The Forbidden City

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Administration of State Affairs

S1E4 · 指点江山 zhǐdiǎn jiāng shān

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5.21 Advanced

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全力 全力 quán lì with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) HSK 6
宫 宮 gōng palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale HSK 6
涉及 涉及 shè jí to involve; to touch upon (a topic) HSK 6
平衡 平衡 píng héng balance; equilibrium HSK 6
障碍 障礙 zhàng ài barrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment; obstacle HSK 6
咨询 咨詢 zī xún to consult; to seek advice; consultation; (sales) inquiry (formal) HSK 6
露 露 lòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose HSK 6
绝 絕 jué to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means HSK 6
军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs; (attributive) military HSK 6
公 公 gōng public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) HSK 6
仪式 儀式 yí shì ceremony HSK 6
权力 權力 quán lì power; authority HSK 6
时期 時期 shí qī period; phase HSK 6
觉 覺 jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
威胁 威脅 wēi xié to threaten; to menace HSK 6
队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks; troops; queue; line; procession HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
权 權 quán authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
据 㨿 jū used in 据 HSK 6
最终 最終 zuì zhōng final; ultimate HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 於 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
怀恨在心 懷恨在心 huái hèn zài xīn to harbor hard feelings Idiom ∼HSK 5
神明 神明 shén míng deities; gods Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
傀儡 傀儡 kuǐ lěi (lit. and fig.) puppet Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
军机处 軍機處 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty) ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
锦 錦 jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
披红 披紅 pī hóng to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor ∼HSK 5
誉 譽 yù fame, reputation; praise ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
贞 貞 zhēn virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
寝 寢 qǐn sleep, rest; bed chamber ∼HSK 5
后宫 後宮 hòu gōng harem; chambers of imperial concubines ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
公文 公文 gōng wén official document ∼HSK 5
袁 袁 Yuán robe; surname ∼HSK 5
焕 煥 huàn shining ∼HSK 5
军机 軍機 jūn jī military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 5
绵 綿 mián cotton wad; wool; soft, downy ∼HSK 5
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview ∼HSK 5