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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| 件 件 | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc | |
| 场 場 | threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout | |
| 条 條 | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) | |
| 长 長 | length; long; forever; always; constantly | |
| 不过 不過 | only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) | |
| 一定 一定 | surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must | |
| 大家 大家 | everyone; influential family; great expert | |
| 带 帶 | band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise | |
| 位 位 | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential | |
| 这么 這麼 | so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this | |
| 那么 那麼 | like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case | |
| 所以 所以 | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why | |
| 当 噹 | (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) | |
| 像 像 | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) | |
| 才 才 | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only | |
| 该 該 | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned | |
| 它 它 | it | |
| 只 隻 | only; merely; just; but | |
| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 得 得 | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 不动 不動 | motionless | Xiehouyu |
| 大喜 大喜 | exultation | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乹 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 会子 會子 | (coll.) a moment; a while | Colloquialism |
| 今儿 今兒 | (coll.) today | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 明儿 明兒 | (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day | Colloquialism |
| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 昨儿 昨兒 | (coll.) yesterday | Colloquialism |
| 小妹妹 小妹妹 | little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva | Colloquialism |
| 见天 見天 | (coll.) every day | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 四书 四書 | Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 八月 八月 | August; eighth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 九月 九月 | September; ninth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |