The Little Nyonya

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Season 1 — The Little Nyonya

小娘惹 xiǎo niángrě

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Vocabulary

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每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
鞋子 鞋子 xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
改成 改成 gǎi chéng to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium) ∼HSK 2
成全 成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
开店 開店 kāi diàn to open shop ∼HSK 2
参 參 cān take part in, intervene; ginseng ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
靠山 靠山 kào shān patron; backer; close to a mountain ∼HSK 2
想像 想像 xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
讲道 講道 jiǎng dào to preach; a sermon ∼HSK 2
别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
卖掉 賣掉 mài diào to sell off ∼HSK 2
看着办 看著辦 kàn zhe bàn to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances) ∼HSK 2
贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy ∼HSK 2
脸蛋 臉蛋 liǎn dàn cheek; face ∼HSK 2
生来 生來 shēng lái from birth; by one's nature ∼HSK 2
眼中 眼中 yǎn zhōng in (sb's) eyes ∼HSK 2
满满 滿滿 mǎn mǎn full; closely packed ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
明知 明知 míng zhī to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well ∼HSK 2
后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) ∼HSK 2
找遍 找遍 zhǎo biàn to search everywhere; to search high and low; to comb ∼HSK 2
往外 往外 wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) ∼HSK 2
夫家 夫家 fū jiā husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
想通 想通 xiǎng tōng to figure out; to realize; to become convinced; to come round (to an idea); to get over it ∼HSK 2
夫婿 夫婿 fū xù (literary) husband ∼HSK 2
生孩子 生孩子 shēng hái zi to give birth to a baby ∼HSK 2
气坏 氣壞 qì huài furious; very angry ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
起头 起頭 qǐ tóu to start; at first; beginning ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
得要 得要 děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
船票 船票 chuán piào ship ticket ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
家当 家當 jiā dàng familial property; belongings ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
倒像 倒像 dào xiàng (optics) inverted image ∼HSK 2
吃掉 吃掉 chī diào to eat up; to consume ∼HSK 2
急着 急著 jí zhe urgently ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2