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

HSK 1

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	to root out evil and eliminate villains (idiom); to wipe out wrongdoers	∼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	friends from days of poverty (idiom); a friendship formed in hard times	∼HSK 6