Dream in Red Mansions
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S1E29 · 痴公子杜撰芙蓉诔
Vocabulary
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| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 上升 上升 | to rise; to go up; to ascend | |
| 环 環 | ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 文章 文章 | article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 时刻 時刻 | time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 事业 事業 | undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 极了 極了 | extremely; exceedingly | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 并 並 | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 不要脸 不要臉 | to have no sense of shame; shameless | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 表姐 表姐 | older female cousin via female line | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 成日 成日 | all day long; the whole day; the whole time | |
| 联 聯 | connect, join; associate, ally | |
| 拉里 拉里 | lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword) | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 打酒 打酒 | to buy liquor |