The Forbidden City
Episode review
Paintings and Calligraphic Works in the Imperial Palace
S1E7 · 故宫书画
Vocabulary
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| 然而 然而 | however; yet; but | |
| 期间 期間 | period of time; time; time period; period | |
| 风格 風格 | style | |
| 特殊 特殊 | special; particular; unusual; extraordinary | |
| 想象 想象 | to imagine; to envision; imagination | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 著名 著名 | famous; noted; well-known; celebrated | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 或许 或許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 对于 對於 | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 改朝换代 改朝換代 | to transition to a new dynasty or regime | Xiehouyu |
| 康熙 康熙 | Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor | Proper Noun |
| 元代 元代 | the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) | Proper Noun |
| 万历 萬曆 | reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619) | Proper Noun |
| 张居正 張居正 | Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee | Proper Noun |
| 台北 臺北 | Taipei, capital of Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 围城 圍城 | Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu, filmed as a TV serial | Proper Noun |
| 新朝 新朝 | the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han | Proper Noun |
| 汉族 漢族 | Han ethnic group | Proper Noun |
| 进城 進城 | to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) | Proper Noun |
| 南北朝 南北朝 | Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) | Proper Noun |
| 洛阳 洛陽 | Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province | Proper Noun |
| 全城 全城 | whole city | Proper Noun |