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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| 压服 壓服 | to compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate | |
| 只得 只得 | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to | |
| 打官司 打官司 | to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute | |
| 只顾 只顧 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | |
| 一齐 一齊 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 背着 背著 | carrying on one's back | |
| 打发 打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) | |
| 强盗 強盜 | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 醋 醋 | vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry) | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 杂 雜 | mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 赶上 趕上 | to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 扑 撲 | to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 妙 妙 | clever; wonderful | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 首席 首席 | chief (representative, correspondent etc) | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 猛 猛 | ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 为此 為此 | for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 足 足 | excessive | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 不可救药 不可救藥 | incurable; incorrigible; beyond cure; hopeless | Idiom |