The Forbidden City

Episode review

Governing the Country by Rites

S1E3 · 礼仪天下 lǐyí tiānxià

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Vocabulary

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旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
天色 天色 tiān sè color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather ∼HSK 4
彩画 彩畫 cǎi huà color painting ∼HSK 4
绚丽 絢麗 xuàn lì gorgeous; magnificent ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
博 博 bó gamble, play games; wide, broad ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
无处不在 無處不在 wú chù bù zài to be everywhere ∼HSK 4
幽深 幽深 yōu shēn serene and hidden in depth or distance ∼HSK 4
每隔 每隔 měi gé at intervals of; every (so often) ∼HSK 4
交卷 交卷 jiāo juàn to hand in one's examination script ∼HSK 4
精选 精選 jīng xuǎn carefully chosen; handpicked; best of the bunch; choice (product); concentration (mining); to concentrate; to winnow ∼HSK 4
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
末代 末代 mò dài final generation ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
出列 出列 chū liè (military) to leave one's place in the ranks; to fall out; (fig.) to emerge; to become prominent ∼HSK 4
梦境 夢境 mèng jìng dreamland ∼HSK 4
画卷 畫卷 huà juàn picture scroll ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
农田 農田 nóng tián farmland; cultivated land ∼HSK 4
农夫 農夫 nóng fū peasant; farmer ∼HSK 4
自诩 自詡 zì xǔ to pose as; to flaunt oneself as; to boast of; to brag ∼HSK 4
责 責 zé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame ∼HSK 4
用具 用具 yòng jù appliance; utensil; gear; equipment ∼HSK 4
苦差事 苦差事 kǔ chāi shi hard task; difficult mission; arduous and unrewarding undertaking; drudgery; grind; chore ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case; long-standing legal dispute ∼HSK 4
领航员 領航員 lǐng háng yuán navigator ∼HSK 4
此行 此行 cǐ xíng this trip ∼HSK 4
联军 聯軍 lián jūn allied armies ∼HSK 4
弹药 彈藥 dàn yào ammunition ∼HSK 4
治国 治國 zhì guó to rule a country ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
恪守 恪守 kè shǒu to scrupulously abide by ∼HSK 4
公元 公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini) HSK 4
专心 專心 zhuān xīn to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth) HSK 4
流传 流傳 liú chuán to spread; to circulate; to hand down HSK 4
纷纷 紛紛 fēn fēn one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell HSK 4
优美 優美 yōu měi graceful; fine; elegant HSK 4
多种 多種 duō zhǒng many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi- HSK 4
穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people; the poor HSK 4
纪律 紀律 jì lǜ discipline HSK 4
征服 征服 zhēng fú to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish HSK 4
严 嚴 yán tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father HSK 4
孙子 孫子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4
玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
情景 情景 qíng jǐng scene; spectacle; circumstances; situation HSK 4
色彩 色彩 sè cǎi tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character HSK 4
季节 季節 jì jié time; season; period HSK 4
日记 日記 rì jì diary HSK 4