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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| 专司 專司 | to work solely on; to have as one's (or its) sole function; person or agency responsible for one specific thing | |
| 地基 地基 | foundations (of a building); base | |
| 定例 定例 | usual practice; routine | |
| 自家 自家 | oneself; one's own family | |
| 应分 應分 | (of a course of action) within one's area of responsibility; expected of one; obligatory (for a person in that role) | |
| 痛快 痛快 | delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai] | |
| 赏 賞 | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 利息 利息 | interest (on a loan) | |
| 粮食 糧食 | foodstuff; cereals | |
| 避 避 | to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from | |
| 骨头 骨頭 | bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] | |
| 老虎 老虎 | tiger | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 办事 辦事 | to handle (affairs); to work | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 着急 著急 | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] | |
| 眼里 眼裡 | In the eyes | |
| 有限 有限 | limited; finite | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 厚 厚 | thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress | |
| 末 末 | tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man | |
| 减 減 | to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish | |
| 宽 寬 | wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 遇见 遇見 | to meet | |
| 姐妹 姐妹 | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 酒吧 酒吧 | bar; pub; saloon | |
| 散 㪚 | to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack | Colloquialism |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 引 引 | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 编 編 | to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands |