The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 21

S1E21 · 第 21 集 dì jí

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3.69 Beginner

Vocabulary

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祠堂 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
姨婆 姨婆 yí pó (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt ∼HSK 6
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
米粉 米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour; rice-flour noodles; (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan ∼HSK 6
缝制 縫製 féng zhì to sew; to make (clothes, bedding) ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
佳人 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
黄姜 黃薑 huáng jiāng turmeric ∼HSK 6
拿捏 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten ∼HSK 6
长命百岁 長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì may you live a hundred years (idiom); long life!; a wish for longevity ∼HSK 6
虾干 蝦乾 xiā gān dried shrimps ∼HSK 6
糟踏 糟踏 zāo tà variant of ∼HSK 6
命薄 命薄 mìng bó to be unlucky ∼HSK 6
不识字 不識字 bù shí zì illiterate ∼HSK 6
拜祭 拜祭 bài jì to worship; to observe religious rites; to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) ∼HSK 6
三牲 三牲 sān shēng the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) ∼HSK 6
主菜 主菜 zhǔ cài main course ∼HSK 6
投缘 投緣 tóu yuán to be kindred spirits; to hit it off ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
背负 背負 bēi fù to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder ∼HSK 6
不理不睬 不理不睬 bù lǐ bù cǎi to completely ignore (idiom); to pay no attention to; not to be in the least concerned about ∼HSK 6
家祖 家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
蠢蛋 蠢蛋 chǔn dàn fool; dolt ∼HSK 6
勾当 勾當 gòu dàng shady business ∼HSK 6
置身事外 置身事外 zhì shēn - shì wài (idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it ∼HSK 6
蒙蔽 矇蔽 méng bì to deceive; to hoodwink ∼HSK 6
寻根究底 尋根究底 xún gēn jiū dǐ to get to the bottom of something (idiom); to investigate thoroughly; to trace to the root ∼HSK 6
蠢话 蠢話 chǔn huà foolish talk; nonsense ∼HSK 6
回娘家 回孃家 huí niáng jiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home; (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
熬出头 熬出頭 áo chū tóu to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it ∼HSK 6
噼里啪啦 噼裡啪啦 pī li pā lā (onom.) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause ∼HSK 6
狠心 狠心 hěn xīn callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) HSK 6
祖母 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
打牌 打牌 dǎ pái to play mahjong or cards HSK 6
姑姑 姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt HSK 6
就是说 就是說 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
热水 熱水 rè shuǐ hot water HSK 6
灵活 靈活 líng huó flexible; nimble; agile HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
添 添 tiān to add; to increase; to replenish HSK 6
欺负 欺負 qī fu to bully HSK 6
酱 醬 jiàng thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam HSK 6
当成 當成 dàng chéng to consider as; to take to be HSK 6
井 井 jǐng a well; neat; orderly HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
道歉 道歉 dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
毁 毀 huǐ to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander HSK 6