The Forbidden City

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Season 1 — The Forbidden City

故宫 gùgōng

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Vocabulary

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安抚 安撫 ān fǔ to placate; to pacify; to appease HSK 7
亲身 親身 qīn shēn personal; oneself HSK 7
兴起 興起 xīng qǐ to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue HSK 7
凝聚 凝聚 níng jù to condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); aggregation; coherent HSK 7
颁布 頒布 bān bù to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc) HSK 7
妥善 妥善 tuǒ shàn appropriate; proper HSK 7
晚期 晚期 wǎn qī later period; end stage; terminal HSK 7
门槛 門檻 mén kǎn doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) HSK 7
起源 起源 qǐ yuán origin; to originate; to come from HSK 7
喜好 喜好 xǐ hào to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference HSK 7
均匀 均勻 jūn yún even; well-distributed; homogeneous; well-proportioned (figure, body etc) HSK 7
笼子 籠子 lóng zi cage; basket; container HSK 7
疑虑 疑慮 yí lǜ hesitation; misgivings; doubt HSK 7
皇室 皇室 huáng shì royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family HSK 7
无从 無從 wú cóng not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing HSK 7
昆虫 昆蟲 kūn chóng insect HSK 7
编写 編寫 biān xiě to compile HSK 7
葬 塟 zàng to bury (the dead); to inter HSK 7
缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny HSK 7
阻力 阻力 zǔ lì resistance; drag HSK 7
文献 文獻 wén xiàn document HSK 7
开阔 開闊 kāi kuò wide; open (spaces); to open up HSK 7
寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) HSK 7
书写 書寫 shū xiě to write HSK 7
惊慌 驚慌 jīng huāng to panic; to be alarmed HSK 7
相差 相差 xiāng chà to differ; discrepancy between HSK 7
地质 地質 dì zhì geology HSK 7
前夕 前夕 qián xī eve; the day before HSK 7
序 序 xù (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface HSK 7
致使 致使 zhì shǐ to cause; to result in HSK 7
牵扯 牽扯 qiān chě to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated HSK 7
贯穿 貫穿 guàn chuān to run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link HSK 7
紧迫 緊迫 jǐn pò pressing; urgent HSK 7
如意 如意 rú yì as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
尊贵 尊貴 zūn guì respected; respectable; honorable HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
构思 構思 gòu sī to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition HSK 7
宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits; hidden treasure; (fig.) treasure; (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law HSK 7
滑冰 滑冰 huá bīng to skate; skating HSK 7
难关 難關 nán guān difficulty; crisis HSK 7
撇 撇 piē to cast away; to fling aside HSK 7
宫殿 宮殿 gōng diàn palace HSK 7
下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook HSK 7
驯 馴 xùn to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xún] HSK 7
城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall HSK 7
反过来 反過來 fǎn guo lái conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction HSK 7
悬念 懸念 xuán niàn suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare HSK 7
露天 露天 lù tiān outdoors; al fresco; in the open HSK 7
遗留 遺留 yí liú to leave behind; to hand down HSK 7