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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江南 江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
百色 百色 Bǎi sè Baise, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尚书 尚書 Shàng shū same as Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白玉 白玉 Bái yù Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
龙王 龍王 Lóng wáng Dragon King (mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王母 王母 Wáng mǔ another name for, Queen Mother of the West Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐宋 唐宋 Táng Sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宝玉 寶玉 bǎo yù precious jade; treasures ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
竹 竹 zhú bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
贺喜 賀喜 hè xǐ to congratulate ∼HSK 4
惜 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
急速 急速 jí sù hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development) ∼HSK 4
王爷 王爺 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
贺 賀 Hè congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
船货 船貨 chuán huò cargo ∼HSK 4
填海 填海 tián hǎi land reclamation ∼HSK 4
丈量 丈量 zhàng liáng to measure; measurement ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
阁 閣 gé chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
不过如此 不過如此 bù guò - rú cǐ (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive ∼HSK 4
院落 院落 yuàn luò courtyard ∼HSK 4
几案 幾案 jī àn table; long table ∼HSK 4
各色 各色 gè sè all kinds; of every description ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
旧诗 舊詩 jiù shī old verse; poetry in the old style ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
古诗 古詩 gǔ shī old verse; Classical Chinese poem ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
非人 非人 fēi rén inhuman; (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc) ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
郭 郭 Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
安生 安生 ān shēng peaceful; restful; quiet; still ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
真怪 真怪 zhēn guài odd; unusual; I can't believe that... ∼HSK 4
法名 法名 fǎ míng name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery); same as ∼HSK 4
官宦人家 官宦人家 guān huàn rén jiā family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times) ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
大姐 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
大爷 大爺 dà yé arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4