Dream in Red Mansions
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Xifeng Taken by Surprise Gives Ways to Jealousy
S1E17 · 变生不测凤姐泼醋
Vocabulary
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| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 城门 城門 | city gate | Proper Noun |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 银子 銀子 | money; silver | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 洛 洛 | river in Shanxi province; city | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 千金 千金 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter | |
| 随口 隨口 | (speak) without thinking the matter through | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 张嘴 張嘴 | to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape | |
| 楼台 樓臺 | (dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building; tower; (old) stage for theatrical performance | |
| 典 典 | law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 花心 花心 | fickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 古来 古來 | since ancient times; it has ever been the case that | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 乱动 亂動 | to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about | |
| 造化 造化 | (literary) Nature; the Creator | |
| 随风 隨風 | wind-borne; tossed about by the wind | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 受用 受用 | to enjoy; to reap the benefits (of sth) | |
| 打趣 打趣 | to make fun of | |
| 不相干 不相干 | to be irrelevant; to have nothing to do with | |
| 各人 各人 | each one; everyone | |
| 檀香 檀香 | sandalwood | |
| 芸香 芸香 | (botany) rue (Ruta graveolens) | |
| 阴阳 陰陽 | yin and yang | |
| 记挂 記掛 | (dialect) to keep thinking about (sth); to have (sth) on one's mind | |
| 烙铁 烙鐵 | flatiron; iron; branding iron; soldering iron | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 保不住 保不住 | cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well | |
| 世人 世人 | people (in general); people around the world; everyone | |
| 使性子 使性子 | to lose one's temper | |
| 黄汤 黃湯 | liquor; booze; murky, muddy water | |
| 美人坯子 美人坯子 | a beauty in the bud | |
| 不得已 不得已 | to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must | |
| 请教 請教 | to ask for guidance; to consult | |
| 工夫 工夫 | (old) laborer | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) |