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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凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
藻 藻 zǎo splendid, magnificent; algae ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
妃 妃 fēi concubine ∼HSK 5
速 速 sù fast ∼HSK 5
雯 雯 wén cloud patterns, coloring of cloud ∼HSK 5
棒槌 棒槌 bàng chuí wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing) ∼HSK 5
慈悲 慈悲 cíbēi compassion ∼HSK 5
蓉 蓉 Róng hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan ∼HSK 5
油锅 油鍋 yóu guō a deep fryer ∼HSK 5
忽 忽 Hū suddenly, abruptly; neglect ∼HSK 5
可变 可變 kě biàn variable ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
舜 舜 Shùn legendary ruler ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
舫 舫 fǎng fancy boat, yacht ∼HSK 5
塘 塘 táng pond; tank; dike, embankment ∼HSK 5
王府 王府 wáng fǔ prince's mansion ∼HSK 5
进贡 進貢 jìn gòng to offer tribute; to pay tribute that a vassal owes to his suzerain ∼HSK 5
粤 粵 Yuè Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; initial particle ∼HSK 5
闽 閩 Mǐn fujian province; a river; a tribe ∼HSK 5
滇 滇 Diān Yunnan province ∼HSK 5
浙 浙 Zhè Zhejiang province; river ∼HSK 5
闲钱 閒錢 xián qián spare money ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
鬼鬼祟祟 鬼鬼祟祟 guǐ guǐ - suì suì (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive ∼HSK 5
瑶 瑤 Yáo precious jade ∼HSK 5
蓬 蓬 Péng type of raspberry; fairyland ∼HSK 5
真神 真神 zhēn shén the True God ∼HSK 5
何以 何以 hé yǐ (literary) why; how ∼HSK 5
欧阳修 歐陽修 Ōu yáng Xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian ∼HSK 5
醉翁 醉翁 zuì wēng wine-lover; drinker; toper; drunkard ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
沁 沁 qìn soak into, seep in, percolate ∼HSK 5
腐 腐 fǔ rot, decay, spoil; rotten ∼HSK 5
玩器 玩器 wán qì elegant plaything; object to appreciate ∼HSK 5
绸 綢 chóu silk cloth, satin damask ∼HSK 5
毡 氈 zhān felt; rug, carpet ∼HSK 5
幌 幌 huǎng curtain, cloth screen ∼HSK 5
陋 陋 lòu narrow; crude, coarse; ugly ∼HSK 5
柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family; humble background; poor family background ∼HSK 5
珠 珠 zhū precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl ∼HSK 5
隐 隱 yǐn hide, conceal; hidden, secret ∼HSK 5
打骂 打罵 dǎ mà to beat and scold ∼HSK 5
犹 猶 yóu like, similar to, just like, as ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
佩带 佩帶 pèi dài to wear (as accessories); carry at the waist ∼HSK 5
铰 鉸 jiǎo hinge; shears, scissors ∼HSK 5
歹 歹 dǎi bad, vicious, depraved, wicked ∼HSK 5
恼 惱 nǎo annoyed ∼HSK 5