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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人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
加官进禄 加官進祿 jiā guān jìn lù promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
金陵 金陵 Jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天府 天府 Tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
托福 託福 Tuō fú TOEFL; Test of English as a Foreign Language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
百色 百色 Bǎi sè Baise, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乡绅 鄉紳 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宁国 寧國 Níng guó Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尚书 尚書 Shàng shū same as Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白玉 白玉 Bái yù Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation ∼HSK 4
符 符 Fú i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
国法 國法 guó fǎ national law ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
归案 歸案 guī àn to bring to justice; to file away (a document) ∼HSK 4
无处 無處 wú chù nowhere ∼HSK 4
安身 安身 ān shēn to make one's home; to take shelter ∼HSK 4
方才 方才 fāng cái just now; then ∼HSK 4
地方官 地方官 dì fāng guān local official ∼HSK 4
官爵 官爵 guān jué official ranking; titles and honors ∼HSK 4
龄 齡 líng age; years ∼HSK 4
王家 王家 wáng jiā princely ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
丰年 豐年 fēng nián prosperous year; year with bumper harvest ∼HSK 4
不单 不單 bù dān not the only; not merely; not simply ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
极好 極好 jí hǎo fabulous; superb; excellent ∼HSK 4
批示 批示 pī shì to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate; written comments from a superior ∼HSK 4
无名 無名 wú míng nameless; obscure ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
儿孙 兒孫 ér sūn descendant ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4