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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| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years | |
| 老话 老話 | an old saying | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 门子 門子 | door; doorman (old); hanger-on of an aristocrat; social influence; pull; classifier for relatives, marriages etc | |
| 现 現 | appear, manifest, become visible | |
| 商 商 | commerce, business, trade | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 拿人 拿人 | making things awkward; to cause difficulties; to exert influence; to attract | |
| 最多 最多 | at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal | |
| 外甥 外甥 | sister's son; wife's sibling's son | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 想出 想出 | to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 本月 本月 | this month; the current month | |
| 十九 十九 | nineteen; 19 | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 出家 出家 | to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 忘不了 忘不了 | cannot forget | |
| 上边 上邊 | the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |