Dream in Red Mansions

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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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田 田 tián field; farm HSK 6
趟 䠀 tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
宫 宮 gōng palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale HSK 6
偏 偏 piān to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations HSK 6
骄傲 驕傲 jiāo ào pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth HSK 6
野 埜 yě field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral HSK 6
露 露 lòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
学会 學會 xué huì to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
副 副 fù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
菱 菱 líng water-chestnut, water caltrop ∼HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
轿 轎 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin ∼HSK 5
薛 薛 Xuē kind of marsh grass; feudal state ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
帘 簾 lián flag-sign of a tavern ∼HSK 5
杏 杏 xìng apricot; almond ∼HSK 5
尼姑 尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
禀 稟 bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
描 描 miáo copy, trace, sketch; depict ∼HSK 5
傻子 傻子 shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
谎 謊 huǎng lie ∼HSK 5
甄 甄 Zhēn to examine, discern; to grade; a surname ∼HSK 5
蔷 薔 qiáng rose ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
绫 綾 líng thin silk, damask silk ∼HSK 5
稻 稻 dào rice growing in field, rice plant ∼HSK 5
栊 櫳 lóng cage, pen; set of bars ∼HSK 5
翠 翠 cuì color green; kingfisher ∼HSK 5
庵 庵 ān Buddhist monastery or nunnery ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
晋 晉 Jìn advance, increase; promote ∼HSK 5