Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Plucky Qingwen Mends a Peacock-Feather Cape in Bed
S1E20 · 勇晴雯病补雀金裘
Vocabulary
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| 蝎蝎螫螫 蠍蠍螫螫 | 蝎: scorpion · 蝎: scorpion · 螫: poison; sting; poisonous insect · 螫: poison; sting; poisonous insect | Idiom |
| 心比天高 心比天高 | 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 比: to compare, liken; comparison; than · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 高: high, tall; lofty, elevated | Idiom |
| 成千上万 成千上萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | Idiom |
| 小气 小氣 | stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 丢脸 丟臉 | to lose face; humiliation | Xiehouyu |
| 使唤 使喚 | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] | Colloquialism |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 戳 戳 | to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal | Colloquialism |
| 帐子 帳子 | mosquito net | |
| 腊月 臘月 | twelfth lunar month | |
| 涝 澇 | flooded | |
| 佳节 佳節 | festive day; holiday | |
| 要强 要強 | eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded | |
| 正月 正月 | first month of the lunar year | |
| 孝敬 孝敬 | to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents | |
| 算盘 算盤 | abacus; plan; scheme | |
| 硬朗 硬朗 | robust; healthy | |
| 旱 旱 | drought | |
| 恩赐 恩賜 | favor; to give charity to sb out of pity | |
| 灵巧 靈巧 | deft; nimble; ingenious | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 裁缝 裁縫 | to make an item of clothing; to tailor | |
| 一连 一連 | in a row; in succession; running | |
| 界线 界線 | limits; bounds; dividing line | |
| 嘱咐 囑咐 | to tell; to exhort; injunction | |
| 现成 現成 | ready-made; readily available | |
| 爽快 爽快 | refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward | |
| 糟蹋 糟蹋 | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] | |
| 情谊 情誼 | friendship; camaraderie | |
| 抠 摳 | to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly | |
| 用意 用意 | intention; purpose | |
| 胡闹 胡鬧 | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble | |
| 福气 福氣 | good fortune; a blessing | |
| 留心 留心 | to be careful; to pay attention to | |
| 果真 果真 | really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... | |
| 嚷 嚷 | to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth | |
| 体面 體面 | dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable | |
| 炭 炭 | wood charcoal; coal | |
| 越发 越發 | increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more | |
| 绣 繡 | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 爪子 爪子 | (animal's) claw | |
| 揽 攬 | to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass | |
| 多亏 多虧 | thanks to; luckily | |
| 风流 風流 | distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 账单 賬單 | bill | |
| 养活 養活 | to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth | |
| 拣 揀 | to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up |