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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角门 角門 jiǎo mén corner gate ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
打嘴 打嘴 dǎ zuǐ to slap sb's face; to slap one's own face; fig. to fail to live up to a boast ∼HSK 2
花名 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old); name on a roster; professional name of a prostitute; pseudonym; nickname ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
多嘴 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
养病 養病 yǎng bìng to recuperate; to convalesce; to take care of one's health after illness ∼HSK 2
上房 上房 shàng fáng central building (in a traditional house); primary wife ∼HSK 2
日头 日頭 rì tóu sun (dialect); daytime; date ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
为的是 為的是 wèi de shì for the sake of; for the purpose of ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
背地里 背地裡 bèi dì li behind sb's back; secretly ∼HSK 2
有脸 有臉 yǒu liǎn lit. having face; to have prestige; to command respect; to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous); to have the gall; not ashamed to ∼HSK 2
表姐 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
雪雁 雪雁 xuě yàn (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens) ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
改成 改成 gǎi chéng to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium) ∼HSK 2
早知 早知 zǎo zhī to know in advance ∼HSK 2
海棠 海棠 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis) ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
周全 周全 zhōu quán comprehensive; thorough; to bring one's help; to assist ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
这些个 這些個 zhè xiē ge these ∼HSK 2
说嘴 說嘴 shuō zuǐ to boast ∼HSK 2
四更 四更 sì gēng fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
菱角 菱角 líng jiao water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge ∼HSK 2
往外 往外 wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
生出 生出 shēng chū to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
接过 接過 jiē guò to take (sth proffered) ∼HSK 2
焉知 焉知 yān zhī (literary) how is one to know? ∼HSK 2
表弟 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
带累 帶累 dài lěi to get sb involved in one's trouble; Taiwan pr. [dai4 lei4] ∼HSK 2