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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| 稀 稀 | rare; uncommon; watery; sparse | |
| 暂 暫 | temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn] | |
| 遮 遮 | to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 过节 過節 | to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) | |
| 嚼 嚼 | to chew; also pr. [jué] | |
| 软弱 軟弱 | weak; feeble; flabby | |
| 宁可 寧可 | preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils | |
| 腾 騰 | (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action) | |
| 蜡烛 蠟燭 | candle | |
| 人事 人事 | personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life | |
| 饶 饒 | rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although | |
| 仇 仇 | hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) | |
| 棋 棊 | variant of 棋 | |
| 吩咐 吩咐 | to tell; to instruct; to command | |
| 掐 掐 | to pick (flowers); to pinch; to nip; to pinch off; to clutch; (slang) to fight | |
| 出身 出身 | to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin | |
| 辩 辯 | to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss | |
| 可恶 可惡 | repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable | |
| 来回 來回 | to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly | |
| 何况 何況 | let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more | |
| 盛 盛 | to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 哄 哄 | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 妨碍 妨礙 | to hinder; to obstruct | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 雇 僱 | to employ; to hire; to rent | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel | |
| 任意 任意 | any; arbitrary; at will; at random | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 性命 性命 | life | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 胎 胎 | fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire | |
| 隐瞒 隱瞞 | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth | |
| 身子 身子 | body; pregnancy; health | |
| 虚 虛 | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain | |
| 处置 處置 | to handle; to take care of; to punish | |
| 溜 溜 | to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate | |
| 盗 盜 | to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber | |
| 捞 撈 | to fish up; to dredge up | |
| 限 限 | to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound | |
| 凡 凡 | ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 胳膊 胳膊 | arm | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 发作 發作 | to flare up; to break out |