Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Jung Mansion Had the Imperial Consort's Visitation on the Lantern Festival
S1E8 · 荣国府归省庆元宵
Vocabulary
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| 作出 作出 | to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 归 歸 | 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 | |
| 列 列 | to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row | |
| 卷 卷 | to roll up; roll; classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 既 既 | already; since; both... (and...) | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 省亲 省親 | to visit one's parents | |
| 馆 館 | variant of | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 富贵 富貴 | riches and honor | |
| 意趣 意趣 | interest; point of particular charm and interest | |
| 政 政 | government, political affairs | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 记念 記念 | to commemorate; to honor the memory of (variant of) | |
| 齐备 齊備 | all ready; available; complete | |
| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 蕉 蕉 | banana; plantain | |
| 叶 葉 | to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf | |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese | |
| 靡费 靡費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 初一 初一 | first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 属 屬 | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) |