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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玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
浅 淺 jiān sound of moving water HSK 4
办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
逛 逛 guàng to stroll; to visit HSK 4
笨 笨 bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
叔叔 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
酸 酸 suān sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid HSK 4
教训 教訓 jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson HSK 4
移 移 yí to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove HSK 4
针 針 zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
引 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
诗 詩 Shī abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs HSK 4
肥 肥 féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
工程 工程 gōng chéng engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
如今 如今 rú jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
挑 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
归 歸 guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
盖 蓋 gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
闹 鬧 nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
宝 寶 bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
提醒 提醒 tí xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
既然 既然 jì rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
极 極 jí extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
怪 怪 guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
兄弟 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
王 王 wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
单 單 dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
首 首 shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
处 處 chù place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
赶明儿 趕明兒 gǎn míng r (coll.) some day; one of these days Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
杏花村 杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
苏州 蘇州 Sū zhōu Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
银子 銀子 yín zi money; silver ∼HSK 3
省亲 省親 xǐng qīn to visit one's parents ∼HSK 3
世面 世面 shì miàn the wider world; diverse aspects of society ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3