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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什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
各处 各處 gè chù every place ∼HSK 4
守备 守備 shǒu bèi to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
宝玉 寶玉 bǎo yù precious jade; treasures ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
十倍 十倍 shí bèi tenfold; ten times (sth) ∼HSK 4
川 川 Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
纹 紋 wén line, streak, stripe; wrinkle ∼HSK 4
先父 先父 xiān fù deceased father; my late father ∼HSK 4
亲王 親王 qīn wáng prince ∼HSK 4
烦请 煩請 fán qǐng (courteous) would you please... ∼HSK 4
何曾 何曾 hé céng did I ever...? (or "did he ever...?" etc) ∼HSK 4
阁 閣 gé chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
院落 院落 yuàn luò courtyard ∼HSK 4
处治 處治 chǔ zhì to punish; to handle; to deal with (literary) ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
定数 定數 dìng shù constant (math.); quota; fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus); fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck); destiny ∼HSK 4
门户 門戶 mén hù door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel ∼HSK 4
定规 定規 dìng guī to decide; to determine; established practice; (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth) ∼HSK 4
烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) ∼HSK 4
共用 共用 gòng yòng to share the use of; to have joint use of; communal (bathroom); shared (antenna); to use, in total,... ∼HSK 4
这阵子 這陣子 zhè zhèn zi now; at present; at this juncture ∼HSK 4
王妃 王妃 wáng fēi princess (in Europe) ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
谊 誼 yì friendship; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
何出此言 何出此言 hé chū cǐ yán where do these words stem from?; why do you (he, etc) say such a thing? ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
金奖 金獎 jīn jiǎng gold medal; first prize ∼HSK 4
示 示 shì show, manifest; demonstrate ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma ∼HSK 4
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4
打折 打折 dǎ zhé to give a discount HSK 4
大爷 大爺 dà yé arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
离不开 離不開 lí bu kāi inseparable; inevitably linked to HSK 4
可见 可見 kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
个体 個體 gè tǐ individual HSK 4
智能 智能 zhì néng intelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc) HSK 4
打扫 打掃 dǎ sǎo to clean; to sweep HSK 4
孙子 孫子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4