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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钏 釧 Chuàn bracelet, armlet ∼HSK 5
茜 茜 qiàn madder, rubia cordifolia; reeds ∼HSK 5
媒 媒 méi go-between, matchmaker; medium ∼HSK 5
忒 忒 tè excessive; too; very-usually of objectionable things; to err; to mistake; changeable ∼HSK 5
贩 販 fàn peddler, hawker, street merchant ∼HSK 5
呸 呸 pēi bah! (contempt) ∼HSK 5
昂 昂 áng rise, raise; proud, bold; upright ∼HSK 5
姑奶奶 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister); (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter; (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here; (coll ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
可巧 可巧 kě qiǎo by happy coincidence ∼HSK 5
抢白 搶白 qiǎng bái to rebuke; to reprimand ∼HSK 5
嘴巴子 嘴巴子 zuǐ ba zi slap ∼HSK 5
他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
孝 孝 xiào filial piety, obedience; mourning ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
怡 怡 yí harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad ∼HSK 5
翔 翔 xiáng soar, glide, hover; detailed ∼HSK 5
婆子 婆子 pó zi old woman ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
寿 壽 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
呆子 呆子 dāi zi fool; sucker ∼HSK 5
令尊 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) ∼HSK 5
湘 湘 Xiāng Hunan province ∼HSK 5
莲 蓮 lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
旦 旦 dàn dawn; morning; day ∼HSK 5
妆 妝 zhuāng to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
表兄 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line ∼HSK 5
轿 轎 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin ∼HSK 5
痘 痘 dòu smallpox ∼HSK 5
浆 漿 jiāng any thick fluid; starch; broth ∼HSK 5
保媒 保媒 bǎo méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
从命 從命 cóng mìng to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested ∼HSK 5
尼姑 尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun ∼HSK 5
庵 庵 ān Buddhist monastery or nunnery ∼HSK 5
鬼神 鬼神 guǐ shén supernatural beings ∼HSK 5
疔 疔 dīng carbuncle, boil, ulcer ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
赔不是 賠不是 péi bú shi to apologize ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
柄 柄 bǐng handle, lever, knob; authority ∼HSK 5
剪子 剪子 jiǎn zi clippers; scissors; shears HSK 5
扇子 扇子 shàn zi fan HSK 5
池子 池子 chí zi pond; bathhouse pool; dance floor of a ballroom; (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) HSK 5
招手 招手 zhāo shǒu to wave; to beckon HSK 5
心疼 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed HSK 5
跟前 跟前 gēn qián the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) HSK 5
舍得 捨得 shě de to be willing to part with sth HSK 5