The Forbidden City
Episode review
Paintings and Calligraphic Works in the Imperial Palace
S1E7 · 故宫书画
Vocabulary
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| 来回 來回 | to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly | |
| 推测 推測 | speculation; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate | |
| 润 潤 | moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions) | |
| 庞大 龐大 | huge; enormous; tremendous | |
| 行走 行走 | to walk | |
| 寻常 尋常 | usual; common; ordinary | |
| 地理 地理 | geography | |
| 伪造 偽造 | to forge; to fake; to counterfeit | |
| 运转 運轉 | to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel | |
| 积 積 | to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing | |
| 掩盖 掩蓋 | to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up | |
| 勾 勾 | used in 勾当 | |
| 空白 空白 | blank space | |
| 席 席 | woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc | |
| 投降 投降 | to surrender; surrender | |
| 盗窃 盜竊 | to steal | |
| 盗 盜 | to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber | |
| 见证 見證 | to be witness to; witness; evidence | |
| 废 廢 | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste | |
| 取代 取代 | to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution | |
| 影像 影像 | image | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 帝国 帝國 | empire; imperial | |
| 图像 圖像 | image; picture; graphic | |
| 聚集 聚集 | to assemble; to gather | |
| 统治 統治 | to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime | |
| 窝 窩 | nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 拍卖 拍賣 | to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price | |
| 附 坿 | to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached | |
| 痕迹 痕跡 | vestige; mark; trace | |
| 欺骗 欺騙 | to deceive; to cheat | |
| 挥 揮 | to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 持 持 | to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control | |
| 引发 引發 | to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions) | |
| 奇迹 奇跡 | miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 灰 灰 | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected | |
| 魅力 魅力 | charm; fascination; glamor; charisma | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 枚 枚 | classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) | |
| 曲 曲 | bent; crooked; wrong | |
| 注 註 | to register; to annotate; note; comment | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) |