The Forbidden City
Episode review
Paintings and Calligraphic Works in the Imperial Palace
S1E7 · 故宫书画
Vocabulary
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| 两千年 兩千年 | the year 2000; 2000 years | |
| 句号 句號 | full stop; period (punct.) | |
| 里带 裡帶 | inner tube (of tire) | |
| 现身 現身 | to show oneself; to appear; (of a deity) to appear in the flesh | |
| 手笔 手筆 | sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale | |
| 中国画 中國畫 | Chinese painting | |
| 晴 晴 | clear; fine (weather) | |
| 照相 照相 | to take a photograph | |
| 画家 畫家 | painter | |
| 少数 少數 | small number; few; minority | |
| 西方 西方 | the West; the Occident; Western countries | |
| 一部分 一部分 | portion; part of; subset | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 特点 特點 | characteristic (feature); trait; feature | |
| 参观 參觀 | to look around; to tour; to visit | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 少年 少年 | early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 这时 這時 | at this time; at this moment | |
| 花园 花園 | garden | |
| 冬天 冬天 | winter | |
| 比如说 比如說 | for example | |
| 平时 平時 | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 提到 提到 | to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 主人 主人 | master; host; owner | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 以上 以上 | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 多么 多麼 | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 大量 大量 | great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 态度 態度 | manner; bearing; attitude; approach | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 蓝 藍 | blue; indigo plant | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 正是 正是 | is precisely |