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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希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
花天酒地 花天酒地 huā tiān jiǔ dì to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery Idiom ∼HSK 2
风吹草动 風吹草動 fēng chuī - cǎo dòng lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble Idiom ∼HSK 2
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 2
不闻不问 不聞不問 bù wén bù wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned Idiom ∼HSK 2
网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment Idiom ∼HSK 2
女大不中留 女大不中留 nǚ dà bù zhōng liú when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
大喊大叫 大喊大叫 dà hǎn dà jiào shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly; to rant; to kick up a racket; to conduct vigorous propaganda Idiom ∼HSK 2
一问三不知 一問三不知 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom); fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on; complete ignorance Idiom ∼HSK 2
千千万万 千千萬萬 qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom ∼HSK 2
半身不遂 半身不遂 bàn shēn bù suí paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia Idiom ∼HSK 2
头重脚轻 頭重腳輕 tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng top-heavy; fig. unbalance in organization or political structure Idiom ∼HSK 2
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg; scoundrel; bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
天生一对 天生一對 tiān shēng yī duì a match made in heaven; a perfect couple Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难当 難當 nán dāng hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
越帮越忙 越幫越忙 yuè bāng yuè máng to be officious; to kibitz; to be meddlesome; to force one's help upon Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
吃里爬外 吃裡爬外 chī lǐ pá wài to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds you Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
没完没了 沒完沒了 méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
姐夫 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
男子汉大丈夫 男子漢大丈夫 nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu (coll.) he-man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
这年头 這年頭 zhè nián tou (coll.) nowadays Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
水草 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants; water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals); (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
不长眼睛 不長眼睛 bù zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
省省吧 省省吧 shěng sheng ba (coll.) Don't waste your breath.; Save it! Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
新加坡 新加坡 Xīn jiā pō Singapore Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
红十字 紅十字 Hóng shí zì Red Cross Proper Noun ∼HSK 2