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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Vocabulary

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想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
尖 尖 jiān pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop HSK 6
园 園 yuán land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc HSK 6
吊 吊 diào to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person HSK 6
虽 雖 suī although; even though HSK 6
铺 鋪 pū to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker HSK 6
刮 刮 guā to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
佛 佛 Fó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
大街 大街 dà jiē street; main street HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
偏 偏 piān to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations HSK 6
股 股 gǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too Idiom ∼HSK 5
姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
鹃 鵑 juān cuckoo ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
薛 薛 Xuē kind of marsh grass; feudal state ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
呆子 呆子 dāi zi fool; sucker ∼HSK 5
傻子 傻子 shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
剌 剌 lá slash, cut in two; contradict ∼HSK 5
孝 孝 xiào filial piety, obedience; mourning ∼HSK 5
袭 襲 xí raid, attack; inherit ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
怨不得 怨不得 yuàn bu de cannot blame; no wonder ∼HSK 5
邢 邢 Xíng surname Xing; place name ∼HSK 5
婆子 婆子 pó zi old woman ∼HSK 5
拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday; offer birthday felicitations ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
沁 沁 qìn soak into, seep in, percolate ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
闲钱 閒錢 xián qián spare money ∼HSK 5
虽是 雖是 suī shì although; even though; even if ∼HSK 5
姑父 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5