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 qiáng yīngxióng fèng jiě zhī mìng

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河东狮子吼 河東獅子吼 hé dōng shī zi hǒu lit. the roar of the lioness of Hedong (idiom); fig. a jealous, domineering wife; a shrewish wife scolding her husband Idiom ∼HSK 7
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
打岔 打岔 dǎ chà interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject HSK 7
簇拥 簇擁 cù yōng to crowd around; to escort HSK 7
香油 香油 xiāng yóu sesame oil; perfumed oil HSK 7
一概 一概 yī gài all; without any exceptions; categorically HSK 7
插嘴 插嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation HSK 7
情怀 情懷 qíng huái feelings; mood HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
索性 索性 suǒ xìng you might as well (do it); simply; just HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
惊动 驚動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb HSK 7
算计 算計 suàn ji to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme HSK 7
打量 打量 dǎ liang to size sb up; to look sb up and down; to take the measure of; to suppose; to reckon HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
君子 君子 jūn zǐ nobleman; person of noble character HSK 7
张扬 張揚 Zhāng Yáng Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter HSK 7
务必 務必 wù bì must; to need to; to be sure to HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
操心 操心 cāo xīn to worry about HSK 7
暗中 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
暂 暫 zàn temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn] HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
余 餘 yú extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me HSK 7
垂 垂 chuí to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach HSK 7
不妨 不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
旺 旺 wàng prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
盛 盛 chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7
瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
哄 哄 hōng roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) HSK 7
听话 聽話 tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
额外 額外 é wài extra; added; additional HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
陪伴 陪伴 péi bàn to accompany HSK 7
捏 捏 niē 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) HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7