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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花名 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old); name on a roster; professional name of a prostitute; pseudonym; nickname ∼HSK 2
茶房 茶房 chá fáng waiter; steward; porter; teahouse ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
酒饭 酒飯 jiǔ fàn food and drink ∼HSK 2
油纸 油紙 yóu zhǐ oilpaper ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
上房 上房 shàng fáng central building (in a traditional house); primary wife ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
取钱 取錢 qǔ qián to withdraw money ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
长男 長男 zhǎng nán eldest son ∼HSK 2
看医生 看醫生 kàn yī shēng to visit a doctor ∼HSK 2
难为 難為 nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
好生 好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ∼HSK 2
四更 四更 sì gēng fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
小名 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child; childhood name ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
倒像 倒像 dào xiàng (optics) inverted image ∼HSK 2
阴司 陰司 yīn sī hell; nether world ∼HSK 2
跑腿 跑腿 pǎo tuǐ to run errands ∼HSK 2
不像话 不像話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
这时候 這時候 zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
大小 大小 dà xiǎo dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
分开 分開 fēn kāi to separate; to part HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
碰 掽 pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
平时 平時 píng shí ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
安静 安靜 ān jìng quiet; peaceful; calm HSK 2
草 艸 cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
举 舉 jǔ to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
到处 到處 dào chù everywhere HSK 2
灯 燈 dēng lamp; light; lantern HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
疼 疼 téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
急 急 jí urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
纸 紙 zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
封 封 fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2