The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 14

S1E14 · 第 14 集 dì jí

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Vocabulary

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自寻短见 自尋短見 zì xún duǎn jiàn 自: self, private, personal; from · 寻: seek, search, look for; ancient · 短: short; brief; deficient, lacking · 见: see, observe, behold; perceive Idiom ∼HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
推辞 推辭 tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) HSK 7
苦力 苦力 kǔ lì bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times HSK 7
出任 出任 chū rèn to take up a post; to start in a new job HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
下海 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) HSK 7
岳母 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law HSK 7
周转 周轉 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc); turnover; circulation; cash flow HSK 7
挂念 掛念 guà niàn concerned HSK 7
休养 休養 xiū yǎng to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce HSK 7
转眼 轉眼 zhuǎn yǎn in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance HSK 7
椰子 椰子 yē zi a coconut palm; a coconut HSK 7
过问 過問 guò wèn to show an interest in; to get involved with HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
岳父 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law HSK 7
去处 去處 qù chù place; destination HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman 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
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
拣 揀 jiǎn to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
风味 風味 fēng wèi distinctive flavor; distinctive style HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
探望 探望 tàn wàng to visit; to call on sb; to look around HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
精华 精華 jīng huá best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul HSK 7
锡 錫 xī tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xí] HSK 7
终生 終生 zhōng shēng throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong HSK 7
英俊 英俊 yīng jùn handsome HSK 7
迷路 迷路 mí lù to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) HSK 7
表态 表態 biǎo tài to declare one's position; to say where one stands HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
演戏 演戲 yǎn xì to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
要命 要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance HSK 7
扛 扛 gāng to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together HSK 7
拳头 拳頭 quán tou fist; clenched fist; competitive (product) HSK 7
疑惑 疑惑 yí huò to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions HSK 7
心爱 心愛 xīn ài beloved HSK 7
垮 垮 kuǎ to collapse (lit. or fig.) HSK 7
享 享 xiǎng to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of HSK 7
采集 採集 cǎi jí to gather; to collect; to harvest HSK 7
豹 豹 bào leopard; panther HSK 7
盛 盛 chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7