The Forbidden City

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Governing the Country by Rites

S1E3 · 礼仪天下 lǐyí tiānxià

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5.38 Advanced

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宗 宗 zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
挥 揮 huī to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse HSK 7
荣誉 榮譽 róng yù honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
完毕 完畢 wán bì to finish; to end; to complete HSK 7
引发 引發 yǐn fā to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions) HSK 7
烤 烤 kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
计 計 jì to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
豁然开朗 豁然開朗 huò rán kāi lǎng suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing; fig. everything becomes clear at once; to achieve speedy enlightenment Idiom ∼HSK 6
金碧辉煌 金碧輝煌 jīn bì huī huáng gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom); fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) Idiom ∼HSK 6
浩浩荡荡 浩浩蕩蕩 hào hào - dàng dàng (idiom) grandiose; majestic Idiom ∼HSK 6
兴风作浪 興風作浪 xīng fēng zuò làng to incite trouble; to stir up havoc Idiom ∼HSK 6
义不容辞 義不容辭 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty) Idiom ∼HSK 6
一脉相承 一脈相承 yī mài xiāng chéng traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) Idiom ∼HSK 6
风雨飘摇 風雨飄搖 fēng yǔ piāo yáo tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom); (of a situation) unstable Idiom ∼HSK 6
梦寐以求 夢寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet Idiom ∼HSK 6
无所不有 無所不有 wú suǒ bù yǒu to have everything; there is nothing one does not have; all-encompassing (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自给自足 自給自足 zì jǐ zì zú self-sufficiency; autarky Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
皇位 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor ∼HSK 6
陈设 陳設 chén shè to display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings ∼HSK 6
王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
典章 典章 diǎn zhāng institution; institutional ∼HSK 6
朝野 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people ∼HSK 6
皇太子 皇太子 huáng tài zǐ crown prince ∼HSK 6
礼制 禮制 lǐ zhì etiquette; system of rites ∼HSK 6
敬畏 敬畏 jìng wèi to revere ∼HSK 6
榜眼 榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination; top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see and; top scorer in college entrance examination; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field ∼HSK 6
耕种 耕種 gēng zhòng to till; to cultivate ∼HSK 6