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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天字第一号 天字第一號 tiān zì dì yī hào lit. the number one entry under the character for heaven (idiom); fig. the very best; first-rate; top of the heap Idiom ∼HSK 7
一草一木 一草一木 yī cǎo yī mù lit. every blade of grass and every tree (idiom); fig. every little thing; all of nature Idiom ∼HSK 7
气势磅礴 氣勢磅礴 qì shì páng bó (idiom) of majestic momentum; grand and imposing; magnificent and powerful Idiom ∼HSK 7
沸沸扬扬 沸沸揚揚 fèi fèi yáng yáng bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz Idiom HSK 7
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages Colloquialism HSK 7
朝代 朝代 cháo dài dynasty; reign (of a king) HSK 7
官吏 官吏 guān lì bureaucrat; official HSK 7
潜移默化 潛移默化 qián yí mò huà imperceptible influence; to influence secretly HSK 7
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties HSK 7
查获 查獲 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) HSK 7
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception HSK 7
一系列 一系列 yī xì liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7
直观 直觀 zhí guān direct observation; directly perceived through the senses; intuitive; audiovisual HSK 7
劝阻 勸阻 quàn zǔ to advise against; to dissuade HSK 7
变故 變故 biàn gù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune HSK 7
枢纽 樞紐 shū niǔ hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum HSK 7
有序 有序 yǒu xù regular; orderly; successive; in order HSK 7
默默无闻 默默無聞 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation; a nobody; an unknown quantity HSK 7
吸纳 吸納 xī nà to take in; to absorb; to admit; to accept HSK 7
波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) HSK 7
次序 次序 cì xù sequence; order HSK 7
杜绝 杜絕 dù jué to put an end to HSK 7
陈列 陳列 chén liè to display; to exhibit HSK 7
鼓动 鼓動 gǔ dòng to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) HSK 7
学说 學說 xué shuō theory; doctrine HSK 7
藏品 藏品 cáng pǐn museum piece; collector's item; precious object HSK 7
变迁 變遷 biàn qiān changes; vicissitudes HSK 7
就任 就任 jiù rèn to take office; to assume a post HSK 7
鞭炮 鞭炮 biān pào firecrackers; string of small firecrackers HSK 7
刊物 刊物 kān wù publication HSK 7
辫子 辮子 biàn zi plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle HSK 7
力争 力爭 lì zhēng to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly HSK 7
突如其来 突如其來 tū rú qí lái to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly; happening suddenly HSK 7
恳求 懇求 kěn qiú to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty HSK 7
准许 准許 zhǔn xǔ to allow; to grant; to permit HSK 7
抠 摳 kōu to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly HSK 7
看护 看護 kān hù to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse HSK 7
功力 功力 gōng lì merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power HSK 7
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion HSK 7
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance HSK 7
交替 交替 jiāo tì to replace; alternately; in turn HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
昔日 昔日 xī rì former days; in the past HSK 7
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation HSK 7
煽动 煽動 shān dòng to incite; to instigate HSK 7
自立 自立 zì lì independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself HSK 7
悬挂 懸掛 xuán guà to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension HSK 7
落下 落下 luò xià to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) HSK 7
连同 連同 lián tóng together with; along with HSK 7