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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侄儿 侄兒 zhír nephew ∼HSK 6
心肝 心肝 xīn gān darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity ∼HSK 6
吵嚷 吵嚷 chǎo rǎng to make a racket; clamour; uproar ∼HSK 6
据我看 據我看 jù wǒ kàn in my view; in my opinion; from what I can see ∼HSK 6
改嫁 改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman) ∼HSK 6
皇粮 皇糧 huáng liáng lit. imperial funding for troops; funds or items supplied by the government ∼HSK 6
人不知鬼不觉 人不知鬼不覺 rén bù zhī guǐ bù jué in absolute secrecy ∼HSK 6
至亲骨肉 至親骨肉 zhì qīn gǔ ròu 至: reach, arrive; extremely, very · 亲: relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree · 骨: bone; skeleton; frame, framework · 肉: flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130 ∼HSK 6
家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood; a household's economic situation; family property ∼HSK 6
姨父 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister; uncle ∼HSK 6
好惹 好惹 hǎo rě accommodating; easy to push around ∼HSK 6
积攒 積攢 jī zǎn to save bit by bit; to accumulate ∼HSK 6
经期 經期 jīng qī menstrual period ∼HSK 6
借宿 借宿 jièsù stay overnight ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
长久之计 長久之計 cháng jiǔ zhī jì 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 久: long time (ago); time passage, grow late · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 计: plan, plot; strategem; scheme ∼HSK 6
拈酸吃醋 拈酸吃醋 niān suān chī cù 拈: pick up with fingers; draw lots · 酸: tart, sour; acid; stiff; spoiled · 吃: eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear · 醋: vinegar; jealousy, envy ∼HSK 6
戳破 戳破 chuō pò to puncture; to pierce; (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality) ∼HSK 6
粉头 粉頭 fěn tóu prostitute (old); crafty character (in opera) ∼HSK 6
但凡 但凡 dàn fán every single; as long as ∼HSK 6
牛黄狗宝 牛黃狗寶 niú huáng gǒu bǎo 牛: cow, ox, bull; KangXi radical93 · 黄: yellow; surname · 狗: dog, canis familiaris · 宝: treasure, jewel; precious, rare ∼HSK 6
歹毒 歹毒 dǎi dú vicious; ruthless; malevolent ∼HSK 6
张罗 張羅 zhāng luo to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc) ∼HSK 6
心腹 心腹 xīn fù trusted aide; confidant ∼HSK 6
称扬 稱揚 chēng yáng to praise; to compliment ∼HSK 6
怎肯 怎肯 zěn kěn how could one be willing ∼HSK 6
善罢干休 善罷干休 shàn bà - gān xiū variant of ∼HSK 6
罐子 罐子 guàn zi jar; pitcher; pot ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
可心如意 可心如意 kě xīn rú yì (idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish ∼HSK 6
念佛 唸佛 niàn fó to pray to Buddha; to chant the names of Buddha ∼HSK 6
二郎 二郎 Èr láng Erlangshen, Chinese deity ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
一程 一程 yī chéng a journey ∼HSK 6
岔路 岔路 chà lù fork in the road ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
有一无二 有一無二 yǒu yī wú èr 有: have, own, possess; exist · 一: one; a, an; alone · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 二: two; twice ∼HSK 6
裁夺 裁奪 cái duó to consider and decide ∼HSK 6
贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished ∼HSK 6
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism ∼HSK 6
纵有 縱有 zòng yǒu even if there were ∼HSK 6
宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) ∼HSK 6
守灵 守靈 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin ∼HSK 6
偏巧 偏巧 piān qiǎo by coincidence; it so happened that; fortunately; against expectation ∼HSK 6
姥娘 姥娘 lǎo niáng maternal grandmother (dialectal) ∼HSK 6
拜望 拜望 bài wàng to call to pay one's respect; to call on ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
依从 依從 yī cóng to comply with; to obey ∼HSK 6
姑母 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister; paternal aunt ∼HSK 6
贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife; you, my beloved wife ∼HSK 6