The Forbidden City

Episode review

Everlasting the Forbidden City

S1E12 · 永远的故宫 yǒngyuǎn de gùgōng

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4.84 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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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
焕然一新 煥然一新 huàn rán yī xīn to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition Idiom ∼HSK 2
天下太平 天下太平 tiān xià tài píng the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北平 北平 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
国民党 國民黨 Guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
角楼 角樓 jiǎo lóu corner (between walls) ∼HSK 2
建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) ∼HSK 2
西面 西面 xī miàn west side; west ∼HSK 2
书画 書畫 shū huà painting and calligraphy ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
祈求 祈求 qí qiú to pray for; to appeal ∼HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
联 聯 lián connect, join; associate, ally ∼HSK 2
东面 東面 dōng miàn east side (of sth) ∼HSK 2
前半生 前半生 qián bàn shēng first half of one's life ∼HSK 2
茶座 茶座 chá zuò teahouse; tea-stall with seats; tea-garden or teahouse seat ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
高举 高舉 gāo jǔ to lift up; to hold high ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
更为 更為 gèng wéi even more ∼HSK 2
有可能 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
完工 完工 wán gōng to finish work; to complete a project ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
白面 白麵 bái miàn wheat flour; flour; heroin ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant ∼HSK 2
画师 畫師 huà shī (art) painter ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
和面 和麵 huó miàn to knead dough ∼HSK 2
表层 表層 biǎo céng surface layer ∼HSK 2
带给 帶給 dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
得名 得名 dé míng to get one's name; named (after sth) ∼HSK 2
不为人知 不為人知 bù wéi rén zhī not known to anyone; secret; unknown ∼HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2