Romance on the Farm

Episode review

The Lians Split Up; Second Uncle Cooks the Books

S1E9 · 连家分家二伯做假账 lián jiā fēnjiā èr bà zuò jiǎzhàng

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4.14 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 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
家丑不可外扬 家醜不可外揚 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public Idiom ∼HSK 6
自生自灭 自生自滅 zì shēng zì miè to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
蒙在鼓里 矇在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ variant of Idiom ∼HSK 6
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. Idiom ∼HSK 6
心有余而力不足 心有餘而力不足 xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom); the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak Idiom ∼HSK 6
百依百顺 百依百順 bǎi yī bǎi shùn docile and obedient; all obedience Idiom ∼HSK 6
命根子 命根子 mìng gēn zi lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
窝里横 窩裡橫 wō li hèng (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home 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
扒拉 扒拉 bā la (coll.) to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
舅母 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
撑腰 撐腰 chēng yāo to support; to brace ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
拉扯 拉扯 lā che to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
铺子 鋪子 pù zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
余下 餘下 yú xià remaining ∼HSK 6
老嫂子 老嫂子 lǎo sǎo zǐ older sister-in-law (familiar) ∼HSK 6
帐目 帳目 zhàng mù account ∼HSK 6
谷仓 穀倉 gǔ cāng barn ∼HSK 6
丧门星 喪門星 sàng mén xīng messenger of death; person bringing bad luck; Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1] ∼HSK 6
婆娘 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) ∼HSK 6
不咋的 不咋的 bù zǎ de (dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special ∼HSK 6
评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out ∼HSK 6
样儿 樣兒 yàng r appearance; manner; pattern; model ∼HSK 6
欲绝 欲絕 yù jué heartbroken; inconsolable ∼HSK 6
寻死觅活 尋死覓活 xún sǐ mì huó to seek death or threaten suicide (idiom); to make a desperate scene; hysterical antics ∼HSK 6
嘀咕 嘀咕 dí gu to mutter; to feel apprehensive ∼HSK 6
以泪洗面 以淚洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn to bathe one's face in tears (idiom) ∼HSK 6
秤砣 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight; standard weight ∼HSK 6
忤逆 忤逆 wǔ nì disobedient to parents ∼HSK 6
蓄谋 蓄謀 xù móu to premeditate; to plot ∼HSK 6
儿媳 兒媳 ér xí daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
顾全 顧全 gù quán to give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards ∼HSK 6
勒紧 勒緊 lēi jǐn to tighten ∼HSK 6
磕磕 磕磕 kē kē (onom.) knocking ∼HSK 6
拌嘴 拌嘴 bàn zuǐ to bicker; to squabble; to quarrel ∼HSK 6
捎信 捎信 shāo xìn to take a letter; to send word ∼HSK 6
柔顺 柔順 róu shùn gentle and agreeable; supple; yielding ∼HSK 6
事理 事理 shì lǐ reason; logic ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
不提也罢 不提也罷 bù tí yě bà best not to mention it; drop it; never mind; let's not talk about it ∼HSK 6
姨母 姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister; maternal aunt ∼HSK 6
赌坊 賭坊 dǔ fāng (archaic) gambling house ∼HSK 6