The Forbidden City

Episode review

Governing the Country by Rites

S1E3 · 礼仪天下 lǐyí tiānxià

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5.38 Advanced

Vocabulary

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退位 退位 tuì wèi to abdicate ∼HSK 3
千古 千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) ∼HSK 3
近乎 近乎 jìn hu close to; intimate ∼HSK 3
年初 年初 nián chū beginning of the year HSK 3
整齐 整齊 zhěng qí orderly; neat; even; tidy HSK 3
剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater HSK 3
一方面 一方面 yī fāng miàn on the one hand HSK 3
规范 規範 guī fàn norm; standard; specification; regulation; rule; within the rules; to fix rules; to regulate; to specify HSK 3
前后 前後 qián hòu around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear HSK 3
农业 農業 nóng yè agriculture; farming HSK 3
古代 古代 gǔ dài ancient times HSK 3
共有 共有 gòng yǒu to have altogether; in all HSK 3
日常 日常 rì cháng day-to-day; daily; everyday HSK 3
另一方面 另一方面 lìng yī fāng miàn on the other hand; another aspect HSK 3
亲人 親人 qīn rén one's close relatives HSK 3
场所 場所 chǎng suǒ location; place HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
往往 往往 wǎng wǎng usually; in many cases; more often than not HSK 3
相似 相似 xiāng sì similar; alike HSK 3
乐队 樂隊 yuè duì band; pop group HSK 3
好奇 好奇 hào qí inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity HSK 3
农民 農民 nóng mín peasant; farmer HSK 3
去世 去世 qù shì to pass away; to die HSK 3
据说 據說 jù shuō it is said that; reportedly HSK 3
改造 改造 gǎi zào to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold HSK 3
制度 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution HSK 3
采用 採用 cǎi yòng to adopt; to employ; to use HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
文明 文明 wén míng civilized; civilization; culture HSK 3
主持 主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor HSK 3
打破 打破 dǎ pò to break; to smash HSK 3
各地 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country); various regions HSK 3
争 爭 zhēng to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) HSK 3
称为 稱為 chēng wéi to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." HSK 3
保留 保留 bǎo liú to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later HSK 3
分别 分別 fēn bié to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually HSK 3
上升 上升 shàng shēng to rise; to go up; to ascend HSK 3
双方 雙方 shuāng fāng bilateral; both sides; both parties involved HSK 3
看上去 看上去 kàn shang qu it would appear; it seems (that) HSK 3
人才 人才 rén cái talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks HSK 3
举办 舉辦 jǔ bàn to conduct; to hold HSK 3
公布 公佈 gōng bù to announce; to make public; to publish HSK 3
区别 區別 qū bié difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction HSK 3
古 古 gǔ ancient; old; paleo- HSK 3
眼前 眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes; now; at present HSK 3
前往 前往 qián wǎng to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to HSK 3
服装 服裝 fú zhuāng dress; clothing; costume; clothes HSK 3
念 唸 niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
土 土 tǔ earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
亲自 親自 qīn zì personally; in person; oneself HSK 3