<p><em>KEY</em> defines 茜纱 as:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>qiànshā<br>
  red yarn</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, yes, 茜 = 红 here.</p>

<hr>

<p>David Hawkes English translation in <em>The Story Of The Stone Volume 3</em> reads:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>rosy-misted casement</p>
</blockquote>

<hr>

<p>Yang Hsien-Yi &amp; Gladys Yang's translation in <em>A Dream of Red Mansions Vol. 2</em> reads:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>madder-gauze window</p>
</blockquote>

<hr>

<p>It seems as if H. Bencraft Joly never translated this portion of the book.</p>

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'madder' is not a noun I am familiar with! madder: type of plant (in modern use Rubia tinctorum) yielding a valuable dyestuff, Old English mædere and Old Norse maðra, from PIE *modhro- "dye plant" (source also of Old High German matara "madder," Polish modry, Czech modry "blue").
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<p>晴雯死了。宝玉祭文。黛玉听见了。宝玉说，”有什么不妥的地方，还请你替我修改修改。“</p>

<p>宝玉写的是：红绡帐里</p>

<p>黛玉说，”何不说 ‘茜纱窗下’“</p>

<p>Is 茜 just 红色? Or is it what the window screen is made of? Is it 芦苇?</p>

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Is this also chapter 79 in your copy?
Mou某
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No, 三十三。I have a children's copy, the original is too difficult for me!
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What is 茜 in the phrase 茜纱窗下?
# What is 茜 in the phrase 茜纱窗下?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-05)

晴雯死了。宝玉祭文。黛玉听见了。宝玉说，”有什么不妥的地方，还请你替我修改修改。“

宝玉写的是：红绡帐里

黛玉说，”何不说 ‘茜纱窗下’“

Is 茜 just 红色? Or is it what the window screen is made of? Is it 芦苇?

**Tags:** meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is this also chapter 79 in your copy?  
> **username_0**: No, 三十三。I have a children's copy, the original is too difficult for me!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

*KEY* defines 茜纱 as:

> qiànshā  
> red yarn

So, yes, 茜 = 红 here.

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David Hawkes English translation in *The Story Of The Stone Volume 3* reads:

> rosy-misted casement

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Yang Hsien-Yi & Gladys Yang's translation in *A Dream of Red Mansions Vol. 2* reads:

> madder-gauze window

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It seems as if H. Bencraft Joly never translated this portion of the book.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: 'madder' is not a noun I am familiar with! madder: type of plant (in modern use Rubia tinctorum) yielding a valuable dyestuff, Old English mædere and Old Norse maðra, from PIE *modhro- "dye plant" (source also of Old High German matara "madder," Polish modry, Czech modry "blue").  

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