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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| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 功劳 功勞 | contribution; meritorious service; credit | |
| 管家 管家 | (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household | |
| 架子 架子 | shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance | |
| 捆 捆 | a bunch; to tie together; bundle | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 坠 墜 | to fall; to drop; to weigh down | |
| 纱 紗 | cotton yarn; muslin | |
| 软弱 軟弱 | weak; feeble; flabby | |
| 迎 迎 | to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face | |
| 宁可 寧可 | preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils | |
| 验 驗 | to examine; to test; to check | |
| 和尚 和尚 | Buddhist monk | |
| 享 享 | to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of | |
| 来回 來回 | to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly | |
| 何况 何況 | let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more | |
| 咳嗽 咳嗽 | to cough | |
| 盛 盛 | to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 充 充 | sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as | |
| 蜂蜜 蜂蜜 | honey | |
| 丸 丸 | ball; pellet; pill | |
| 花样 花樣 | pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) | |
| 雇 僱 | to employ; to hire; to rent | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 霜 霜 | frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 称呼 稱呼 | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation | |
| 煎 煎 | to pan fry; to sauté | |
| 虚 虛 | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 焦 焦 | burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 耳) | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 坑 坑 | pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 尿 尿 | to urinate; urine | |
| 剂 劑 | dose (medicine) | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face |