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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十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
忙着 忙著 máng zhe to be occupied with (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
忙不过来 忙不過來 máng bù guò lái to have more work than one can deal with; to have one's hands full ∼HSK 1
正点 正點 zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time; punctual; (slang) awesome; (Tw) on the hour ∼HSK 1
午 午 wǔ noon; 7th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 1
家老 家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household ∼HSK 1
送客 送客 sòng kè to see a visitor out ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
三小 三小 sān xiǎo (Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin) ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
大半 大半 dà bàn more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely ∼HSK 1
请看 請看 qǐng kàn please see...; vide ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
真个 真個 zhēn gè (dialect) really; truly; indeed ∼HSK 1
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
回事 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
正要 正要 zhèng yào to be just about to; to be on the point of ∼HSK 1
三不 三不 sān bù the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase) ∼HSK 1
有为 有為 yǒu wéi promising; to show promise ∼HSK 1
外人 外人 wài rén outsider; foreigner; stranger ∼HSK 1
下人 下人 xià rén (old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
一抿子 一抿子 yī mǐn zi a little bit ∼HSK 1
三五 三五 sān wǔ several; three or five ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
事事 事事 shì shì everything ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
重重 重重 chóng chóng layer upon layer; one after another ∼HSK 1
零用钱 零用錢 líng yòng qián pocket money; allowance; spending money ∼HSK 1
奶妈 奶媽 nǎi mā wet nurse ∼HSK 1
不好说 不好說 bù hǎo shuō hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say ∼HSK 1
每年 每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
前天 前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday HSK 1
玩儿 玩兒 wán r to play; to have fun; to hang out HSK 1
一点儿 一點兒 yī diǎn r 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 HSK 1
桌子 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg; hen's egg HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1