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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传宗接代 傳宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line ∼HSK 6
还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full; to redeem a debt ∼HSK 6
陪嫁 陪嫁 péi jià dowry ∼HSK 6
不堪设想 不堪設想 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable ∼HSK 6
钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into ∼HSK 6
甜蜜蜜 甜蜜蜜 tián mì mì very sweet ∼HSK 6
一走了之 一走了之 yī zǒu liǎo zhī to avoid a problem by walking away from it; to quit ∼HSK 6
生意兴隆 生意興隆 shēng yì xīng lóng thriving and prosperous business or trade ∼HSK 6
家产 家產 jiā chǎn family property ∼HSK 6
睡午觉 睡午覺 shuì wǔ jiào to have a nap ∼HSK 6
命薄 命薄 mìng bó to be unlucky ∼HSK 6
水井 水井 shuǐ jǐng (water) well ∼HSK 6
命脉 命脈 mìng mài lifeline ∼HSK 6
哈罗 哈羅 hā luó hello (loanword) ∼HSK 6
人渣 人渣 rén zhā dregs of society; scum ∼HSK 6
决斗 決鬥 jué dòu to duel; a duel; decisive struggle ∼HSK 6
不理不睬 不理不睬 bù lǐ bù cǎi to completely ignore (idiom); to pay no attention to; not to be in the least concerned about ∼HSK 6
侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter; niece ∼HSK 6
贩卖人口 販賣人口 fàn mài rén kǒu trafficking in human beings ∼HSK 6
恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant ∼HSK 6
名门望族 名門望族 míng mén wàng zú offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding; blue blood ∼HSK 6
琴瑟和鸣 琴瑟和鳴 qín sè hé míng in perfect harmony; in sync; lit. qin and se sing in harmony ∼HSK 6
有言在先 有言在先 yǒu yán zài xiān 有: have, own, possess; exist · 言: words, speech; speak, say · 在: be at, in, on; consist in, rest · 先: first, former, previous ∼HSK 6
清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine); to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 6
辣椒酱 辣椒醬 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste; chili sauce ∼HSK 6
小仙女 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy; beautiful girl or young woman; (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman ∼HSK 6
炸掉 炸掉 zhà diào to bomb ∼HSK 6
宪兵 憲兵 xiàn bīng military police ∼HSK 6
营养不良 營養不良 yíng yǎng bù liáng malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy ∼HSK 6
喳喳 喳喳 chā chā (onom.) whisper ∼HSK 6
心地善良 心地善良 xīn dì shàn liáng kindhearted; good-natured ∼HSK 6
生死有命 生死有命 shēng sǐ yǒu mìng life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) ∼HSK 6
搅拌机 攪拌機 jiǎo bàn jī blender; food mixer ∼HSK 6
高射炮 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun ∼HSK 6
公猪 公豬 gōng zhū boar ∼HSK 6
蒙羞 蒙羞 méng xiū to be shamed; to be humiliated ∼HSK 6
番薯 番薯 fān shǔ (dialect) sweet potato; yam ∼HSK 6
兽医 獸醫 shòu yī veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet ∼HSK 6
入肉 入肉 rù ròu to have intercourse; to fuck ∼HSK 6
放荡 放蕩 fàng dàng licentious; wanton; morally unrestrained ∼HSK 6
洋鬼 洋鬼 yáng guǐ foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners ∼HSK 6
揍人 揍人 zòu rén to hit sb; to beat sb up ∼HSK 6
伤痕累累 傷痕累累 shāng hén lěi lěi cuts and bruises all over the body ∼HSK 6
买凶 買兇 mǎi xiōng to hire a hitman ∼HSK 6
呛到 嗆到 qiāng dào to choke on (food etc); to swallow the wrong way ∼HSK 6
真命天子 真命天子 zhēn mìng tiān zǐ 真: real, actual, true, genuine · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 子: offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch ∼HSK 6
筑巢 築巢 zhù cháo to nest; to build a nest ∼HSK 6
馅料 餡料 xiàn liào filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc) ∼HSK 6
便桶 便桶 biàn tǒng chamber pot ∼HSK 6
黄姜 黃薑 huáng jiāng turmeric ∼HSK 6