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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| 作马 作馬 | sawhorse | |
| 家主 家主 | head of a household | |
| 法场 法場 | execution ground | |
| 无助 無助 | helpless; helplessness; feeling useless; no help | |
| 宁 寧 | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy | |
| 大姐 大姐 | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 着火 著火 | to catch fire | |
| 抄 抄 | to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 然而 然而 | however; yet; but | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 处于 處於 | to be in (some state, position, or condition) | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 整人 整人 | (coll.) (malicious) to make things difficult for sb; (mischievous) to play a prank on sb | Colloquialism |
| 自打 自打 | (coll.) since | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 某人 某人 | someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname) | Proper Noun |
| 贾 賈 | surname; merchant; buy, trade | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 调养 調養 | to take care of (sb's health); to nurse | |
| 古今 古今 | then and now; ancient and modern | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 新任 新任 | newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office) | |
| 银子 銀子 | money; silver | |
| 指使 指使 | to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) | |
| 状 狀 | form; appearance; shape; official | |
| 无人 無人 | unmanned; uninhabited |