The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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法国人 法國人 Fǎ guó rén Frenchman; French person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
富士 富士 Fù shì Fuji (Japanese company) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天主 天主 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism); abbr. for, Catholicism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚历山大 亞歷山大 Yà lì shān dà Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
戈尔 戈爾 Gē ěr Gore (name); Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港币 港幣 Gǎng bì Hong Kong currency; Hong Kong dollar Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
攻陷 攻陷 gōng xiàn to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周总理 周總理 Zhōu zǒng lǐ Premier Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 (1898-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
印度洋 印度洋 Yìn dù yáng Indian Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
全州 全州 Quán zhōu Quanzhou county in Guilin, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙俄 沙俄 Shā É Tsarist Russia; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
高丽 高麗 Gāo lí Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大西洋 大西洋 Dà xī yáng Atlantic Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
克林顿 克林頓 Kè lín dùn Clinton (name); Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001; Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐宋 唐宋 Táng Sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周礼 周禮 Zhōu lǐ the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辽东 遼東 Liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea; east and south of Liaoning province; east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
锦衣卫 錦衣衛 Jǐn yī wèi Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中国式 中國式 Zhōng guó shì Chinese style; à la chinoise Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆仑山脉 崑崙山脈 Kūn lún shān mài Kunlun Mountain range Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
战国 戰國 Zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
万载 萬載 Wàn zài Wanzai county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西华 西華 Xī huá Xihua county in Zhoukou, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
朱棣 朱棣 Zhū Dì Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
元氏 元氏 Yuán shì Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
哥德堡 哥德堡 Gē dé bǎo Gothenburg (city in Sweden) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周文王 周文王 Zhōu Wén wáng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou the first Zhou dynasty king Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福尔 福爾 Fú ěr Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
地坛 地壇 Dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永泰 永泰 Yǒng tài Yongtai, a county in Fuzhou City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
礼记 禮記 Lǐ jì Classic of Rites Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
张学良 張學良 Zhāng Xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永善 永善 Yǒng shàn Yongshan county in Zhaotong, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
湖广 湖廣 Hú guǎng Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奉系 奉系 Fèng xì Fengtian clique (of northern warlords) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
利马窦 利馬竇 Lì Mǎ dòu Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China; erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
瑶族 瑤族 Yáo zú Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鲁班 魯班 Lǔ Bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚欧 亞歐 Yà Ōu Europe and Asia; Eurasia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宣武门 宣武門 Xuān wǔ mén Xuanwumen, Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
政和 政和 Zhèng hé Zhenghe county in Nanping Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
满文 滿文 Mǎn wén Manchurian written language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三藩叛乱 三藩叛亂 Sān fān pàn luàn rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明武宗 明武宗 Míng Wǔ zōng Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长治 長治 Cháng zhì Changzhi, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province; Changzhi township in Pingtung County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
舟山群岛 舟山群島 Zhōu shān Qún dǎo Zhoushan Island Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英吉利 英吉利 Yīng jí lì England (historical loan, from English) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
维新变法 維新變法 Wéi xīn Biàn fǎ Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
定南 定南 Dìng nán Dingnan county in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
张勋复辟 張勳復辟 Zhāng Xūn Fù bì Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi to the throne Proper Noun ∼HSK 4