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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| 不大 不大 | not very; not too; not often | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 奶 奶 | breast; milk; to breastfeed | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 票 票 | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 女儿 女兒 | daughter | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 书 書 | abbr. for 书经 | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late |