The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 21

S1E21 · 第 21 集 dì jí

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丢脸 丟臉 diū liǎn to lose face; humiliation Xiehouyu HSK 7
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [rè tēng tēng] Colloquialism HSK 7
耗 耗 hào to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
夜市 夜市 yè shì night market HSK 7
盛情 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness; magnificent hospitality HSK 7
嫁妆 嫁妝 jià zhuang dowry HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
燕子 燕子 yàn zi swallow HSK 7
搁置 擱置 gē zhì to shelve; to set aside HSK 7
稀罕 稀罕 xī han rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] HSK 7
抢夺 搶奪 qiǎng duó to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take HSK 7
接送 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off; to ferry back and forth HSK 7
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad HSK 7
恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect; it's just right HSK 7
子孙 子孫 zǐ sūn offspring; posterity HSK 7
香料 香料 xiāng liào spice; flavoring; condiment; perfume HSK 7
容许 容許 róng xǔ to permit; to allow HSK 7
收买 收買 shōu mǎi to purchase; to bribe HSK 7
茫然 茫然 máng rán blankly; vacantly; at a loss HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
趁机 趁機 chèn jī to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
冷淡 冷淡 lěng dàn cold; indifferent HSK 7
相差 相差 xiāng chà to differ; discrepancy between HSK 7
呛 嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of; in the presence of HSK 7
摆放 擺放 bǎi fàng to set up; to arrange; to lay out HSK 7
梳 梳 shū a comb; to comb HSK 7
习俗 習俗 xí sú custom; tradition; local tradition; convention HSK 7
用餐 用餐 yòng cān to eat a meal HSK 7
祖先 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
任性 任性 rèn xìng willful; headstrong; unruly HSK 7
懂事 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent HSK 7
苦恼 苦惱 kǔ nǎo vexed; distressed HSK 7
攀 攀 pān to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status HSK 7
当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate 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
盏 盞 zhǎn a small cup; classifier for lamps HSK 7
大局 大局 dà jú overall situation; the big picture HSK 7
后代 後代 hòu dài descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations HSK 7
口水 口水 kǒu shuǐ saliva HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
迎 迎 yíng to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face HSK 7
源头 源頭 yuán tóu source; fountainhead HSK 7