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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为的是 為的是 wèi de shì for the sake of; for the purpose of ∼HSK 2
包在我身上 包在我身上 bāo zài wǒ shēn shang leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it ∼HSK 2
希 希 xī rare; hope, expect, strive for ∼HSK 2
病倒 病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness ∼HSK 2
道谢 道謝 dào xiè to express thanks ∼HSK 2
三更半夜 三更半夜 sān gēng - bàn yè (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
像话 像話 xiàng huà proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
走狗 走狗 zǒu gǒu hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey ∼HSK 2
吃鸡 吃雞 chī jī (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game; last-man-standing game; to play PUBG (or similar game); to win at PUBG (or similar game) ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
女红 女紅 nǚ gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework) ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
八成 八成 bā chéng eighty percent; most probably; most likely ∼HSK 2
听信 聽信 tīng xìn to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
讲求 講求 jiǎng qiú to stress; to emphasize; particular about sth; to strive for ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
上身 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body ∼HSK 2
白头 白頭 bái tóu hoary head; old age ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
意中人 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart; one's true love; the person of one's thoughts ∼HSK 2
夜夜 夜夜 yè yè every night ∼HSK 2
多嘴 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
生子 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children ∼HSK 2
身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background ∼HSK 2
草药 草藥 cǎo yào herbal medicine ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
气话 氣話 qì huà angry words; sth said in the moment of anger ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
养病 養病 yǎng bìng to recuperate; to convalesce; to take care of one's health after illness ∼HSK 2
求得 求得 qiú dé to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain ∼HSK 2
才子 才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar ∼HSK 2
选中 選中 xuǎn zhòng to select; to choose; to decide on ∼HSK 2
起身 起身 qǐ shēn to get up; to leave; to set forth ∼HSK 2
接过 接過 jiē guò to take (sth proffered) ∼HSK 2
满嘴 滿嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
山头 山頭 shān tóu mountain top ∼HSK 2
去得 去得 qù de can go ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
爬上 爬上 pá shàng to climb up ∼HSK 2
停下来 停下來 tíng xià lái to stop ∼HSK 2
弄到 弄到 nòng dào to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by ∼HSK 2
要得 要得 yào dé good; fine ∼HSK 2
交还 交還 jiāo huán to return sth; to hand back ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2