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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拘泥 拘泥 jū nì to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease ∼HSK 6
不务正业 不務正業 bù wù zhèng yè not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties ∼HSK 6
忠臣 忠臣 zhōng chén faithful official ∼HSK 6
鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) ∼HSK 6
贪嘴 貪嘴 tān zuǐ gluttonous ∼HSK 6
铿锵 鏗鏘 kēng qiāng sonorous; resounding; fig. resounding words ∼HSK 6
銮驾 鑾駕 luán jià imperial chariot ∼HSK 6
告老还乡 告老還鄉 gào lǎo huán xiāng 告: tell, announce, inform; accuse · 老: old, aged; experienced · 还: still, yet, also, besides · 乡: country; rural; village ∼HSK 6
津津 津津 jīn jīn enthusiastic; ardent; (with) great relish ∼HSK 6
漂流 漂流 piāo liú to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting ∼HSK 6
野猪 野豬 yě zhū wild boar (Sus scrofa) ∼HSK 6
小径 小徑 xiǎo jìng alley; trail ∼HSK 6
辞世 辭世 cí shì to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世 ∼HSK 6
无所不晓 無所不曉 wú suǒ bù xiǎo 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 所: place, location; numerary adjunct · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 晓: dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 6
藏书 藏書 cáng shū to collect books; library collection ∼HSK 6
忠烈 忠烈 zhōng liè sacrifice oneself for one's country; martyr ∼HSK 6
跟斗 跟斗 gēn dou somersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure ∼HSK 6
礼贤下士 禮賢下士 lǐ xián xià shì respect for the wise ∼HSK 6
姬妾 姬妾 jī qiè concubine ∼HSK 6
主祭 主祭 zhǔ jì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral ∼HSK 6
和善 和善 hé shàn good-natured ∼HSK 6
流刑 流刑 liú xíng exile (as form of punishment) ∼HSK 6
卧房 臥房 wò fáng bedroom; a sleeping compartment (on a train) ∼HSK 6
普天之下 普天之下 pǔ tiān zhī xià 普: universal, general, widespread · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down ∼HSK 6
闷声不响 悶聲不響 mēn shēng bù xiǎng to keep silent ∼HSK 6
死而不僵 死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis; to die hard (idiom); to die yet not be vanquished (idiom) ∼HSK 6
文思 文思 wén sī the train of thought in writing ∼HSK 6
小酌 小酌 xiǎo zhuó to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party) ∼HSK 6
通判 通判 tōng pàn local magistrate ∼HSK 6
天魔 天魔 tiān mó demonic; devil ∼HSK 6
验尸 驗屍 yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
愚人 愚人 yú rén stupid person; ignoramus ∼HSK 6
扭捏 扭捏 niǔ nie affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered ∼HSK 6
世伯 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend ∼HSK 6
麻雀 麻雀 má què sparrow; (dialect) mahjong ∼HSK 6
验明正身 驗明正身 yàn míng zhèng shēn to identify; to verify sb's identity; identification ∼HSK 6
化痰 化痰 huà tán to transform phlegm (TCM) ∼HSK 6
账房 賬房 zhàng fáng an accounts office (in former times); an accountant; a cashier ∼HSK 6
败仗 敗仗 bài zhàng lost battle; defeat ∼HSK 6
探花 探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf.); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet ∼HSK 6
假账 假賬 jiǎ zhàng fraudulent financial accounts; cooked books ∼HSK 6
及至 及至 jí zhì by the time that ∼HSK 6
景物 景物 jǐng wù scenery ∼HSK 6
浸透 浸透 jìn tòu to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate ∼HSK 6
玛瑙 瑪瑙 mǎ nǎo cornelian (mineral); agate ∼HSK 6
改嫁 改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman) ∼HSK 6
腾腾 騰騰 téng téng steaming; scathing ∼HSK 6
到账 到賬 dào zhàng (of money) to arrive in an account ∼HSK 6
偏心眼 偏心眼 piān xīn yǎn bias; partiality; to be partial ∼HSK 6
枸杞 枸杞 gǒu qǐ wolfberry (Lycium chinense); genus Lycium ∼HSK 6