The Forbidden City

Episode review

From an Imperial Palace to an Imperial Museum

S1E10 · 从皇宫到博物院 cóng huánggōng dào bówùyuàn

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4.74 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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提供 提供 tí gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
研究 研究 yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
以及 以及 yǐ jí as well as; too; and HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
对于 對於 duì yú regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom); heavy traffic Idiom ∼HSK 3
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
民国 民國 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
袁世凯 袁世凱 Yuán Shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
保罗 保羅 Bǎo luó Paul Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
内务部 內務部 Nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
康有为 康有為 Kāng Yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
洛阳 洛陽 Luò yáng Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
退位 退位 tuì wèi to abdicate ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
王朝 王朝 wáng cháo dynasty ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
提案 提案 tí àn proposal; draft resolution; motion (to be debated); to propose a bill; to make a proposal ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3
高强 高強 gāo qiáng excellent; outstanding ∼HSK 3
古玩 古玩 gǔ wán antique; curio ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
人参 人參 rén shēn ginseng ∼HSK 3
有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
总有 總有 zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
登上 登上 dēng shàng to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount ∼HSK 3
龙椅 龍椅 lóng yǐ the Dragon Throne; the imperial throne ∼HSK 3
京城 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country ∼HSK 3
部下 部下 bù xià troops under one's command; subordinate ∼HSK 3
生活方式 生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì way of life; lifestyle ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3