The Forbidden City

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Governing the Country by Rites

S1E3 · 礼仪天下 lǐyí tiānxià

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Vocabulary

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千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
取出 取出 qǔ chū to take out; to extract; to draw out ∼HSK 2
身穿 身穿 shēn chuān to wear (a garment) ∼HSK 2
提取 提取 tí qǔ to withdraw (money); to collect (left luggage); to extract; to refine ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
宾 賓 bīn guest, visitor; surname; submit ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
道出 道出 dào chū to speak; to tell; to voice ∼HSK 2
层层 層層 céng céng layer upon layer ∼HSK 2
门生 門生 mén shēng disciple; student (of a famous master) ∼HSK 2
无上 無上 wú shàng supreme ∼HSK 2
颜 顏 Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
微 微 Wēi small, prefix micro-, trifling ∼HSK 2
大战 大戰 dà zhàn war; to wage war ∼HSK 2
最为 最為 zuì wéi the most ∼HSK 2
开市 開市 kāi shì (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading; to make the first transaction of the day ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
举国 舉國 jǔ guó the entire country ∼HSK 2
几近 幾近 jī jìn to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of ∼HSK 2
船队 船隊 chuán duì fleet (of ships) ∼HSK 2
画师 畫師 huà shī (art) painter ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) ∼HSK 2
上船 上船 shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
小节 小節 xiǎo jié a minor matter; trivia; bar (music) ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
质 質 zhì matter, material, substance ∼HSK 2
占去 佔去 zhàn qù to take up (one's time etc); to occupy (one's attention etc); to account for (a proportion of sth) ∼HSK 2
又一次 又一次 yòu yī cì yet again; once again; once more ∼HSK 2
前夜 前夜 qián yè the eve; the night before ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
考生 考生 kǎo shēng exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam HSK 2
东南 東南 dōng nán southeast HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
中年 中年 zhōng nián middle age HSK 2
东北 東北 Dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
忽然 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
西方 西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2