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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每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
千千万万 千千萬萬 qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom ∼HSK 2
风吹草动 風吹草動 fēng chuī - cǎo dòng lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble Idiom ∼HSK 2
网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
段祺瑞 段祺瑞 Duàn Qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
意大利 意大利 Yì dà lì Italy Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
点查 點查 diǎn chá to inspect ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power; in office ∼HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
书画 書畫 shū huà painting and calligraphy ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
名流 名流 míng liú gentry; celebrities ∼HSK 2
封条 封條 fēng tiáo seal ∼HSK 2
又一次 又一次 yòu yī cì yet again; once again; once more ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
数百 數百 shù bǎi several hundred ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
门道 門道 mén dào doorway; gateway ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2