The Little Nyonya

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小娘惹 xiǎo niángrě

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小妖精 小妖精 xiǎo yāo jīng goblin; hussy; floozy ∼HSK 6
如意郎君 如意郎君 rú yì láng jūn ideal husband; Mr. Right ∼HSK 6
九泉之下 九泉之下 jiǔ quán zhī xià deep beneath the earth; the underworld; the netherworld of the dead (idiom) ∼HSK 6
大驾光临 大駕光臨 dà jià guāng lín we are honored by your presence ∼HSK 6
缩头乌龟 縮頭烏龜 suō tóu wū guī a turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken ∼HSK 6
忌日 忌日 jì rì anniversary of a death; inauspicious day ∼HSK 6
赎回 贖回 shú huí to redeem ∼HSK 6
临走 臨走 lín zǒu before leaving; on departure ∼HSK 6
下跪 下跪 xià guì to kneel; to go down on one's knees ∼HSK 6
心肝宝贝 心肝寶貝 xīn gān bǎo bèi precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart ∼HSK 6
入味 入味 rù wèi tasty; to be absorbed in sth; interesting ∼HSK 6
赊帐 賒帳 shē zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift ∼HSK 6
销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow ∼HSK 6
商界 商界 shāng jiè business world; business community ∼HSK 6
拜堂 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地 ∼HSK 6
惹火 惹火 rě huǒ to stir up the fire; fig. to provoke and offend people; to ruffle feathers ∼HSK 6
害人精 害人精 hài rén jīng goblin that kills or harms people; fig. wicked scoundrel; terrible pest ∼HSK 6
井口 井口 jǐng kǒu mouth of a well ∼HSK 6
绑匪 綁匪 bǎng fěi kidnapper ∼HSK 6
精神病院 精神病院 jīng shén bìng yuàn mental hospital; psychiatric hospital ∼HSK 6
情歌 情歌 qíng gē love song ∼HSK 6
百货公司 百貨公司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store ∼HSK 6
托盘 托盤 tuō pán tray; salver; pallet ∼HSK 6
慢吞吞 慢吞吞 màn tūn tūn very slow; exasperatingly slow ∼HSK 6
洋葱 洋蔥 yáng cōng onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion ∼HSK 6
龟公 龜公 guī gōng pimp ∼HSK 6
痰盂 痰盂 tán yú spittoon ∼HSK 6
连本带利 連本帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest; capital plus profit ∼HSK 6
野菜 野菜 yě cài wild herb; potherb ∼HSK 6
椰丝 椰絲 yē sī shredded coconut ∼HSK 6
尖头 尖頭 jiān tóu pointed end; tip; (medicine) oxycephaly ∼HSK 6
一拜 一拜 yī bài to make one bow (e.g. 三跪九叩 / a single bow of greeting or worship) ∼HSK 6
天仙 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
郎君 郎君 láng jūn young gentleman, husband ∼HSK 6
一程 一程 yī chéng a journey ∼HSK 6
招来 招來 zhāo lái to attract; to incur ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off ∼HSK 6
瞎子 瞎子 xiā zi blind person ∼HSK 6
积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions ∼HSK 6
充其量 充其量 chōng qí liàng at most; at best ∼HSK 6
贵客 貴客 guì kè honored guest ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
抵赖 抵賴 dǐ lài to refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
招认 招認 zhāo rèn to confess ∼HSK 6
不祥 不祥 bù xiáng ominous; inauspicious ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6