The Forbidden City

Episode review

The Pinnacle of the Flourishing Age

S1E2 · 盛世的屋脊 shèngshì de wūjǐ

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5.95 Advanced

Vocabulary

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州 州 zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
权 權 quán authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary HSK 6
集 集 jí to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
据 㨿 jū used in 据 HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
最终 最終 zuì zhōng final; ultimate HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
至高无上 至高無上 zhì gāo wú shàng supreme; paramount; unsurpassed Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
青石 青石 qīng shí bluestone; limestone (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
昆 崐 kūn elder brother; descendants ∼HSK 5
寿 壽 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
崇 崇 Chóng esteem, honor, revere, venerate ∼HSK 5
雍 雍 Yōng harmony, union; harmonious ∼HSK 5
绘制 繪製 huì zhì to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc) ∼HSK 5
寝 寢 qǐn sleep, rest; bed chamber ∼HSK 5
暖阁 暖閣 nuǎn gé warm room; warm partition of a room ∼HSK 5
炕 匟 kàng the brick-bed in northern China ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
固 固 gù to become solid, solidify; strength ∼HSK 5
盛世 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age ∼HSK 5
庭院 庭院 tíng yuàn courtyard ∼HSK 5
木质 木質 mù zhì wooden ∼HSK 5
廊 廊 láng corridor, porch, veranda ∼HSK 5
统称 統稱 tǒng chēng to be collectively called; collective term; general designation ∼HSK 5
神位 神位 shén wèi spirit tablet; ancestral tablet ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
轩 軒 Xuān carriage; high; wide; balcony ∼HSK 5
翠 翠 cuì color green; kingfisher ∼HSK 5
戏台 戲臺 xì tái stage ∼HSK 5
封建社会 封建社會 fēng jiàn shè huì feudal society ∼HSK 5
摄政王 攝政王 shè zhèng wáng regent ∼HSK 5
新政 新政 xīn zhèng new policy; New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) ∼HSK 5
军民 軍民 jūn mín army-civilian; military-masses; military-civilian ∼HSK 5
西侧 西側 xī cè west side; west face ∼HSK 5