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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| 作怪 作怪 | (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) | |
| 香熏 香燻 | aroma | |
| 君臣 君臣 | a ruler and his ministers (old) | |
| 宾主 賓主 | guest and host | |
| 贵贱 貴賤 | noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism | |
| 消食 消食 | to aid digestion | |
| 化痰 化痰 | to transform phlegm (TCM) | |
| 筋络 筋絡 | tendons and muscles | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 陈皮 陳皮 | dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) | |
| 润肺 潤肺 | to moisten the lungs; to make expectoration easy (medicine) | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 空闲 空閒 | idle; free time; leisure; unused (place) | |
| 打发 打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 沿 沿 | along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 泥 泥 | mud; clay; paste; pulp | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 顺 順 | to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 股 股 | thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |