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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岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
新雅 新雅 xīn yǎ fresh; new and elegant ∼HSK 6
不凡 不凡 bù fán extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional ∼HSK 6
谬奖 謬獎 miù jiǎng to overpraise; You praise me too much! ∼HSK 6
陈设 陳設 chén shè to display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings ∼HSK 6
勾起 勾起 gōu qǐ to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook ∼HSK 6
鸟雀 鳥雀 niǎo què bird ∼HSK 6
业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money ∼HSK 6
清幽 清幽 qīng yōu (of a location) quiet and secluded; beautiful and secluded ∼HSK 6
穿凿 穿鑿 chuān záo to bore a hole; to give a forced interpretation ∼HSK 6
扭捏 扭捏 niǔ nie affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
所到之处 所到之處 suǒ dào zhī chù wherever one goes ∼HSK 6
露脸 露臉 lòu liǎn to show one's face; to make one's good name; to become successful and well known; to shine ∼HSK 6
妙处 妙處 miào chù ideal place; suitable location; merit; advantage ∼HSK 6
四书五经 四書五經 sì shū wǔ jīng the Four Books and Five Classics; the Confucian canon (idiom) ∼HSK 6
举业 舉業 jǔ yè preparatory literary studies for imperial examination ∼HSK 6
懒怠 懶怠 lǎn dài lazy ∼HSK 6
作揖 作揖 zuò yī to bow with hands held in front ∼HSK 6
沙弥 沙彌 shā mí novice Buddhist monk ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
文墨 文墨 wén mò writing; culture ∼HSK 6
公府 公府 gōng fǔ government post in Han dynasty ∼HSK 6
恩准 恩准 ēn zhǔn approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow ∼HSK 6
账本 賬本 zhàng běn account book ∼HSK 6
梢 梢 shāo tip of branch HSK 6
切实 切實 qiè shí feasible; realistic; practical; earnestly; conscientiously HSK 6
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
聘请 聘請 pìn qǐng to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc) HSK 6
寺 寺 sì Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
翼 翼 Yì surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
账 賬 zhàng account; bill; debt HSK 6
亲眼 親眼 qīn yǎn with one's own eyes; personally HSK 6
村庄 村莊 cūn zhuāng village; hamlet HSK 6
天然 天然 tiān rán natural HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
洋 洋 yáng ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin HSK 6
赖 賴 lài to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on HSK 6
景 景 jǐng (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight HSK 6
皇帝 皇帝 huáng dì emperor HSK 6
赶上 趕上 gǎn shàng to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for HSK 6
园 園 yuán land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc HSK 6
虽 雖 suī although; even though HSK 6
妙 妙 miào clever; wonderful HSK 6
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
当作 當作 dàng zuò to treat as; to regard as HSK 6