The Little Nyonya

Episode review

The Little Nyonya Episode 3

S1E3 · 第 3 集 dì jí

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3.78 Beginner

Vocabulary

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谣言 謠言 yáo yán rumor HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
人情 人情 rén qíng human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn HSK 7
胃口 胃口 wèi kǒu appetite; liking HSK 7
盛 盛 chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
眼下 眼下 yǎn xià now; at present; subocular (medicine) HSK 7
出自 出自 chū zì to come from HSK 7
恶意 惡意 è yì malice; evil intention HSK 7
八卦 八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy HSK 7
是非 是非 shì fēi right and wrong; quarrel HSK 7
席 席 xí woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc HSK 7
皇后 皇后 huáng hòu empress; imperial consort HSK 7
嘴唇 嘴唇 zuǐ chún lip HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
出手 出手 chū shǒu to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
功 功 gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
宁愿 寧願 nìng yuàn would rather ... (than ...) HSK 7
别墅 別墅 bié shù villa HSK 7
抹 抹 mā to wipe HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
美味 美味 měi wèi delicious; delicious food; delicacy HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
顺便 順便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
豪华 豪華 háo huá luxurious HSK 7
栋 棟 dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
淘汰 淘汰 táo tài to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) 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
无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without fire Idiom ∼HSK 6
抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lù miàn to put oneself out in the public eye Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty Idiom ∼HSK 6
一鼻孔出气 一鼻孔出氣 yī bí kǒng chū qì lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.); to sing from the same hymn sheet Idiom ∼HSK 6
一家之主 一家之主 yī jiā zhī zhǔ master of the house; head of the family 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