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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| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 尿 尿 | to urinate; urine | |
| 业 業 | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 和盘托出 和盤托出 | lit. to put everything out including the tray; to reveal everything; to make a clean breast of it all | Idiom |
| 佳人才子 佳人才子 | lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom); fig. pair of ideal lovers | Idiom |
| 绝代佳人 絕代佳人 | beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance; prettiest girl ever | Idiom |
| 雅俗共赏 雅俗共賞 | can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom) | Idiom |
| 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 | (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted | Idiom |
| 旁观者清 旁觀者清 | an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom) | Idiom |
| 天悬地隔 天懸地隔 | poles apart (idiom); entirely different | Idiom |
| 耍贫嘴 耍貧嘴 | (coll.) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes; to chatter endlessly; to speak glibly | Xiehouyu |
| 不像样 不像樣 | in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 姨奶奶 姨奶奶 | father's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt | Colloquialism |
| 大娘 大娘 | (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 炮仗 炮仗 | firecracker | |
| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 聋子 聾子 | deaf person | |
| 佳人 佳人 | beautiful woman | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal | |
| 托生 託生 | to be reincarnated; to be reborn | |
| 炮竹 炮竹 | firecracker | |
| 素日 素日 | usually | |
| 俭省 儉省 | thrifty; economical; sparing | |
| 膝下 膝下 | at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) | |
| 王公 王公 | princes and dukes; aristocrat | |
| 丫鬟 丫鬟 | servant girl; maid |