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 suān fèng jiě dànào níngguó fǔ

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4.91 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation 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
宽宏大量 寬宏大量 kuān hóng dà liàng magnanimous (idiom); generous Idiom ∼HSK 6
一席之地 一席之地 yī xí zhī dì (acknowledged) place; a role to play; niche Idiom ∼HSK 6
不知好歹 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions Idiom ∼HSK 6
明媒正娶 明媒正娶 míng méi zhèng qǔ to be officially wed Idiom ∼HSK 6
胡作非为 胡作非為 hú zuò fēi wéi to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages Idiom ∼HSK 6
虚张声势 虛張聲勢 xū zhāng - shēng shì (idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength Idiom ∼HSK 6
调三窝四 調三窩四 tiáo sān wō sì to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
家丑不可外扬 家醜不可外揚 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public Idiom ∼HSK 6
剪草除根 剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch; to eradicate Idiom ∼HSK 6
人命关天 人命關天 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
贪多嚼不烂 貪多嚼不爛 tān duō jiáo bù làn to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
顺水推舟 順水推舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit Idiom ∼HSK 6
坐山观虎斗 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom); fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement; the punishment fits the crime Idiom ∼HSK 6
疏而不漏 疏而不漏 shū ér bù lòu loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape Idiom ∼HSK 6
井水不犯河水 井水不犯河水 jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ (saying) everyone minds their own business Idiom ∼HSK 6
混账 混賬 hùn zhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
势利眼 勢利眼 shì li yǎn snobbish; a snob 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
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
姨奶奶 姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai father's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money; (coll.) to snack Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
兴许 興許 xīng xǔ (coll.) perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife ∼HSK 6
贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
妯娌 妯娌 zhóu li wives of brothers; sisters-in-law ∼HSK 6
倘或 倘或 tǎng huò if; supposing that ∼HSK 6
丫鬟 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 6
停妻再娶 停妻再娶 tíng qī zài qǔ to set aside one's wife and remarry; to take a new wife while abandoning the first ∼HSK 6
调唆 調唆 tiáo suō to provoke; to stir up (trouble); to instigate ∼HSK 6
主谋 主謀 zhǔ móu mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter ∼HSK 6
吃醋 吃醋 chī cù to feel jealous ∼HSK 6
绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique ∼HSK 6
怀胎 懷胎 huái tāi to become pregnant; to carry a child in the womb ∼HSK 6
算命 算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling; to tell fortune ∼HSK 6
姨娘 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) ∼HSK 6
抹脖子 抹脖子 mǒ bó zi to slit one's own throat; to commit suicide ∼HSK 6
深情底理 深情底理 shēn qíng dǐ lǐ the full inner truth of the matter; the deep feelings and underlying reasons behind something ∼HSK 6