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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买办 買辦 mǎi bàn comprador ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
出气 出氣 chū qì to vent one's anger; to breathe out; to exhale ∼HSK 2
花草 花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants ∼HSK 2
拉里 拉里 lā lǐ lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword) ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
重名 重名 chóng míng to have the same name ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
算不得 算不得 suàn bù dé not count as ∼HSK 2
才子 才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
兴头 興頭 xìng tou keen interest; concentrated attention ∼HSK 2
三更 三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. [san1 jin1] ∼HSK 2
老脸 老臉 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen ∼HSK 2
成日 成日 chéng rì all day long; the whole day; the whole time ∼HSK 2
诉 訴 sù accuse; sue; inform; narrate ∼HSK 2
发笑 發笑 fā xiào to burst out laughing; to laugh ∼HSK 2
上万 上萬 shàng wàn over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
凉棚 涼棚 liáng péng mat awning; arbor ∼HSK 2
四更 四更 sì gēng fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
上房 上房 shàng fáng central building (in a traditional house); primary wife ∼HSK 2
撂倒 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down; to mow down ∼HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
开交 開交 kāi jiāo (used with negative) to conclude; (impossible) to end; (can't) finish ∼HSK 2
出口气 出口氣 chū kǒu qì to take one's revenge; to score off sb ∼HSK 2
生事 生事 shēng shì to make trouble ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
眼见 眼見 yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes; very soon ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
冷眼 冷眼 lěng yǎn cool eye; fig. detached; (treating) with indifference ∼HSK 2
满口 滿口 mǎn kǒu a full mouth of (sth tangible); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises, etc); (to agree etc) unreservedly ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
三不知 三不知 sān bù zhī to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end; to know nothing at all ∼HSK 2
有助 有助 yǒu zhù helpful; beneficial; to help; conducive to ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
选出 選出 xuǎn chū to pick out; to select; to elect ∼HSK 2
老成 老成 lǎo chéng mature; experienced; sophisticated ∼HSK 2
卖钱 賣錢 mài qián to make money by selling sth ∼HSK 2
叫作 叫作 jiào zuò to call; to be called HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
晴 晴 qíng clear; fine (weather) HSK 2
忽然 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2