Dream in Red Mansions

Whole-title review

Season 1 — Dream in Red Mansions

红楼梦 hónglóumèng

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Vocabulary

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妻妾 妻妾 qī qiè wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem ∼HSK 2
大变 大變 dà biàn huge changes ∼HSK 2
身段 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique; figure; posture on stage ∼HSK 2
妹夫 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband ∼HSK 2
脸红 臉紅 liǎn hóng to blush; to redden (with shame, indignation etc) ∼HSK 2
四角 四角 sì jiǎo the four corners (of a rectangle); the eaves that the four corners of a building ∼HSK 2
行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic); shopkeeper (archaic) ∼HSK 2
卖出 賣出 mài chū to sell; to reach (a price in an auction) ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
凉凉 涼涼 liáng liáng slightly cold; cool; (neologism) (slang) to be done for; about to be obliterated; (of a place or a person) desolate ∼HSK 2
装出 裝出 zhuāng chū to assume (an air of) ∼HSK 2
酒杯 酒杯 jiǔ bēi wine cup ∼HSK 2
具 具 jù tool, implement; draw up, write ∼HSK 2
接风 接風 jiē fēng to hold a welcoming dinner or reception ∼HSK 2
发笑 發笑 fā xiào to burst out laughing; to laugh ∼HSK 2
到此 到此 dào cǐ hereto; hereunto ∼HSK 2
长生不老 長生不老 cháng shēng - bù lǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old ∼HSK 2
大红 大紅 dà hóng crimson ∼HSK 2
人像 人像 rén xiàng likeness of a person (sketch, photo, sculpture etc) ∼HSK 2
还嘴 還嘴 huán zuǐ to retort; to answer back ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
半夜三更 半夜三更 bàn yè - sān gēng (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
要得 要得 yào dé good; fine ∼HSK 2
年成 年成 nián cheng the year's harvest ∼HSK 2
交还 交還 jiāo huán to return sth; to hand back ∼HSK 2
二更 二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
那咱 那咱 nà zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
唱段 唱段 chàng duàn aria (in opera) ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
交杯酒 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony ∼HSK 2
放倒 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down ∼HSK 2
弄到手 弄到手 nòng dào shǒu to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire) ∼HSK 2
不中意 不中意 bù zhòng yì not to one's liking ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
了无 了無 liǎo wú to completely lack; to have not even the slightest ∼HSK 2
向东 向東 xiàng dōng eastwards ∼HSK 2
为重 為重 wéi zhòng to attach most importance to ∼HSK 2
得着 得著 dé zháo to obtain ∼HSK 2
带给 帶給 dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
旅 旅 lǚ trip, journey; travel; traveler ∼HSK 2
宾 賓 bīn guest, visitor; surname; submit ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
小玩意 小玩意 xiǎo wán yì gadget; widget (small item of software) ∼HSK 2
跑腿 跑腿 pǎo tuǐ to run errands ∼HSK 2
维 維 Wéi maintain, preserve, safeguard ∼HSK 2
看不懂 看不懂 kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at ∼HSK 2