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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| 庭院 庭院 | courtyard | |
| 掸 撣 | to dust; a duster | |
| 帚 帚 | broom, broomstick | |
| 辈子 輩子 | all one's life; lifetime | |
| 辰 辰 | early morning; 5th terrestrial branch | |
| 吁 籲 | sh; hush | |
| 络 絡 | enmesh, wrap around; web, net | |
| 厦 廈 | big building, mansion | |
| 撵 攆 | drive away, expel, oust | |
| 裱 裱 | to mount maps or scrolls to paste | |
| 革 革 | leather, animal hides; rad. 177 | |
| 缮 繕 | repair, mend; rewrite, transcribe | |
| 寿礼 壽禮 | birthday present (for an old person) | |
| 贺礼 賀禮 | congratulatory gift | |
| 舅 舅 | maternal uncle | |
| 启 啟 | open; begin, commence; explain | |
| 帖 帖 | invitation card; notice | |
| 整肃 整肅 | strict; serious; solemn; dignified; to tidy up; to clean up; to purge; to adjust | |
| 叹 嘆 | sigh, admire | |
| 昭 昭 | bright, luminous; illustrious | |
| 勾引 勾引 | to seduce; to tempt | |
| 宿 㝛 | stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight; constellation | |
| 赦 赦 | pardon | |
| 妇 婦 | married women; woman; wife | |
| 荫 蔭 | shade, shelter; protect | |
| 何以 何以 | (literary) why; how | |
| 奠 奠 | pay respect; settle | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 衔 銜 | bit; hold in mouth, bite; gag | |
| 恒 恆 | constant, regular, persistent | |
| 昌 昌 | light of sun; good, proper | |
| 祟 祟 | evil spirit; evil influence | |
| 疗 療 | be healed, cured, recover | |
| 疾 疾 | illness, disease, sickness; to hate | |
| 未曾 未曾 | hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever | |
| 谬 謬 | error, exaggeration; erroneous | |
| 尘 塵 | dust; dirt; earth | |
| 寰 寰 | great domain, country, world | |
| 槛 檻 | threshold, door-sill | |
| 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 | Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) | |
| 谢礼 謝禮 | honorarium; gift as thanks | |
| 凭什么 憑什麼 | (spoken) why?; for which reason? | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 跟前 跟前 | the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) | |
| 辈 輩 | lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people | |
| 册 冊 | book; booklet; classifier for books | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more |