The Forbidden City

Episode review

The Pinnacle of the Flourishing Age

S1E2 · 盛世的屋脊 shèngshì de wūjǐ

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Vocabulary

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乾 乹 qián dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) ∼HSK 1
中轴 中軸 zhōng zhóu axis; (bicycle) bottom bracket ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
后半 後半 hòu bàn latter half ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
最高 最高 zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi; width of a room; (architecture) bay ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
在后 在後 zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
进京 進京 jìn Jīng to enter the capital; to go to Beijing ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
住手 住手 zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
为着 為著 wèi zhe in order to; because of; for the sake of ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
妃子 妃子 fēi zi imperial concubine ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
兰花 蘭花 lán huā cymbidium; orchid ∼HSK 1
贵人 貴人 guì rén nobility; person of high rank ∼HSK 1
门外 門外 mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1
元年 元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
小小 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
商 商 Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
说起 說起 shuō qǐ to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
诏书 詔書 zhào shū imperial edict ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
太子 太子 tài zǐ crown prince ∼HSK 1
门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
北边 北邊 běi biān north; north side; northern part; to the north of HSK 1
东边 東邊 dōng bian east; east side; eastern part; to the east of HSK 1