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The Sweetest Candy

S1E17 · 李莲花参加乔婉娩婚宴 lǐ liánhuā cānjiā qiáo wǎn miǎn hūnyàn

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4.79 Intermediate

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文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi 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° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
惨绝人寰 慘絕人寰 cǎn jué rén huán extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality Idiom ∼HSK 6
冤家路窄 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths Idiom ∼HSK 6
威震天下 威震天下 wēi zhèn tiān xià to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
一文不值 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever Idiom ∼HSK 6
以毒攻毒 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM); to fight evil with evil; set a thief to catch a thief; to fight fire with fire Idiom ∼HSK 6
草菅人命 草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng to have disregard for human life (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low Idiom ∼HSK 6
不知好歹 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions Idiom ∼HSK 6
天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven; to be made for one another Idiom ∼HSK 6
老死不相往来 老死不相往來 lǎo sǐ bù xiāng wǎng lái lit. to grow old without ever visiting one another (idiom); fig. to have nothing to do with each other; mutual isolation Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
老娘 老孃 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
四顾 四顧 sì gù to look around ∼HSK 6
大侠 大俠 dà xiá knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero ∼HSK 6
小姨 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
神医 神醫 shén yī miracle doctor ∼HSK 6
闯荡江湖 闖蕩江湖 chuǎng dàng jiāng hú to travel around the country ∼HSK 6
公羊 公羊 gōng yáng ram (male sheep) ∼HSK 6
百川 百川 bǎi chuān rivers ∼HSK 6
乳燕 乳燕 rǔ yàn baby swallow ∼HSK 6
剧毒 劇毒 jù dú highly toxic; extremely poisonous ∼HSK 6
祭文 祭文 jì wén funeral oration; eulogy; elegiac address ∼HSK 6
楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum); landlord of a building (traditional) ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
锁孔 鎖孔 suǒ kǒng keyhole ∼HSK 6
身故 身故 shēn gù to die ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
残香 殘香 cán xiāng lingering fragrance ∼HSK 6
喜结连理 喜結連理 xǐ jié lián lǐ to tie the knot (idiom); to get married ∼HSK 6
尽兴 盡興 jìn xìng to enjoy oneself to the full; to one's heart's content ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
夸下海口 誇下海口 kuā xia hǎi kǒu to boast; to talk big ∼HSK 6
浑小子 渾小子 hún xiǎo zi (derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest) ∼HSK 6
犯浑 犯渾 fàn hún confused; mixed up; muddled up; befuddled ∼HSK 6
都护 都護 dū hù (old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march ∼HSK 6
心高气傲 心高氣傲 xīn gāo qì ào proud and arrogant ∼HSK 6
扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous; to become notorious ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
涉足 涉足 shè zú to set foot in; to step into; to become involved for the first time ∼HSK 6