Dream in Red Mansions
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S1E34 · 强英雄凤姐知命
Vocabulary
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| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 并 並 | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 不要脸 不要臉 | to have no sense of shame; shameless | Xiehouyu |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 角门 角門 | corner gate | |
| 借问 借問 | (honorific) May I ask? | |
| 排场 排場 | ostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style; red tape | |
| 早知 早知 | to know in advance | |
| 急事 急事 | urgent matter | |
| 四角 四角 | the four corners (of a rectangle); the eaves that the four corners of a building | |
| 夫 夫 | man, male adult, husband; those | |
| 借钱 借錢 | to borrow money; to lend money | |
| 先头 先頭 | (usu. of troops) in advance; in the vanguard; previously; in front; placed ahead of others | |
| 背地里 背地裡 | behind sb's back; secretly | |
| 说嘴 說嘴 | to boast | |
| 山响 山響 | very loud; very noisy | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 道场 道場 | Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 带上 帶上 | to take along with one | |
| 这边儿 這邊兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 例 例 | precedent, example; regulation | |
| 尼 尼 | Buddhist nun; transliteration | |
| 起身 起身 | to get up; to leave; to set forth |