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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人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
官 官 guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
戴 戴 dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
既 既 jì already; since; both... (and...) HSK 4
季 季 jì season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields HSK 4
安 安 ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
怪 怪 guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
反 反 fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
根 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
兄弟 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
方 方 fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
单 單 dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
处 處 chù place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
九死一生 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life Idiom ∼HSK 3
找死 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
春秋 春秋 Chūn qiū Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
春分 春分 Chūn fēn Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
成龙 成龍 Chéng Lóng Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
银子 銀子 yín zi money; silver ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
齐备 齊備 qí bèi all ready; available; complete ∼HSK 3
刀子 刀子 dāo zi knife ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
相干 相干 xiāng gān relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent ∼HSK 3
世人 世人 shì rén people (in general); people around the world; everyone ∼HSK 3
心眼 心眼 xīn yǎn heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance ∼HSK 3
空子 空子 kòng zi gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole ∼HSK 3
乱动 亂動 luàn dòng to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about ∼HSK 3
旧日 舊日 jiù rì former times; olden days ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
张口 張口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request) ∼HSK 3
空手 空手 kōng shǒu empty-handed; unarmed; (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model; karate ∼HSK 3
冬衣 冬衣 dōng yī winter clothes ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
作下 作下 zuò xià to do; to make (usually bad connotation) ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
白糖 白糖 bái táng (refined) white sugar ∼HSK 3
正巧 正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune ∼HSK 3
每人 每人 měi rén each person; everybody; per person ∼HSK 3