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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| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 打点 打點 | to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 候 候 | wait; expect; visit; greet | |
| 找不着 找不著 | to be unable to find | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 快进 快進 | fast-forward (media player) | |
| 妃子 妃子 | imperial concubine | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 子嗣 子嗣 | son; heir | |
| 妹子 妹子 | (dialect) younger sister; girl | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 痨病 癆病 | tuberculosis (TCM) | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 过日子 過日子 | to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 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 ...? | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 右 右 | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence | |
| 毛 毛 | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 冷 冷 | cold | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant |