Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
White Snow and Red Plum-Blossom in the Glassy World
S1E19 · 琉璃世界白雪红梅
Vocabulary
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| 苏州 蘇州 | Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 连云 連雲 | Lianyun district of Lianyungang city, Jiangsu | Proper Noun |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 几时 幾時 | at what time?; when? | |
| 失 失 | lose; make mistake, neglect | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 食 食 | eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 | |
| 谷 穀 | valley, gorge, ravine | |
| 气血 氣血 | qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine) | |
| 富贵 富貴 | riches and honor | |
| 人参 人參 | ginseng | |
| 一应 一應 | all; every | |
| 费心 費心 | to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) | |
| 每夜 每夜 | nightly | |
| 破费 破費 | to spend (money or time) | |
| 合上 合上 | to close (box, book, mouth etc) | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 委 委 | appoint, send, commission | |
| 大员 大員 | high official | |
| 秀 秀 | ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 简 簡 | simple, terse, succinct, a letter | |
| 旧年 舊年 | last year; the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) | |
| 性急 性急 | impatient | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 香气 香氣 | fragrance; aroma; incense | |
| 相干 相干 | relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent | |
| 包管 包管 | to assure; to guarantee | |
| 农 農 | agriculture, farming; farmer | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 有兴趣 有興趣 | interested; interesting | |
| 请教 請教 | to ask for guidance; to consult | |
| 暖和 暖和 | warm; nice and warm | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 不光 不光 | not the only one; not only | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 冬 冬 | winter | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 打破 打破 | to break; to smash | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy |