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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吓跑 嚇跑 xià pǎo to scare away ∼HSK 5
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
妇道人家 婦道人家 fù dao rén jia woman (derog.) ∼HSK 5
大嘴巴 大嘴巴 dà zuǐ ba bigmouth; blabbermouth ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
锁上 鎖上 suǒ shàng to lock; to lock up ∼HSK 5
事不宜迟 事不宜遲 shì bù yí chí the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose ∼HSK 5
天杀的 天殺的 tiān shā de Goddam!; goddamn; wretched ∼HSK 5
骗走 騙走 piàn zǒu to cheat (sb out of sth); to swindle (sb out of sth) ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
抢走 搶走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
相劝 相勸 xiāng quàn to persuade; to exhort; to advise ∼HSK 5
字据 字據 zì jù written pledge; contract; IOU ∼HSK 5
不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition; wrong; fishy ∼HSK 5
心里有鬼 心裡有鬼 xīn li yǒu guǐ to have secret motives; to have a guilty conscience ∼HSK 5
在逃 在逃 zài táo to be at large (of a criminal) ∼HSK 5
一身汗 一身汗 yī shēn hàn sweating all over ∼HSK 5
冒着 冒著 mào zhe to brave; to face dangers ∼HSK 5
偿 償 cháng repay, recompense; restitution ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out ∼HSK 5
另一半 另一半 lìng yī bàn other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half ∼HSK 5
臭脸 臭臉 chòu liǎn sour face; scowling face ∼HSK 5
放贷 放貸 fàng dài to provide loans ∼HSK 5
听劝 聽勸 tīng quàn to heed advice; to listen to counsel ∼HSK 5
莉 莉 lì white jasmine ∼HSK 5
寄宿学校 寄宿學校 jì sù xué xiào boarding school ∼HSK 5
富婆 富婆 fù pó wealthy woman ∼HSK 5
其二 其二 qí èr secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second ∼HSK 5
上锁 上鎖 shàng suǒ to lock; to be locked ∼HSK 5
晰 晰 xī clear, evident; clearly ∼HSK 5
骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level ∼HSK 5
跌倒 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) ∼HSK 5
镯 鐲 zhuó bracelet, armband; small bell ∼HSK 5
劣 劣 liè bad, inferior; slightly ∼HSK 5
鼓鼓的 鼓鼓的 gǔ gǔ de bulging ∼HSK 5
契 契 qì deed, contract, bond; engrave ∼HSK 5
汗毛 汗毛 hàn máo hair; soft hair; down ∼HSK 5
醉醺醺 醉醺醺 zuì xūn xūn drunk; intoxicated ∼HSK 5
福寿 福壽 fú shòu happiness and longevity ∼HSK 5
为所欲为 為所欲為 wéi suǒ yù wéi (idiom) to do whatever one pleases ∼HSK 5
做媒 做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) ∼HSK 5
美味可口 美味可口 měi wèi kě kǒu delicious; tasty ∼HSK 5
拔腿 拔腿 bá tuǐ to break into a run ∼HSK 5
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time ∼HSK 5
猜中 猜中 cāi zhòng to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer ∼HSK 5
闲言闲语 閒言閒語 xián yán xián yǔ idle gossip ∼HSK 5
眼巴巴 眼巴巴 yǎn bā bā waiting anxiously; impatient ∼HSK 5
大骂 大罵 dà mà to rain curses (on sb); to let sb have it; to bawl sb out ∼HSK 5
说漏嘴 說漏嘴 shuō lòu zuǐ to blurt out; to let slip ∼HSK 5