Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Xifeng Helps to Manage Affairs at the Ning Mansion

S1E6 · 王熙凤协理宁国府 wáng xī fèng xiélǐ níngguó fǔ

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4.41 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
人品 人品 rén pǐn moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing Colloquialism HSK 7
恳切 懇切 kěn qiè earnest; sincere HSK 7
计策 計策 jì cè stratagem HSK 7
要强 要強 yào qiáng eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
告状 告狀 gào zhuàng to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit HSK 7
存心 存心 cún xīn deliberately HSK 7
裁缝 裁縫 cái féng to make an item of clothing; to tailor HSK 7
俗话说 俗話說 sú huà shuō as the proverb says; as they say... HSK 7
门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth; the right social connection HSK 7
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge HSK 7
甘心 甘心 gān xīn to be willing to; to resign oneself to HSK 7
嘱咐 囑咐 zhǔ fù to tell; to exhort; injunction HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
稀罕 稀罕 xī han rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
倘若 倘若 tǎng ruò if; supposing; in case HSK 7
仓促 倉促 cāng cù all of a sudden; hurriedly HSK 7
偷懒 偷懶 tōu lǎn to goof off; to be lazy HSK 7
开销 開銷 kāi xiāo to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee) HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
筹划 籌劃 chóu huà to plan and prepare HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
着实 著實 zhuó shí truly; indeed; severely; harshly HSK 7
往日 往日 wǎng rì former days; the past HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
黄昏 黃昏 huáng hūn dusk; evening; nightfall HSK 7
揽 攬 lǎn to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
木板 木板 mù bǎn slab; board; plank HSK 7
尊贵 尊貴 zūn guì respected; respectable; honorable HSK 7
亲友 親友 qīn yǒu friends and relatives HSK 7
常人 常人 cháng rén ordinary person HSK 7
苗 苗 miáo sprout HSK 7
锯 鋸 jù a saw; to cut with a saw HSK 7
聘 聘 pìn to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman) HSK 7
上任 上任 shàng rèn to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor HSK 7
古董 古董 gǔ dǒng curio; antique HSK 7
轮流 輪流 lún liú to alternate; to take turns HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
痰 痰 tán phlegm; spittle HSK 7
料理 料理 liào lǐ to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking HSK 7
情愿 情願 qíng yuàn willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y) HSK 7
糊 䊀 hú muddled; paste; scorched HSK 7
点子 點子 diǎn zi spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7