Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Xifeng Taken by Surprise Gives Ways to Jealousy
S1E17 · 变生不测凤姐泼醋
Vocabulary
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| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 蚊子 蚊子 | mosquito | |
| 相伴 相伴 | to accompany sb; to accompany each other | |
| 分明 分明 | clear; distinct; evidently; clearly | |
| 漂 漂 | to float; to drift | |
| 心事 心事 | a load on one's mind; worry | |
| 苍蝇 蒼蠅 | housefly | |
| 无能 無能 | incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless | |
| 竖 豎 | to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 纱 紗 | cotton yarn; muslin | |
| 嚼 嚼 | to chew; also pr. [jué] | |
| 良 良 | good; very; very much | |
| 嗓子 嗓子 | throat; voice | |
| 和尚 和尚 | Buddhist monk | |
| 怪不得 怪不得 | no wonder!; so that's why! | |
| 涌 涌 | (used in place names) | |
| 墨 墨 | ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead | |
| 出身 出身 | to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin | |
| 绳子 繩子 | cord; string; rope | |
| 何况 何況 | let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more | |
| 咳嗽 咳嗽 | to cough | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 祭 祭 | to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield | |
| 回想 回想 | to recall; to recollect; to think back | |
| 哄 哄 | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 邀 邀 | to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 性命 性命 | life | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 审 審 | to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) | |
| 故 故 | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead | |
| 删 刪 | to delete | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 凤凰 鳳凰 | Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 | |
| 滋味 滋味 | taste; flavor; feeling | |
| 灌 灌 | to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music) | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 捏 捏 | to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 割 割 | to cut; to cut apart | |
| 拼命 拼命 | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it |