Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Lady Xing Feels Wronged and Puts Xifeng in Wrong
S1E27 · 嫌隙人有心生嫌隙
Vocabulary
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| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 安分守己 安分守己 | to be content with one's lot (idiom); to know one's place | Idiom |
| 话不投机 話不投機 | (idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see eye to eye | Idiom |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 西施 西施 | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties, given by King Gou Jian of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu | Proper Noun |
| 百色 百色 | Baise, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region | Proper Noun |
| 清水 清水 | Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) | Proper Noun |
| 南安 南安 | Nan'an, county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian | Proper Noun |
| 西晋 西晉 | Western Jin dynasty (265-316) | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 宝玉 寶玉 | precious jade; treasures | |
| 何等 何等 | what kind?; how, what; somewhat | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 婆婆 婆婆 | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma | |
| 挑刺 挑刺 | to carp; nitpicking; petty criticism | |
| 劳 勞 | labor, toil, do manual work | |
| 作法 作法 | course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 王家 王家 | princely | |
| 既是 既是 | is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that | |
| 处治 處治 | to punish; to handle; to deal with (literary) | |
| 一则 一則 | on the one hand | |
| 轻薄 輕薄 | light (weight); frivolous; a philanderer; to scorn; disrespectful | |
| 暗地 暗地 | secretly; inwardly; on the sly | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 早些 早些 | a bit earlier | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 马圈 馬圈 | stable | |
| 济 濟 | help, aid, relieve; ferry, cross | |
| 暗里 暗裡 | privately; secretly; behind closed doors | |
| 虑 慮 | be concerned, worry about | |
| 阁 閣 | chamber, pavilion; cabinet | |
| 察 察 | examine, investigate; notice | |
| 访 訪 | visit; ask, inquire | |
| 丰 豐 | abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty | |
| 盖碗 蓋碗 | lidded teacup | |
| 变法儿 變法兒 | to try by all available methods | |
| 宁 寧 | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy | |
| 说定 說定 | to agree on; to settle on | |
| 细看 細看 | to peer; to scan; to examine carefully | |
| 尤 尤 | especially, particularly | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 方才 方才 | just now; then |