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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上空 上空 shàng kōng overhead; in the sky HSK 7
至关重要 至關重要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important; vital; crucial; essential HSK 7
吸取 吸取 xī qǔ to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate HSK 7
垂 垂 chuí to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach HSK 7
天地 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
冷漠 冷漠 lěng mò cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard; indifference; neglect HSK 7
仇恨 仇恨 chóu hèn to hate; hatred; enmity; hostility HSK 7
受益 受益 shòu yì to benefit from; profit HSK 7
漫 漫 màn free; unrestrained; to inundate HSK 7
叠 疊 dié to fold; to fold over in layers; to furl; to layer; to pile up; to repeat; to duplicate HSK 7
采集 採集 cǎi jí to gather; to collect; to harvest HSK 7
亲近 親近 qīn jìn intimate; to get close to HSK 7
关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology); key point; critical phase HSK 7
祭 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield HSK 7
扮 扮 bàn to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression) HSK 7
翅膀 翅膀 chì bǎng wing HSK 7
亲手 親手 qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
赐 賜 cì to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] HSK 7
自称 自稱 zì chēng to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title HSK 7
贵族 貴族 guì zú lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy HSK 7
新生 新生 xīn shēng new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student HSK 7
扬 揚 yáng to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate HSK 7
天赋 天賦 tiān fù gift; innate skill HSK 7
盛大 盛大 shèng dà grand; majestic; magnificent HSK 7
席 席 xí woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc HSK 7
皇后 皇后 huáng hòu empress; imperial consort HSK 7
再度 再度 zài dù once more; once again; one more time HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
隔离 隔離 gé lí to separate; to isolate HSK 7
致命 致命 zhì mìng fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life HSK 7
影像 影像 yǐng xiàng image HSK 7
魂 䰟 hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) HSK 7
趴 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent HSK 7
优 優 yōu excellent; superior HSK 7
帝国 帝國 dì guó empire; imperial HSK 7
众人 眾人 zhòng rén everyone HSK 7
飘 飄 piāo to float HSK 7
缝 縫 féng to sew; to stitch HSK 7
生涯 生涯 shēng yá career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life HSK 7
嫉妒 嫉妒 jí dù to be jealous of; to envy 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
少女 少女 shào nǚ girl; young lady HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek 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
寂寞 寂寞 jì mò lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
持 持 chí to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control HSK 7
完毕 完畢 wán bì to finish; to end; to complete HSK 7