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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跑遍 跑遍 pǎo biàn to go everywhere; to scour (the whole town) ∼HSK 2
老千 老千 lǎo qiān swindler; cheat (in gambling) ∼HSK 2
取钱 取錢 qǔ qián to withdraw money ∼HSK 2
黑道 黑道 hēi dào dark road; unlawful activities (contrasted with); the underworld; criminal gangs ∼HSK 2
先头 先頭 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance; in the vanguard; previously; in front; placed ahead of others ∼HSK 2
红日 紅日 hóng rì sun ∼HSK 2
学名 學名 xué míng scientific name; Latin name (of plant or animal); (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students ∼HSK 2
轻佻 輕佻 qīng tiāo frivolous; coquettish ∼HSK 2
生肉 生肉 shēng ròu raw meat ∼HSK 2
低洼 低窪 dī wā low-lying ∼HSK 2
几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times; several times; how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle); several degrees; to what degree; to what extent ∼HSK 2
年满 年滿 nián mǎn to have attained the age of ∼HSK 2
重名 重名 chóng míng to have the same name ∼HSK 2
奶头 奶頭 nǎi tóu nipple; teat (on baby's bottle) ∼HSK 2
借重 借重 jiè zhòng to rely on sb for support ∼HSK 2
地租 地租 dì zū land rent; land tax ∼HSK 2
阴骘 陰騭 yīn zhì charitable acts performed in secret; hidden good deeds ∼HSK 2
讣闻 訃聞 fù wén obituary ∼HSK 2
酒饭 酒飯 jiǔ fàn food and drink ∼HSK 2
长男 長男 zhǎng nán eldest son ∼HSK 2
背山 背山 bèi shān with back to the mountain (favored location) ∼HSK 2
面称 面稱 miàn chēng term used to directly address a person (contrasted with); to praise sb in their presence ∼HSK 2
鲟鱼 鱘魚 xún yú sturgeon ∼HSK 2
表姐妹 表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi female cousins via female line ∼HSK 2
场院 場院 cháng yuàn threshing floor ∼HSK 2
鸡儿 雞兒 jī ér chick; baby chicken; (vulgar) penis ∼HSK 2
题跋 題跋 tí bá short comments; preface and postscript ∼HSK 2
开脸 開臉 kāi liǎn (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old); to carve a face ∼HSK 2
更次 更次 gēng cì one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night) ∼HSK 2
三月份 三月份 sān yuè fèn March ∼HSK 2
下工夫 下工夫 xià gōng fu to put in time and energy; to concentrate one's efforts ∼HSK 2
三不知 三不知 sān bù zhī to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end; to know nothing at all ∼HSK 2
行市 行市 háng shì quotation on market price ∼HSK 2
名句 名句 míng jù oft-quoted phrase; famous line ∼HSK 2
查对 查對 chá duì to scrutinize; to examine; to check ∼HSK 2
没好气 沒好氣 méi hǎo qì to be in a bad mood ∼HSK 2
好好先生 好好先生 hǎo hǎo xiān sheng Mr Goody-goody; yes-man (sb who agrees with anything) ∼HSK 2
提挈 提挈 tí qiè to hold by the hand; fig. to nurture; to foster; to bring up; to support ∼HSK 2
本息 本息 běn xī principal and interest (on a loan) ∼HSK 2
山响 山響 shān xiǎng very loud; very noisy ∼HSK 2
南边儿 南邊兒 nán bian r erhua variant of ∼HSK 2
至好 至好 zhì hǎo best friend ∼HSK 2
鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) ∼HSK 2
画儿 畫兒 huà r picture; drawing; painting HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
一年到头 一年到頭 yī nián dào tóu all year round ∼HSK 2
一路平安 一路平安 yī lù píng ān to have a pleasant journey; Bon voyage! HSK 2
过意不去 過意不去 guò yì bù qù to feel very apologetic ∼HSK 2
不像话 不像話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold; pleasantly cool HSK 2