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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| 另 另 | other; another; separate; separately | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 迟了 遲了 | late | Xiehouyu |
| 一路 一路 | the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind | Xiehouyu |
| 姨妈 姨媽 | (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 凤 鳳 | male phoenix; symbol of joy | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 原故 原故 | variant of | |
| 猜着 猜著 | to guess correctly | |
| 殁 歿 | die; death; dead | |
| 孝 孝 | filial piety, obedience; mourning | |
| 袭 襲 | raid, attack; inherit | |
| 宦 宦 | officialdom, government official | |
| 谎 謊 | lie | |
| 箫 簫 | bamboo flute | |
| 乏 乏 | lack; poor | |
| 驳 駁 | varicolored, variegated; mixed | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 尼姑 尼姑 | Buddhist nun | |
| 也罢 也罷 | (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) | |
| 斟 斟 | to pour wine or tea into a cup; to gauge | |
| 鸾 鸞 | fabulous bird | |
| 熙 熈 | bright, splendid, glorious | |
| 知礼 知禮 | to be well-mannered | |
| 何尝 何嘗 | (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that... | |
| 盅 盅 | small cup or bowl | |
| 公公 公公 | husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch | |
| 浸 浸 | soak, immerse, dip, percolate | |
| 慈悲 慈悲 | compassion | |
| 卯 卯 | 4th earthly branch; rabbit | |
| 巡 巡 | patrol | |
| 怨不得 怨不得 | cannot blame; no wonder | |
| 蠲 蠲 | the millipede sometimes confounded with the grow-worm; bright, clear | |
| 笋 筍 | bamboo shoots | |
| 稻 稻 | rice growing in field, rice plant | |
| 钱粮 錢糧 | land tax; money and grain (given as tax or tribute) | |
| 贯 貫 | a string of 1000 coins; to go through | |
| 恕 恕 | forgive | |
| 害得 害得 | to cause or lead to sth bad | |
| 红尘 紅塵 | the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs | |
| 犹 猶 | like, similar to, just like, as | |
| 道士 道士 | Daoist priest | |
| 剁 剁 | chop by pounding, mince, hash | |
| 烛 燭 | candle, taper; shine, illuminate | |
| 颤 顫 | shiver, tremble; trembling |