The Forbidden City

Episode review

Governing the Country by Rites

S1E3 · 礼仪天下 lǐyí tiānxià

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顺治 順治 Shùn zhì reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
冬至 冬至 Dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people 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
满族 滿族 Mǎn zú Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八旗 八旗 Bā qí Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
努尔哈赤 努爾哈赤 Nǔ ěr hā chì Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty (from 1616) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
故宫 故宮 Gù gōng the Forbidden City; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明武宗 明武宗 Míng Wǔ zōng Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宣武门 宣武門 Xuān wǔ mén Xuanwumen, Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西华 西華 Xī huá Xihua county in Zhoukou, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李自成 李自成 Lǐ Zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天坛 天壇 Tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
地坛 地壇 Dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
会同 會同 Huì tóng Huitong county in Huaihua, Hunan 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
周礼 周禮 Zhōu lǐ the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明清 明清 Míng Qīng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
五股 五股 Wǔ gǔ Wugu township in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇城 皇城 Huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清人 清人 Qīng rén Qing dynasty person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蒙古族 蒙古族 Měng gǔ zú Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清水 清水 Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长治 長治 Cháng zhì Changzhi, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province; Changzhi township in Pingtung County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
舟山群岛 舟山群島 Zhōu shān Qún dǎo Zhoushan Island Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚历山大 亞歷山大 Yà lì shān dà Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圆明园 圓明園 Yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
嘉庆 嘉慶 Jiā qìng Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name, reigned 1796-1820 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
登基 登基 dēng jī to ascend the throne ∼HSK 4
宝座 寶座 bǎo zuò throne ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
穿戴 穿戴 chuān dài to dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel ∼HSK 4
丹 丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
贺词 賀詞 hè cí message of congratulation ∼HSK 4
桌案 桌案 zhuō àn table ∼HSK 4
庶民 庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian ∼HSK 4
官邸 官邸 guān dǐ official residence ∼HSK 4
小屋 小屋 xiǎo wū cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
佳 佳 Jiā good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful ∼HSK 4
倾 傾 qīng upset, pour out, overflow ∼HSK 4
败退 敗退 bài tuì to retreat in defeat ∼HSK 4
侍卫 侍衛 shì wèi Imperial bodyguard ∼HSK 4