Dream in Red Mansions

Episode review

Literary Talent Tested by Composing Inscriptions for Grandview Garden

S1E7 · 大观园试才题对额 dàguānyuán shì cái tí duì é

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4.4 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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古董 古董 gǔ dǒng curio; antique HSK 7
泥土 泥土 ní tǔ earth; soil; mud; clay HSK 7
分明 分明 fēn míng clear; distinct; evidently; clearly HSK 7
管家 管家 guǎn jiā (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household HSK 7
操心 操心 cāo xīn to worry about HSK 7
乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument HSK 7
糊 䊀 hú muddled; paste; scorched HSK 7
树木 樹木 shù mù tree HSK 7
人为 人為 rén wéi artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort HSK 7
一心 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly; heart and soul HSK 7
况且 況且 kuàng qiě moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
光彩 光彩 guāng cǎi luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance HSK 7
纱 紗 shā cotton yarn; muslin HSK 7
俊 㑺 jùn smart; eminent; handsome; talented HSK 7
俗 俗 sú custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular HSK 7
迎 迎 yíng to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
鹅 鵝 é goose HSK 7
清单 清單 qīng dān list of items HSK 7
旺 旺 wàng prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
无知 無知 wú zhī ignorant; ignorance HSK 7
上方 上方 shàng fāng place above (it); upper part (of it) HSK 7
骗人 騙人 piàn rén to cheat sb; a scam HSK 7
伸手 伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle HSK 7
漆 漆 qī paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc) HSK 7
墨 墨 mò ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead HSK 7
来回 來回 lái huí to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
效力 效力 xiào lì effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity) HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
华丽 華麗 huá lì gorgeous HSK 7
临 臨 lín to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before HSK 7
虚 虛 xū emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain HSK 7
蠢 惷 chǔn stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion HSK 7
捞 撈 lāo to fish up; to dredge up HSK 7
见识 見識 jiàn shi to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight HSK 7
缠 纏 chán to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
驾 駕 jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
尚 尚 shàng still; yet; to value; to esteem HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
恶 惡 ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
栋 棟 dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7