红楼梦第十二回-UiO.DOC

紅樓夢第十二回 The Story of the Stone, Chapter Twelve Chapter Eleven: 鳳姐兒 Fe4ng jie3r Sister Feng, Wa2ng X?fe4ng 王熙鳳, one of the most central characters in the novel, a young woman with much power in the household 正自 zhe4ngzì to be in a state or a process of (feeling or doing something, usually [always?] on one’s own) 景致 j?ngzhì scenery 贊賞 za4nsha3ng appreciate 道 da4o say {說} 請…安 q?ng … a1n peace to … (words of greeting) 嫂子 sa3ozi elder brother’s or cousin’s wife 瑞大爺 Ruì da4ye2 Master Rui, Jia3 Ruì, a distant cousin of Wa2ng X?fe4ng’s husband 合該 he2 ga1i what a coincidence that … (indicating that something was fated to happen) 緣 yua2n originally a Buddhist concept referring to a secondary cause (as opposed to 因 y?n ‘primary cause’) behind an event, but usually employed more loosely in the sense of a fated meeting between people, especially though not exclusively lovers; the cause is usually conceived as something that happened between these people in an earlier life 方才 fa1ngca2i just now {剛才} 出席 chu1 xí leave one’s seat (in this case there are family celebrations going on, with an opera troupe playing) 覷 qu4 look intently; stare; glare 光景 gua1ngj?ng appearance {樣子} 如何 ru2he2 how {怎麼} 因 y?n thereupon {於是}; for that reason {因此} 怨不得 yua4n bu de2 no wonder {怪不得} 哥哥 ge1ge (here:) elder cousin 骨肉 gu3ro4u one’s own flesh and blood; family; kindred 再不想到 za4i bu4 xia3ng da4o unexpectedly {沒想到} 入席 ru4 xí find one’s seat 仔細 z?xì be careful lest 遲 chí slow {慢} 暗忖 a4n cu3n secretly think; think by oneself 禽獸 qínsho4u beast(ly) 如果 ru2 guo3 if … really {果然; 果真} 如此 ru2 c? like that; thus {這樣} 幾時 j?shí at what time {什麼時候} 答應 da1yìng answer; assent 平兒 Píng’e2r Wa2ng X?fe4ng’s closest maidservant 烘 ho1ng to dry (clothes) 方 fa1ng just {剛} 銀子 yínzi silver money; tael of silver 利銀 lìyín interest (on a loan) 旺兒媳婦 Wa4ng’e2r xífu4 the wife of Wang’er, a servant 作死 zuo4 s? look for death; court death {找死} 因 y?n because of {因為; 為} 只管 zh?gua3n all the time 遂 suì then; thereupon {就} 光景 gua1ngj?ng