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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产房 產房 chǎn fáng delivery room (in hospital); labor ward ∼HSK 6
黄汤辣水 黃湯辣水 huáng tāng là shuǐ 黄: yellow; surname · 汤: hot water; soup, gravy, broth · 辣: peppery, pungent, hot; cruel · 水: water, liquid, lotion, juice ∼HSK 6
缝子 縫子 fèng zi crack; chink; narrow slit; crevice ∼HSK 6
黑家白日 黑家白日 hēi jiā bái rì 黑: black; dark; evil, sinister · 家: house, home, residence; family · 白: white; pure, unblemished; bright · 日: sun; day; daytime ∼HSK 6
福寿双全 福壽雙全 fú shòu shuāng quán 福: happiness, good fortune, blessing · 寿: old age, long life; lifespan · 双: set of two, pair, couple; both · 全: maintain, keep whole or intact ∼HSK 6
衣履 衣履 yī lǚ clothes and shoes ∼HSK 6
迟误 遲誤 chí wù to delay; to procrastinate ∼HSK 6
裁革 裁革 cái gé to dismiss; to lay off ∼HSK 6
窝主 窩主 wō zhǔ person who harbors criminals; receiver (of stolen goods) ∼HSK 6
大族 大族 dà zú large and influential family; clan ∼HSK 6
现世现报 現世現報 xiàn shì xiàn bòo 现: appear, manifest, become visible · 世: generation; world; era · 现: appear, manifest, become visible · 报: report, tell, announce ∼HSK 6
奔四 奔四 bèn sì to be pushing 40 ∼HSK 6
颓丧 頹喪 tuí sàng dejected; disheartened; listless ∼HSK 6
猪窝 豬窩 zhū wō pigsty (lit. and fig.) ∼HSK 6
贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good ∼HSK 6
偷鸡盗狗 偷雞盜狗 tōu jī dào gǒu 偷: to steal, burglar, thief · 鸡: chicken · 盗: rob, steal; thief, bandit · 狗: dog, canis familiaris ∼HSK 6
物在人亡 物在人亡 wù zài rén wáng 物: thing, substance, creature · 在: be at, in, on; consist in, rest · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 亡: death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 6
馋痨 饞癆 chán láo gluttony ∼HSK 6
三求四告 三求四告 sān qiú sì gào 三: three · 求: seek; demand, request; beseech · 四: four · 告: tell, announce, inform; accuse ∼HSK 6
宾主 賓主 bīn zhǔ guest and host ∼HSK 6
勾魂 勾魂 gōu hún to take away sb's soul; (fig.) to captivate; to enchant ∼HSK 6
枝子 枝子 zhī zi twig; branch ∼HSK 6
八股 八股 bā gǔ an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing ∼HSK 6
人多手杂 人多手雜 rén duō shǒu zá 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 多: much, many; more than, over · 手: hand · 杂: mixed, blended; mix, mingle ∼HSK 6
滤过 濾過 lǜ guò to filter ∼HSK 6
胶泥 膠泥 jiāo ní clay ∼HSK 6
再临 再臨 zài lín to come again ∼HSK 6
蝇头小楷 蠅頭小楷 yíng tóu xiǎo kǎi 蝇: flies · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 小: small, tiny, insignificant · 楷: model style of Chinese writing ∼HSK 6
庭除 庭除 tíng chú front court; courtyard ∼HSK 6
笼火 籠火 lóng huǒ to make a fire ∼HSK 6
帘幕 簾幕 lián mù hanging screen; curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) ∼HSK 6
流苏 流蘇 liú sū tassels ∼HSK 6
凑份子 湊份子 còu fèn zi to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) ∼HSK 6
贝叶经 貝葉經 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree ∼HSK 6
续娶 續娶 xù qǔ to remarry ∼HSK 6
牢头 牢頭 láo tóu jailer (old) ∼HSK 6
雅号 雅號 yǎ hào refined appelation; (humor) sb's elegant monicker; (hon.) your esteemed name ∼HSK 6
任侠 任俠 rèn xiá chivalrous; helping the weak for the sake of justice ∼HSK 6
秋审 秋審 qiū shěn autumn trial (judicial hearing of capital cases during Ming and Qing) ∼HSK 6
重阳节 重陽節 Chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month HSK 6
看得起 看得起 kàn de qǐ to show respect for; to think highly of HSK 6
公婆 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents; parents-in-law HSK 6
伶俐 伶俐 líng lì clever; witty; intelligent HSK 6
道教 道教 Dào jiào Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs) HSK 6
好容易 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy HSK 6
果树 果樹 guǒ shù fruit tree HSK 6
赶忙 趕忙 gǎn máng to hurry; to hasten; to make haste HSK 6
贤惠 賢惠 xián huì variant of 贤慧 HSK 6
清明节 清明節 Qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) HSK 6
不料 不料 bù liào unexpectedly; to one's surprise HSK 6