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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| 早知 早知 | to know in advance | |
| 每日 每日 | daily; (soup etc) of the day | |
| 五脏 五臟 | five viscera of TCM, namely: heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys | |
| 只怕 只怕 | I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 交出 交出 | to hand over | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 一气 一氣 | at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang | |
| 讲明 講明 | to explain | |
| 多嘴 多嘴 | talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 科举 科舉 | imperial examination | |
| 阴骘 陰騭 | charitable acts performed in secret; hidden good deeds | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 五更 五更 | fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old) | |
| 这些个 這些個 | these | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 得病 得病 | to fall ill; to contract a disease | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 过年 過年 | to celebrate the Chinese New Year | |
| 玩意儿 玩意兒 | erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 晴 晴 | clear; fine (weather) | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 送到 送到 | Deliver | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 半夜 半夜 | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 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 | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals |