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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有凤来仪 有鳳來儀 yǒu fèng lái yí lit. the phoenix comes in stately presence (idiom); fig. an auspicious omen; the arrival of a worthy person or ruler Idiom ∼HSK 7
借剑杀人 借劍殺人 jiè jiàn shā rén lit. to kill someone with a borrowed sword (idiom); fig. to do away with a rival by another's hand Idiom ∼HSK 7
引风吹火 引風吹火 yǐn fēng chuī huǒ lit. to draw the wind to fan the flames (idiom); fig. to use the situation to make trouble; to stir up discord Idiom ∼HSK 7
雕虫末技 雕蟲末技 diāo chóng mò jì lit. the petty skill of carving insects (idiom); fig. trifling literary or technical skill (self-deprecating) Idiom ∼HSK 7
废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
帐子 帳子 zhàng zi mosquito net HSK 7
沾光 沾光 zhān guāng to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory HSK 7
对联 對聯 duì lián rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway HSK 7
树梢 樹梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree; treetop HSK 7
顾不得 顧不得 gù bu de unable to change sth; unable to deal with HSK 7
搀 攙 chān to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate HSK 7
请帖 請帖 qǐng tiě invitation card; written invitation HSK 7
帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain HSK 7
竹竿 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo; bamboo pole HSK 7
逊色 遜色 xùn sè inferior (often in the combination 毫无逊色, not in the least inferior) HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
竣工 竣工 jùn gōng to complete a project HSK 7
一概 一概 yī gài all; without any exceptions; categorically HSK 7
省事 省事 shěng shì to simplify matters; to save trouble HSK 7
卖弄 賣弄 mài nong to show off; to make a display of HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
存心 存心 cún xīn deliberately HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
标致 標致 biāo zhi beautiful (of woman); pretty HSK 7
心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood HSK 7
灯笼 燈籠 dēng lóng lantern HSK 7
财力 財力 cái lì financial resources HSK 7
淌 淌 tǎng to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears) HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
稀罕 稀罕 xī han rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] HSK 7
天分 天分 tiān fèn natural gift; talent HSK 7
固然 固然 gù rán admittedly (it's true that...) HSK 7
嫌弃 嫌棄 xián qì to regard with disdain; to shun HSK 7
倘若 倘若 tǎng ruò if; supposing; in case HSK 7
猩猩 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin HSK 7
算计 算計 suàn ji to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme HSK 7
栏杆 欄杆 lán gān railing; banister HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
趣味 趣味 qù wèi fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference HSK 7
哨 哨 shào a whistle; sentry HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
泄 洩 xiè (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge HSK 7
仿 仿 fǎng to imitate; to copy HSK 7
皇上 皇上 huáng shang the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty HSK 7
古人 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person HSK 7