The Forbidden City

Episode review

Between the State and Family

S1E5 · 家国之间 jiā guó zhījiān

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5.9 Advanced

Vocabulary

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长出 長出 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) ∼HSK 2
白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair ∼HSK 2
年长 年長 nián zhǎng senior ∼HSK 2
天意 天意 tiān yì providence; the Will of Heaven ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) ∼HSK 2
不如说 不如說 bùrú shuō rather say ∼HSK 2
常用 常用 cháng yòng in common usage HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
课堂 課堂 kè táng classroom HSK 2
普通人 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street ∼HSK 2
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing); name (of an organization) HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
不满 不滿 bù mǎn resentful; discontented; dissatisfied HSK 2
忽然 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
少年 少年 shào nián early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
这时 這時 zhè shí at this time; at this moment HSK 2
重视 重視 zhòng shì to attach importance to sth; to value HSK 2
花园 花園 huā yuán garden HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
冬天 冬天 dōng tiān winter HSK 2
对话 對話 duì huà to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation HSK 2
南方 南方 nán fāng south; the southern part of the country; the South HSK 2
准确 準確 zhǔn què accurate; exact; precise HSK 2
不久 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after HSK 2
组成 組成 zǔ chéng to form; to make up; to constitute HSK 2
绿 綠 lǜ green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) HSK 2
院 院 yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2
主人 主人 zhǔ rén master; host; owner HSK 2
骑 騎 jì (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier HSK 2
放下 放下 fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
公园 公園 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
合适 合適 hé shì suitable; fitting; appropriate HSK 2
喊 喊 hǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) HSK 2
以下 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower; that amount or less; the following HSK 2
灯 燈 dēng lamp; light; lantern HSK 2
多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent HSK 2
好多 好多 hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
墙 牆 qiáng wall HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
接到 接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc) HSK 2
出发 出發 chū fā to set off; to start (on a journey) HSK 2
亮 亮 liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
一生 一生 yī shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
背 揹 bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
纸 紙 zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
词 詞 cí word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 HSK 2