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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屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
尊重 尊重 zūn zhòng to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper HSK 5
难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) HSK 5
幅 幅 fú width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures HSK 5
建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct; building HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
再次 再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
令 令 lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture Idiom ∼HSK 4
百里挑一 百裡挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred; cream of the crop Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
垃圾 垃圾 lā jī trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
故宫 故宮 Gù gōng the Forbidden City; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
故宫博物院 故宮博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李宗盛 李宗盛 Lǐ Zōng shèng Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
溥仪 溥儀 Pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藏文 藏文 Zàng wén Tibetan script; Tibetan written language; Tibetan language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乾隆 乾隆 Qián lóng the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太和殿 太和殿 Tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清代 清代 Qīng dài Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藏传佛教 藏傳佛教 Zàng chuán Fó jiào Tibetan Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
世界文化遗产 世界文化遺產 Shì jiè Wén huà Yí chǎn (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永定门 永定門 Yǒng dìng mén Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王夫之 王夫之 Wáng Fū zhī Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
景山 景山 Jǐng shān Jingshan (name of a hill in Jingshan park) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鲁班 魯班 Lǔ Bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辛亥革命 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
真武 真武 Zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity; aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明清 明清 Míng Qīng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太上皇 太上皇 Tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西洋 西洋 Xī yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
高丽 高麗 Gāo lí Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
博物院 博物院 bó wù yuàn museum ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
意味 意味 yì wèi meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of ∼HSK 4
供电 供電 gōng diàn to supply electricity ∼HSK 4
技 技 jì skill, ability, talent, ingenuity ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
基金会 基金會 jī jīn huì foundation (institution supported by an endowment) ∼HSK 4
守卫 守衛 shǒu wèi to guard; to defend ∼HSK 4
傅 傅 Fù tutor, teacher; assist; surname ∼HSK 4
院落 院落 yuàn luò courtyard ∼HSK 4