Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Forced Xifeng Resigned Herself to a Fate Spread East of Bed-Curtain
S1E34 · 强英雄凤姐知命
Vocabulary
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| 河东狮子吼 河東獅子吼 | 河: river; stream; yellow river · 东: east, eastern, eastward · 狮: lion · 子: offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch · 吼: roar, shout; bark, howl | Idiom |
| 小气 小氣 | stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 撒 撒 | to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee | Colloquialism |
| 打岔 打岔 | interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject | |
| 簇拥 簇擁 | to crowd around; to escort | |
| 香油 香油 | sesame oil; perfumed oil | |
| 一概 一概 | all; without any exceptions; categorically | |
| 插嘴 插嘴 | to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation | |
| 情怀 情懷 | feelings; mood | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 索性 索性 | you might as well (do it); simply; just | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 惊动 驚動 | to alarm; to startle; to disturb | |
| 算计 算計 | to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme | |
| 打量 打量 | to size sb up; to look sb up and down; to take the measure of; to suppose; to reckon | |
| 越发 越發 | increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 好歹 好歹 | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 张扬 張揚 | Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter | |
| 务必 務必 | must; to need to; to be sure to | |
| 棺材 棺材 | coffin | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 操心 操心 | to worry about | |
| 暗中 暗中 | in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously | |
| 当面 當面 | to sb's face; in sb's presence | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 暂 暫 | temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn] | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 非得 非得 | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | |
| 余 餘 | extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me | |
| 垂 垂 | to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach | |
| 不妨 不妨 | there is no harm in; might as well | |
| 旺 旺 | prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring | |
| 吩咐 吩咐 | to tell; to instruct; to command | |
| 盛 盛 | to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 哄 哄 | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 额外 額外 | extra; added; additional | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 陪伴 陪伴 | to accompany | |
| 捏 捏 | to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) | |
| 爹 爹 | dad |