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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莹 瑩 yíng luster of gems; bright, lustrous ∼HSK 5
玺 璽 xǐ imperial signet, royal signet ∼HSK 5
沈 沈 Shěn sink, submerge; addicted to; surname ∼HSK 5
宛 宛 Wǎn seem, as if, crooked ∼HSK 5
培 培 péi bank up with dirt; cultivate ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
恒 恆 Héng constant, regular, persistent ∼HSK 5
皇家 皇家 huáng jiā imperial family ∼HSK 5
暖阁 暖閣 nuǎn gé warm room; warm partition of a room ∼HSK 5
后宫 後宮 hòu gōng harem; chambers of imperial concubines ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
拥 擁 yōng embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd ∼HSK 5
汛 汛 xùn high water, flood tides ∼HSK 5
碧 碧 bì jade green ∼HSK 5
储 儲 Chǔ save money, store, reserve; heir ∼HSK 5
委员长 委員長 wěi yuán zhǎng head of a committee ∼HSK 5
奎 奎 kuí stride of man; one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions ∼HSK 5
琉璃 琉璃 liú li colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object ∼HSK 5
祺 祺 qí good luck, good fortune ∼HSK 5
珍宝 珍寶 zhēn bǎo a treasure ∼HSK 5
遗老 遺老 yí lǎo old fogy; adherent of previous dynasty ∼HSK 5
仆 僕 pū fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant ∼HSK 5
逊 遜 xùn humble, modest; yield ∼HSK 5
名义上 名義上 míng yì shàng nominally ∼HSK 5
委派 委派 wěi pài to appoint ∼HSK 5
亨 亨 hēng smoothly, progressing, no trouble ∼HSK 5
门洞 門洞 mén dòng passageway; archway ∼HSK 5
碍 礙 ài obstruct, hinder, block, deter ∼HSK 5
炕 匟 kàng the brick-bed in northern China ∼HSK 5
殉 殉 xùn die for cause, be martyr for ∼HSK 5
以北 以北 yǐ běi to the north of (suffix) ∼HSK 5
王府 王府 wáng fǔ prince's mansion ∼HSK 5
猪尾巴 豬尾巴 zhū wěi ba pig's tail (meat) ∼HSK 5
妃 妃 fēi concubine ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
童 童 Tóng boy, child ∼HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5
溥 溥 Pǔ big, great, vast, wide; widespread ∼HSK 5
生计 生計 shēng jì livelihood ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
库房 庫房 kù fáng storeroom; warehouse ∼HSK 5
玉器 玉器 yù qì jade artifact ∼HSK 5
财宝 財寶 cái bǎo money and valuables ∼HSK 5
毁掉 毀掉 huǐ diào to destroy ∼HSK 5
戍 戍 shù defend borders, guard frontiers ∼HSK 5
总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations ∼HSK 5
邵 邵 Shào surname; various place names ∼HSK 5