Lesson 3: Television Dramas and Popular Culture (Part 2)

93 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一连串yī lián chuàna succession of
中心zhōng xīncenter
人事rén shìpersonnel
人物rén wùperson
example
侠义xiá yìchivalrous
tíngto stop
仅仅jǐn jǐnbarely
充满chōng mǎnfull of
共鸣gòng míngresonance (physics)
具有jù yǒuto have
出身chū shēnto be born of
创造chuàng zàoto create
剧情jù qíngstory line
勾心斗角gōu xīn dòu jiǎoto fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
包含bāo hánto contain
area
古典gǔ diǎnclassical
命运mìng yùnfate
品质pǐn zhìcharacter
唯一wéi yīonly
善有善报shàn yǒu shàn bàovirtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another
大批dà pīlarge quantities of
大臣dà chénchancellor (of a monarchy)
好奇hào qíinquisitive
安排ān páito arrange
官场guān chǎngofficialdom
宫廷gōng tíngcourt (of king or emperor)
差异chā yìdifference
平凡píng fáncommonplace
幻想huàn xiǎngdelusion
ruòweak
思想sī xiǎngthought
性格xìng génature
情节qíng jiéplot
情绪qíng xùmood
èevil
trick
打抱不平dǎ bào bù píngto come to the aid of sb suffering an injustice
抓住zhuā zhùto grab
抗争kàng zhēngto resist
采取cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
接受jiē shòuto accept
描述miáo shùto describe
提高tí gāoto raise
故事gù shinarrative
shùnumber
时代Shí dàiage
时段shí duàntime interval
曲折qū zhéwinding
更替gēng tìto take over (from one another)
有情人终成眷属yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔlove will find a way (idiom)
朝代cháo dàidynasty
正直zhèng zhíupright
武侠wǔ xiámartial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre)
武功Wǔ gōngmartial art
Duànsurname Duan
jiǎnto lower
溥仪Pǔ yí
激起jī qǐto arouse
灰姑娘Huī gū niang
为人wéi rénto conduct oneself
争权夺利zhēng quán duó lìscramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
特定tè dìngspecial
发展fā zhǎndevelopment
皇帝huáng dìemperor
相似xiāng sìto resemble
矛盾máo dùncontradiction
知名度zhī míng dùreputation
秦始皇Qín Shǐ huáng
qióngpoor
level
紧接jǐn jiēimmediately adjacent
xiàncounty
而已ér yǐthat's all
脚步jiǎo bùfootstep
茶余饭后chá yú fàn hòuleisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
冲突chōng tūconflict
复杂fù zácomplicated
亲朋好友qīn péng hǎo yǒufriends and family
话题huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation)
贴近tiē jìnto press close to
Liánsurname Lian
进度jìn dùpace
重播chóng bōto replay
门当户对mén dāng hù duìthe families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom)
阶层jiē cénghierarchy
to gather
类型lèi xíngtype
体制tǐ zhìsystem
黄金huáng jīngold
邪不胜正xié bú shèng zhèngevil not to triumph over virtue (irregular-not-defeat-regular)
拍成pāi chéngtake (a picture)