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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反正 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
文章 文章 wén zhāng article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning HSK 3
香 香 xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
压 壓 yā to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure HSK 3
猪 豬 zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
姑娘 姑娘 gū niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
直 直 zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
准 准 zhǔn to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of HSK 3
架 架 jià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc HSK 3
朝 朝 Cháo abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea HSK 3
图 圖 tú diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek HSK 3
挂 掛 guà to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) HSK 3
自然 自然 zì rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
支 支 zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions HSK 3
安排 安排 ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
力 力 lì power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
父亲 父親 fù qīn father; also pr. [fù qin] HSK 3
派 派 pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
另外 另外 lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
台 檯 tái desk; table; counter HSK 3
指 指 zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end HSK 3
极了 極了 jí le extremely; exceedingly HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
强 強 jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
转 轉 zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
部 部 bù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
使 使 shǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger HSK 3
如何 如何 rú hé how; what way; what HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
东海 東海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
快点儿 快點兒 kuài diǎn r erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up! HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2