Dream in Red Mansions

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红楼梦 hónglóumèng

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孝服 孝服 xiào fú mourning clothes ∼HSK 6
玷辱 玷辱 diàn rǔ to dishonor; to disgrace ∼HSK 6
筹算 籌算 chóu suàn to calculate (using bamboo tokens on a counting board); to count beads; (fig.) to budget; to plan (an investment) ∼HSK 6
亭台 亭臺 tíng tái pavilion ∼HSK 6
鸟雀 鳥雀 niǎo què bird ∼HSK 6
蘅芜 蘅蕪 héng wú Asarum blumei (ginger plant) ∼HSK 6
还席 還席 huán xí to offer a return banquet ∼HSK 6
红娘 紅娘 hóng niáng matchmaker ∼HSK 6
银样镴枪头 銀樣鑞槍頭 yín yàng là qiāng tóu silvery spear point actually made of pewter (idiom); fig. worthless despite an attractive exterior ∼HSK 6
拐棍 柺棍 guǎi gùn cane; walking stick ∼HSK 6
颠儿 顛兒 diān r (Beijing dialect) to skedaddle; to make oneself scarce ∼HSK 6
香熏 香燻 xiāng xūn aroma ∼HSK 6
逗引 逗引 dòu yǐn to make fun of ∼HSK 6
惜老怜贫 惜老憐貧 xī lǎo lián pín to cherish the old and pity the poor (idiom); compassionate toward the aged and needy ∼HSK 6
遇难呈祥 遇難呈祥 yù nàn chéng xiáng to meet calamity and have it turn auspicious (idiom); to turn ill fortune into good ∼HSK 6
须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) ∼HSK 6
有一无二 有一無二 yǒu yī wú èr one of a kind, without a second (idiom); unique; unparalleled ∼HSK 6
铺盖 鋪蓋 pū gài to spread evenly over ∼HSK 6
织补 織補 zhī bǔ darning; to darn ∼HSK 6
异端 異端 yì duān heresy ∼HSK 6
奶母 奶母 nǎi mǔ wet nurse ∼HSK 6
小粉 小粉 xiǎo fěn starch ∼HSK 6
央告 央告 yāng gao to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly ∼HSK 6
孤拐 孤拐 gū guǎi cheekbone; ankle ∼HSK 6
人不知鬼不觉 人不知鬼不覺 rén bù zhī guǐ bù jué in absolute secrecy ∼HSK 6
常情 常情 cháng qíng common sense; the way people usually feel about things ∼HSK 6
趁便 趁便 chèn biàn to take the opportunity; in passing ∼HSK 6
榜眼 榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination; top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see and; top scorer in college entrance examination; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field ∼HSK 6
心窄 心窄 xīn zhǎi narrow-minded; intolerant ∼HSK 6
搭拉 搭拉 dā la variant of ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; debt of gratitude (as in 救命之恩 the kindness of saving one's life) ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
善哉 善哉 shàn zāi well said! (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
天仙 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
侍奉 侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
山崩 山崩 shān bēng landslide; landslip ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
冷清清 冷清清 lěng qīng qīng deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation ∼HSK 6
祸福 禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness ∼HSK 6
人氏 人氏 rén shì native; person from a particular place ∼HSK 6
琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 qín - qí - shū - huà (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
赔罪 賠罪 péi zuì to apologize ∼HSK 6
天理 天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law; the natural order of things ∼HSK 6
今宵 今宵 jīn xiāo tonight (literary) ∼HSK 6
原形 原形 yuán xíng original shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character ∼HSK 6
橄榄 橄欖 gǎn lǎn Chinese olive; olive ∼HSK 6
清火 清火 qīng huǒ to clear internal heat (Chinese Medicine) ∼HSK 6
怎敢 怎敢 zěn gǎn how dare ∼HSK 6