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

Vocabulary

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再者 再者 zài zhě moreover; besides ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
银两 銀兩 yín liǎng silver (as currency) ∼HSK 3
趣 趣 qù interesting; to interest ∼HSK 3
终 終 zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
花火 花火 huā huǒ firework ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
赶考 趕考 gǎn kǎo to go and take an imperial examination ∼HSK 3
世交 世交 shì jiāo (long time) friend of the family ∼HSK 3
千金 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter ∼HSK 3
终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) ∼HSK 3
书香 書香 shū xiāng literary reputation ∼HSK 3
紧跟 緊跟 jǐn gēn to follow precisely; to comply with ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
那世 那世 nà shì the world of the dead ∼HSK 3
本朝 本朝 běn cháo the current dynasty ∼HSK 3
张口 張口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request) ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
皮子 皮子 pí zi skin; fur ∼HSK 3
性急 性急 xìng jí impatient ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
报喜 報喜 bào xǐ to announce good news; to report success ∼HSK 3
不巧 不巧 bù qiǎo too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it ∼HSK 3
满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart; from the bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 3
每每 每每 měi měi often ∼HSK 3
检点 檢點 jiǎn diǎn to examine; to check; to keep a lookout; cautious; restrained (in speech or mannerisms) ∼HSK 3
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back; (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges ∼HSK 3
煞性子 煞性子 shā xìng zi to vent anger ∼HSK 3
造化 造化 zào huà (literary) Nature; the Creator ∼HSK 3
梯己 梯己 tī ji intimate; private saving of family members ∼HSK 3
一应 一應 yī yīng all; every ∼HSK 3
开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack ∼HSK 3
己 己 jǐ self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
紧要关头 緊要關頭 jǐn yào guān tóu urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture ∼HSK 3
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc ∼HSK 3
源 源 yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
使不得 使不得 shǐ bu de cannot be used; must not (do sth); unacceptable ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
各人 各人 gè rén each one; everyone ∼HSK 3
差使 差使 chāi shǐ to send; to assign; to appoint; servants of an official; official messenger ∼HSK 3
心眼儿 心眼兒 xīn yǎn r one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions ∼HSK 3
有的是 有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
工夫 工夫 gōng fū (old) laborer HSK 3
结实 結實 jiē shí to bear fruit HSK 3
暖和 暖和 nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
老太太 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3