The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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而后 而後 ér hòu after that; then ∼HSK 4
世界各地 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world ∼HSK 4
纪 紀 Jǐ record, annal, historical account ∼HSK 4
无处不在 無處不在 wú chù bù zài to be everywhere ∼HSK 4
制造业 製造業 zhì zào yè manufacturing industry ∼HSK 4
批示 批示 pī shì to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate; written comments from a superior ∼HSK 4
竹 竹 zhú bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 ∼HSK 4
丹 丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
不稳 不穩 bù wěn unstable; unsteady ∼HSK 4
羽 羽 yǔ feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
天象 天象 tiān xiàng meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse) ∼HSK 4
索 索 Suǒ large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated ∼HSK 4
俗称 俗稱 sú chēng commonly referred to as; common term ∼HSK 4
域 域 yù district, region, boundary; land ∼HSK 4
小屋 小屋 xiǎo wū cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
博 博 bó gamble, play games; wide, broad ∼HSK 4
更替 更替 gēng tì to take over (from one another); to alternate; to replace; to relay ∼HSK 4
军阀 軍閥 jūn fá military clique; junta; warlord ∼HSK 4
科学技术 科學技術 kē xué jì shù science and technology ∼HSK 4
中将 中將 zhōng jiàng lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal ∼HSK 4
末年 末年 mò nián the final years (of a regime) ∼HSK 4
二十世纪 二十世紀 èr shí shì jì 20th century ∼HSK 4
编撰 編撰 biān zhuàn to compile; to edit ∼HSK 4
自动车 自動車 zì dòng chē automobile ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
宅 宅 zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
抄家 抄家 chāo jiā to search a house and confiscate possessions ∼HSK 4
授意 授意 shòu yì to inspire; to incite ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
逃离 逃離 táo lí to run out; to escape ∼HSK 4
别具 別具 bié jù to have unique (talent, insight etc) ∼HSK 4
研 研 yán grind, rub; study, research ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
君主 君主 jūn zhǔ monarch; sovereign ∼HSK 4
毕生 畢生 bì shēng all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 4
佳 佳 Jiā good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful ∼HSK 4
意味 意味 yì wèi meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation ∼HSK 4
无处 無處 wú chù nowhere ∼HSK 4
细细 細細 xì xì attentive; careful ∼HSK 4
此行 此行 cǐ xíng this trip ∼HSK 4
肖 肖 Xiāo look like, resemble, be like ∼HSK 4
冠 冠 Guàn cap, crown, headgear ∼HSK 4
治国 治國 zhì guó to rule a country ∼HSK 4
官邸 官邸 guān dǐ official residence ∼HSK 4
揭开 揭開 jiē kāi to uncover; to open ∼HSK 4
庶民 庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian ∼HSK 4
责 責 zé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame ∼HSK 4
巨 巨 jù large, great, enormous; chief ∼HSK 4