The Forbidden City

Episode review

Porcelains in the Palace Museum

S1E6 · 故宫藏瓷 gùgōng zàng cí

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无微不至 無微不至 wú wēi bù zhì in every possible way (idiom); meticulous Idiom HSK 7
稀少 稀少 xī shǎo sparse; rare Xiehouyu HSK 7
外行 外行 wài háng layman; amateur Xiehouyu HSK 7
独一无二 獨一無二 dú yī wú èr unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it Xiehouyu HSK 7
窑 窯 yáo kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel Colloquialism HSK 7
陶冶 陶冶 táo yě lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate HSK 7
讲学 講學 jiǎng xué to lecture (on branch of learning) HSK 7
瑰宝 瑰寶 guī bǎo gem; (fig.) rare and valuable item; gem; treasure HSK 7
改为 改為 gǎi wéi to change into HSK 7
古朴 古樸 gǔ pǔ simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) HSK 7
富强 富強 fù qiáng rich and powerful HSK 7
清脆 清脆 qīng cuì sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 轻脆 HSK 7
工序 工序 gōng xù working procedure; process HSK 7
出土 出土 chū tǔ to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves; billows HSK 7
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties HSK 7
文人 文人 wén rén scholar; literati HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
作息 作息 zuò xī to work and rest HSK 7
供奉 供奉 gòng fèng to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) HSK 7
封建 封建 fēng jiàn system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic HSK 7
名贵 名貴 míng guì famous and valuable; rare; precious HSK 7
抱负 抱負 bào fù aspiration; ambition HSK 7
美观 美觀 měi guān pleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic HSK 7
审美 審美 shěn měi esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste HSK 7
钻研 鑽研 zuān yán to study meticulously; to delve into HSK 7
就地 就地 jiù dì locally; on the spot HSK 7
花卉 花卉 huā huì flowers and plants HSK 7
藏品 藏品 cáng pǐn museum piece; collector's item; precious object HSK 7
坛 壇 tán platform; rostrum; altar HSK 7
质地 質地 zhì dì texture; background (texture); grain; quality; character; disposition HSK 7
祭祀 祭祀 jì sì to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors HSK 7
超前 超前 chāo qián to be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack; to take the lead; advanced HSK 7
过问 過問 guò wèn to show an interest in; to get involved with HSK 7
碑 碑 bēi a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele HSK 7
感叹 感嘆 gǎn tàn to sigh (with feeling); to lament HSK 7
汇集 匯集 huì jí to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集 HSK 7
致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing; to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience); same as 致词 HSK 7
瓷 瓷 cí chinaware; porcelain; china HSK 7
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion HSK 7
乃至 乃至 nǎi zhì and even; to go so far as to HSK 7
撰写 撰寫 zhuàn xiě to write; to compose HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
遗址 遺址 yí zhǐ ruins; historic relics HSK 7
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation HSK 7
官僚 官僚 guān liáo bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic HSK 7
埋藏 埋藏 mái cáng to bury; to hide by burying; hidden HSK 7
耗费 耗費 hào fèi to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander HSK 7
打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea) HSK 7