The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 22

S1E22 · 第 22 集 dì jí

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太岁头上动土 太歲頭上動土 tài suì tóu shàng dòng tǔ lit. to break ground above the head of Tai Sui (the god of the year) (idiom); fig. to provoke someone powerful; to court disaster by defying authority Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
无恶不作 無惡不作 wú è bù zuò not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed Idiom HSK 7
愁眉苦脸 愁眉苦臉 chóu méi kǔ liǎn to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable Idiom HSK 7
休想 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that); don't imagine (that) Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢脸 丟臉 diū liǎn to lose face; humiliation Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism 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
喜酒 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast HSK 7
亏待 虧待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly HSK 7
嫁妆 嫁妝 jià zhuang dowry HSK 7
投奔 投奔 tóu bèn to seek shelter; to seek asylum HSK 7
喜事 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion; wedding HSK 7
孤零零 孤零零 gū líng líng lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary HSK 7
耐性 耐性 nài xìng patience HSK 7
牡丹 牡丹 Mǔ dan Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan HSK 7
败坏 敗壞 bài huài to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine HSK 7
挂念 掛念 guà niàn concerned HSK 7
叫好 叫好 jiào hǎo to applaud; to cheer HSK 7
燕子 燕子 yàn zi swallow HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
偷懒 偷懶 tōu lǎn to goof off; to be lazy HSK 7
长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders; older generation HSK 7
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
焦急 焦急 jiāo jí anxiety; anxious HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to; home; final destination; ending HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard) HSK 7
退缩 退縮 tuì suō to shrink back; to cower HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
着眼 著眼 zhuó yǎn to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate HSK 7
屈服 屈服 qū fú to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over HSK 7
梳 梳 shū a comb; to comb HSK 7
牵挂 牽掛 qiān guà to worry about; to be concerned about HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
苦恼 苦惱 kǔ nǎo vexed; distressed HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
漂 漂 piāo to float; to drift HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
操心 操心 cāo xīn to worry about HSK 7
当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7