The Little Nyonya

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The Little Nyonya Episode 20

S1E20 · 第 20 集 dì 0 jí

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天打雷劈 天打雷劈 tiān dǎ léi pī 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 打: strike, hit, beat; fight; attack · 雷: thunder · 劈: cut apart, split, chop Idiom ∼HSK 7
心浮气躁 心浮氣躁 xīn fú qì zào 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 浮: to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 · 躁: tense, excited, irritable Idiom ∼HSK 7
乱点鸳鸯 亂點鴛鴦 luàn diǎn yuān yāng 乱: confusion, state of chaos, revolt · 点: dot, speck, spot; point, degree · 鸳: male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) · 鸯: female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) Idiom ∼HSK 7
巴不得 巴不得 bā bu de (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to Xiehouyu HSK 7
无可奈何 無可奈何 wú kě nài hé have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈 Xiehouyu HSK 7
休想 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that); don't imagine (that) Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
底子 底子 dǐ zi base; foundation; bottom HSK 7
松绑 鬆綁 sōng bǎng to untie; (fig.) to ease restrictions HSK 7
耐性 耐性 nài xìng patience HSK 7
伙食 伙食 huǒ shí food; meals HSK 7
刺绣 刺繡 cì xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
浓厚 濃厚 nóng hòu dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color) HSK 7
手帕 手帕 shǒu pà handkerchief HSK 7
清淡 清淡 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales) HSK 7
锈 鏽 xiù to rust HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
提防 提防 dī fang to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng] HSK 7
恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect; it's just right HSK 7
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
回味 回味 huí wèi to call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste HSK 7
桨 槳 jiǎng oar; paddle HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
建筑师 建築師 jiàn zhù shī architect HSK 7
如意 如意 rú yì as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
担当 擔當 dān dāng to take upon oneself; to assume HSK 7
习俗 習俗 xí sú custom; tradition; local tradition; convention HSK 7
祖先 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
细心 細心 xì xīn careful; attentive HSK 7
了结 了結 liǎo jié to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up HSK 7
粗糙 粗糙 cū cāo crude; gruff; rough; coarse HSK 7
攀 攀 pān to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status HSK 7
管家 管家 guǎn jiā (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household HSK 7
锡 錫 xī tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xí] HSK 7
当下 當下 dāng xià immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment HSK 7
要点 要點 yào diǎn main point; essential HSK 7
包袱 包袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load; weight; burden; funny part; punchline HSK 7
英俊 英俊 yīng jùn handsome HSK 7
迷惑 迷惑 mí huo to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
招待 招待 zhāo dài to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying) HSK 7
胃口 胃口 wèi kǒu appetite; liking HSK 7