The Little Nyonya

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小娘惹 xiǎo niángrě

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多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
专程 專程 zhuān chéng specifically; specially (for that purpose) HSK 7
女婿 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband; son-in-law HSK 7
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out HSK 7
蒜 蒜 suàn garlic HSK 7
建筑师 建築師 jiàn zhù shī architect HSK 7
海峡 海峽 hǎi xiá strait; channel HSK 7
风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose HSK 7
认错 認錯 rèn cuò to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake HSK 7
谅解 諒解 liàng jiě to understand; to make allowances for; understanding HSK 7
退缩 退縮 tuì suō to shrink back; to cower HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny HSK 7
夸奖 誇獎 kuā jiǎng to praise; to applaud; to compliment HSK 7
脉搏 脈搏 mài bó pulse (both medical and figurative) HSK 7
收敛 收斂 shōu liǎn to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge HSK 7
拿手 拿手 ná shǒu expert in; good at HSK 7
歉意 歉意 qiàn yì apology; regret HSK 7
寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) HSK 7
滋润 滋潤 zī rùn moist; humid; to moisten; to provide moisture; comfortably off HSK 7
短缺 短缺 duǎn quē shortage HSK 7
执照 執照 zhí zhào license; permit HSK 7
相差 相差 xiāng chà to differ; discrepancy between HSK 7
赎 贖 shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth HSK 7
呛 嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
如意 如意 rú yì as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune HSK 7
惭愧 慚愧 cán kuì ashamed HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
难关 難關 nán guān difficulty; crisis HSK 7
有望 有望 yǒu wàng hopeful; promising HSK 7
从容 從容 cóng róng to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cōng róng] HSK 7
仙女 仙女 xiān nǚ fairy HSK 7
撇 撇 piē to cast away; to fling aside HSK 7
当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of; in the presence of HSK 7
面粉 麵粉 miàn fěn flour HSK 7
掉头 掉頭 diào tóu to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about HSK 7
眨眼 眨眼 zhǎ yǎn to blink; to wink; in the twinkling of an eye HSK 7
大肆 大肆 dà sì wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled HSK 7
恨不得 恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth HSK 7
着眼 著眼 zhuó yǎn to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate HSK 7
担当 擔當 dān dāng to take upon oneself; to assume HSK 7
插手 插手 chā shǒu to get involved in; to meddle; interference HSK 7
君子 君子 jūn zǐ nobleman; person of noble character HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
屈服 屈服 qū fú to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over HSK 7
拣 揀 jiǎn to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up HSK 7
名气 名氣 míng qì reputation; fame HSK 7
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than HSK 7