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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下跪 下跪 xià guì to kneel; to go down on one's knees ∼HSK 6
厮混 廝混 sī hùn (derog.) to hang out (with sb); to mix (things) together ∼HSK 6
心甘 心甘 xīn gān to be willing; to be satisfied ∼HSK 6
挨骂 挨罵 ái mà to receive a scolding ∼HSK 6
善罢干休 善罷干休 shàn bà - gān xiū variant of ∼HSK 6
庸医 庸醫 yōng yī quack; charlatan ∼HSK 6
自有公论 自有公論 zì yǒu gōng lùn 自: self, private, personal; from · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 公: fair, equitable; public; duke · 论: debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 6
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full; to redeem a debt ∼HSK 6
纹银 紋銀 wén yín fine silver ∼HSK 6
把脉 把脈 bǎ mài to feel the pulse; to take sb's pulse ∼HSK 6
钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into ∼HSK 6
一走了之 一走了之 yī zǒu liǎo zhī to avoid a problem by walking away from it; to quit ∼HSK 6
反目成仇 反目成仇 fǎn mù chéng chóu (idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies ∼HSK 6
苦命 苦命 kǔ mìng hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate ∼HSK 6
入世 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO ∼HSK 6
登仙 登仙 dēng xiān to become immortal; big promotion; die ∼HSK 6
押韵 押韻 yā yùn to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻|压韵 ∼HSK 6
子曰 子曰 zǐ yuē Confucius says: ∼HSK 6
另眼相看 另眼相看 lìng yǎn xiāng kàn to treat sb favorably; to view in a new light ∼HSK 6
气喘 氣喘 qì chuǎn to gasp for breath; asthma ∼HSK 6
螳螂 螳螂 táng láng mantis; praying mantis ∼HSK 6
宠臣 寵臣 chǒng chén favored minister ∼HSK 6
作陪 作陪 zuò péi to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company ∼HSK 6
吃穿用度 吃穿用度 chī chuān yòng dù 吃: eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear · 穿: penetrate, pierce, drill; wear · 用: use, employ, apply, operate; use · 度: degree, system; manner; to consider ∼HSK 6
些许 些許 xiē xǔ a few; a little; a bit ∼HSK 6
至亲骨肉 至親骨肉 zhì qīn gǔ ròu 至: reach, arrive; extremely, very · 亲: relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree · 骨: bone; skeleton; frame, framework · 肉: flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130 ∼HSK 6
烤火 烤火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire ∼HSK 6
颇多 頗多 pō duō (quite) a lot; many ∼HSK 6
扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous; to become notorious ∼HSK 6
米粥 米粥 mǐ zhōu congee ∼HSK 6
寻的 尋的 xún dì homing; target-seeking (military) ∼HSK 6
踏雪寻梅 踏雪尋梅 tà xuě xún méi to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum ∼HSK 6
长久之计 長久之計 cháng jiǔ zhī jì 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 久: long time (ago); time passage, grow late · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 计: plan, plot; strategem; scheme ∼HSK 6
口舌 口舌 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round ∼HSK 6
心神不定 心神不定 xīn shén bù dìng 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 神: spirit, god, supernatural being · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 定: decide, settle, fix ∼HSK 6
提督 提督 tí dū the local commander; provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) ∼HSK 6
极刑 極刑 jí xíng supreme penalty; execution ∼HSK 6
自轻自贱 自輕自賤 zì qīng zì jiàn to belittle oneself; self-contempt ∼HSK 6
飘渺 飄渺 piāo miǎo faintly discernible; indistinct; misty ∼HSK 6
可敬 可敬 kě jìng venerable ∼HSK 6
生津 生津 shēng jīn (TCM) to promote the secretion of saliva ∼HSK 6
润肺 潤肺 rùn fèi to moisten the lungs; to make expectoration easy (medicine) ∼HSK 6
盆景 盆景 pén jǐng bonsai; landscape in a pot ∼HSK 6
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman; (literary) lovely; graceful; (literary) the moon ∼HSK 6
浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants; to water the garden ∼HSK 6
睡午觉 睡午覺 shuì wǔ jiào to have a nap ∼HSK 6
平心静气 平心靜氣 píng xīn jìng qì 平: flat, level, even; peaceful · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 静: quiet, still, motionless; gentle · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 ∼HSK 6
入眼 入眼 rù yǎn to appear before one's eyes; pleasing to the eye; nice to look at ∼HSK 6
在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased ∼HSK 6