The Forbidden City

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Administration of State Affairs

S1E4 · 指点江山 zhǐdiǎn jiāng shān

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Vocabulary

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国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation; politics ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
门外 門外 mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
分给 分給 fēn gěi to divide (and give to others) ∼HSK 1
乾 乹 qián dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
飞地 飛地 fēi dì enclave; exclave (territory belonging to one jurisdiction but entirely surrounded by another) ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
驿站 驛站 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old) ∼HSK 1
大大小小 大大小小 dà dà - xiǎo xiǎo large and small; of all sizes ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼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
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
在后 在後 zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
要人 要人 yào rén important person ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
京师 京師 jīng shī capital of a country (literary) ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
行间 行間 háng jiān between rows ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
聆听 聆聽 líng tīng to listen (respectfully) ∼HSK 1
衙门 衙門 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
第二次 第二次 dì èr cì the second time; second; number two ∼HSK 1
上年 上年 shàng nián last year ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
太后 太后 tài hòu Empress Dowager ∼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
商店 商店 shāng diàn store; shop HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
起床 起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed; to get up HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime HSK 1
旁边 旁邊 páng biān side; adjacent place HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1