The Forbidden City

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Administration of State Affairs

S1E4 · 指点江山 zhǐdiǎn jiāng shān

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烦恼 煩惱 fán nǎo to be worried; to be distressed; worries HSK 7
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
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
司法 司法 sī fǎ judicial; (administration of) justice HSK 7
行政 行政 xíng zhèng administration; (attributive) administrative; executive HSK 7
尚 尚 shàng still; yet; to value; to esteem HSK 7
标 標 biāo mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units HSK 7
基于 基於 jī yú because of; on the basis of; in view of; on account of HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
得知 得知 dé zhī to find out; to learn of HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
凌晨 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) 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
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 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
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle Idiom ∼HSK 6
堂而皇之 堂而皇之 táng ér huáng zhī overt; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose; with great scope Idiom ∼HSK 6
死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death Idiom ∼HSK 6
精神焕发 精神煥發 jīng shén huàn fā in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor Idiom ∼HSK 6
捕风捉影 捕風捉影 bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence Idiom ∼HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6
宰相 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
皇权 皇權 huáng quán imperial power ∼HSK 6
皇位 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor ∼HSK 6
集权 集權 jí quán centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party ∼HSK 6
脚尖 腳尖 jiǎo jiān the extremity of the foot ∼HSK 6
决策者 決策者 jué cè zhě policymaker ∼HSK 6
专权 專權 zhuān quán autocracy; dictatorship ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
极权 極權 jí quán totalitarian ∼HSK 6