The Forbidden City

Episode review

Jade Objects in the Palace Museum

S1E8 · 故宫藏玉 gùgōng zàng yù

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Vocabulary

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低谷 低谷 dī gǔ valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes HSK 7
孕育 孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc) HSK 7
技艺 技藝 jì yì skill; art HSK 7
坚硬 堅硬 jiān yìng hard; solid HSK 7
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) HSK 7
往返 往返 wǎng fǎn to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip HSK 7
拱 拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched HSK 7
海拔 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level; elevation HSK 7
接见 接見 jiē jiàn to receive sb; to grant an interview HSK 7
后勤 後勤 hòu qín logistics HSK 7
雕刻 雕刻 diāo kè to carve; to engrave; carving HSK 7
历经 歷經 lì jīng to experience; to go through HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace HSK 7
打通 打通 dǎ tōng to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection) HSK 7
洞穴 洞穴 dòng xué cave; cavern HSK 7
扣除 扣除 kòu chú to deduct HSK 7
凝聚 凝聚 níng jù to condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); aggregation; coherent HSK 7
均匀 均勻 jūn yún even; well-distributed; homogeneous; well-proportioned (figure, body etc) HSK 7
昆虫 昆蟲 kūn chóng insect HSK 7
文献 文獻 wén xiàn document HSK 7
寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) HSK 7
序 序 xù (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface HSK 7
牵扯 牽扯 qiān chě to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated HSK 7
如意 如意 rú yì as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune HSK 7
尊贵 尊貴 zūn guì respected; respectable; honorable HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
宫殿 宮殿 gōng diàn palace HSK 7
君子 君子 jūn zǐ nobleman; person of noble character HSK 7
见解 見解 jiàn jiě opinion; view; understanding HSK 7
开采 開採 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine HSK 7
垄断 壟斷 lǒng duàn to monopolize HSK 7
摆放 擺放 bǎi fàng to set up; to arrange; to lay out HSK 7
繁忙 繁忙 fán máng busy; bustling HSK 7
雕 彫 diāo to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey HSK 7
陶瓷 陶瓷 táo cí pottery and porcelain; ceramics HSK 7
皇上 皇上 huáng shang the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty HSK 7
反省 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul HSK 7
古人 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person HSK 7
若干 若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount; how many?; how much? HSK 7
光滑 光滑 guāng huá glossy; sleek; smooth HSK 7
抚摸 撫摸 fǔ mō to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle HSK 7
泥土 泥土 ní tǔ earth; soil; mud; clay HSK 7
风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom; current way of doing things HSK 7
瀑布 瀑布 pù bù waterfall HSK 7
抽屉 抽屜 chōu ti drawer HSK 7
精华 精華 jīng huá best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul HSK 7
叼 叼 diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) HSK 7
存放 存放 cún fàng to deposit; to store; to leave in sb's care HSK 7
巨型 巨型 jù xíng giant; enormous HSK 7