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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管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
苏州 蘇州 Sū zhōu Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
齐国 齊國 Qí guó Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
襄阳 襄陽 Xiāng yáng Xiangyang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
银子 銀子 yín zi money; silver ∼HSK 3
照看 照看 zhào kàn to look after; to attend to; to have in care ∼HSK 3
贾 賈 Jiǎ surname; merchant; buy, trade ∼HSK 3
巳时 巳時 sì shí 9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 3
衙内 衙內 yá nèi child of an official; palace bodyguard ∼HSK 3
节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song ∼HSK 3
合家 閤家 hé jiā whole family; entire household ∼HSK 3
无人 無人 wú rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
心口 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach; solar plexus; words and thoughts ∼HSK 3
阴阳 陰陽 yīn yáng yin and yang ∼HSK 3
择 擇 zé select, choose, pick out ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
连日 連日 lián rì day after day; for several days running ∼HSK 3
统 統 tǒng govern, command, control; unite ∼HSK 3
决断 決斷 jué duàn to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute ∼HSK 3
历练 歷練 lì liàn to learn through experience; experience; practiced; experienced ∼HSK 3
支取 支取 zhī qǔ to withdraw (money) ∼HSK 3
总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward ∼HSK 3
监 監 jiān supervise, control, direct ∼HSK 3
分派 分派 fēn pài to assign (a task to different people); to allocate ∼HSK 3
戌时 戌時 xū shí 7-9 pm ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
修缮 修繕 xiū shàn to renovate; to repair (a building) ∼HSK 3
板子 板子 bǎn zi board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment ∼HSK 3
初三 初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
世交 世交 shì jiāo (long time) friend of the family ∼HSK 3
失 失 shī lose; make mistake, neglect ∼HSK 3
史书 史書 shǐ shū history book ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
未可 未可 wèi kě cannot ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
进香 進香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple ∼HSK 3
工夫 工夫 gōng fū (old) laborer HSK 3
价钱 價錢 jià qian price HSK 3
夏 夏 xià summer HSK 3
房屋 房屋 fáng wū house; building HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
年纪 年紀 nián jì age HSK 3
静 靜 jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving HSK 3
果然 果然 guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
开发 開發 kāi fā to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop HSK 3