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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开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
意大利 意大利 Yì dà lì Italy Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大发 大發 Dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
他信 他信 Tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
行省 行省 xíng shěng province (old) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
立法 立法 lì fǎ to enact laws; to legislate; legislation ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
更为 更為 gèng wéi even more ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
对数 對數 duì shù logarithm ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
万国 萬國 wàn guó all nations ∼HSK 2
身穿 身穿 shēn chuān to wear (a garment) ∼HSK 2
俨然 儼然 yǎn rán just like; solemn; dignified; neatly laid out ∼HSK 2
向东 向東 xiàng dōng eastwards ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼HSK 2
面见 面見 miàn jiàn to meet face to face; to meet in person ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
先河 先河 xiān hé source; precursor; forerunner ∼HSK 2
改成 改成 gǎi chéng to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium) ∼HSK 2
天体 天體 tiān tǐ celestial body; nude body ∼HSK 2
数学家 數學家 shù xué jiā mathematician ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
向西 向西 xiàng xī westward ∼HSK 2
思想家 思想家 sī xiǎng jiā thinker ∼HSK 2
装潢 裝潢 zhuāng huáng to mount (a picture); to dress; to adorn; decoration; packaging ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
名手 名手 míng shǒu master; famous artist or sportsman ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
取名 取名 qǔ míng to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame ∼HSK 2
提笔 提筆 tí bǐ to take up one's pen; to start to write ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
对接 對接 duì jiē to join up; to dock; a joint (between components) ∼HSK 2
逾越 逾越 yú yuè to exceed ∼HSK 2
百科全书 百科全書 bǎi kē quán shū encyclopedia ∼HSK 2
春节 春節 Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) HSK 2
中医 中醫 Zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine HSK 2
画家 畫家 huà jiā painter HSK 2