Dream in Red Mansions
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S1E29 · 痴公子杜撰芙蓉诔
Vocabulary
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| 娶亲 娶親 | to take a wife | |
| 霞 霞 | rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 显出 顯出 | to express; to exhibit | |
| 用处 用處 | usefulness | |
| 打发 打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 发起 發起 | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 止 止 | to stop; to prohibit; until; only | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 要么 要麼 | or; either one or the other | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 作 作 | to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 一口咬定 一口咬定 | to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view | Idiom |
| 舅妈 舅媽 | (coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife | Colloquialism |
| 雯 雯 | cloud patterns, coloring of cloud | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 袭 襲 | raid, attack; inherit | |
| 诔 誄 | eulogize, praise the dead | |
| 袄 襖 | outer garments; coat, jacket | |
| 讪 訕 | abuse, slander; vilify; ridicule | |
| 赦 赦 | pardon | |
| 敕 勅 | an imperial order or decree | |
| 召 召 | imperial decree; summon | |
| 垄 壟 | grave, mound; ridge in field | |
| 茜 茜 | madder, rubia cordifolia; reeds | |
| 奴才 奴才 | slave; fig. flunkey | |
| 从命 從命 | to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested | |
| 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 | Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) | |
| 什么话 什麼話 | what kind of talk | |
| 勾引 勾引 | to seduce; to tempt | |
| 怡 怡 | harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad | |
| 调戏 調戲 | to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities | |
| 可知 可知 | evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable | |
| 桂 桂 | cassia or cinnamon | |
| 莫 莫 | do not (literary) | |
| 葫芦 葫蘆 | gourd |