The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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辛亥革命 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凡尔赛 凡爾賽 Fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris); (slang) to humblebrag; ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八国联军 八國聯軍 Bā guó Lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清军 清軍 Qīng jūn the Qing army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鸦片战争 鴉片戰爭 Yā piàn Zhàn zhēng the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
张作霖 張作霖 Zhāng Zuò lín Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清人 清人 Qīng rén Qing dynasty person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
微星 微星 Wēi xīng Micro-Star International (MSI), Taiwanese computer hardware company Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
易经 易經 Yì jīng The Book of Changes ("I Ching") Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李德 李德 Lǐ Dé Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇太极 皇太極 Huáng Tài jí Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci, reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty, then founded the Qing dynasty and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor; posthumous name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
盘龙 盤龍 Pán lóng Panlong district of Kunming city, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清末 清末 Qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty; late Qing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宣德 宣德 Xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
莱布尼兹 萊布尼茲 Lái bù ní zī Leibnitz (name); Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philosopher, co-inventor of the calculus Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东晋 東晉 Dōng Jìn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李氏 李氏 Lǐ shì the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奉天 奉天 Fèng tiān old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新军 新軍 Xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波斯 波斯 Bō sī Persia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江陵 江陵 Jiāng líng Jiangling county in Jingzhou, Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诗经 詩經 Shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣母 聖母 Shèng mǔ the Virgin Mary Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆仑山 崑崙山 Kūn lún shān Kunlun Mountain range Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫金 紫金 Zǐ jīn Zijin county in Heyuan, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
五股 五股 Wǔ gǔ Wugu township in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉皇大帝 玉皇大帝 Yù huáng Dà dì Jade Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
会同 會同 Huì tóng Huitong county in Huaihua, Hunan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新竹 新竹 Xīn zhú Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries; Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秀才 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
来安 來安 Lái ān Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
真武 真武 Zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity; aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
木兰 木蘭 Mù lán Mulan county in Harbin, Heilongjiang; Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吉林 吉林 Jí lín Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福州 福州 Fú zhōu Fuzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滚滚 滾滾 Gǔn gǔn nickname for a panda Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大同 大同 Dà tóng Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province; Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County, Taiwan; Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Datong District of Daqing City, Heilongjiang; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孔子 孔子 Kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
洪武 洪武 Hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宣统 宣統 Xuān tǒng reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蒙古族 蒙古族 Měng gǔ zú Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德里 德里 Dé lǐ Delhi; New Delhi, capital of India; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
彼得 彼得 Bǐ dé Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉山 玉山 Yù Shān Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德国人 德國人 Dé guó rén German person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦始皇 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
比利时 比利時 Bǐ lì shí Belgium Proper Noun ∼HSK 4