Dream in Red Mansions

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Spoony Childe Writes a Dirge on Cottonrose Hibiscus

S1E29 · 痴公子杜撰芙蓉诔 chī gōngzǐ dùzhuàn fúróng lěi

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略 略 lu:è brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) HSK 7
尚未 尚未 shàng wèi not yet; still not HSK 7
无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
脖子 脖子 bó zi neck HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
天机不可泄漏 天機不可泄漏 tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you. Idiom ∼HSK 6
伤风败俗 傷風敗俗 shāng fēng bài sú offending public morals (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
多情 多情 duō qíng affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental ∼HSK 6
狐狸精 狐狸精 hú li jīng fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress ∼HSK 6
虚名 虛名 xū míng false reputation ∼HSK 6
料定 料定 liào dìng certain; to know for sure ∼HSK 6
薄命 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky ∼HSK 6
纱窗 紗窗 shā chuāng screen window ∼HSK 6
姥娘 姥娘 lǎo niáng maternal grandmother (dialectal) ∼HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn show mercy ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
私情 私情 sī qíng personal considerations; love affair ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
莫不是 莫不是 mò bù shì probably; perhaps; could it be that...? ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
炮仗 炮仗 pào zhang firecracker ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
偷鸡盗狗 偷雞盜狗 tōu jī dào gǒu lit. to steal chickens and dogs (idiom); to pilfer; petty thieving; also fig. to have illicit affairs ∼HSK 6
物在人亡 物在人亡 wù zài rén wáng the object remains but its owner is gone (idiom); seeing a keepsake and grieving for the deceased ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
丫鬟 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 6
廉耻 廉恥 lián chǐ honor and shame; sense of honor ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
讨饭 討飯 tǎo fàn to ask for food; to beg ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
勒死 勒死 lēi sǐ to strangle ∼HSK 6
央告 央告 yāng gao to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly ∼HSK 6