Dream in Red Mansions

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Season 1 — Dream in Red Mansions

红楼梦 hónglóumèng

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难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
万事如意 萬事如意 wàn shì rú yì to have all one's wishes (idiom); best wishes; all the best; may all your hopes be fulfilled Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
狗咬吕洞宾 狗咬呂洞賓 gǒu yǎo lǚ dòng bīn 狗: dog, canis familiaris · 咬: bite, gnaw · 吕: surname; a musical note · 洞: cave, grotto; ravine; hole · 宾: guest, visitor; surname; submit Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
野种 野種 yě zhǒng (derog.) illegitimate child; bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不像样 不像樣 bù xiàng yàng in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀 高攀 gāo pān social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
耍贫嘴 耍貧嘴 shuǎ pín zuǐ (coll.) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes; to chatter endlessly; to speak glibly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
明明白白 明明白白 míng míng bái bái 明: bright, light, brilliant; clear · 明: bright, light, brilliant; clear · 白: white; pure, unblemished; bright · 白: white; pure, unblemished; bright Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
讨人嫌 討人嫌 tǎo rén xián unpleasant; disagreeable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag; (old) child bride Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
势利眼 勢利眼 shì li yǎn snobbish; a snob Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
撒手不管 撒手不管 sā shǒu bù guǎn to stand aside and do nothing (idiom); to take no part in Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀不上 高攀不上 gāo pān bù shàng to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
倚老卖老 倚老賣老 yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
窝囊废 窩囊廢 wō nang fèi (coll.) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
乱哄哄 亂哄哄 luàn hōng hōng noisy and in disarray; in an uproar Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺软怕硬 欺軟怕硬 qī ruǎn pà yìng 欺: cheat, double-cross, deceive · 软: soft, flexible, pliable; weak · 怕: to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive · 硬: hard, firm, strong; obstinate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作自受 自作自受 zì zuò - zì shòu (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不平则鸣 不平則鳴 bù píng zé míng where there is injustice, there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
千里姻缘一线牵 千里姻緣一線牽 qiān lǐ yīn yuán yī xiàn qiān 千: thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler · 里: unit of distance; village; lane · 姻: relatives by marriage · 缘: hem, margin; reason, cause; fate · 一: one; a, an; alone · 线: line, thread, wire; clue · 牵: drag, pull, lead by hand Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
充数 充數 chōng shù to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number); to serve as stopgap Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
寻开心 尋開心 xún kāi xīn to make fun of; to seek diversion Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up; broken into pieces; thoroughly mashed; pulpy Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
耍花招 耍花招 shuǎ huā zhāo to play tricks on sb Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
糊涂虫 糊塗蟲 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一代不如一代 一代不如一代 yī dài bù rú yī dài to be getting worse with each generation Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
嘴馋 嘴饞 zuǐ chán gluttonous; ravenous Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
东游西荡 東遊西蕩 dōng yóu xī dàng 东: east, eastern, eastward · 游: to swim; float, drift; wander, roam · 西: west(ern); westward, occident · 荡: pond, pool; wash away, cleanse Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
无所不有 無所不有 wú suǒ bù yǒu 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 所: place, location; numerary adjunct · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 有: have, own, possess; exist Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
两厢情愿 兩廂情願 liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn both sides are willing; by mutual consent Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
短命鬼 短命鬼 duǎn mìng guǐ sb who dies prematurely Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
姨奶奶 姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai father's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
庄稼人 莊稼人 zhuāng jia rén (coll.) farmer Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
老娘 老孃 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
法儿 法兒 fǎ r method (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money; (coll.) to snack Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
磨牙 磨牙 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
兴许 興許 xīng xǔ (coll.) perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
麻利 麻利 má li swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
甭管 甭管 béng guǎn (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
瞎掰 瞎掰 xiā bāi (coll.) to talk nonsense; to fool around Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
扒拉 扒拉 bā la (coll.) to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
提溜 提溜 dī liu (coll.) to carry; Taiwan pr. [ti2 liu5] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6