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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| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 窝 窩 | nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 坑 坑 | pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 脖子 脖子 | neck | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 剂 劑 | dose (medicine) | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 感 感 | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 良辰美景 良辰美景 | fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely | Idiom |
| 福如东海 福如東海 | may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom) | Idiom |
| 无所不有 無所不有 | 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 所: place, location; numerary adjunct · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 有: have, own, possess; exist | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 挺尸 挺屍 | (lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse; (coll.) to sleep | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 水仙 水仙 | narcissus; daffodil; legendary aquatic immortal; refers to those buried at sea; person who wanders abroad and does not return | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal | |
| 依我看 依我看 | in my opinion | |
| 横竖 橫豎 | anyway | |
| 须眉 鬚眉 | man or men (formal) | |
| 托生 託生 | to be reincarnated; to be reborn | |
| 不依 不依 | not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it | |
| 香炉 香爐 | a censer (for burning incense); incense burner; thurible | |
| 饶了 饒了 | to spare; to forgive | |
| 偿命 償命 | to pay with one's life | |
| 审问 審問 | to interrogate; to examine; to question | |
| 惊梦 驚夢 | to awaken from a dream | |
| 藏书 藏書 | to collect books; library collection | |
| 琵琶 琵琶 | pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard | |
| 尚且 尚且 | (not) even; yet; still |