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
Vocabulary
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| 所以 所以 | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why | |
| 当 噹 | (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) | |
| 像 像 | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) | |
| 才 才 | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only | |
| 更 更 | to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | |
| 该 該 | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned | |
| 但是 但是 | but; however | |
| 只 隻 | only; merely; just; but | |
| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 已经 已經 | already | |
| 得 得 | to have to; must; ought to; to need to | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 贵人多忘事 貴人多忘事 | an eminent person has short memory (idiom) | Idiom |
| 干 乹 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 今儿 今兒 | (coll.) today | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 会子 會子 | (coll.) a moment; a while | Colloquialism |
| 明儿 明兒 | (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 四书 四書 | Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 | Proper Noun |
| 西门 西門 | two-character surname Ximen | Proper Noun |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 客 客 | guest, traveller; customer | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person | |
| 二哥 二哥 | second brother | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 哥儿 哥兒 | brothers; boys | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 进京 進京 | to enter the capital; to go to Beijing | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years |