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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天井 天井 tiān jǐng courtyard; atrium; opening in a roof; skylight; caisson ceiling; (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 ∼HSK 6
终身监禁 終身監禁 zhōng shēn jiān jìn life sentence ∼HSK 6
看跌 看跌 kàn diē (finance) bearish ∼HSK 6
收藏家 收藏家 shōu cáng jiā a collector (e.g. of artworks) ∼HSK 6
脸孔 臉孔 liǎn kǒng face ∼HSK 6
头昏目眩 頭昏目眩 tóu hūn mù xuàn (idiom) dazed; dizzy ∼HSK 6
作伴 作伴 zuò bàn to accompany; to keep sb company ∼HSK 6
贫民区 貧民區 pín mín qū slum area; ghetto ∼HSK 6
浓稠 濃稠 nóng chóu thick; dense and creamy ∼HSK 6
公海 公海 gōng hǎi the high seas; international waters ∼HSK 6
海港 海港 hǎi gǎng seaport; harbor ∼HSK 6
独生女 獨生女 dú shēng nǚ a daughter who is an only child ∼HSK 6
凶杀 兇殺 xiōng shā to murder; assassination ∼HSK 6
祸根 禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble; cause of the ruin ∼HSK 6
烧制 燒製 shāo zhì to fire (in a kiln) ∼HSK 6
驱走 驅走 qū zǒu to drive away ∼HSK 6
采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale; to purchase; to procure; to stock up ∼HSK 6
不肖子孙 不肖子孫 bù xiào zǐ sūn unworthy descendants (idiom); degenerate offspring who disgrace their ancestors ∼HSK 6
调味料 調味料 tiáo wèi liào seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences ∼HSK 6
看不顺眼 看不順眼 kàn bù shùn yǎn unpleasant to the eye; objectionable ∼HSK 6
砸破 砸破 zá pò to break; to shatter ∼HSK 6
藏拙 藏拙 cáng zhuó avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face ∼HSK 6
勾三搭四 勾三搭四 gōu sān dā sì to make hanky-panky; to seduce women ∼HSK 6
护航舰 護航艦 hù háng jiàn escort vessel ∼HSK 6
善忘 善忘 shàn wàng to be forgetful; to have a short memory ∼HSK 6
老成持重 老成持重 lǎo chéng chí zhòng old and wise; experienced and knowledgeable ∼HSK 6
空壳 空殼 kōng ké empty shell ∼HSK 6
峇拉煎 峇拉煎 bā lā jiān (loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste) ∼HSK 6
问长问短 問長問短 wèn cháng wèn duǎn to ask about everything (idiom); to inquire solicitously after every detail ∼HSK 6
入口就化 入口就化 rù kǒu jiù huà to melt in one's mouth ∼HSK 6
后颈 後頸 hòu jǐng nape ∼HSK 6
愤愤不平 憤憤不平 fèn fèn bù píng to feel indignant; to feel aggrieved ∼HSK 6
不去理 不去理 bù qù lǐ not to pay attention to; to leave sth as it is; to ignore ∼HSK 6
肺腑之言 肺腑之言 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 6
烂糊 爛糊 làn hu overripe; overcooked ∼HSK 6
锅铲 鍋鏟 guō chǎn wok spatula; cooking spatula ∼HSK 6
叨念 叨唸 dāo niàn to talk about often; to reminisce about; to keep repeating; to keep harping on; to discuss ∼HSK 6
原色 原色 yuán sè primary color ∼HSK 6
监票 監票 jiān piào to scrutinize balloting ∼HSK 6
眼眶 眼眶 yǎn kuàng eye socket; rim of the eye ∼HSK 6
招魂 招魂 zhāo hún to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill; (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc) ∼HSK 6
跌断 跌斷 diē duàn to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc) ∼HSK 6
精神科医生 精神科醫生 jīng shén kē yī shēng psychiatrist ∼HSK 6
噼里啪啦 噼裡啪啦 pī li pā lā (onom.) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause ∼HSK 6
虾干 蝦乾 xiā gān dried shrimps ∼HSK 6
三牲 三牲 sān shēng the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) ∼HSK 6
寻根究底 尋根究底 xún gēn jiū dǐ to get to the bottom of something (idiom); to investigate thoroughly; to trace to the root ∼HSK 6
曾祖 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) ∼HSK 6
肯定句 肯定句 kěn dìng jù affirmative sentence ∼HSK 6
质料 質料 zhì liào material; matter ∼HSK 6