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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何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
诰 誥 gào inform, notify, admonish, order ∼HSK 5
谕 諭 yù proclaim, instruct; edict ∼HSK 5
赦 赦 shè pardon ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
谎 謊 huǎng lie ∼HSK 5
覆 覆 fù cover; tip over; return; reply ∼HSK 5
黛 黛 dài blacken eyebrows; black ∼HSK 5
锦 錦 jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
帘 簾 lián flag-sign of a tavern ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
妇 婦 fù married women; woman; wife ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
猜着 猜著 cāi zháo to guess correctly ∼HSK 5
赔不是 賠不是 péi bú shi to apologize ∼HSK 5
蕊 橤 ruǐ unopened flowers, flower buds ∼HSK 5
尼姑 尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun ∼HSK 5
硝 硝 xiāo saltpeter, niter; to tan ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
赃 贓 zāng booty, loot, stolen goods; bribe ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
妆 妝 zhuāng to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up ∼HSK 5
孽 孼 niè evil; son of concubine; ghost ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
丢下 丟下 diū xià to abandon ∼HSK 5
葫芦 葫蘆 húlu gourd ∼HSK 5
虽是 雖是 suī shì although; even though; even if ∼HSK 5
卯 卯 mǎo 4th earthly branch; rabbit ∼HSK 5
笼 籠 lóng cage; cage-like basket ∼HSK 5
倪 倪 Ní feeble, tiny, young and weak ∼HSK 5
劳什子 勞什子 láo shí zi (dialect) nuisance; pain ∼HSK 5
藕 藕 ǒu lotus root ∼HSK 5
叨 叨 dāo talkative; quarrelous ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
烛 燭 zhú candle, taper; shine, illuminate ∼HSK 5
骂人 罵人 mà rén to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone ∼HSK 5
夜叉 夜叉 yè chā yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person ∼HSK 5
啐 啐 cuì to taste, to sip; to spit; the sound of sipping; to surprise ∼HSK 5
吁 籲 xū sh; hush ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
从命 從命 cóng mìng to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested ∼HSK 5
谨 謹 jǐn prudent, cautious; attentive ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
掷 擲 zhì throw, hurl, cast, fling ∼HSK 5