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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非同寻常 非同尋常 fēi tóng xún cháng 非: not, negative, non-; oppose · 同: same, similar; together with · 寻: seek, search, look for; ancient · 常: common, normal, frequent, regular Idiom ∼HSK 7
巧夺天工 巧奪天工 qiǎo duó tiān gōng 巧: skillful, ingenious, clever · 夺: take by force, rob, snatch · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 工: labor, work; worker, laborer Idiom ∼HSK 7
博大精深 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep Idiom HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
节气 節氣 jié qi solar term HSK 7
临街 臨街 lín jiē facing the street HSK 7
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as; to lengthen out to HSK 7
指南针 指南針 zhǐ nán zhēn compass HSK 7
纬度 緯度 wěi dù latitude HSK 7
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties HSK 7
赤道 赤道 chì dào equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator HSK 7
一系列 一系列 yī xì liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior HSK 7
供奉 供奉 gòng fèng to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
纪实 紀實 jì shí record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional) HSK 7
画册 畫冊 huà cè picture album HSK 7
效仿 傚仿 xiào fǎng see 仿效 HSK 7
着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution HSK 7
浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense HSK 7
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty HSK 7
推算 推算 tuī suàn to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation) HSK 7
当即 當即 dāng jí at once; on the spot HSK 7
儒学 儒學 Rú xué Confucianism HSK 7
感慨 感慨 gǎn kǎi to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved HSK 7
测算 測算 cè suàn to take measurements and calculate HSK 7
瘸 瘸 qué lame HSK 7
饱和 飽和 bǎo hé saturated; filled to capacity HSK 7
回忆录 回憶錄 huí yì lù memoir HSK 7
审美 審美 shěn měi esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste HSK 7
载体 載體 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium HSK 7
专著 專著 zhuān zhù monograph; specialized text HSK 7
陈列 陳列 chén liè to display; to exhibit HSK 7
方方面面 方方面面 fāng fāng miàn miàn all sides; all aspects; multifaceted HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
拓宽 拓寬 tuò kuān to broaden HSK 7
殿堂 殿堂 diàn táng palace; hall; temple buildings HSK 7
搭建 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up HSK 7
赞叹 讚嘆 zàn tàn to exclaim in admiration HSK 7
祭祀 祭祀 jì sì to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors HSK 7
肖像 肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness HSK 7
汇集 匯集 huì jí to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集 HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
倘若 倘若 tǎng ruò if; supposing; in case HSK 7
天主教 天主教 Tiān zhǔ jiào Catholicism HSK 7
同年 同年 tóng nián the same year HSK 7
撰写 撰寫 zhuàn xiě to write; to compose HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
昔日 昔日 xī rì former days; in the past HSK 7
遗址 遺址 yí zhǐ ruins; historic relics HSK 7