The Forbidden City

Episode review

Between the State and Family

S1E5 · 家国之间 jiā guó zhījiān

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Vocabulary

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所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
长子 長子 Zhǎng zǐ Zhangzi county in Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
江西 江西 Jiāng xī Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
满语 滿語 Mǎn yǔ Manchurian language Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
广西 廣西 Guǎng xī Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北海 北海 Běi Hǎi North Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal, Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
微 微 Wēi small, prefix micro-, trifling ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
生子 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
层层 層層 céng céng layer upon layer ∼HSK 2
南面 南面 nán miàn south side; south ∼HSK 2
北面 北面 běi miàn northern side; north ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
选中 選中 xuǎn zhòng to select; to choose; to decide on ∼HSK 2
身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background ∼HSK 2
长女 長女 zhǎng nǚ eldest daughter ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
三级 三級 sān jí grade 3; third class; category C ∼HSK 2
向外 向外 xiàng wài outward ∼HSK 2
更为 更為 gèng wéi even more ∼HSK 2
最为 最為 zuì wéi the most ∼HSK 2
称得上 稱得上 chēng de shàng can be counted as ∼HSK 2
起眼 起眼 qǐ yǎn to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative) ∼HSK 2
有一套 有一套 yǒu yī tào to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth ∼HSK 2
不变 不變 bù biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
韩 韓 Hán fence; surname; Korea ∼HSK 2
近人 近人 jìn rén contemporary; modern person; close friend; associate; intimate ∼HSK 2
万千 萬千 wàn qiān myriad; multitudinous; multifarious ∼HSK 2
而言 而言 ér yán (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as... is concerned; speaking in terms of... ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
长生不老 長生不老 cháng shēng - bù lǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
每日 每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day ∼HSK 2
满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon; whole month; baby's one-month old birthday ∼HSK 2
生出 生出 shēng chū to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce ∼HSK 2