The Forbidden City

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Administration of State Affairs

S1E4 · 指点江山 zhǐdiǎn jiāng shān

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挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
山海关 山海關 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall; Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
浙江 浙江 Zhè jiāng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels; to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼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
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
上万 上萬 shàng wàn over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands ∼HSK 2
起眼 起眼 qǐ yǎn to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative) ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
熟知 熟知 shú zhī to be well acquainted with ∼HSK 2
层层 層層 céng céng layer upon layer ∼HSK 2
更为 更為 gèng wéi even more ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
科教 科教 kē jiào science education; popular science ∼HSK 2
有司 有司 yǒu sī (literary) officials ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
生还 生還 shēng huán to return alive; to survive ∼HSK 2
轻重 輕重 qīng zhòng severity (of the case); degree of seriousness; whether sth is slight or serious ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to ∼HSK 2
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
地表 地表 dì biǎo the surface (of the earth) ∼HSK 2
一排 一排 yī pái row ∼HSK 2
留有 留有 liú yǒu to remain in existence; to retain ∼HSK 2
换人 換人 huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution ∼HSK 2
千米 千米 qiān mǐ kilometer ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
来意 來意 lái yì one's purpose in coming ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
得不到 得不到 dé bù dào cannot get; cannot obtain ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
弄明白 弄明白 nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something ∼HSK 2