后宫甄嬛传

後宮甄嬛傳

Hòugōng Zhēnhuán Zhuàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Empresses in the Palace (2011 Chinese TV drama)
2 also known as 甄嬛传; 76-episode Qing palace drama directed by Zheng Xiaolong

Characters

imperial consort; rear

(used in names)

biography; tale

Examples

HSK 6

孙俪在《后宫甄嬛传》里演女主角。

Sūn Lì zài 《 Hòugōng Zhēnhuánzhuàn 》 lǐ yǎn nǚzhǔjué.

Sun Li plays the lead in Empresses in the Palace.

HSK 6

她每年都要重刷一遍《后宫甄嬛传》。

Tā měi nián dōu yào chóng shuā yí biàn 《 Hòugōng Zhēnhuánzhuàn 》.

She rewatches Empresses in the Palace every year.

HSK 7-9

《后宫甄嬛传》是最经典的宫斗剧。

《 Hòugōng Zhēnhuánzhuàn 》 shì zuì jīngdiǎn de gōngdòu jù.

Empresses in the Palace is the most classic palace intrigue drama.

Tips

culture

Aired 2011-2012, set in the Yongzheng Emperor's (雍正) reign. Spawned a massive meme culture called 甄学 - fans dissecting scene subtleties. Core vocabulary to know: 小主 (concubine address form), 臣妾 (consort self-reference), 本宫 (ruling-lady self-reference). Defined the 宫斗剧 (palace intrigue drama) genre.

mistakes

The name character 嬛 here reads huán, not xuān or qióng. 甄嬛 is a fictional character name.

In Pop Culture

孙俪 Sūn Lì

Sun Li

Lead actress playing 甄嬛; her career-defining role.

郑晓龙 Zhèng Xiǎo lóng

Zheng Xiaolong

Director of the show, one of China's top mainstream TV directors.

Stroke Order

后 hòu

宫 gōng

甄 zhēn

嬛 huán

传 chuán