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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挺尸 挺屍 tǐng shī (lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse; (coll.) to sleep Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
真格的 真格的 zhēn gé de (coll.) serious; real; true Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
捞什子 撈什子 lāo shí zi encumbrance; burden; that awful thing (colloquial); nuisance Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
大伯子 大伯子 dà bǎi zi (coll.) husband's elder brother Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing; mischievous; (coll.) cunning; sly Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
耍钱 耍錢 shuǎ qián (coll.) to gamble Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
整治 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) Colloquialism HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
姨娘 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) ∼HSK 6
姨太太 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine ∼HSK 6
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
侄儿 侄兒 zhír nephew ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
不依 不依 bù yī not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
舅母 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife ∼HSK 6
调唆 調唆 tiáo suō to provoke; to stir up (trouble); to instigate ∼HSK 6
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
耗子 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse; rat ∼HSK 6
倘或 倘或 tǎng huò if; supposing that ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
孽障 孽障 niè zhàng evil creature ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
划拳 划拳 huá quán finger-guessing game ∼HSK 6
胭脂 胭脂 yān zhī rouge ∼HSK 6
贤弟 賢弟 xián dì worthy younger brother ∼HSK 6
儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fù daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
赌钱 賭錢 dǔ qián to gamble ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
论理 論理 lùn lǐ normally; as things should be; by rights; to reason things out; logic ∼HSK 6
解闷 解悶 jiě mèn to relieve boredom or melancholy; a diversion ∼HSK 6
但凡 但凡 dàn fán every single; as long as ∼HSK 6
娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife ∼HSK 6
典故 典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth ∼HSK 6
婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother; aunt ∼HSK 6