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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| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 发送 發送 | to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential) | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 环 環 | ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 大约 大約 | approximately; probably | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 演出 演出 | to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 事业 事業 | undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation | |
| 朝 朝 | imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 必要 必要 | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents |