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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胸 胷 xiōng chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax HSK 6
娱乐 娛樂 yú lè to entertain; to amuse; entertainment; recreation; amusement; hobby; fun; joy HSK 6
时期 時期 shí qī period; phase HSK 6
印 印 yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
州 州 zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
军队 軍隊 jūn duì armed forces; troops HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
副 副 fù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
权 權 quán authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
犯罪 犯罪 fàn zuì to commit a crime; crime; offense HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
最终 最終 zuì zhōng final; ultimate HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
特 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
富可敌国 富可敵國 fù kě dí guó having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom); extremely wealthy Idiom ∼HSK 5
首屈一指 首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding Idiom ∼HSK 5
漏洞 漏洞 lòu dòng leak; hole; gap; loophole Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5
帖 帖 tiē invitation card; notice ∼HSK 5
弘 弘 hóng enlarge, expand; liberal, great ∼HSK 5
真迹 真跡 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy); genuine work (of famous artist) ∼HSK 5
琪 琪 qí type of jade ∼HSK 5
帝王 帝王 dì wáng regent; monarch ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
昌 昌 Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5
囊括 囊括 náng kuò to include; to embrace; to bring together ∼HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
盛世 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age ∼HSK 5
军饷 軍餉 jūn xiǎng a soldier's pay and provisions ∼HSK 5
萧 蕭 Xiāo common artemisia; dejected ∼HSK 5
浸 浸 jìn soak, immerse, dip, percolate ∼HSK 5
锦 錦 jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
芝 芝 zhī Zoysia pungens ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
赝品 贗品 yàn pǐn fake; counterfeit article ∼HSK 5
炎 炎 yán flame, blaze; hot ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
库房 庫房 kù fáng storeroom; warehouse ∼HSK 5