Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Xifeng in Jealousy Makes a Scene in the Ning Mansion
S1E26 · 酸凤姐大闹宁国府
Vocabulary
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| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 主人 主人 | master; host; owner | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 以下 以下 | that level or lower; that amount or less; the following | |
| 心中 心中 | central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 层 層 | to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 说明 說明 | to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with |