The Forbidden City

Episode review

Paintings and Calligraphic Works in the Imperial Palace

S1E7 · 故宫书画 gùgōng shūhuà

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4.65 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
一分为二 一分為二 yī fēn wéi èr one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
人山人海 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi (idiom) multitude; vast crowd Idiom ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
名家 名家 Míng jiā School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西藏 西藏 Xī zàng Tibet Autonomous Region, capital Lhasa Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
浙江 浙江 Zhè jiāng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北平 北平 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
书画 書畫 shū huà painting and calligraphy ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
画师 畫師 huà shī (art) painter ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
成书 成書 chéng shū to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
在位 在位 zài wèi to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
旅 旅 lǚ trip, journey; travel; traveler ∼HSK 2
四海 四海 sì hǎi (fig.) the whole world ∼HSK 2
脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot ∼HSK 2
前夜 前夜 qián yè the eve; the night before ∼HSK 2
名画 名畫 míng huà famous painting ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
和面 和麵 huó miàn to knead dough ∼HSK 2
排水 排水 pái shuǐ to drain ∼HSK 2
取出 取出 qǔ chū to take out; to extract; to draw out ∼HSK 2
又一次 又一次 yòu yī cì yet again; once again; once more ∼HSK 2
颜 顏 Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2