The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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研究者 研究者 yán jiū zhě investigator; researcher ∼HSK 4
败退 敗退 bài tuì to retreat in defeat ∼HSK 4
中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period ∼HSK 4
汇编 匯編 huì biān to compile; collection; compilation ∼HSK 4
在此后 在此後 zài cǐ hòu after this; from then on ∼HSK 4
东侧 東側 dōng cè east side; east face ∼HSK 4
政治改革 政治改革 zhèng zhì gǎi gé political reform ∼HSK 4
修例 修例 xiū lì to amend an ordinance ∼HSK 4
三法司 三法司 sān fǎ sī the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China) ∼HSK 4
合共 合共 hé gòng altogether; in sum ∼HSK 4
界面 界面 jiè miàn contact surface; (computing) interface ∼HSK 4
天顶 天頂 tiān dǐng zenith ∼HSK 4
半圆 半圓 bàn yuán semicircle ∼HSK 4
深红色 深紅色 shēn hóng sè deep red; crimson; scarlet ∼HSK 4
汉白玉 漢白玉 hàn bái yù white marble; a type of white marble used for building and sculpting ∼HSK 4
长宽 長寬 cháng kuān length and width; size; dimensions ∼HSK 4
基台 基臺 jī tái (dental implant) abutment ∼HSK 4
通盘 通盤 tōng pán across the board; comprehensive; overall; global ∼HSK 4
著录 著錄 zhù lù to record; to put down in writing ∼HSK 4
官称 官稱 guān chēng title; official appellation ∼HSK 4
极小 極小 jí xiǎo minimal; extremely small ∼HSK 4
深密 深密 shēn mì dense; thick ∼HSK 4
士大夫 士大夫 shì dà fū scholar officials ∼HSK 4
年老体弱 年老體弱 nián lǎo tǐ ruò old and weak (idiom) ∼HSK 4
实测 實測 shí cè to take measurements; measured (speed etc); observed (as opposed to "estimated"); observational (astronomy) ∼HSK 4
翻然 翻然 fān rán suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc); also written ∼HSK 4
表针 錶針 biǎo zhēn hand of a clock ∼HSK 4
普适 普適 pǔ shì universal ∼HSK 4
微米 微米 wēi mǐ micron (one thousandth of a millimeter or 10^-6 meter) ∼HSK 4
厘米 釐米 lí mǐ centimeter HSK 4
电灯 電燈 diàn dēng electric light HSK 4
长江 長江 Cháng Jiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang HSK 4
红包 紅包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe HSK 4
摆动 擺動 bǎi dòng to sway; to swing; to move back and forth; to oscillate HSK 4
风俗 風俗 fēng sú social custom HSK 4
轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner HSK 4
一律 一律 yī lǜ same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
深厚 深厚 shēn hòu deep; profound HSK 4
率先 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead; to show initiative HSK 4
陆续 陸續 lù xù in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit HSK 4
公元 公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini) HSK 4
概括 概括 gài kuò to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline HSK 4
感兴趣 感興趣 gǎn xìng qù to be interested HSK 4
茶叶 茶葉 chá yè tea; tea leaves HSK 4
细致 細緻 xì zhì delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking HSK 4
构造 構造 gòu zào structure; composition; tectonic (geology) HSK 4
讲究 講究 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen HSK 4
议论 議論 yì lùn to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion HSK 4
春季 春季 chūn jì springtime HSK 4
相片 相片 xiàng piàn image; photograph HSK 4