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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灯谜 燈謎 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year) ∼HSK 6
协理 協理 xié lǐ assistant manager; to assist in managing ∼HSK 6
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account; old debt; fig. old scores to settle; old quarrels; old grudge ∼HSK 6
不依 不依 bù yī not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it ∼HSK 6
元宵 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also; sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 6
溪壑 溪壑 xī hè valley; mountain gorge ∼HSK 6
耍猴 耍猴 shuǎ hóu to get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show; to make fun of sb; to tease ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
作伴 作伴 zuò bàn to accompany; to keep sb company ∼HSK 6
斟酒 斟酒 zhēn jiǔ to pour wine or liquor ∼HSK 6
人氏 人氏 rén shì native; person from a particular place ∼HSK 6
告老还乡 告老還鄉 gào lǎo huán xiāng to retire on grounds of age and return to one's hometown (idiom); to retire from office ∼HSK 6
名讳 名諱 míng huì taboo name (e.g. of emperor) ∼HSK 6
琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 qín - qí - shū - huà (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person ∼HSK 6
宰相 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) ∼HSK 6
无所不晓 無所不曉 wú suǒ bù xiǎo to know everything; omniscient (idiom); there is nothing one does not know ∼HSK 6
告老还家 告老還家 gào lǎo huán jiā to retire and return to one's home village (idiom); to go home in old age ∼HSK 6
奶母 奶母 nǎi mǔ wet nurse ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
着魔 著魔 zháo mó obsessed; bewitched; enchanted; as if possessed ∼HSK 6
姨太太 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
妖魔 妖魔 yāo mó evil spirit ∼HSK 6
绝了 絕了 jué le (slang) awesome; dope ∼HSK 6
合奏 合奏 hé zòu to perform music (as an ensemble) ∼HSK 6
琵琶 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard ∼HSK 6
喜上眉梢 喜上眉梢 xǐ shàng méi shāo joy showing at the brows (idiom); to beam with delight ∼HSK 6
心巧嘴乖 心巧嘴乖 xīn qiǎo zuǐ guāi clever of mind and smooth of tongue (idiom); quick-witted and well-spoken ∼HSK 6
跟斗 跟斗 gēn dou somersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure ∼HSK 6
央求 央求 yāng qiú to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly ∼HSK 6
妯娌 妯娌 zhóu li wives of brothers; sisters-in-law ∼HSK 6
拙嘴笨腮 拙嘴笨腮 zhuō zuǐ bèn sāi clumsy of speech (idiom); awkward and inarticulate ∼HSK 6
哄然 鬨然 hōng rán boisterous; uproarious ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
筵席 筵席 yán xí banquet; mat for sitting ∼HSK 6
贫嘴 貧嘴 pín zuǐ talkative; garrulous; loquacious; flippant; jocular ∼HSK 6
解酒 解酒 jiě jiǔ to dissipate the effects of alcohol ∼HSK 6
撒娇 撒嬌 sā jiāo to act like a spoiled child; to throw a tantrum; to act coquettishly ∼HSK 6
不祥 不祥 bù xiáng ominous; inauspicious ∼HSK 6
省俭 省儉 shěng jiǎn frugal; thrifty ∼HSK 6
退步抽身 退步抽身 tui bu chou sheng to step back and withdraw in time (idiom); to retreat before it is too late ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
恩典 恩典 ēn diǎn favor; grace ∼HSK 6
依着 依著 yī zhe in accordance with ∼HSK 6
但凡 但凡 dàn fán every single; as long as ∼HSK 6
裁夺 裁奪 cái duó to consider and decide ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
腼腆 靦腆 miǎn tiǎn shy; bashful ∼HSK 6