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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| 菱角 菱角 | water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 省得 省得 | to avoid; so as to save (money or time) | |
| 拉里 拉里 | lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword) | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 吃药 吃藥 | to take medicine | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 令人 令人 | to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) | |
| 只怕 只怕 | I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 面的 麵的 | abbr. of; minivan taxi | |
| 成全 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off | |
| 过得 過得 | How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad | |
| 难为 難為 | to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) | |
| 校场 校場 | military drill ground | |
| 早知道 早知道 | If I had known earlier... | |
| 说嘴 說嘴 | to boast | |
| 满嘴 滿嘴 | a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 再不然 再不然 | otherwise; alternatively; or else | |
| 小狗 小狗 | pup; puppy | |
| 得宜 得宜 | proper; appropriate; suitable | |
| 老脸 老臉 | self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen | |
| 助 助 | help, aid, assist | |
| 打嘴 打嘴 | to slap sb's face; to slap one's own face; fig. to fail to live up to a boast | |
| 了当 了當 | frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle | |
| 有点儿 有點兒 | slightly; a little; somewhat | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 晴 晴 | clear; fine (weather) | |
| 出院 出院 | to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital | |
| 夜里 夜裡 | during the night; at night; nighttime | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 一共 一共 | altogether | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 忽然 忽然 | suddenly; all of a sudden | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 笑话 笑話 | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through |