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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| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 一点不 一點不 | not at all | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 上手 上手 | to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 坏水 壞水 | evil tricks | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 三五 三五 | several; three or five | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 午 午 | noon; 7th terrestrial branch | |
| 说笑 說笑 | to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 动不动 動不動 | (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat | |
| 外边 外邊 | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home | |
| 没事儿 沒事兒 | to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 从来不 從來不 | never | |
| 一大早 一大早 | at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 奶 奶 | breast; milk; to breastfeed | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 明年 明年 | next year | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) |