Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Strange Omen Occurs at Night Banquet

S1E28 · 开夜宴异兆发悲音 kāi yè yàn yì zhào fā bēi yīn

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4.56 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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百足之虫 百足之蟲 bǎi zú zhī chóng 百: one hundred; numerous, many · 足: foot; attain, satisfy, enough · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 虫: insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 Idiom ∼HSK 7
说亲道热 說親道熱 shuō qīn dào rè 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 亲: relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree · 道: path, road, street; method, way · 热: hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal Idiom ∼HSK 7
吹了 吹了 chuī le failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship) Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
成天 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
耗 耗 hào to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
遂心 遂心 suì xīn to one's liking HSK 7
兆头 兆頭 zhào tou omen; portent; sign HSK 7
求医 求醫 qiú yī to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor HSK 7
搀 攙 chān to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate HSK 7
纵然 縱然 zòng rán even if; even though HSK 7
饶恕 饒恕 ráo shù to forgive; to pardon; to spare HSK 7
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light HSK 7
一概 一概 yī gài all; without any exceptions; categorically HSK 7
趁早 趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
省事 省事 shěng shì to simplify matters; to save trouble HSK 7
忌讳 忌諱 jì huì taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from HSK 7
来年 來年 lái nián next year; the coming year HSK 7
闲话 閒話 xián huà casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind) HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
次序 次序 cì xù sequence; order HSK 7
冲撞 衝撞 chōng zhuàng to collide; jerking motion; to impinge; to offend; to provoke HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
无故 無故 wú gù without cause or reason HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
历来 歷來 lì lái always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time HSK 7
现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made; readily available HSK 7
管教 管教 guǎn jiào to discipline; to teach; to guarantee HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7
惊动 驚動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
准许 准許 zhǔn xǔ to allow; to grant; to permit HSK 7
取笑 取笑 qǔ xiào to tease; to make fun of HSK 7
无理 無理 wú lǐ irrational; unreasonable HSK 7
耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry; to delay; to stop over HSK 7
心胸 心胸 xīn xiōng heart; mind; ambition; aspiration HSK 7
留心 留心 liú xīn to be careful; to pay attention to HSK 7
轻视 輕視 qīng shì contempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn; scornful HSK 7
性情 性情 xìng qíng nature; temperament HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
未免 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably; can't help; really; rather HSK 7
针灸 針灸 zhēn jiǔ acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
新奇 新奇 xīn qí novel; new; exotic HSK 7