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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单 單 dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
之一 之一 zhī yī one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) HSK 4
历史 歷史 lì shǐ history HSK 4
法律 法律 fǎ lǜ law HSK 4
包括 包括 bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
获得 獲得 huò dé to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
根据 根據 gēn jù according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
首 首 shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
研究 研究 yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
以及 以及 yǐ jí as well as; too; and HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
处 處 chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
对于 對於 duì yú regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
年复一年 年復一年 nián fù yī nián (idiom) over the years; year after year Idiom ∼HSK 3
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
明代 明代 Míng dài the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
春秋 春秋 Chūn qiū Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
苏州 蘇州 Sū zhōu Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
元代 元代 Yuán dài the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
周易 周易 Zhōu yì another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
秦朝 秦朝 Qín cháo Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
明朝 明朝 Míng cháo Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒙古 蒙古 Měng gǔ Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
秦代 秦代 Qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
五代 五代 Wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
大内 大內 Dà nèi Danei, a district in Tainan, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美的 美的 Měi dí Midea (brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
汉代 漢代 Hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北 臺北 Tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
道光 道光 Dào guāng reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
长春 長春 Cháng chūn Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
王朝 王朝 wáng cháo dynasty ∼HSK 3
把玩 把玩 bǎ wán to turn around in one's hands; to play with; to fiddle with ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3
久远 久遠 jiǔ yuǎn old; ancient; far away ∼HSK 3
龙年 龍年 lóng nián Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc) ∼HSK 3
无人 無人 wú rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
趣 趣 qù interesting; to interest ∼HSK 3
考证 考證 kǎo zhèng to do textual research; to make textual criticism; to verify by means of research (esp. historical details); to take an exam to get a certificate ∼HSK 3
京城 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3