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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| 有凤来仪 有鳳來儀 | 有: have, own, possess; exist · 凤: male phoenix; symbol of joy · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 仪: ceremony, rites gifts; admire | Idiom |
| 与众不同 與眾不同 | to stand out from the masses (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 对联 對聯 | rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway | |
| 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 | family love and joy; domestic bliss | |
| 拜见 拜見 | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 现成 現成 | ready-made; readily available | |
| 去处 去處 | place; destination | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 换成 換成 | to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into | |
| 反倒 反倒 | but on the contrary; but expectedly | |
| 当日 當日 | on that day | |
| 蜡 蠟 | candle; wax | |
| 伺候 伺候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 可谓 可謂 | it could even be said | |
| 张扬 張揚 | Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter | |
| 拟 擬 | to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo- | |
| 捆 捆 | a bunch; to tie together; bundle | |
| 况且 況且 | moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore | |
| 体贴 體貼 | considerate (of other people's needs) | |
| 眼下 眼下 | now; at present; subocular (medicine) | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 赐 賜 | to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] | |
| 征 征 | journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack | |
| 平民 平民 | ordinary people; commoner; civilian | |
| 有意 有意 | to intend; intentionally; interested in | |
| 别墅 別墅 | villa | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 善 善 | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 混账 混賬 | shameful; absolutely disgraceful! | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 在望 在望 | within view; visible; (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 遵旨 遵旨 | obey the decree | |
| 正殿 正殿 | main hall of a Buddhist temple | |
| 切勿 切勿 | by no means | |
| 宴席 宴席 | banquet; feast | |
| 拜佛 拜佛 | to worship Buddha | |
| 相公 相公 | lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband | |
| 一拜 一拜 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 拜: do obeisance, bow, kowtow |