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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| 跪下 跪下 | to kneel down | |
| 臊 臊 | rank; rancid; frowzy, fetid; bashful | |
| 戏子 戲子 | (derog.) opera singer; actor | |
| 道姑 道姑 | Daoist nun | |
| 道士 道士 | Daoist priest | |
| 帖 帖 | invitation card; notice | |
| 器皿 器皿 | household utensils | |
| 碍手碍脚 礙手礙腳 | (idiom) to be in the way; to be a hindrance | |
| 启 啟 | open; begin, commence; explain | |
| 公公 公公 | husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch | |
| 歇息 歇息 | rest | |
| 个儿 個兒 | size; height; stature | |
| 样式 樣式 | type; style | |
| 跟前 跟前 | the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) | |
| 口号 口號 | slogan; catchphrase | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 叉 叉 | fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X" | |
| 人力 人力 | manpower; labor power | |
| 气象 氣象 | meteorological feature; meteorology; atmosphere; ambience; scene | |
| 岸 㟁 | bank; shore; beach; coast | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 抱怨 抱怨 | to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 无用 無用 | useless; worthless | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 修理 修理 | to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |