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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天地 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
疑惑 疑惑 yí huò to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions HSK 7
有益 有益 yǒu yì useful; beneficial; profitable HSK 7
剥 剝 bāo to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck HSK 7
叠 疊 dié to fold; to fold over in layers; to furl; to layer; to pile up; to repeat; to duplicate HSK 7
续 續 xù to continue; to replenish HSK 7
保管 保管 bǎo guǎn to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator HSK 7
赴 赴 fù to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
润 潤 rùn moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions) HSK 7
眼下 眼下 yǎn xià now; at present; subocular (medicine) HSK 7
美人 美人 měi rén beauty; belle HSK 7
谜 謎 mèi see 谜儿, riddle HSK 7
憋 憋 biē to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) HSK 7
喘 喘 chuǎn to gasp; to pant; asthma HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
胎 胎 tāi fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire HSK 7
口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone HSK 7
席 席 xí woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc HSK 7
继 繼 jì to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards HSK 7
虚 虛 xū emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain HSK 7
凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity HSK 7
心思 心思 xīn si mind; thoughts; inclination; mood HSK 7
可笑 可笑 kě xiào funny; ridiculous HSK 7
凡 凡 fán ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale HSK 7
虾 蝦 há used in 虾蟆 HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
略 略 lu:è brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) HSK 7
魂 䰟 hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) HSK 7
闷 悶 mēn stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly HSK 7
亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) HSK 7
众人 眾人 zhòng rén everyone HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
牙齿 牙齒 yá chǐ tooth; dental HSK 7
催 催 cuī to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
残 殘 cán to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus HSK 7
熬 熬 āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
驾 駕 jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
宗 宗 zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7