Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Yuanyang Vows Never to Marry

S1E18 · 鸳鸯女誓绝鸳鸯偶 yuānyāng nǚ shìjué yuānyāng ǒu

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4.33 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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陈谷子烂芝麻 陳谷子爛芝麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip Idiom ∼HSK 6
串通一气 串通一氣 chuàn tōng yī qì to act in collusion (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
横行霸道 橫行霸道 héng xíng bà dào to oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
犯不着 犯不著 fàn bu zháo not worthwhile Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
撒手不管 撒手不管 sā shǒu bù guǎn to stand aside and do nothing (idiom); to take no part in Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
老糊涂 老糊塗 lǎo hú tu dotard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
大伯子 大伯子 dà bǎi zi (coll.) husband's elder brother Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
姨娘 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) ∼HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
不依 不依 bù yī not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
排解 排解 pái jiě to mediate; to reconcile; to make peace; to intervene ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
姨太太 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine ∼HSK 6
调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize ∼HSK 6
在理 在理 zài lǐ reasonable; sensible ∼HSK 6
智谋 智謀 zhì móu resourcefulness; ingenuity ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
尽忠报国 盡忠報國 jìn zhōng bào guó to serve loyally and repay the nation (idiom); utter devotion to one's country (associated with Yue Fei) ∼HSK 6
散闷 散悶 sàn mèn to divert oneself from melancholy ∼HSK 6
绣花 繡花 xiù huā to embroider; to do embroidery ∼HSK 6
料子 料子 liào zi material ∼HSK 6
裁剪 裁剪 cái jiǎn to cut out ∼HSK 6
活计 活計 huó jì handicraft; needlework; work ∼HSK 6
闷声不响 悶聲不響 mēn shēng bù xiǎng to keep silent ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
心肝 心肝 xīn gān darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
调唆 調唆 tiáo suō to provoke; to stir up (trouble); to instigate ∼HSK 6
泥腿 泥腿 ní tuǐ peasant; yokel ∼HSK 6
贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished ∼HSK 6
贪嘴 貪嘴 tān zuǐ gluttonous ∼HSK 6
担待 擔待 dān dài to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility ∼HSK 6
酒后无德 酒後無德 jiǔ hòu wú dé to lose one's decorum when drunk (idiom); to behave badly while intoxicated ∼HSK 6
鹌鹑 鵪鶉 ān chún quail ∼HSK 6
反叛 反叛 fǎn pàn to rebel; to revolt ∼HSK 6
琥珀 琥珀 hǔ pò amber ∼HSK 6
平头正脸 平頭正臉 píng tóu zhèng liǎn with even features and a proper face (idiom); having regular, presentable looks ∼HSK 6
据我看 據我看 jù wǒ kàn in my view; in my opinion; from what I can see ∼HSK 6
奉承 奉承 fèng cheng to fawn on; to flatter; to ingratiate oneself; flattery ∼HSK 6
火坑 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire; fig. living hell ∼HSK 6