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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| 个例 個例 | specific example; rare instance | |
| 怪道 怪道 | no wonder! | |
| 我方 我方 | our side; we | |
| 厌弃 厭棄 | to spurn; to reject | |
| 示 示 | show, manifest; demonstrate | |
| 王家 王家 | princely | |
| 既是 既是 | is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that | |
| 上了年纪 上了年紀 | to be getting on in years; to be of the older generation | |
| 寒毛 寒毛 | fine hair on the human body | |
| 方子 方子 | prescription (of medicine) | |
| 效 俲 | result, effect; effectiveness | |
| 晒干 曬乾 | to dry in the sun | |
| 末子 末子 | powder; dust | |
| 研 研 | grind, rub; study, research | |
| 根底 根底 | foundation; grounding; background; what lies at the bottom of sth; root; cause | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 款儿 款兒 | haughty manner; proud bearing | |
| 普天下 普天下 | throughout the world | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 秦 秦 | surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for | |
| 无人不 無人不 | no man is not... | |
| 庄 莊 | village, hamlet; villa, manor | |
| 宝玉 寶玉 | precious jade; treasures | |
| 酒醒 酒醒 | to sober up | |
| 挺腰 挺腰 | to straighten one's back; to arch one's back | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 赏 賞 | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 智能 智能 | intelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc) | |
| 严 嚴 | tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father | |
| 上门 上門 | to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family | |
| 嘴巴 嘴巴 | mouth; slap in the face | |
| 渐渐 漸漸 | gradually | |
| 粗 粗 | coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude | |
| 眼里 眼裡 | In the eyes | |
| 有限 有限 | limited; finite | |
| 阵 陣 | disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum |