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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平白无辜 平白無辜 píng bái wú gū entirely innocent; wronged without cause (idiom) ∼HSK 6
拐角 拐角 guǎi jiǎo to turn a corner; corner ∼HSK 6
忧伤 憂傷 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6
胡涂 胡塗 hú tu variant of ∼HSK 6
浇水 澆水 jiāo shuǐ to water (plants etc) ∼HSK 6
文法 文法 wén fǎ grammar ∼HSK 6
欲求 欲求 yù qiú to desire; wants; appetites ∼HSK 6
致意 致意 zhì yì to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards; to devote attention to ∼HSK 6
何必当初 何必當初 hé bì dāng chū why did you do it in the first place? (idiom); spoken in reproach over avoidable regret ∼HSK 6
令箭 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority); fig. instructions from one's superiors ∼HSK 6
讣文 訃文 fù wén obituary notice ∼HSK 6
转托 轉托 zhuǎn tuō to pass on a task; to delegate one's work; to pass the buck ∼HSK 6
雹子 雹子 báo zi hail; hailstone ∼HSK 6
蚂蚱 螞蚱 mà zha (dialect) locust; grasshopper ∼HSK 6
贫弱 貧弱 pín ruò poor and feeble ∼HSK 6
嚼子 嚼子 jiáo zi bit; mouthpiece ∼HSK 6
戳破 戳破 chuō pò to puncture; to pierce; (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality) ∼HSK 6
咽下 嚥下 yàn xià to swallow ∼HSK 6
撩拨 撩撥 liáo bō to provoke; to tease ∼HSK 6
涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) ∼HSK 6
红肿 紅腫 hóng zhǒng inflamed; red and swollen ∼HSK 6
炎凉世态 炎涼世態 yán liáng shì tài the fickleness of the world (idiom); the way people fawn on the rich and shun the poor ∼HSK 6
挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained; to write in a free style ∼HSK 6
伏惟 伏惟 fú wéi to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration) ∼HSK 6
除邪 除邪 chú xié to guard against evil; to exorcise ∼HSK 6
剥蚀 剝蝕 bō shí to corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology) ∼HSK 6
离合悲欢 離合悲歡 lí hé bēi huān partings and reunions, sorrows and joys (idiom); life's vicissitudes ∼HSK 6
跛足 跛足 bǒ zú lame ∼HSK 6
仰头 仰頭 yǎng tóu to raise one's head ∼HSK 6
飞腾 飛騰 fēi téng to fly swiftly upward; to soar ∼HSK 6
仕宦 仕宦 shì huàn (literary) to serve as an official ∼HSK 6
顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around; (literary) to care for ∼HSK 6
祸根 禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble; cause of the ruin ∼HSK 6
睁眼瞎 睜眼瞎 zhēng yǎn xiā an illiterate; sb who has blurred vision; sb who is willfully blind ∼HSK 6
煎炒 煎炒 jiān chǎo to lightly fry ∼HSK 6
同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation; person of the same generation; peer ∼HSK 6
抹泪 抹淚 mǒ lèi to wipe away tears; (fig.) to shed tears ∼HSK 6
剪恶除奸 剪惡除奸 jiǎn è chú jiān to root out evil and eliminate villains (idiom); to wipe out wrongdoers ∼HSK 6
统制 統制 tǒng zhì to control ∼HSK 6
尽忠竭力 盡忠竭力 jìn zhōng jié lì to serve with utmost loyalty and effort (idiom); to devote oneself wholeheartedly ∼HSK 6
公法 公法 gōng fǎ public law ∼HSK 6
善能 善能 shàn néng to be good at ∼HSK 6
公断 公斷 gōng duàn arbitration (law) ∼HSK 6
保呈 保呈 bǎo chéng document guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old) ∼HSK 6
惨祸 慘禍 cǎn huò terrible tragedy; grave mishap ∼HSK 6
烧埋 燒埋 shāo mái to bury; funeral rites ∼HSK 6
裁度 裁度 cái duó (formal) to make a judgement call; to decide ∼HSK 6
黑更半夜 黑更半夜 hēi gēng bàn yè in the dead of night; in the small hours of the night (idiom) ∼HSK 6
乱伦 亂倫 luàn lún to violate moral principles; depravity; (esp.) to commit incest; incest ∼HSK 6
打颤 打顫 dǎ zhàn to shiver; to tremble ∼HSK 6