Dream in Red Mansions

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Season 1 — Dream in Red Mansions

红楼梦 hónglóumèng

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Vocabulary

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记念 記念 jì niàn to commemorate; to honor the memory of (variant of) ∼HSK 3
亲妈 親媽 qīn mā one's own mother; biological mother ∼HSK 3
包银 包銀 bāo yín contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times) ∼HSK 3
镰刀 鐮刀 lián dāo sickle ∼HSK 3
一总 一總 yī zǒng altogether; in all ∼HSK 3
管他的 管他的 guǎn tā de don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway ∼HSK 3
现世 現世 xiàn shì this life; to lose face; to be disgraced ∼HSK 3
养老送终 養老送終 yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die ∼HSK 3
亲历 親歷 qīn lì to personally experience ∼HSK 3
领走 領走 lǐng zǒu to lead (sb, or an animal) away; to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand); to take away ∼HSK 3
离心 離心 lí xīn to be at odds with; centrifugal (force) ∼HSK 3
花心 花心 huā xīn fickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) ∼HSK 3
连坐 連坐 lián zuò to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc) ∼HSK 3
黄汤 黃湯 huáng tāng liquor; booze; murky, muddy water ∼HSK 3
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back; (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges ∼HSK 3
合家 閤家 hé jiā whole family; entire household ∼HSK 3
蕉 蕉 jiāo banana; plantain ∼HSK 3
连笔 連筆 lián bǐ to write without lifting one's pen from the paper ∼HSK 3
李树 李樹 lǐ shù plum tree ∼HSK 3
常时 常時 cháng shí frequently; often; usually; regularly ∼HSK 3
久已 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago; a long time since ∼HSK 3
补过 補過 bǔ guò to make up for an earlier mistake; to make amends ∼HSK 3
咯血 咯血 kǎ xiě to cough up blood; to have hemoptysis ∼HSK 3
快照 快照 kuài zhào (photography) snapshot; (computing) snapshot; cached copy ∼HSK 3
架桥 架橋 jià qiáo to bridge; to put up a bridge ∼HSK 3
刚强 剛強 gāng qiáng firm; unyielding ∼HSK 3
遨游 遨遊 áo yóu to travel; to go on a tour; to roam ∼HSK 3
福相 福相 fú xiàng facial expression of good fortune; joyous and contented look ∼HSK 3
春闱 春闈 chūn wéi metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times); Crown Prince's chambers; by extension, the Crown Prince ∼HSK 3
候补 候補 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute ∼HSK 3
白糖 白糖 bái táng (refined) white sugar ∼HSK 3
外心 外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person; (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition; (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon) ∼HSK 3
包管 包管 bāo guǎn to assure; to guarantee ∼HSK 3
烙铁 烙鐵 lào tie flatiron; iron; branding iron; soldering iron ∼HSK 3
发福 發福 fā fú to put on weight; to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment) ∼HSK 3
春凳 春凳 chūn dèng (old) wooden bench ∼HSK 3
五香 五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned; incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) ∼HSK 3
牛饮 牛飲 niú yǐn gulp ∼HSK 3
芸香 芸香 yún xiāng (botany) rue (Ruta graveolens) ∼HSK 3
双关 雙關 shuāng guān pun; play on words ∼HSK 3
枳实 枳實 zhǐ shí dried fruit of immature citron or trifoliate orange (used in TCM) ∼HSK 3
馨香 馨香 xīn xiāng fragrance; fragrant (of incense) ∼HSK 3
刚性 剛性 gāng xìng rigidity ∼HSK 3
该应 該應 gāi yīng should ∼HSK 3
一时半晌 一時半晌 yī shí bàn shǎng a short time; a little while ∼HSK 3
挂名 掛名 guà míng to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of; nominal; in name only ∼HSK 3
参茸 參茸 shēn róng ginseng and young deer antler (used in TCM) ∼HSK 3
心眼儿 心眼兒 xīn yǎn r one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions ∼HSK 3
连忙 連忙 lián máng promptly; at once HSK 3
空儿 空兒 kòng r spare time; free time HSK 3