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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引人注目 引人注目 yǐn rén zhù mù to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous Xiehouyu HSK 7
人品 人品 rén pǐn moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing Colloquialism HSK 7
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad Colloquialism HSK 7
损 損 sǔn to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ Colloquialism HSK 7
不亚于 不亞於 bù yà yú no less than; not inferior to HSK 7
烘托 烘托 hōng tuō background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage); to offset (something to advantage) HSK 7
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as; to lengthen out to HSK 7
纵深 縱深 zòng shēn depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time); (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc) HSK 7
骤然 驟然 zhòu rán suddenly; abruptly HSK 7
改为 改為 gǎi wéi to change into HSK 7
欢聚 歡聚 huān jù to get together socially; to celebrate; party; celebration HSK 7
贯通 貫通 guàn tōng to link up; to thread together HSK 7
挺拔 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight HSK 7
郊游 郊遊 jiāo yóu to go for an outing; to go on an excursion HSK 7
边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region HSK 7
收复 收復 shōu fù to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture HSK 7
斟酌 斟酌 zhēn zhuó to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim HSK 7
文人 文人 wén rén scholar; literati HSK 7
造价 造價 zào jià construction cost HSK 7
崇敬 崇敬 chóng jìng to revere; to venerate; high esteem HSK 7
封建 封建 fēng jiàn system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic HSK 7
残缺 殘缺 cán quē badly damaged; shattered HSK 7
落成 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project HSK 7
略微 略微 lu:è wēi a little bit; slightly HSK 7
气派 氣派 qì pài impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air HSK 7
寓意 寓意 yù yì moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meaning HSK 7
显赫 顯赫 xiǎn hè illustrious; celebrated HSK 7
狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience HSK 7
学说 學說 xué shuō theory; doctrine HSK 7
坐落 坐落 zuò luò to be situated; to be located (of a building) HSK 7
搭建 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up HSK 7
朴素 樸素 pǔ sù plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous HSK 7
祭祀 祭祀 jì sì to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors HSK 7
传记 傳記 zhuàn jì biography HSK 7
稀罕 稀罕 xī han rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] HSK 7
松弛 鬆弛 sōng chí to relax; relaxed; limp; lax HSK 7
格局 格局 gé jú structure; pattern; layout HSK 7
丛 叢 cóng cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket HSK 7
风水 風水 fēng shuǐ feng shui; geomancy HSK 7
修订 修訂 xiū dìng to revise HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
相当于 相當於 xiāng dāng yú equivalent to HSK 7
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation HSK 7
交接 交接 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse HSK 7
子孙 子孫 zǐ sūn offspring; posterity HSK 7
书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe HSK 7
悬挂 懸掛 xuán guà to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension HSK 7
相继 相繼 xiāng jì in succession; following closely HSK 7
进而 進而 jìn ér and then (what follows next) HSK 7
巅峰 巔峰 diān fēng summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc) HSK 7