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 liú lǎolao yī jìn róng guó fǔ

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Vocabulary

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粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong; vigorous; large-scale Idiom ∼HSK 6
欺软怕硬 欺軟怕硬 qī ruǎn pà yìng to bully the weak and fear the strong (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
侄儿 侄兒 zhír nephew ∼HSK 6
爬灰 爬灰 pá huī incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law; also written 扒灰 ∼HSK 6
姨太太 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine ∼HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
论理 論理 lùn lǐ normally; as things should be; by rights; to reason things out; logic ∼HSK 6
致意 致意 zhì yì to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards; to devote attention to ∼HSK 6
侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter; niece ∼HSK 6
秤砣 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight; standard weight ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
疏远 疏遠 shū yuǎn to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement ∼HSK 6
虚名 虛名 xū míng false reputation ∼HSK 6
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn show mercy ∼HSK 6
裁度 裁度 cái duó (formal) to make a judgement call; to decide ∼HSK 6
杂事 雜事 zá shì miscellaneous tasks; various chores ∼HSK 6
趁早儿 趁早兒 chèn zǎo r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
仙药 仙藥 xiān yào legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem ∼HSK 6
倘或 倘或 tǎng huò if; supposing that ∼HSK 6
露水 露水 lù shuǐ dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral ∼HSK 6
丸子 丸子 wán zi pills; balls; meatballs ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
气喘 氣喘 qì chuǎn to gasp for breath; asthma ∼HSK 6
姨娘 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) ∼HSK 6
品格 品格 pǐn gé one's character; fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar) ∼HSK 6
寻思 尋思 xún sī to consider; to ponder ∼HSK 6
腼腆 靦腆 miǎn tiǎn shy; bashful ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
另眼相看 另眼相看 lìng yǎn xiāng kàn to treat sb favorably; to view in a new light ∼HSK 6
黑更半夜 黑更半夜 hēi gēng bàn yè in the dead of night; in the small hours of the night (idiom) ∼HSK 6
翘起 翹起 qiào qǐ to stick up; to point sth up ∼HSK 6
家业 家業 jiā yè family property ∼HSK 6
祠堂 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
承望 承望 chéng wàng to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...); to look forward to ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
乱伦 亂倫 luàn lún to violate moral principles; depravity; (esp.) to commit incest; incest ∼HSK 6
照应 照應 zhào yìng to correlate with; to correspond to HSK 6
梅花 梅花 méi huā plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect) HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
只管 只管 zhǐ guǎn 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) HSK 6
楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6