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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哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
注 註 zhù to inject; to pour into; to concentrate; to pay attention; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; variant of 注 HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
雅俗共赏 雅俗共賞 yǎ sú gòng shǎng can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
黑灯瞎火 黑燈瞎火 hēi dēng xiā huǒ pitch dark Idiom ∼HSK 6
吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom); fig. you'll have to take the consequences Idiom ∼HSK 6
万事如意 萬事如意 wàn shì rú yì to have all one's wishes (idiom); best wishes; all the best; may all your hopes be fulfilled Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
耍花招 耍花招 shuǎ huā zhāo to play tricks on sb Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
庄稼人 莊稼人 zhuāng jia rén (coll.) farmer Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
孔雀 孔雀 kǒng què peafowl; peacock ∼HSK 6
灯谜 燈謎 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year) ∼HSK 6
铺盖 鋪蓋 pū gài to spread evenly over ∼HSK 6
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
织补 織補 zhī bǔ darning; to darn ∼HSK 6
招人 招人 zhāo rén to be infectious; to recruit ∼HSK 6
毁谤 毀謗 huǐ bàng slander; libel; to malign; to disparage ∼HSK 6
多情 多情 duō qíng affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
景致 景緻 jǐng zhì view; scenery; scene ∼HSK 6
便服 便服 biàn fú everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes ∼HSK 6
元宵 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also; sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 6
恩典 恩典 ēn diǎn favor; grace ∼HSK 6
死尸 死屍 sǐ shī corpse; dead body ∼HSK 6
棉袄 棉襖 mián ǎo cotton-padded jacket ∼HSK 6
诊脉 診脈 zhěn mài take pulse (TCM) ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
麻黄 麻黃 má huáng ephedra (genus Ephedra) ∼HSK 6
高人逸士 高人逸士 gāo rén yì shì lofty persons and reclusive scholars (idiom); high-minded hermits living apart from worldly affairs ∼HSK 6
黄澄澄 黃澄澄 huáng dēng dēng glistening yellow; golden ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
太阳穴 太陽穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head) ∼HSK 6
野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) ∼HSK 6
抽丝 抽絲 chōu sī to spin silk ∼HSK 6
仙丹 仙丹 xiān dān elixir of immortality ∼HSK 6
灵药 靈藥 líng yào legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem ∼HSK 6
清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter; niece ∼HSK 6
野人 野人 yě rén a savage; uncivilized person; (old) commoner ∼HSK 6
撒野 撒野 sā yě to display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously ∼HSK 6