The Forbidden City

Episode review

Western Fever in the Imperial Palace

S1E9 · 宫廷西洋风 gōngtíng xīyáng fēng

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Vocabulary

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潮 潮 cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
乾隆 乾隆 Qián lóng the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西洋 西洋 Xī yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
利马 利馬 Lì mǎ Lima, capital of Peru Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
崇祯 崇禎 Chóng zhēn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
故宫 故宮 Gù gōng the Forbidden City; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清代 清代 Qīng dài Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
若望 若望 Ruò wàng John; Saint John; less common variant of preferred by the Catholic Church Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
多尔 多爾 Duō ěr Dole (name); Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
顺治 順治 Shùn zhì reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李宗盛 李宗盛 Lǐ Zōng shèng Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太和殿 太和殿 Tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西方人 西方人 Xī fāng rén Westerner; Occidental Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凡尔赛 凡爾賽 Fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris); (slang) to humblebrag; ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
莱布尼兹 萊布尼茲 Lái bù ní zī Leibnitz (name); Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philosopher, co-inventor of the calculus Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圆明园 圓明園 Yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太上皇 太上皇 Tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
平定 平定 Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凤仙 鳳仙 fèng xiān Fengxian (name); also garden balsam (the flower) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天主 天主 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism); abbr. for, Catholicism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣母 聖母 Shèng mǔ the Virgin Mary Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德国人 德國人 Dé guó rén German person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
利马窦 利馬竇 Lì Mǎ dòu Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China; erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奉天 奉天 Fèng tiān old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
礼部 禮部 Lǐ bù Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明末 明末 Míng mò late Ming; first half of the 17th century Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李自成 李自成 Lǐ Zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
定南 定南 Dìng nán Dingnan county in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
比利时 比利時 Bǐ lì shí Belgium Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德里 德里 Dé lǐ Delhi; New Delhi, capital of India; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法国人 法國人 Fǎ guó rén Frenchman; French person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福尔 福爾 Fú ěr Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
易经 易經 Yì jīng The Book of Changes ("I Ching") Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中国式 中國式 Zhōng guó shì Chinese style; à la chinoise Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清人 清人 Qīng rén Qing dynasty person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
巡抚 巡撫 xún fǔ inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西域 西域 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福州 福州 Fú zhōu Fuzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
扬州 揚州 Yáng zhōu Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滚滚 滾滾 Gǔn gǔn nickname for a panda Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
传教士 傳教士 chuán jiào shì missionary ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
朗 朗 lǎng clear, bright; distinct ∼HSK 4
仪 儀 yí ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4