The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 22

S1E22 · 第 22 集 dì jí

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3.86 Beginner

Vocabulary

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抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lù miàn to put oneself out in the public eye Idiom ∼HSK 6
吉人天相 吉人天相 jí rén tiān xiàng Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
亡命之徒 亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú runaway (idiom); desperate criminal; fugitive Idiom ∼HSK 6
老糊涂 老糊塗 lǎo hú tu dotard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不堪入耳 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr unbearable to hear; offensive to the ear; vulgar (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun ∼HSK 6
认命 認命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
跳井 跳井 tiào jǐng to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction) ∼HSK 6
招惹 招惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb) ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift ∼HSK 6
小姨 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
苦肉计 苦肉計 kǔ ròu jì the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence ∼HSK 6
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
叮咛 叮嚀 dīng níng to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently ∼HSK 6
招来 招來 zhāo lái to attract; to incur ∼HSK 6
命薄 命薄 mìng bó to be unlucky ∼HSK 6
佣人 傭人 yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
井口 井口 jǐng kǒu mouth of a well ∼HSK 6
心惊 心驚 xīn jīng fearful; apprehensive ∼HSK 6
违抗 違抗 wéi kàng to disobey ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
好惹 好惹 hǎo rě accommodating; easy to push around ∼HSK 6
抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down ∼HSK 6
贤淑 賢淑 xián shū (of a woman) virtuous ∼HSK 6
遮住 遮住 zhē zhù to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade ∼HSK 6
名门望族 名門望族 míng mén wàng zú offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding; blue blood ∼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
占便宜 佔便宜 zhàn pián yi advantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense; to take unfair advantage ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
蒙羞 蒙羞 méng xiū to be shamed; to be humiliated ∼HSK 6
踏进 踏進 tà jìn to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into ∼HSK 6
糟踏 糟踏 zāo tà variant of ∼HSK 6
撬开 撬開 qiào kāi to pry open; to lever open ∼HSK 6
列祖列宗 列祖列宗 liè zǔ liè zōng one's ancestors; all the generations of forebears (idiom) ∼HSK 6
公婆 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents; parents-in-law HSK 6
聋哑 聾啞 lóng yǎ deaf and dumb HSK 6
不择手段 不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
祖母 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
母女 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter; mother-daughter HSK 6
姑姑 姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt HSK 6