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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| 可看 可看 | worth seeing | |
| 华 華 | flowery; illustrious; Chinese | |
| 不周 不周 | not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate | |
| 南边儿 南邊兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 有脸 有臉 | lit. having face; to have prestige; to command respect; to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous); to have the gall; not ashamed to | |
| 又来了 又來了 | Here we go again. | |
| 头子 頭子 | boss; gang leader | |
| 头里 頭里 | in front; in advance of the field | |
| 带过 帶過 | to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant | |
| 省得 省得 | to avoid; so as to save (money or time) | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 这还了得 這還了得 | How dare you!; This is an outrage!; Absolutely disgraceful! | |
| 实 實 | real, true; honest, sincere | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 这时候 這時候 | At this moment | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 云 云 | (classical) to say | |
| 平时 平時 | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 红 紅 | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out |