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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混账 混賬 hùn zhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
名不虚传 名不虛傳 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
整治 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) Colloquialism HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
侄儿 侄兒 zhír nephew ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
妥帖 妥帖 tuǒ tiē properly; satisfactorily; firmly; very fitting; appropriate; proper; to be in good order; also written ∼HSK 6
照原样 照原樣 zhào yuán yàng to copy; to follow the original shape; faithful restoration ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
守灵 守靈 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
敬贺 敬賀 jìng hè to offer one's congratulations (formal) ∼HSK 6
好端端 好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
绝灭 絕滅 jué miè to annihilate; to exterminate; extinction ∼HSK 6
辞世 辭世 cí shì to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世 ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
可叹 可嘆 kě tàn lamentable; sad(ly) ∼HSK 6
发丧 發喪 fā sāng to hold a funeral ∼HSK 6
灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall; funeral hall ∼HSK 6
槟榔 檳榔 bīng lang betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut ∼HSK 6
偏巧 偏巧 piān qiǎo by coincidence; it so happened that; fortunately; against expectation ∼HSK 6
惹人 惹人 rě rén to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend; to attract (attention) ∼HSK 6
呈文 呈文 chéng wén petition (submitted to a superior) ∼HSK 6
依着 依著 yī zhe in accordance with ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
祭礼 祭禮 jì lǐ sacrificial offerings; worship; religious rite ∼HSK 6
监查 監查 jiān chá to supervise; to audit; to monitor ∼HSK 6
烛火 燭火 zhú huǒ candle flame ∼HSK 6
赌钱 賭錢 dǔ qián to gamble ∼HSK 6
拌嘴 拌嘴 bàn zuǐ to bicker; to squabble; to quarrel ∼HSK 6
徇情 徇情 xùn qíng to act out of personal considerations; to show partiality ∼HSK 6
素日 素日 sù rì usually ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
饶过 饒過 ráo guò to pardon; to excuse; to forgive ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
各样 各樣 gè yàng many different types ∼HSK 6
亡故 亡故 wáng gù to die; to pass away ∼HSK 6
华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday; anniversary of the founding of an organization ∼HSK 6
服药 服藥 fú yào to take medicine ∼HSK 6
灵柩 靈柩 líng jiù coffin containing a corpse ∼HSK 6
孝服 孝服 xiào fú mourning clothes ∼HSK 6
通灵 通靈 tōng líng to communicate with the spirits; psychic; (ears) sensitive; (information) accurate ∼HSK 6
除邪 除邪 chú xié to guard against evil; to exorcise ∼HSK 6
祸福 禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness ∼HSK 6
灵验 靈驗 líng yàn efficacious; effective; (of a prediction) accurate; correct ∼HSK 6
尔雅 爾雅 Ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts ∼HSK 6
古文 古文 gǔ wén old language; the Classics; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose; Classical Chinese as a school subject ∼HSK 6