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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侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
尉 尉 Wèi officer, military rank ∼HSK 5
紫薇 紫薇 zǐ wēi crape myrtle ∼HSK 5
舍人 舍人 shè rén ancient office title; rich and important person ∼HSK 5
帑 帑 tǎng a treasury; public funds ∼HSK 5
连络 連絡 lián luò variant of ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
死鬼 死鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed ∼HSK 5
隐 隱 yǐn hide, conceal; hidden, secret ∼HSK 5
何其 何其 hé qí (literary) (similar to, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc) ∼HSK 5
隆 隆 Lóng prosperous, plentiful, abundant ∼HSK 5
徇 徇 xùn comply with, follow; display ∼HSK 5
何尝 何嘗 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that... ∼HSK 5
鸾 鸞 luán fabulous bird ∼HSK 5
乩 乩 jī to divine ∼HSK 5
夙 夙 sù early in morning, dawn; previous ∼HSK 5
孽 孼 niè evil; son of concubine; ghost ∼HSK 5
追索 追索 zhuī suǒ to demand payment; to extort; to trace; to seek; to pursue; to explore ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
痧 痧 shā cholera; colic ∼HSK 5
棺 棺 guān coffin ∼HSK 5
倘 倘 cháng if, supposing, in event of ∼HSK 5
皆因 皆因 jiē yīn simply because; all because ∼HSK 5
幼女 幼女 yòu nǚ young girl ∼HSK 5
即刻 即刻 jí kè immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity; elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated ∼HSK 5
无奈 無奈 wú nài to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately HSK 5
逃走 逃走 táo zǒu to escape; to flee; to run away HSK 5
肠 腸 cháng intestines HSK 5
紫 紫 zǐ purple; violet HSK 5
赔 賠 péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
一向 一向 yī xiàng always (previously); a period of time in the recent past HSK 5
迟 遲 chí late; delayed; slow HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
摔 摔 shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
全都 全都 quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
旁 旁 páng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) HSK 5
躲 躲 duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
猜 猜 cāi to guess HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
呆 呆 dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5