Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Daiyu Feels Slight Jealous While Meeting Baoyu at Baochai's Home
S1E4 · 探宝钗黛玉半含酸
Vocabulary
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| 鹅 鵝 | goose | |
| 不妨 不妨 | there is no harm in; might as well | |
| 吩咐 吩咐 | to tell; to instruct; to command | |
| 碰上 碰上 | to run into; to come upon; to meet | |
| 熏 熏 | to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume | |
| 墨 墨 | ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead | |
| 精致 精緻 | delicate; fine; exquisite; refined | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 哄 哄 | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 丸 丸 | ball; pellet; pill | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 捧 捧 | to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter | |
| 辞 辤 | old variant of 辞 | |
| 蠢 惷 | stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion | |
| 鹿 鹿 | deer | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 从未 從未 | never | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 | lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) | Idiom |
| 蟾宫折桂 蟾宮折桂 | lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination | Idiom |
| 犯不着 犯不著 | not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 嘴馋 嘴饞 | gluttonous; ravenous | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 | (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun | |
| 侄儿 侄兒 | nephew | |
| 小祖宗 小祖宗 | brat; little devil | |
| 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple | |
| 相公 相公 | lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband |