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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进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
文化交流 文化交流 wén huà jiāo liú cultural exchange ∼HSK 6
文武百官 文武百官 wén wǔ bǎi guān civil and military officials ∼HSK 6
自鸣钟 自鳴鐘 zì míng zhōng chiming clock ∼HSK 6
安葬 安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) ∼HSK 6
银制 銀製 yín zhì made of silver ∼HSK 6
谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music); (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) ∼HSK 6
合奏 合奏 hé zòu to perform music (as an ensemble) ∼HSK 6
王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6
铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin ∼HSK 6
一年一度 一年一度 yī nián yī dù once a year; annual ∼HSK 6
待命 待命 dài mìng to be on call; to be on standby ∼HSK 6
歌功颂德 歌功頌德 gē gōng sòng dé to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory) ∼HSK 6
计时器 計時器 jì shí qì timer ∼HSK 6
搜罗 搜羅 sōu luó to gather; to collect; to bring together ∼HSK 6
精巧 精巧 jīng qiǎo elaborate ∼HSK 6
滋养 滋養 zī yǎng to nourish ∼HSK 6
先驱者 先驅者 xiān qū zhě pioneer; trailblazer ∼HSK 6
颂扬 頌揚 sòng yáng to eulogize; to praise ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
璀璨 璀璨 cuǐ càn bright; resplendent ∼HSK 6
传旨 傳旨 chuán zhǐ convey an edict ∼HSK 6
病逝 病逝 bìng shì to die of illness ∼HSK 6
排解 排解 pái jiě to mediate; to reconcile; to make peace; to intervene ∼HSK 6
孤寂 孤寂 gū jì lonesome; desolate ∼HSK 6
受命 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel ∼HSK 6
琴弦 琴絃 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) ∼HSK 6
谱曲 譜曲 pǔ qǔ to compose a piece of music ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
天文学 天文學 tiān wén xué astronomy ∼HSK 6
当权者 當權者 dāng quán zhě ruler; those in power; the authorities ∼HSK 6
馆藏 館藏 guǎn cáng to collect in a museum or library; museum collection; library holdings ∼HSK 6
木制 木製 mù zhì wooden ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
皇位 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor ∼HSK 6
诬告 誣告 wū gào to frame sb; to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
图谋不轨 圖謀不軌 tú móu bù guǐ to plot and scheme treacherously (idiom); to harbor evil intentions; to conspire ∼HSK 6
侥幸 僥倖 jiǎo xìng luckily; by a fluke ∼HSK 6
无误 無誤 wú wù verified; unmistaken ∼HSK 6
遗稿 遺稿 yí gǎo surviving manuscript; bequeathed draft (of book) ∼HSK 6
拼凑 拼湊 pīn còu to assemble; to put together ∼HSK 6
勾起 勾起 gōu qǐ to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook ∼HSK 6
乐理 樂理 yuè lǐ music theory ∼HSK 6
皇子 皇子 huáng zǐ prince ∼HSK 6
理化 理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry; (archaic) governance and education ∼HSK 6
数理 數理 shù lǐ mathematical sciences ∼HSK 6
近距离 近距離 jìn jù lí close range ∼HSK 6
试制 試製 shì zhì to try out a new product (or manufacturing process); prototype; trial product ∼HSK 6
人体解剖学 人體解剖學 rén tǐ jiě pōu xué human anatomy ∼HSK 6