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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唤 喚 huàn summon, call ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
辅 輔 fǔ cheek bone; protective; assist ∼HSK 5
雏 雛 chú chick, fledging; infant, toddler ∼HSK 5
妒 妒 dù jealous, envious ∼HSK 5
诌 謅 zhōu play with words, quip; talk nonse ∼HSK 5
下巴 下巴 xià ba chin ∼HSK 5
出戏 出戲 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance ∼HSK 5
寿 壽 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
命大 命大 mìng dà lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) ∼HSK 5
摧 摧 cuī destroy, break, injure ∼HSK 5
暖阁 暖閣 nuǎn gé warm room; warm partition of a room ∼HSK 5
炕 匟 kàng the brick-bed in northern China ∼HSK 5
拼起来 拼起來 pīn qi lai to put together ∼HSK 5
胡琴 胡琴 hú qin huqin; family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring ∼HSK 5
笙 笙 shēng small gourd-shaped musical instrument ∼HSK 5
笛 笛 dí bamboo flute; whistle ∼HSK 5
锣鼓 鑼鼓 luó gǔ gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments ∼HSK 5
湘 湘 Xiāng Hunan province ∼HSK 5
弹琴 彈琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument ∼HSK 5
簪 簪 zān hairpin, clasp; wear in hair ∼HSK 5
笳 笳 jiā a reed leaf whistle ∼HSK 5
戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer; actor ∼HSK 5
不孝 不孝 bù xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
跺 跥 duò stamp feet, step ∼HSK 5
叹 嘆 tàn sigh, admire ∼HSK 5
噗 噗 pū burst ∼HSK 5
哧 哧 chī sound of ripping or giggling ∼HSK 5
臊 臊 sāo rank; rancid; frowzy, fetid; bashful ∼HSK 5
轻狂 輕狂 qīng kuáng frivolous ∼HSK 5
大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
谕 諭 yù proclaim, instruct; edict ∼HSK 5
将息 將息 jiāng xī (literary) to rest; to recuperate ∼HSK 5
议事 議事 yì shì to discuss official business ∼HSK 5
轿 轎 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin ∼HSK 5
夜叉 夜叉 yè chā yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person ∼HSK 5
镇山 鎮山 zhèn shān main mountain of a region ∼HSK 5
姑奶奶 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister); (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter; (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here; (coll ∼HSK 5
军机 軍機 jūn jī military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 5
参赞 參贊 cān zàn to serve as an adviser; (diplomatic rank) attaché; counselor ∼HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
锦 錦 jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
违 違 wéi disobey, violate, defy; be apart from ∼HSK 5
发威 發威 fā wēi to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance ∼HSK 5