Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

An Evening Banquet on the Lantern Festival in the Jung Mansion

S1E21 · 荣国府元宵开夜宴 róng guó fǔ yuánxiāo kāi yè yàn

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4.68 Intermediate

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满腹文章 滿腹文章 mǎn fù wén zhāng lit. a bellyful of fine writing (idiom); fig. immensely learned and accomplished in letters Idiom ∼HSK 7
刁钻古怪 刁鑽古怪 diāo zuān gǔ guài sly and eccentric; cunning and odd (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
无所不通 無所不通 wú suǒ bù tōng to be proficient in everything (idiom); versed in all things; master of every skill Idiom ∼HSK 7
爱如珍宝 愛如珍寶 ài rú zhēn bǎo to cherish like a precious treasure (idiom); to treasure dearly Idiom ∼HSK 7
前言不搭后语 前言不搭後語 qián yán bù dā hòu yǔ one's words don't hang together (idiom); to talk incoherently; self-contradictory and disjointed speech Idiom ∼HSK 7
擒贼先擒王 擒賊先擒王 qín zéi xiān qín wáng lit. to catch the bandits, first catch their leader (idiom); fig. to tackle the root of a problem first; go for the ringleader Idiom ∼HSK 7
远愁近虑 遠愁近慮 yuǎn chóu jìn lǜ worries far and near (idiom); to fret over both distant and immediate concerns; full of anxieties Idiom ∼HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
宰 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) Colloquialism HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
阎王 閻王 Yán wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person HSK 7
斟酌 斟酌 zhēn zhuó to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim HSK 7
佳节 佳節 jiā jié festive day; holiday HSK 7
污秽 污穢 wū huì nasty; sordid; filthy HSK 7
公费 公費 gōng fèi at public expense HSK 7
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
元宵节 元宵節 Yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar HSK 7
一概 一概 yī gài all; without any exceptions; categorically 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
本分 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it HSK 7
何苦 何苦 hé kǔ why bother?; is it worth the trouble? HSK 7
恭敬 恭敬 gōng jìng deferential; respectful HSK 7
退步 退步 tuì bù to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback HSK 7
利害 利害 lì hài pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses HSK 7
垫子 墊子 diàn zi cushion; mat; pad HSK 7
眼色 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes; meaningful glance HSK 7
耐性 耐性 nài xìng patience HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
名利 名利 míng lì fame and profit HSK 7
俗话说 俗話說 sú huà shuō as the proverb says; as they say... HSK 7
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
嘱咐 囑咐 zhǔ fù to tell; to exhort; injunction HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
年终 年終 nián zhōng end of the year HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
专人 專人 zhuān rén specialist; person appointed for specific task HSK 7
连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row HSK 7
去处 去處 qù chù place; destination HSK 7
瞅 瞅 chǒu (dialect) to look at HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire; fireworks HSK 7
小看 小看 xiǎo kàn to look down on; to underestimate HSK 7