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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随着 隨著 suí zhe along with; in the wake of; following HSK 5
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
品 品 pǐn (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) HSK 5
矛盾 矛盾 máo dùn contradiction; conflicting views; contradictory HSK 5
之下 之下 zhī xià under; beneath; less than HSK 5
鼓励 鼓勵 gǔ lì to encourage HSK 5
缺乏 缺乏 quē fá to lack; to be short of HSK 5
所在 所在 suǒ zài place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located HSK 5
必 必 bì certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
说法 說法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings HSK 5
命令 命令 mìng lìng order; command HSK 5
凭 憑 píng to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof HSK 5
熟悉 熟悉 shú xī to be familiar with; to know well HSK 5
之外 之外 zhī wài outside; excluding HSK 5
滚 滾 gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
中央 中央 zhōng yāng central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) HSK 5
皮肤 皮膚 pí fū skin HSK 5
手段 手段 shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
记忆 記憶 jì yì to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
掌握 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency HSK 5
展示 展示 zhǎn shì to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit HSK 5
运 運 yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct; building HSK 5
之中 之中 zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
一反常态 一反常態 yī fǎn cháng tài complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic; entirely outside the norm; out of character Idiom ∼HSK 4
不寒而栗 不寒而慄 bù hán ér lì lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom); fig. to tremble with fear; to be terrified Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
修理 修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
道光帝 道光帝 Dào guāng dì Daoguang Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
定海 定海 Dìng hǎi Dinghai district of Zhoushan city, Zhejiang; Qing dynasty name of 舟山市 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明成祖 明成祖 Míng Chéng zǔ Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明宣宗 明宣宗 Míng Xuān zōng temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
正德 正德 Zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
努尔哈赤 努爾哈赤 Nǔ ěr hā chì Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty (from 1616) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4