Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Spiritual Jade was Stolen During a Bustling Feast

S1E31 · 家宅乱误窃通灵 jiāzhái luàn wù qiè tōnglíng

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4.03 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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知子莫若父 知子莫若父 zhī zǐ mò ruò fù nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
粉身碎骨 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn - suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom); fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life Idiom ∼HSK 6
命根子 命根子 mìng gēn zi lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
混账 混賬 hùn zhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
主子 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) ∼HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
赴任 赴任 fù rèn to travel to take up a new post ∼HSK 6
酒席 酒席 jiǔ xí feast; banquet ∼HSK 6
举业 舉業 jǔ yè preparatory literary studies for imperial examination ∼HSK 6
勾魂 勾魂 gōu hún to take away sb's soul; (fig.) to captivate; to enchant ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department ∼HSK 6
抓挠 抓撓 zhuā nao to scratch; to mess about with; to quarrel; to scramble to do; sb or sth that one can rely on ∼HSK 6
嚼舌头 嚼舌頭 jiáo shé tóu to gossip; to argue unnecessarily ∼HSK 6
不拘 不拘 bù jū not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever ∼HSK 6
枝子 枝子 zhī zi twig; branch ∼HSK 6
浇水 澆水 jiāo shuǐ to water (plants etc) ∼HSK 6
据我看 據我看 jù wǒ kàn in my view; in my opinion; from what I can see ∼HSK 6
临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home; facing one's home; home-coming; (soccer) facing the goalmouth ∼HSK 6
逗趣 逗趣 dòu qù to amuse; to make sb laugh; to tease ∼HSK 6
避邪 避邪 bì xié to avoid evil spirits ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
祖母绿 祖母綠 zǔ mǔ lǜ emerald ∼HSK 6
大清早 大清早 dà qīng zǎo early in the morning ∼HSK 6
正经事 正經事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) ∼HSK 6
认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault; to admit the truth; to acknowledge a debt ∼HSK 6
寻思 尋思 xún sī to consider; to ponder ∼HSK 6
浮萍 浮萍 fú píng duckweed ∼HSK 6
愈发 愈發 yù fā all the more; increasingly ∼HSK 6
摆样子 擺樣子 bǎi yàng zi to do sth for show; to keep up appearances ∼HSK 6
八股 八股 bā gǔ an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
玷辱 玷辱 diàn rǔ to dishonor; to disgrace ∼HSK 6
风言风语 風言風語 fēng yán fēng yǔ gossip; slanderous rumors (idiom); idle talk behind one's back ∼HSK 6
文思 文思 wén sī the train of thought in writing ∼HSK 6
砸破 砸破 zá pò to break; to shatter ∼HSK 6
大凡 大凡 dà fán generally; in general ∼HSK 6
人多手杂 人多手雜 rén duō shǒu zá lit. many people, many hands (idiom); with many hands at work things get muddled or items go missing ∼HSK 6
吵嚷 吵嚷 chǎo rǎng to make a racket; clamour; uproar ∼HSK 6
哄骗 哄騙 hǒng piàn to deceive; to cheat ∼HSK 6
撒泼 撒潑 sā pō to make an unreasonable scene ∼HSK 6
撇清 撇清 piē qīng to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear ∼HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
时节 時節 shí jié season; time HSK 6
近日 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days HSK 6
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) HSK 6