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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读书人 讀書人 dú shū rén scholar; intellectual ∼HSK 1
年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
行进 行進 xíng jìn to advance; forward motion ∼HSK 1
五四 五四 wǔ sì fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
正午 正午 zhèng wǔ midday; noon; noonday ∼HSK 1
京 京 Jīng capital city ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
门外 門外 mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
上年 上年 shàng nián last year ∼HSK 1
试想 試想 shì xiǎng to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it:...") ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice; daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher ∼HSK 1
中轴 中軸 zhōng zhóu axis; (bicycle) bottom bracket ∼HSK 1
有一次 有一次 yǒu yī cì once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1
关口 關口 guān kǒu pass; gateway; (fig.) juncture ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
楷书 楷書 kǎi shū regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) ∼HSK 1
手写 手寫 shǒu xiě to write by hand ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
前一天 前一天 qián yī tiān the day before (an event) ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
听错 聽錯 tīng cuò to mishear ∼HSK 1
二月 二月 Èr yuè February; second month (of the lunar year) ∼HSK 1
三次 三次 sān cì third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
最多 最多 zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
对上 對上 duì shàng to fit one into the other; to bring two things into contact ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
忙着 忙著 máng zhe to be occupied with (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
车子 車子 chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
老年人 老年人 lǎo nián rén old people; the elderly ∼HSK 1
本家 本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
教会 教會 jiāo huì to show; to teach ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
最先 最先 zuì xiān (the) very first ∼HSK 1
一等 一等 yī děng first class; grade A ∼HSK 1
大开 大開 dà kāi to open wide ∼HSK 1