The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 12

S1E12 · 第 12 集 dì jí

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Vocabulary

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滚 滾 gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
骗 騙 piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
吓 嚇 xià to frighten; to scare HSK 5
难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
邀请 邀請 yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
俱乐部 俱樂部 jù lè bù club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword) HSK 5
呆 呆 dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
谈何容易 談何容易 tán hé róng yì easier said than done (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Ch Idiom ∼HSK 4
笨手笨脚 笨手笨腳 bèn shǒu bèn jiǎo clumsy; all thumbs Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
恶心 惡心 ě xīn nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
娘惹 娘惹 Niáng rě Nyonya; Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西欧 西歐 Xī ōu Western Europe Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东欧 東歐 Dōng Ōu Eastern Europe Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
暖暖 暖暖 Nuǎn nuǎn Nuannuan District of Keelung City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
美玉 美玉 měi yù fine jade ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
家主 家主 jiā zhǔ head of a household ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills; culinary talent ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
打翻 打翻 dǎ fān to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy) ∼HSK 4
脱手 脫手 tuō shǒu (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload ∼HSK 4
下厨 下廚 xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back; to answer back ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
大家闺秀 大家閨秀 dà jiā guī xiù girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house ∼HSK 4
自己动手 自己動手 zì jǐ dòng shǒu to do (sth) oneself; to help oneself to ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc); to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc) ∼HSK 4
亲自动手 親自動手 qīn zì dòng shǒu to do the job oneself ∼HSK 4
失信 失信 shī xìn to break a promise ∼HSK 4
老抽 老抽 lǎo chōu dark soy sauce ∼HSK 4
单单 單單 dān dān only; merely; just ∼HSK 4