Vocabulary
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| 帘子 簾子 | curtain | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 隐情 隱情 | sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided | |
| 驮 馱 | load carried by a pack animal | |
| 亏待 虧待 | to treat sb unfairly | |
| 浮躁 浮躁 | fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained | |
| 苦心 苦心 | painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains | |
| 阎王 閻王 | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person | |
| 中庸 中庸 | the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书 | |
| 盛情 盛情 | great kindness; magnificent hospitality | |
| 心病 心病 | anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine) | |
| 粽子 粽子 | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled | |
| 竹竿 竹竿 | bamboo; bamboo pole | |
| 斟酌 斟酌 | to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim | |
| 辛酸 辛酸 | pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable | |
| 佳节 佳節 | festive day; holiday | |
| 嫁妆 嫁妝 | dowry | |
| 兴隆 興隆 | Xinglong county in Chengde 德, Hebei | |
| 纵然 縱然 | even if; even though | |
| 污秽 污穢 | nasty; sordid; filthy | |
| 公费 公費 | at public expense | |
| 拄 拄 | to lean on; to prop on | |
| 无不 無不 | none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception | |
| 逊色 遜色 | inferior (often in the combination 毫无逊色, not in the least inferior) | |
| 要强 要強 | eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded | |
| 操劳 操勞 | to work hard; to look after | |
| 正月 正月 | first month of the lunar year | |
| 怠慢 怠慢 | to slight; to neglect | |
| 敢情 敢情 | actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course | |
| 拜见 拜見 | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 甚至于 甚至於 | so much (that); even (to the extent that) | |
| 竣工 竣工 | to complete a project | |
| 饶恕 饒恕 | to forgive; to pardon; to spare | |
| 传人 傳人 | to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant | |
| 祭奠 祭奠 | to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service | |
| 看热闹 看熱鬧 | to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are | |
| 元宵节 元宵節 | Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar | |
| 状元 狀元 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | |
| 一概 一概 | all; without any exceptions; categorically | |
| 孝敬 孝敬 | to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents | |
| 算盘 算盤 | abacus; plan; scheme | |
| 继母 繼母 | stepmother | |
| 趁早 趁早 | as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late | |
| 本分 本分 | (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role | |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 告状 告狀 | to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit | |
| 硬朗 硬朗 | robust; healthy | |
| 难说 難說 | hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it | |
| 相传 相傳 | to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend | |
| 不平 不平 | uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied |