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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真容 真容 zhēn róng portrait; true features; (fig.) true nature ∼HSK 3
已久 已久 yǐ jiǔ already a long time ∼HSK 3
修整 修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo) ∼HSK 3
升任 升任 shēng rèn to be promoted to ∼HSK 3
死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death; posthumous ∼HSK 3
死刑 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty; capital punishment ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
台下 臺下 tái xià off the stage; in the audience ∼HSK 3
史书 史書 shǐ shū history book ∼HSK 3
音乐家 音樂家 yīn yuè jiā musician ∼HSK 3
造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge); (archaic) to pay a visit to sb ∼HSK 3
历 歷 lì history; calendar ∼HSK 3
己 己 jǐ self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
分时 分時 fēn shí time-sharing ∼HSK 3
力学 力學 lì xué mechanics; to study hard ∼HSK 3
简 簡 jiǎn simple, terse, succinct, a letter ∼HSK 3
合时 合時 hé shí in fashion; suiting the time; seasonable; timely ∼HSK 3
全国性 全國性 quán guó xìng national ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member ∼HSK 3
时钟 時鐘 shí zhōng clock ∼HSK 3
音 音 yīn sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation ∼HSK 3
现存 現存 xiàn cún extant; existent; in stock ∼HSK 3
室内 室內 shì nèi indoor ∼HSK 3
亲笔 親筆 qīn bǐ in one's own handwriting ∼HSK 3
美学 美學 měi xué aesthetics ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
整日 整日 zhěng rì all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 3
走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time; (physics) propagation time; travel time (of a wave) ∼HSK 3
把玩 把玩 bǎ wán to turn around in one's hands; to play with; to fiddle with ∼HSK 3
一时间 一時間 yī shí jiān for a moment; momentarily ∼HSK 3
多功能 多功能 duō gōng néng multifunctional; multifunction ∼HSK 3
好奇心 好奇心 hào qí xīn interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive ∼HSK 3
海关 海關 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) HSK 3
生动 生動 shēng dòng vivid; lively HSK 3
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
开展 開展 kāi zhǎn to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open HSK 3
共有 共有 gòng yǒu to have altogether; in all HSK 3
形状 形狀 xíng zhuàng form; shape HSK 3
应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app HSK 3
推动 推動 tuī dòng to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to HSK 3
设立 設立 shè lì to set up; to establish HSK 3
早已 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
观念 觀念 guān niàn notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions HSK 3
首都 首都 shǒu dū capital (city) HSK 3
特色 特色 tè sè characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality HSK 3
家具 家具 jiā jù furniture HSK 3
体现 體現 tǐ xiàn to embody; to reflect; to incarnate HSK 3