Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Drifting Away of Fair Maidens from Grandview Garden
S1E30 · 大观园诸芳流散
Vocabulary
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| 多心 多心 | oversensitive; suspicious | Xiehouyu |
| 巴不得 巴不得 | (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to | Xiehouyu |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 使唤 使喚 | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] | Colloquialism |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 扯 扯 | to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 桂花 桂花 | osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans | |
| 谋害 謀害 | to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 无不 無不 | none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception | |
| 趁早 趁早 | as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late | |
| 止咳 止咳 | to suppress coughing | |
| 暗地里 暗地裡 | secretly; inwardly; on the sly | |
| 算账 算賬 | (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge | |
| 见效 見效 | to have the desired effect | |
| 霸占 霸佔 | to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate | |
| 血脉 血脈 | blood vessels | |
| 爽快 爽快 | refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward | |
| 捶 捶 | to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound | |
| 反倒 反倒 | but on the contrary; but expectedly | |
| 来历 來歷 | history; antecedents; origin | |
| 妥当 妥當 | appropriate; proper; ready | |
| 当日 當日 | on that day | |
| 惦记 惦記 | to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 好歹 好歹 | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever | |
| 伺候 伺候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 多亏 多虧 | thanks to; luckily | |
| 蒜 蒜 | garlic | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 担当 擔當 | to take upon oneself; to assume | |
| 合伙 合伙 | to act jointly; to form a partnership | |
| 太平 太平 | peace and security | |
| 辜负 辜負 | to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint | |
| 周到 周到 | thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhōu dao] | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 古人 古人 | people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 筋 筋 | muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) | |
| 情愿 情願 | willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y) | |
| 揪 揪 | to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull | |
| 捆 捆 | a bunch; to tie together; bundle | |
| 计较 計較 | to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 值钱 值錢 | valuable; costly; expensive | |
| 况且 況且 | moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore |