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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| 舌根 舌根 | back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal | |
| 算命先生 算命先生 | fortune-teller | |
| 纵有 縱有 | even if there were | |
| 畜牲 畜牲 | variant of | |
| 恩德 恩德 | benevolence; favor | |
| 上吊 上吊 | to hang oneself | |
| 睁开 睜開 | to open (one's eyes) | |
| 苦命 苦命 | hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate | |
| 入殓 入殮 | to put dead body in coffin | |
| 产房 產房 | delivery room (in hospital); labor ward | |
| 棺椁 棺槨 | inner and outer coffins; coffin | |
| 丧礼 喪禮 | funeral | |
| 搜刮 搜刮 | to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry | |
| 积攒 積攢 | to save bit by bit; to accumulate | |
| 公婆 公婆 | husband's parents; parents-in-law | |
| 好容易 好容易 | (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy | |
| 贤惠 賢惠 | variant of 贤慧 | |
| 照应 照應 | to correlate with; to correspond to | |
| 恩人 恩人 | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else | |
| 赶不上 趕不上 | can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 打官司 打官司 | to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 茄子 茄子 | eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese" | |
| 背着 背著 | carrying on one's back | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 官司 官司 | lawsuit | |
| 原告 原告 | complainant; plaintiff | |
| 舌头 舌頭 | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 杂 雜 | mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix | |
| 担忧 擔憂 | to worry; to be concerned | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 园 園 | 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 | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 此事 此事 | this matter | |
| 忽略 忽略 | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 被告 被告 | defendant | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 托 托 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) |