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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宴席 宴席 yàn xí banquet; feast ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
坐镇 坐鎮 zuò zhèn (of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee ∼HSK 6
王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
暗喻 暗喻 àn yù metaphor ∼HSK 6
妙龄 妙齡 miào líng (of a girl) in the prime of youth ∼HSK 6
御花园 御花園 yù huā yuán imperial garden ∼HSK 6
皇权 皇權 huáng quán imperial power ∼HSK 6
明文规定 明文規定 míng wén guī dìng expressly stipulated (in writing) ∼HSK 6
宗室 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine ∼HSK 6
另行 另行 lìng xíng (to do sth) separately; as a separate action ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
绣花 繡花 xiù huā to embroider; to do embroidery ∼HSK 6
选入 選入 xuǎn rù selected (for admission); elected ∼HSK 6
侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter; niece ∼HSK 6
三宫六院 三宮六院 sān gōng liù yuàn the three palaces and six courtyards (idiom); the emperor's harem of consorts ∼HSK 6
皇太后 皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
暴病 暴病 bào bìng sudden attack of a serious illness ∼HSK 6
堂弟 堂弟 táng dì younger male patrilineal cousin ∼HSK 6
入主 入主 rù zhǔ to invade and take control of (a territory); to take the helm at (an organization); (of a company) to take control of (another company) ∼HSK 6
赏赐 賞賜 shǎng cì to bestow a reward; a reward ∼HSK 6
诗文 詩文 shī wén poetry and literature ∼HSK 6
勤勉 勤勉 qín miǎn diligence; diligent; industrious ∼HSK 6
功不可没 功不可沒 gōng bù kě mò one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom) ∼HSK 6
原貌 原貌 yuán mào the original form ∼HSK 6
威仪 威儀 wēi yí majestic presence; awe-inspiring manner ∼HSK 6
卧床 臥床 wò chuáng to lie in bed; bedridden; bed ∼HSK 6
热敷 熱敷 rè fū to apply a hot compress ∼HSK 6
梳妆台 梳妝檯 shū zhuāng tái dressing table ∼HSK 6
敷粉 敷粉 fū fěn to sprinkle powder; a dusting ∼HSK 6
鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound ∼HSK 6
先皇 先皇 xiān huáng emperor of a former dynasty ∼HSK 6
抛出 拋出 pāo chū to toss; to throw out ∼HSK 6
垂青 垂青 chuí qīng to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor ∼HSK 6
殿后 殿後 diàn hòu to bring up the rear ∼HSK 6
受宠 受寵 shòu chǒng to receive favor (from superior); favored; pampered ∼HSK 6
转瞬即逝 轉瞬即逝 zhuǎn shùn jí shì (idiom) fleeting; transitory ∼HSK 6
琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 qín - qí - shū - huà (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person ∼HSK 6
宗正 宗正 zōng zhèng minister in charge of the imperial clan ∼HSK 6
酷爱 酷愛 kù ài to be keen on; to have a passion for ∼HSK 6
商铺 商鋪 shāng pù shop; store ∼HSK 6
露水 露水 lù shuǐ dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral ∼HSK 6
炼丹 煉丹 liàn dān to concoct pills of immortality ∼HSK 6
白山黑水 白山黑水 bái shān hēi shuǐ white mountains and black rivers (idiom); poetic name for Northeast China (the Changbai Mts and Heilongjiang) ∼HSK 6
钦定 欽定 qīn dìng to authorize; to designate; (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6