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
Vocabulary
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| 庄子 莊子 | Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author | Proper Noun |
| 尚书 尚書 | same as Book of History | Proper Noun |
| 西厢记 西廂記 | Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu | Proper Noun |
| 金箍棒 金箍棒 | Golden Hoop Staff | Proper Noun |
| 大观园 大觀園 | Prospect Garden; Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber | Proper Noun |
| 宝玉 寶玉 | precious jade; treasures | |
| 请安 請安 | to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation | |
| 击 擊 | strike, hit, beat; attack, fight | |
| 旧例 舊例 | old rules; example from the past; former practices | |
| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 梅 梅 | plums; prunes; surname | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 自有 自有 | (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 偶 偶 | accidentally, coincidently; an idol | |
| 各色 各色 | all kinds; of every description | |
| 暗暗 暗暗 | secretly; inwardly | |
| 怪道 怪道 | no wonder! | |
| 寒 寒 | cold, wintry, chilly | |
| 逛逛 逛逛 | to roam around; to have a stroll | |
| 方才 方才 | just now; then | |
| 婆婆 婆婆 | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma | |
| 烧香 燒香 | to burn incense | |
| 细细 細細 | attentive; careful | |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 竹 竹 | bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 | |
| 正方 正方 | the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate) | |
| 察 察 | examine, investigate; notice | |
| 玩牌 玩牌 | to play cards; to play mahjong | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 细看 細看 | to peer; to scan; to examine carefully | |
| 授 授 | give to, transmit; confer | |
| 贺喜 賀喜 | to congratulate | |
| 羽毛 羽毛 | feather; plumage; plume | |
| 出兵 出兵 | to send troops | |
| 一肚子 一肚子 | bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) | |
| 自找 自找 | to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; you asked for it; to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) | |
| 心术 心術 | designs; schemes; intentions; scheming; calculating (of a person) | |
| 肚 肚 | belly; abdomen; bowels | |
| 法子 法子 | way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] | |
| 虑 慮 | be concerned, worry about | |
| 作法 作法 | course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi | |
| 既有 既有 | existing | |
| 抽身 抽身 | to get away from; to withdraw; to free oneself | |
| 另有 另有 | to have some other (reason etc) | |
| 荷 荷 | lotus, water lily, holland | |
| 膏 膏 | grease, fat; paste, ointment | |
| 各处 各處 | every place |