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 biàn shēng bù cè fèng jiě pō cù

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4.41 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
安分守己 安分守己 ān fèn shǒu jǐ to be content with one's lot (idiom); to know one's place Idiom ∼HSK 4
高论 高論 gāo lùn enlightening remarks (honorific); brilliant views Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
王八 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
牡丹亭 牡丹亭 Mǔ dan Tíng The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
百色 百色 Bǎi sè Baise, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汤显祖 湯顯祖 Tāng Xiǎn zǔ Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
宝玉 寶玉 bǎo yù precious jade; treasures ∼HSK 4
虫 蟲 chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
龄 齡 líng age; years ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
惜 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge ∼HSK 4
世俗 世俗 shì sú profane; secular; worldly ∼HSK 4
粗话 粗話 cū huà vulgar language; coarse language ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
何曾 何曾 hé céng did I ever...? (or "did he ever...?" etc) ∼HSK 4
诸如 諸如 zhū rú (various things) such as; such as (the following) ∼HSK 4
幸而 幸而 xìng ér by good fortune; luckily ∼HSK 4
研 研 yán grind, rub; study, research ∼HSK 4
针线 針線 zhēn xiàn needle and thread; needlework ∼HSK 4
倒反 倒反 dào fǎn instead; on the contrary; contrary (to expectations) ∼HSK 4
头儿 頭兒 tóu r head, leader ∼HSK 4
引着 引著 yǐn zháo to ignite; to kindle ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
鲜亮 鮮亮 xiān liang bright (color); vivid ∼HSK 4
针线活儿 針線活兒 zhēn xiàn huó r needlework; working for a living as a needleworker ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
应得 應得 yīng dé to deserve ∼HSK 4
多方 多方 duō fāng in many ways; from all sides ∼HSK 4
厌 厭 yàn dislike, detest, reject; satiate ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
不过如此 不過如此 bù guò - rú cǐ (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive ∼HSK 4
酒量 酒量 jiǔ liàng capacity for liquor; how much one can drink ∼HSK 4
的款 的款 dí kuǎn reliable funds ∼HSK 4
赏脸 賞臉 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor ∼HSK 4
烧红 燒紅 shāo hóng to heat until red-hot ∼HSK 4
细说 細說 xì shuō to tell in detail ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
一肚子 一肚子 yī dù zi bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4