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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勘测 勘測 kān cè to investigate; to survey ∼HSK 6
余年 餘年 yú nián one's remaining years ∼HSK 6
疆土 疆土 jiāng tǔ territory ∼HSK 6
公举 公舉 gōng jǔ public election ∼HSK 6
冠以 冠以 guàn yǐ to label; to call ∼HSK 6
法郎 法郎 fǎ láng franc ∼HSK 6
屏风 屏風 píng fēng (furniture) screen ∼HSK 6
北端 北端 běi duān northern extremity ∼HSK 6
异国 異國 yì guó exotic; foreign ∼HSK 6
奉旨 奉旨 fèng zhǐ by imperial decree ∼HSK 6
作画 作畫 zuò huà to paint ∼HSK 6
墨笔 墨筆 mò bǐ writing brush ∼HSK 6
入世 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO ∼HSK 6
平叛 平叛 píng pàn to put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion ∼HSK 6
画稿 畫稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it ∼HSK 6
印制 印製 yìn zhì to print; to produce (a publication) ∼HSK 6
年之久 年之久 nián zhī jiǔ period of... years ∼HSK 6
原图 原圖 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version) ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
机械钟 機械鐘 jī xiè zhōng mechanical clock ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
笔锋 筆鋒 bǐ fēng the tip of a writing brush; vigor of style in writing; stroke; touch ∼HSK 6
西洋人 西洋人 xī yáng rén Westerner ∼HSK 6
开赴 開赴 kāi fù (of troops) to depart for; to head for ∼HSK 6
宗室 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine ∼HSK 6
争购 爭購 zhēng gòu to compete; to fight for; to rush to purchase ∼HSK 6
熔岩 熔岩 róng yán (geology) lava ∼HSK 6
享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life; pleasures of life ∼HSK 6
蕴含 蘊含 yùn hán to contain; to accumulate ∼HSK 6
出尖 出尖 chū jiān out of the ordinary; outstanding; egregious ∼HSK 6
供品 供品 gòng pǐn offering ∼HSK 6
牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); shackles (of past misconceptions); to trap; to shackle ∼HSK 6
能工巧匠 能工巧匠 néng gōng qiǎo jiàng skilled craftsmen (idiom); master artisans ∼HSK 6
镣铐 鐐銬 liào kào manacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs ∼HSK 6
兴衰 興衰 xīng shuāi prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall ∼HSK 6
经纬 經緯 jīng wěi warp and woof; longitude and latitude; main points HSK 6
贤惠 賢惠 xián huì variant of 贤慧 HSK 6
乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6
为首 為首 wéi shǒu head; be headed by HSK 6
自学 自學 zì xué self-study; to study on one's own HSK 6
近日 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days HSK 6
成品 成品 chéng pǐn finished goods; a finished product HSK 6
佛教 佛教 Fó jiào Buddhism HSK 6
布满 布滿 bù mǎn to be covered with; to be filled with HSK 6
起义 起義 qǐ yì uprising; insurrection; revolt HSK 6
养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement HSK 6
广阔 廣闊 guǎng kuò wide; vast HSK 6
中期 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc) HSK 6