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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鲁 魯 Lǔ foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar ∼HSK 3
历 歷 lì history; calendar ∼HSK 3
统 統 tǒng govern, command, control; unite ∼HSK 3
己 己 jǐ self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
直面 直面 zhí miàn to face (reality, danger etc) ∼HSK 3
转送 轉送 zhuǎn sòng to pass (sth) on (to sb else); to transfer sb (to another hospital etc) ∼HSK 3
万物 萬物 wàn wù all things; all that exists ∼HSK 3
史书 史書 shǐ shū history book ∼HSK 3
本朝 本朝 běn cháo the current dynasty ∼HSK 3
极大 極大 jí dà maximum; enormous ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
总重 總重 zǒng zhòng gross weight; total weight ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
育 育 yù produce, give birth to; educate ∼HSK 3
直到现在 直到現在 zhí dào xiàn zài even now; until now; right up to the present ∼HSK 3
这类 這類 zhè lèi this kind (of) ∼HSK 3
镂空 鏤空 lòu kōng openwork; fretwork ∼HSK 3
玩物 玩物 wán wù toy; plaything ∼HSK 3
岭 嶺 líng mountain ridge, mountain peak ∼HSK 3
完成时 完成時 wán chéng shí perfect tense (grammar) ∼HSK 3
银两 銀兩 yín liǎng silver (as currency) ∼HSK 3
上古 上古 shàng gǔ the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times ∼HSK 3
兽 獸 shòu beast, animal; bestial ∼HSK 3
香薰 香薰 xiāng xūn aromatherapy ∼HSK 3
亲笔 親筆 qīn bǐ in one's own handwriting ∼HSK 3
世家 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations; aristocratic family ∼HSK 3
中空 中空 zhōng kōng hollow; empty interior ∼HSK 3
重物 重物 zhòng wù heavy object ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
击败 擊敗 jī bài to defeat; to beat ∼HSK 3
传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times; family heirloom ∼HSK 3
历史时期 歷史時期 lì shǐ shí qī historical period ∼HSK 3
门类 門類 mén lèi category; kind; class ∼HSK 3
远古 遠古 yuǎn gǔ antiquity; ancient times ∼HSK 3
金银 金銀 jīn yín gold and silver ∼HSK 3
现存 現存 xiàn cún extant; existent; in stock ∼HSK 3
传流 傳流 chuán liú to spread; to hand down; to circulate ∼HSK 3
突发奇想 突發奇想 tū fā qí xiǎng suddenly have a thought (idiom); suddenly be inspired to do something ∼HSK 3
平整 平整 píng zhěng smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps) ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
国力 國力 guó lì a nation's power ∼HSK 3
多金 多金 duō jīn rich; wealthy ∼HSK 3
檀香 檀香 tán xiāng sandalwood ∼HSK 3
饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments; to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) ∼HSK 3
人世间 人世間 rén shì jiān the secular world ∼HSK 3
白菜 白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage; pak choi HSK 3
初级 初級 chū jí junior; primary HSK 3
景色 景色 jǐng sè scenery; scene; landscape; view HSK 3
整齐 整齊 zhěng qí orderly; neat; even; tidy HSK 3
剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater HSK 3