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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| 猴 猴 | monkey | |
| 指甲 指甲 | fingernail | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 在内 在內 | (included) in it; among them | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 伸 伸 | to stretch; to extend | |
| 此刻 此刻 | this moment; now; at present | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 抱怨 抱怨 | to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 厅 廳 | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 长安 長安 | Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an) capital of China during Tang Dynasty; now, a district of Xi'an | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 百色 百色 | Baise, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region | Proper Noun |
| 诗经 詩經 | Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism | Proper Noun |
| 书经 書經 | the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Sh | Proper Noun |
| 庄子 莊子 | Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author | Proper Noun |
| 王爷 王爺 | prince; marquis; nobleman |