Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Xifeng Helps to Manage Affairs at the Ning Mansion
S1E6 · 王熙凤协理宁国府
Vocabulary
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| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 并 並 | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 说不得 說不得 | to be unmentionable; be unspeakable; must; cannot but | Xiehouyu |
| 西安 西安 | Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province; Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City, Jilin; Xi'an District of Mudanjiang city, Heilongjiang | Proper Noun |
| 从今以后 從今以後 | from now on; henceforward | |
| 快点儿 快點兒 | erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up! | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 每日 每日 | daily; (soup etc) of the day | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 头一 頭一 | the first | |
| 老脸 老臉 | self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen | |
| 上夜 上夜 | to be on night duty | |
| 郡 郡 | administrative division | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 拉里 拉里 | lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword) | |
| 远近 遠近 | far and near; distance | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 讣闻 訃聞 | obituary | |
| 老千 老千 | swindler; cheat (in gambling) | |
| 只怕 只怕 | I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely | |
| 病倒 病倒 | to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 不周 不周 | not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate | |
| 老成 老成 | mature; experienced; sophisticated | |
| 去取 去取 | to accept or reject | |
| 着数 著數 | move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as | |
| 目 目 | eye; look, see; division, topic | |
| 由着 由著 | let (one) have his way; as (one) pleases; at (one's) will | |
| 有脸 有臉 | lit. having face; to have prestige; to command respect; to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous); to have the gall; not ashamed to | |
| 没脸 沒臉 | ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame) | |
| 例 例 | precedent, example; regulation |