Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Grieving Over Tanchun's Departure to Marry Far from Home
S1E32 · 伤离别探春远嫁
Vocabulary
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| 自古以来 自古以來 | since ancient times | |
| 望族 望族 | distinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old) | |
| 媳妇儿 媳婦兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 娘子 娘子 | (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 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) | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 醋 醋 | vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry) | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 长久 長久 | (for a) long time | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 棉 棉 | generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton | |
| 赶上 趕上 | to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for | |
| 沿 沿 | along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge | |
| 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 | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 妃 妃 | concubine | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 袭 襲 | raid, attack; inherit | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 王府 王府 | prince's mansion | |
| 府上 府上 | (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) | |
| 雯 雯 | cloud patterns, coloring of cloud | |
| 凯 凱 | triumphant; triumph, victory | |
| 杏 杏 | apricot; almond | |
| 娣 娣 | younger sister, sister-in-law | |
| 谨 謹 | prudent, cautious; attentive | |
| 奉 奉 | respectfully offer | |
| 臼 臼 | mortar; bone joint socket | |
| 舂 舂 | grind in mortar | |
| 浆 漿 | any thick fluid; starch; broth | |
| 浸 浸 | soak, immerse, dip, percolate | |
| 疲 疲 | feel tired, be exhausted; weak | |
| 柳 柳 | willow tree; pleasure | |
| 垛 垛 | heap, pile; pile up, heap up | |
| 炉 爐 | furnace | |
| 朴 樸 | simple, unadorned; sincere; surname; a tree | |
| 拙 拙 | stupid, clumsy, crude; convention | |
| 可巧 可巧 | by happy coincidence |