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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| 主子 主子 | Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine) | |
| 横竖 橫豎 | anyway | |
| 粉头 粉頭 | prostitute (old); crafty character (in opera) | |
| 娘家 孃家 | wife's family (before marriage) | |
| 嚼舌头 嚼舌頭 | to gossip; to argue unnecessarily | |
| 窝子 窩子 | lair; den; stronghold | |
| 子曰 子曰 | Confucius says: | |
| 贝叶经 貝葉經 | sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree | |
| 吊死 吊死 | death by hanging; to hang oneself | |
| 婆娘 婆娘 | woman (derog.) | |
| 续娶 續娶 | to remarry | |
| 档子 檔子 | classifier for affairs, events etc | |
| 作践 作踐 | to ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade; to ruin; also pr. [zuo2 jian4] | |
| 饶了 饒了 | to spare; to forgive | |
| 仗势 仗勢 | to rely on power | |
| 停妻再娶 停妻再娶 | 停: stop, suspend, delay; suitable · 妻: wife · 再: again, twice, re- · 娶: marry, take wife | |
| 诬告 誣告 | to frame sb; to accuse falsely | |
| 劫道 劫道 | to kidnap; to hijack | |
| 馒头 饅頭 | steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread | |
| 岁数 歲數 | age (number of years old) | |
| 打官司 打官司 | to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute | |
| 揭 揭 | to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask | |
| 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) | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 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 | |
| 浮 浮 | to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus | |
| 名义 名義 | name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose | |
| 妙 妙 | clever; wonderful | |
| 和谐 和諧 | harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 顺 順 | to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable | |
| 托 托 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 无毒不丈夫 無毒不丈夫 | no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless. | Idiom |
| 为难 為難 | to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) | Xiehouyu |
| 帐 帳 | tent; account | |
| 琏 璉 | vessel used to hold grain offerings | |
| 鲍 鮑 | abalone; dried fish; surname | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 珍 珍 | precious, valuable, rare | |
| 桐 桐 | name applied various trees | |
| 奴才 奴才 | slave; fig. flunkey | |
| 薨 薨 | death of prince; swarming | |
| 蓉 蓉 | hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan | |
| 鹃 鵑 | cuckoo | |
| 人命 人命 | human life |