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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熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished HSK 7
海面 海面 hǎi miàn sea level; sea surface HSK 7
未免 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably; can't help; really; rather HSK 7
禁忌 禁忌 jìn jì taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from HSK 7
兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to attend simultaneously to two or more things; to balance (career and family, family and education etc) HSK 7
私自 私自 sī zì private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval HSK 7
得手 得手 dé shǒu to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed HSK 7
驻扎 駐紮 zhù zhā to station; to garrison (troops) HSK 7
交涉 交涉 jiāo shè to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with) HSK 7
贵重 貴重 guì zhòng precious HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
敬佩 敬佩 jìng pèi to esteem; to admire HSK 7
方言 方言 Fāng yán the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to; home; final destination; ending HSK 7
脑筋 腦筋 nǎo jīn brains; mind; head; way of thinking HSK 7
妖怪 妖怪 yāo guài monster; devil HSK 7
哑 啞 yǎ mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud HSK 7
趁机 趁機 chèn jī to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation HSK 7
通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery HSK 7
着迷 著迷 zháo mí to be fascinated; to be captivated HSK 7
蜜月 蜜月 mì yuè honeymoon HSK 7
敲诈 敲詐 qiāo zhà to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
追问 追問 zhuī wèn to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter HSK 7
正宗 正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace HSK 7
聋 聾 lóng deaf HSK 7
自责 自責 zì zé to blame oneself HSK 7
自卫 自衛 zì wèi to defend oneself; self-defense HSK 7
陷害 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
所作所为 所作所為 suǒ zuò suǒ wéi one's conduct and deeds HSK 7
过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard) HSK 7
冷淡 冷淡 lěng dàn cold; indifferent HSK 7
向来 向來 xiàng lái always (previously) HSK 7
要害 要害 yào hài vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial HSK 7
公然 公然 gōng rán openly; publicly; undisguised HSK 7
老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away HSK 7
言行 言行 yán xíng words and actions; what one says and what one does HSK 7
丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth; silk HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
丢弃 丟棄 diū qì to discard; to abandon HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
扣除 扣除 kòu chú to deduct HSK 7
安抚 安撫 ān fǔ to placate; to pacify; to appease HSK 7