Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Literary Talent Tested by Composing Inscriptions for Grandview Garden
S1E7 · 大观园试才题对额
Vocabulary
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| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 教 教 | to teach | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 学习 學習 | to learn; to study | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 楼 樓 | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 先生 先生 | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 书 書 | abbr. for 书经 | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 别的 別的 | else; other | |
| 少 少 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | |
| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 学 學 | to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology | |
| 晚上 晚上 | evening; night; in the evening |