Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Baoyu, Daiyu, and Baochai's First Meeting at the Hall of Glorious Pageant

S1E2 · 宝黛钗初会荣庆堂 bǎo dài chāi chū huì róng qìng táng

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4.62 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth HSK 7
可笑 可笑 kě xiào funny; ridiculous HSK 7
废 廢 fèi to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste HSK 7
绑 綁 bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
感激 感激 gǎn jī to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
致 緻 zhì (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
人命关天 人命關天 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
顺水推舟 順水推舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit Idiom ∼HSK 6
丧尽天良 喪盡天良 sàng jìn tiān liáng devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless Idiom ∼HSK 6
十恶不赦 十惡不赦 shí è bù shè wicked beyond redemption (idiom); heinous Idiom ∼HSK 6
命根子 命根子 mìng gēn zi lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) 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
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
凶犯 兇犯 xiōng fàn murderer ∼HSK 6
拐子 柺子 guǎi zi crutch; (derog.) lame person; kidnapper ∼HSK 6
杜撰 杜撰 dù zhuàn to fabricate; to make sth up; invented ∼HSK 6
孽障 孽障 niè zhàng evil creature ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
拐卖 拐賣 guǎi mài human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
姨太太 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine ∼HSK 6
重逢 重逢 chóng féng to meet again; to be reunited; reunion ∼HSK 6
些许 些許 xiē xǔ a few; a little; a bit ∼HSK 6
典故 典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased ∼HSK 6
抹泪 抹淚 mǒ lèi to wipe away tears; (fig.) to shed tears ∼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
拘拿 拘拿 jū ná to arrest ∼HSK 6
剪恶除奸 剪惡除奸 jiǎn è chú jiān 剪: scissors; cut, divide, separate · 恶: evil, wicked, bad, foul · 除: eliminate, remove, except · 奸: crafty, villainous, false ∼HSK 6
缉拿 緝拿 jī ná to arrest; to seize ∼HSK 6
贫贱之交 貧賤之交 pín jiàn zhī jiāo 贫: poor, impoverished, needy · 贱: mean, low; cheap, worthless · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 交: mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver ∼HSK 6