The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 29

S1E29 · 第 29 集 dì 9 jí

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Vocabulary

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情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it Idiom ∼HSK 6
如意算盘 如意算盤 rú yì suàn pán counting one's chickens before they are hatched Idiom ∼HSK 6
得意洋洋 得意洋洋 dé yì yáng yáng joyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly; an air of complacency Idiom ∼HSK 6
天无绝人之路 天無絕人之路 tiān wú jué rén zhī lù Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.; Never say die. Idiom ∼HSK 6
节外生枝 節外生枝 jié wài - shēng zhī (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly Idiom ∼HSK 6
当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom); to be the master of one's own affairs Idiom ∼HSK 6
绰绰有余 綽綽有餘 chuò chuò - yǒu yú (idiom) more than enough Idiom ∼HSK 6
有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心狠手辣 心狠手辣 xīn hěn - shǒu là (idiom) vicious; merciless 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
祖居 祖居 zǔ jū former residence; one's original home ∼HSK 6
大伯 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother; father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) ∼HSK 6
托盘 托盤 tuō pán tray; salver; pallet ∼HSK 6
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
祖宅 祖宅 zǔ zhái ancestral house ∼HSK 6
百货公司 百貨公司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) ∼HSK 6
餐具 餐具 cān jù tableware; dinner service ∼HSK 6
灵位 靈位 líng wèi memorial tablet ∼HSK 6
享福 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life ∼HSK 6
识相 識相 shí xiàng sensitive; tactful ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
不肖子孙 不肖子孫 bù xiào zǐ sūn unworthy descendants (idiom); degenerate offspring who disgrace their ancestors ∼HSK 6
暗藏 暗藏 àn cáng to hide; to conceal ∼HSK 6
翻一番 翻一番 fān yī fān to increase by 100%; to double ∼HSK 6
质料 質料 zhì liào material; matter ∼HSK 6
样板 樣板 yàng bǎn template; prototype; model; example ∼HSK 6
仁义 仁義 rén yì benevolence and righteousness ∼HSK 6
互利 互利 hù lì mutually beneficial ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
威逼利诱 威逼利誘 wēi bī lì yòu to make threats and promises ∼HSK 6
下凡 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world ∼HSK 6
样貌 樣貌 yàng mào appearance; manifestation ∼HSK 6
舍下 捨下 shě xià my humble abode ∼HSK 6
闹情绪 鬧情緒 nào qíng xù to be in a bad mood ∼HSK 6
钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring ∼HSK 6
充其量 充其量 chōng qí liàng at most; at best ∼HSK 6
不拘 不拘 bù jū not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever ∼HSK 6
销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
佣人 傭人 yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth; to press sb to accept sth; to insert surreptitiously; to foist sth off on sb ∼HSK 6
人渣 人渣 rén zhā dregs of society; scum ∼HSK 6
连本带利 連本帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest; capital plus profit ∼HSK 6