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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| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 众人 眾人 | everyone | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 缝 縫 | to sew; to stitch | |
| 肩膀 肩膀 | shoulder | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 折磨 折磨 | to torment; to torture | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 善 善 | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 拨 撥 | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 狼 狼 | wolf | |
| 探 探 | to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 则 則 | (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 | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 | lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom); fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood | Idiom |
| 眼馋肚饱 眼饞肚飽 | to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom) | Idiom |
| 拉拉扯扯 拉拉扯扯 | to tug at; to pull at sb aggressively; to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way; (derog.) to hobnob; to consort | Idiom |
| 犯不着 犯不著 | not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 老糊涂 老糊塗 | dotard | Xiehouyu |
| 难缠 難纏 | (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple | |
| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) |