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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| 娇 嬌 | seductive and loveable; tender | |
| 庶 庶 | numerous, various; multitude | |
| 开端 開端 | start; beginning | |
| 嘴巴子 嘴巴子 | slap | |
| 怄 慪 | annoyed | |
| 孤 孤 | I (used by rulers); alone | |
| 私心 私心 | selfishness; selfish motives | |
| 弊 弊 | evil, wrong, bad; criminal | |
| 粱 粱 | better varieties of millet | |
| 纨 紈 | white silk, fine silk; gauze | |
| 袴 袴 | pants; trousers; panties | |
| 饥 飢 | hunger, starving; hungry; a famine | |
| 馑 饉 | time of famine or crop failure | |
| 任凭 任憑 | no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) | |
| 馀 餘 | surplus, excess, remainder | |
| 个儿 個兒 | size; height; stature | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 竹子 竹子 | bamboo | |
| 跟前 跟前 | the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) | |
| 原有 原有 | original; former | |
| 齐全 齊全 | complete; comprehensive | |
| 补贴 補貼 | to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 摇头 搖頭 | to shake one's head | |
| 近来 近來 | recently; lately | |
| 夜间 夜間 | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) | |
| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 共享 共享 | to share; to enjoy together | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 猴子 猴子 | monkey | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 偶然 偶然 | incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 分离 分離 | to separate | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! |