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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豪华 豪華 háo huá luxurious HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
栋 棟 dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
婴儿 嬰兒 yīng ér infant; baby; lead (Pb) HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
注 註 zhù to register; to annotate; note; comment HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
有所 有所 yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
随波逐流 隨波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly Idiom ∼HSK 6
波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale Idiom ∼HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
六宫 六宮 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence ∼HSK 6
皇位 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor ∼HSK 6
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
走兽 走獸 zǒu shòu (four-footed) animal; beast ∼HSK 6
形制 形制 xíng zhì form; shape; structure; design ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
采光 採光 cǎi guāng to get natural light (e.g. through a window) ∼HSK 6
即位 即位 jí wèi to succeed to the throne; accession ∼HSK 6
南端 南端 nán duān southern end or extremity ∼HSK 6
琉璃瓦 琉璃瓦 liú li wǎ glazed roof tile ∼HSK 6
绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken ∼HSK 6
圣朝 聖朝 shèng cháo the current imperial dynasty; one's own court ∼HSK 6
匾额 匾額 biǎn é a horizontal inscribed board ∼HSK 6
御膳房 御膳房 yù shàn fáng imperial kitchen ∼HSK 6
绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging ∼HSK 6
忙于 忙於 máng yú busy with ∼HSK 6
征战 征戰 zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition ∼HSK 6
乐章 樂章 yuè zhāng movement (of a symphony) ∼HSK 6
皇权 皇權 huáng quán imperial power ∼HSK 6
足球场 足球場 zú qiú chǎng football field; soccer field ∼HSK 6
九五之尊 九五之尊 jiǔ wǔ zhī zūn the supreme honor of the throne (idiom); imperial dignity; the emperor's position ∼HSK 6
大殿 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
目光所及 目光所及 mù guāng suǒ jí as far as the eye can see ∼HSK 6