yáng zhèng fǔ the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李自成 李自成 Lǐ Zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藏文 藏文 Zàng wén Tibetan script; Tibetan written language; Tibetan language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太上皇 太上皇 Tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
冯玉祥 馮玉祥 Féng Yù xiáng Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
咸丰 咸豐 Xián fēng Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明宣宗 明宣宗 Míng Xuān zōng temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
若望 若望 Ruò wàng John; Saint John; less common variant of preferred by the Catholic Church Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江南 江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇城 皇城 Huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
冬至 冬至 Dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
巡抚 巡撫 xún fǔ inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圆明园 圓明園 Yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉皇 玉皇 Yù huáng Jade Emperor (in Taoism) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天宫 天宮 Tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
和田玉 和田玉 Hé tián yù nephrite; Hotan jade Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西方人 西方人 Xī fāng rén Westerner; Occidental Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
颐和园 頤和園 Yí hé yuán Summer Palace in Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
末代皇帝 末代皇帝 Mò dài Huáng dì The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi by Bernardo Bertolucci Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宋徽宗 宋徽宗 Sòng Huī zōng Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王羲之 王羲之 Wáng Xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
世界文化遗产 世界文化遺產 Shì jiè Wén huà Yí chǎn (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
景山 景山 Jǐng shān Jingshan (name of a hill in Jingshan park) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
魏忠贤 魏忠賢 Wèi Zhōng xián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
正德 正德 Zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蔡元培 蔡元培 Cài Yuán péi Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汉文 漢文 Hàn wén Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西域 西域 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清水 清水 Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白玉 白玉 Bái yù Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天坛 天壇 Tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
正统 正統 Zhèng tǒng Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国民政府 國民政府 Guó mín Zhèng fǔ Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925-1948) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
警察厅 警察廳 Jǐng chá tīng National Police Agency (Japan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凤仙 鳳仙 fèng xiān Fengxian (name); also garden balsam (the flower) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4