Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Artful Zijuan Tests Baoyu's Feelings

S1E23 · 慧紫鹃情辞试忙玉 huì zǐ juān qíng cí shì máng yù

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4.2 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
原籍 原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town); birthplace ∼HSK 6
姑母 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister; paternal aunt ∼HSK 6
扯谎 扯謊 chě huǎng to tell a lie ∼HSK 6
叔伯 叔伯 shū bai (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather ∼HSK 6
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
勒死 勒死 lēi sǐ to strangle ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
恼怒 惱怒 nǎo nù resentful; angry; to enrage sb ∼HSK 6
壅塞 壅塞 yōng sè variant of ∼HSK 6
大堂 大堂 dà táng lobby ∼HSK 6
睁眼 睜眼 zhēng yǎn to open one's eyes ∼HSK 6
有情 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
赌咒发誓 賭咒發誓 dǔ zhòu fā shì to vow ∼HSK 6
掏出 掏出 tāo chū to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) ∼HSK 6
公子王孙 公子王孫 gōng zǐ wáng sūn sons of nobles and grandsons of kings (idiom); young aristocrats; the privileged elite ∼HSK 6
天仙 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
反目成仇 反目成仇 fǎn mù chéng chóu (idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies ∼HSK 6
天生地设 天生地設 tiān shēng dì shè made by heaven and arranged by earth (idiom); a perfect match; ideally suited ∼HSK 6
心计 心計 xīn jì scheming; shrewdness ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
舅母 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
世仇 世仇 shì chóu feud ∼HSK 6
山南海北 山南海北 shān nán hǎi běi lit. mountains in the south, seas in the north (idiom); far apart; all over the place; to chat about everything under the sun ∼HSK 6
正经事 正經事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
寻的 尋的 xún dì homing; target-seeking (military) ∼HSK 6
糟踏 糟踏 zāo tà variant of ∼HSK 6
原来如此 原來如此 yuán lái rú cǐ (idiom) so that's how it is; I see ∼HSK 6
当铺 當鋪 dàng pù pawnshop ∼HSK 6
作揖 作揖 zuò yī to bow with hands held in front ∼HSK 6
伶俐 伶俐 líng lì clever; witty; intelligent HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head; section chief HSK 6
只管 只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
挨着 挨著 āi zhe near HSK 6
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
凡是 凡是 fán shì each and every; every; all; any HSK 6
特地 特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
账 賬 zhàng account; bill; debt HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6