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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两国 兩國 liǎng guó both countries; the two countries ∼HSK 1
再一次 再一次 zài yī cì again ∼HSK 1
年过 年過 nián guò over (a certain age) ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
试问 試問 shì wèn I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
在地 在地 zài dì (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
有名 有名 yǒu míng famous; well-known HSK 1
多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years ∼HSK 1
北京 北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
外国 外國 wài guó foreign (country) HSK 1
新年 新年 xīn nián New Year HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
老人 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
考试 考試 kǎo shì to take an exam; exam HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
天气 天氣 tiān qì weather HSK 1
国 國 guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
东 東 dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1
生日 生日 shēng rì birthday HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
动作 動作 dòng zuò movement; motion; action; to act; to move HSK 1
左 左 Zuǒ surname Zuo HSK 1
八 八 bā eight; 8 HSK 1
一边 一邊 yī biān one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while HSK 1
打开 打開 dǎ kāi to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on HSK 1
早上 早上 zǎo shang early morning HSK 1
常 常 cháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant HSK 1
电 電 diàn lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc HSK 1
房子 房子 fáng zi house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room HSK 1
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home HSK 1
第 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
西 西 Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
来到 來到 lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
十 十 shí ten; 10 HSK 1
名字 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor HSK 1
大学 大學 Dà xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism HSK 1
六 六 liù six; 6 HSK 1
下午 下午 xià wǔ afternoon; p.m. HSK 1
电视 電視 diàn shì television; TV HSK 1
中国 中國 Zhōng guó China HSK 1
儿子 兒子 ér zi son HSK 1
学生 學生 xué sheng student; schoolchild HSK 1
口 口 kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1