Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Granny Liu Pays Her First Visit to the Jung Mansion
S1E3 · 刘姥姥一进荣国府
Vocabulary
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| 胡打海摔 胡打海摔 | 胡: recklessly, foolishly; wildly · 打: strike, hit, beat; fight; attack · 海: sea, ocean; maritime · 摔: fall ground, stumble, trip | Idiom |
| 斯斯文文 斯斯文文 | 斯: this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle · 斯: this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle · 文: literature, culture, writing · 文: literature, culture, writing | Idiom |
| 诚心诚意 誠心誠意 | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity | Idiom |
| 多心 多心 | oversensitive; suspicious | Xiehouyu |
| 淘气 淘氣 | naughty; mischievous | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 古怪 古怪 | strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 姥姥 姥姥 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 成天 成天 | (coll.) all day long; all the time | Colloquialism |
| 歪 歪 | askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 改日 改日 | another day; some other day | |
| 荷花 荷花 | lotus | |
| 落户 落戶 | to settle; to set up home | |
| 搀 攙 | to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate | |
| 一概 一概 | all; without any exceptions; categorically | |
| 孝敬 孝敬 | to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents | |
| 难说 難說 | hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it | |
| 投奔 投奔 | to seek shelter; to seek asylum | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 一味 一味 | blindly; invariably | |
| 难处 難處 | trouble; difficulty; problem | |
| 名贵 名貴 | famous and valuable; rare; precious | |
| 暂且 暫且 | for now; for the time being; temporarily | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 牡丹 牡丹 | Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan | |
| 冲撞 衝撞 | to collide; jerking motion; to impinge; to offend; to provoke | |
| 俗话说 俗話說 | as the proverb says; as they say... | |
| 周旋 周旋 | to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 祸害 禍害 | disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck | |
| 坛 壇 | platform; rostrum; altar | |
| 捶 捶 | to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound | |
| 秃 禿 | bald; blunt | |
| 反倒 反倒 | but on the contrary; but expectedly | |
| 妥当 妥當 | appropriate; proper; ready | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 当日 當日 | on that day | |
| 体面 體面 | dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable | |
| 投身 投身 | to throw oneself into sth | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 剃 剃 | to shave | |
| 多亏 多虧 | thanks to; luckily | |
| 亲友 親友 | friends and relatives | |
| 玄 玄 | black; mysterious | |
| 关照 關照 | to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind | |
| 初次 初次 | for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc) |