Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Plucky Qingwen Mends a Peacock-Feather Cape in Bed

S1E20 · 勇晴雯病补雀金裘 yǒng qíng wén bìng bǔ qiāo jīn qiú

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4.28 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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蝎蝎螫螫 蠍蠍螫螫 xiē xiē zhē zhē to fuss over trifles; to be overly meticulous or finicky (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
心比天高 心比天高 xīn bǐ tiān gāo to have ambitions loftier than the sky; to harbor grand but unrealistic aspirations (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
成千上万 成千上萬 chéng qiān shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom HSK 7
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢脸 丟臉 diū liǎn to lose face; humiliation Xiehouyu HSK 7
使唤 使喚 shǐ huan to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] Colloquialism HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
戳 戳 chuō to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal Colloquialism HSK 7
帐子 帳子 zhàng zi mosquito net HSK 7
腊月 臘月 Là yuè twelfth lunar month HSK 7
涝 澇 lào flooded HSK 7
佳节 佳節 jiā jié festive day; holiday HSK 7
要强 要強 yào qiáng eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
孝敬 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents HSK 7
算盘 算盤 suàn pán abacus; plan; scheme HSK 7
硬朗 硬朗 yìng lǎng robust; healthy HSK 7
旱 旱 hàn drought HSK 7
恩赐 恩賜 ēn cì favor; to give charity to sb out of pity HSK 7
灵巧 靈巧 líng qiǎo deft; nimble; ingenious HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
裁缝 裁縫 cái féng to make an item of clothing; to tailor HSK 7
一连 一連 yī lián in a row; in succession; running HSK 7
界线 界線 jiè xiàn limits; bounds; dividing line HSK 7
嘱咐 囑咐 zhǔ fù to tell; to exhort; injunction HSK 7
现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made; readily available HSK 7
爽快 爽快 shuǎng kuai refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward HSK 7
糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] HSK 7
情谊 情誼 qíng yì friendship; camaraderie HSK 7
抠 摳 kōu to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly HSK 7
用意 用意 yòng yì intention; purpose HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
留心 留心 liú xīn to be careful; to pay attention to HSK 7
果真 果真 guǒ zhēn really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... HSK 7
嚷 嚷 rǎng to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth HSK 7
体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
炭 炭 tàn wood charcoal; coal HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
爪子 爪子 zhuǎ zi (animal's) claw HSK 7
揽 攬 lǎn 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 HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
账单 賬單 zhàng dān bill HSK 7
养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth HSK 7
拣 揀 jiǎn to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up HSK 7