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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| 巧了 巧了 | what a coincidence! | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 心眼儿 心眼兒 | one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions | |
| 工夫 工夫 | (old) laborer | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 有效 有效 | effective; in effect; valid | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence |