Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

The Profligate Secretly Takes Second Sister Yu as a Concubine

S1E25 · 贾二舍偷娶尤二姨 jiǎ èr shě tōu qǔ yóu èr yí

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4.46 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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置 置 zhì to install; to place; to put; to buy HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
不干不净 不乾不淨 bù gān bù jìng unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed Idiom ∼HSK 6
指腹为婚 指腹為婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
粉身碎骨 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn - suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom); fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
絮絮叨叨 絮絮叨叨 xù xu dāo dāo long-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point Idiom ∼HSK 6
不打不相识 不打不相識 bù dǎ bù xiāng shí lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship; no discord, no concord Idiom ∼HSK 6
追悔莫及 追悔莫及 zhuī huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. Idiom ∼HSK 6
短命鬼 短命鬼 duǎn mìng guǐ sb who dies prematurely Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
老娘 老孃 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
姨奶奶 姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai father's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
提溜 提溜 dī liu (coll.) to carry; Taiwan pr. [ti2 liu5] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
贤弟 賢弟 xián dì worthy younger brother ∼HSK 6
揉碎 揉碎 róu suì to crush; to crumble into pieces ∼HSK 6
绝色 絕色 jué sè (of a woman) remarkably beautiful; stunning ∼HSK 6
槟榔 檳榔 bīng lang betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut ∼HSK 6
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dǎo to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before ∼HSK 6
姨娘 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
小姨 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
传宗接代 傳宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
花枝 花枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms); cuttlefish (on dining menus); (literary) beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
蠢人 蠢人 chǔn rén fool; imbecile ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother; aunt ∼HSK 6
饶过 饒過 ráo guò to pardon; to excuse; to forgive ∼HSK 6