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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