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traditional :
Also called the or the the daughter of of to both and she is the highest living in the house and the oldest and most of the entire, yet also a person. She has sons, and, and a daughter, mother. is brought to the house of the at the of and she helps and as and, later,
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traditional : The son of the He is the father of and. He is a and man, and a traditional : father, the younger son of the. He is a and Afraid his one will turn bad, he on his son, and uses. He has a wife, and and
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traditional : husband and a whose affairs cause much trouble with his wife, including affairs with men that are not known by his wife. His (Second Sister eventually dies by his wife's. He and his wife are in charge of most and decisions, and often fight over this power.
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Meaning: Water the born with the and lost daughter to the country in Chapter. Her name is changed to by wife, Meaning: and personal also to husband. The among the characters seem to be that is beautiful enough to the in the house. in the she follows as part of her when marries into the. She handles her troubles with and appears to have the respect of most of the She is also one of the very few people who can get close to She considerable power in the house as most, but uses her power and Meaning: To as a
older brother, a who was a local in. He was known for his with both men and women. Not particularly well educated, he once killed a man over a girl and had the case up with money.
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traditional :
A country and relation to the family, who provides a to the of the House during two visits. She eventually from her who wanted to sell her.
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A wife of Because of hershe hands over the running of the to her, as soon as the marries into the although she control over affairs so that the always has to report to her. Although appears to be a kind and a mother, she can in fact be and when her is. She pays a great deal of attention to to make sure that does not develop relationships with them.
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traditional :, mother to and, sister to. She is and for the most part, but finds it hard to control her son.
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traditional : Meaning: Men)
and his. While she still has standing as the, the gave her to so, in practice, is his and forever worried about she is the of his first in the real world in Chapter
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Meaning: personal and the most beautiful in the is said to very. Of all of, she is the only one who to argue with when, but is also extremely to him. She is of attempt to use her relation with to raise her in the family. later her of having an
affair with and her on that account; at the treatment and of the and that her as a result, dies of an after leaving the.
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traditional : Meaning: Pair of The. She a proposal (as to the son.
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traditional : Meaning:
page boy. Knows his like the back of his hand.
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traditional Meaning: or by the to her
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other She came with from and comes across as a young, girl.
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traditional :
A of. She is the mother of and half. She to be the mother of the head of the, which she does not achieve. She to and with black, and it is believed that her cost her own life.
characters
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His sister is wife, and so he is a younger than Both he and are the children of The boys in the
school together and he becomes Baoyu's best friend. The leaves open the that things might have gone beyond friendship. and the in the fall in love with, for dies soon after from a of a by his father, and
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Son of brother and his wife Jia Lan is an child throughout the book and at the end in the to the of the family.
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Head of the House, the branch of the family. He has a wife, , a younger sister, , and many He is extremely and the head of the, since his father has He has an affair with his daughter-in-law,
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Wife of. She is the of the House.
son. He is the husband of. An copy of his father, he is the of the
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Second Sister takes her in secret as his Though a woman before she was married, after her she becomes a and wife. Because of she finally kills herself by a large piece of