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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金玉良缘 金玉良緣 jīn yù liáng yuán lit. a match of gold and jade (idiom); fig. a perfect, ideal marriage match Idiom ∼HSK 7
沽名钓誉 沽名釣譽 gū míng diào yù to angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments Idiom HSK 7
大惊小怪 大驚小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
讹诈 訛詐 é zhà to extort under false pretenses; to blackmail; to bluff; to defraud HSK 7
东道主 東道主 dōng dào zhǔ host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) HSK 7
了却 了卻 liǎo què to resolve; to settle HSK 7
阎王 閻王 Yán wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person HSK 7
祭奠 祭奠 jì diàn to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service HSK 7
孝敬 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents HSK 7
敬酒 敬酒 jìng jiǔ to toast; to propose a toast HSK 7
着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
取笑 取笑 qǔ xiào to tease; to make fun of HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
蘸 蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) HSK 7
性情 性情 xìng qíng nature; temperament HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
兴致 興致 xìng zhì mood; spirits; interest HSK 7
吓唬 嚇唬 xià hu to scare; to frighten HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
私自 私自 sī zì private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
知己 知己 zhī jǐ to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend HSK 7
哑 啞 yǎ mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
蹬 蹬 dēng to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng] HSK 7
葬 塟 zàng to bury (the dead); to inter HSK 7
趁着 趁著 chènzhe while HSK 7
赎 贖 shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap; interval; compartment; to divide; to separate; to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) HSK 7
当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of; in the presence of HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
忍心 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
驳回 駁回 bó huí to reject; to turn down; to overrule HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
轮流 輪流 lún liú to alternate; to take turns HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
野外 野外 yě wài countryside; areas outside the city HSK 7