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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便服 便服 biàn fú everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes ∼HSK 6
丁卯 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 ∼HSK 6
赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance; gambling party; gambling joint ∼HSK 6
格言 格言 gé yán maxim ∼HSK 6
灵柩 靈柩 líng jiù coffin containing a corpse ∼HSK 6
淫词艳曲 淫詞豔曲 yín cí yàn qǔ 淫: obscene, licentious, lewd · 词: words; phrase, expression · 艳: beautiful, sexy, voluptuous · 曲: crooked, bent; wrong, false ∼HSK 6
天理良心 天理良心 tiān lǐ liáng xīn 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 理: reason, logic; manage · 良: good, virtuous, respectable · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul ∼HSK 6
淋湿 淋濕 lín shī to get soaked ∼HSK 6
荒郊 荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town ∼HSK 6
没天理 沒天理 méi tiān lǐ (old) unprincipled; incorrect; (modern) unnatural; against reason; incredible ∼HSK 6
万恶 萬惡 wàn è everything that is evil ∼HSK 6
讨吃 討吃 tǎo chī to beg for food ∼HSK 6
俗事 俗事 sú shì everyday routine; ordinary affairs ∼HSK 6
议定 議定 yì dìng to reach an agreement; to agree upon ∼HSK 6
沙弥 沙彌 shā mí novice Buddhist monk ∼HSK 6
灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall; funeral hall ∼HSK 6
送葬 送葬 sòng zàng to participate in funeral procession; to attend a burial ∼HSK 6
秤砣 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight; standard weight ∼HSK 6
野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) ∼HSK 6
央求 央求 yāng qiú to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly ∼HSK 6
所到之处 所到之處 suǒ dào zhī chù wherever one goes ∼HSK 6
抓挠 抓撓 zhuā nao to scratch; to mess about with; to quarrel; to scramble to do; sb or sth that one can rely on ∼HSK 6
认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault; to admit the truth; to acknowledge a debt ∼HSK 6
尔雅 爾雅 Ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts ∼HSK 6
害人精 害人精 hài rén jīng goblin that kills or harms people; fig. wicked scoundrel; terrible pest ∼HSK 6
财主 財主 cái zhǔ rich man; moneybags ∼HSK 6
讨饭 討飯 tǎo fàn to ask for food; to beg ∼HSK 6
火坑 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire; fig. living hell ∼HSK 6
笼头 籠頭 lóng tou headstall; bridle ∼HSK 6
盛饭 盛飯 chéng fàn to fill a bowl with rice ∼HSK 6
生死有命 生死有命 shēng sǐ yǒu mìng life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) ∼HSK 6
算命先生 算命先生 suàn mìng xiān sheng fortune-teller ∼HSK 6
野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse; free-roaming horse; wild horse ∼HSK 6
水缸 水缸 shuǐ gāng water jar ∼HSK 6
腻歪 膩歪 nì wai (of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey; tired of; fed up with; sick of (synonym of) ∼HSK 6
棺椁 棺槨 guān guǒ inner and outer coffins; coffin ∼HSK 6
捅破 捅破 tǒng pò to pierce; to poke through ∼HSK 6
征讨 征討 zhēng tǎo to go on a punitive expedition ∼HSK 6
文绉绉 文縐縐 wén zhōu zhōu bookish; genteel; erudite ∼HSK 6
扣住 扣住 kòu zhù to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook ∼HSK 6
久居人下 久居人下 jiǔ jū rén xià 久: long time (ago); time passage, grow late · 居: live, dwell, reside, sit · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down ∼HSK 6
麻黄 麻黃 má huáng ephedra (genus Ephedra) ∼HSK 6
讨人厌 討人厭 tǎo rén yàn horrid ∼HSK 6
客串 客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance; (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for ∼HSK 6
四书五经 四書五經 sì shū wǔ jīng 四: four · 书: book, letter, document; writings · 五: five; surname · 经: classic works; pass through ∼HSK 6
火炉 火爐 huǒ lú stove ∼HSK 6
翘起 翹起 qiào qǐ to stick up; to point sth up ∼HSK 6
发昏 發昏 fā hūn to faint ∼HSK 6
好斗 好鬥 hào dòu to be warlike; to be belligerent ∼HSK 6
家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood; a household's economic situation; family property ∼HSK 6