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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| 走去 走去 | to walk over (to) | |
| 十六 十六 | sixteen; 16 | |
| 忙着 忙著 | to be occupied with (doing sth) | |
| 忙不过来 忙不過來 | to have more work than one can deal with; to have one's hands full | |
| 正点 正點 | (of a train etc) on time; punctual; (slang) awesome; (Tw) on the hour | |
| 午 午 | noon; 7th terrestrial branch | |
| 家老 家老 | (old) a senior in one's household | |
| 送客 送客 | to see a visitor out | |
| 这下 這下 | this time | |
| 三小 三小 | (Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin) | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 大半 大半 | more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely | |
| 请看 請看 | please see...; vide | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 真个 真個 | (dialect) really; truly; indeed | |
| 来着 來著 | auxiliary showing sth happened in the past | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 正要 正要 | to be just about to; to be on the point of | |
| 三不 三不 | the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase) | |
| 有为 有為 | promising; to show promise | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 下人 下人 | (old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 一抿子 一抿子 | a little bit | |
| 三五 三五 | several; three or five | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 事事 事事 | everything | |
| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 兴 興 | thrive, prosper, flourish | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 零用钱 零用錢 | pocket money; allowance; spending money | |
| 奶妈 奶媽 | wet nurse | |
| 不好说 不好說 | hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
| 每年 每年 | every year; each year; yearly | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 体 體 | body; group, class, body, unit; inferior | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 前天 前天 | the day before yesterday | |
| 玩儿 玩兒 | to play; to have fun; to hang out | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more | |
| 桌子 桌子 | table; desk | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 鸡蛋 雞蛋 | (chicken) egg; hen's egg | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there |