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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传入 傳入 chuán rù to import; transmitted inwards; afferent ∼HSK 5
幼年 幼年 yòu nián childhood; infancy ∼HSK 5
朕 朕 zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
愤 憤 fèn resent, hate; indignant ∼HSK 5
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview ∼HSK 5
献上 獻上 xiàn shàng to offer (respectfully); to present ∼HSK 5
侵 侵 qīn invade, encroach upon, raid ∼HSK 5
制药 製藥 zhì yào to manufacture medicine ∼HSK 5
疾 疾 jí illness, disease, sickness; to hate ∼HSK 5
奎宁 奎寧 kuí níng quinine (loanword) ∼HSK 5
冬眠 冬眠 dōng mián to hibernate; hibernation ∼HSK 5
瑜 瑜 yú flawless gem or jewel ∼HSK 5
大业 大業 dà yè great cause; great undertaking ∼HSK 5
盛世 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age ∼HSK 5
童 童 Tóng boy, child ∼HSK 5
逝 逝 shì pass away; die ∼HSK 5
文化热 文化熱 wén huà rè cultural fever; cultural craze ∼HSK 5
神学 神學 shén xué theological; theology ∼HSK 5
祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) ∼HSK 5
搭载 搭載 dā zài (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload); (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) ∼HSK 5
惠 惠 Huì favor, benefit, confer kindness ∼HSK 5
功绩 功績 gōng jì feat; contribution; merits and achievements ∼HSK 5
图册 圖冊 tú cè book of pictures or charts; (math.) atlas ∼HSK 5
抵 抵 dǐ resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5
画作 畫作 huà zuò painting; picture ∼HSK 5
贡 貢 Gòng offer tribute; tribute, gifts ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
兴盛 興盛 xīng shèng to flourish; to thrive ∼HSK 5
葫芦 葫蘆 húlu gourd ∼HSK 5
廊 廊 láng corridor, porch, veranda ∼HSK 5
宪 憲 xiàn constitution, statute, law ∼HSK 5
繁多 繁多 fán duō many and varied; of many different kinds ∼HSK 5
充斥 充斥 chōng chì to be full of; to flood; to congest ∼HSK 5
昭 昭 zhāo bright, luminous; illustrious ∼HSK 5
适得其反 適得其反 shì dé qí fǎn to produce the opposite of the desired result ∼HSK 5
享用 享用 xiǎng yòng to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of) ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
叹息 嘆息 tàn xī to sigh; to gasp (in admiration) ∼HSK 5
追寻 追尋 zhuī xún to pursue; to track down; to search ∼HSK 5
毛笔 毛筆 máo bǐ writing brush HSK 5
起到 起到 qǐ dào (in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role) HSK 5
园林 園林 yuán lín gardens; park; landscape garden HSK 5
天文 天文 tiān wén astronomy HSK 5
元旦 元旦 Yuán dàn New Year's Day HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
鲜艳 鮮艷 xiān yàn bright-colored; gaily-colored HSK 5
餐饮 餐飲 cān yǐn food and beverage; catering; repast HSK 5
大都 大都 Dà dū Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing HSK 5
不能不 不能不 bù néng bù have to; cannot but HSK 5
初期 初期 chū qī initial stage; beginning period HSK 5