Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Spoony Childe Writes a Dirge on Cottonrose Hibiscus
S1E29 · 痴公子杜撰芙蓉诔
Vocabulary
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| 早知 早知 | to know in advance | |
| 诉 訴 | accuse; sue; inform; narrate | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 谁知 誰知 | who would have thought; unexpectedly | |
| 没药 沒藥 | myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 洗脸 洗臉 | to wash the face | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 上传 上傳 | to upload | |
| 妻妾 妻妾 | wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem | |
| 难懂 難懂 | difficult to understand | |
| 雪白 雪白 | snow white | |
| 份儿 份兒 | degree; extent; allotted share | |
| 省得 省得 | to avoid; so as to save (money or time) | |
| 绍 紹 | continue, carry on; join | |
| 改成 改成 | to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium) | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 脸面 臉面 | face | |
| 提挈 提挈 | to hold by the hand; fig. to nurture; to foster; to bring up; to support | |
| 不变 不變 | constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant | |
| 角门 角門 | corner gate | |
| 头等 頭等 | first class; prime; main | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 晴 晴 | clear; fine (weather) | |
| 小声 小聲 | in a low voice; (speak) in whispers | |
| 天上 天上 | celestial; heavenly | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 早晨 早晨 | early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不久 不久 | not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after | |
| 题 題 | topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 篇 篇 | sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking |