The Story of Ming Lan

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知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 zhī fǒu zhī fǒu yīng shì lǜ féi hóng shòu

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不中用 不中用 bù zhōng yòng unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope ∼HSK 1
坯子 坯子 pī zi base; semifinished product; (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc) ∼HSK 1
爱子 愛子 ài zǐ beloved son ∼HSK 1
家门 家門 jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
送去 送去 sòng qù to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) ∼HSK 1
上前 上前 shàng qián to advance; to step forward ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
找不着 找不著 zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
本就 本就 běn jiù by nature; fundamentally; inherently ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
三五 三五 sān wǔ several; three or five ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
找回 找回 zhǎo huí to retrieve ∼HSK 1
很是 很是 hěn shì (formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb) ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
怎的 怎的 zěn de what for; why; how ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
不一 不一 bù yī to vary; to differ ∼HSK 1
阖家 闔家 hé jiā variant of ∼HSK 1
用不了 用不了 yòng bu liǎo to not use all of; to use less than ∼HSK 1
里里外外 裡裡外外 lǐ lǐ wài wài inside and out ∼HSK 1
做小 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
话说回来 話說回來 huà shuō huí lai (but) then again; (but) on the other hand ∼HSK 1
小厮 小廝 xiǎo sī (literary) underage male servant ∼HSK 1
后日 後日 hòu rì the day after tomorrow; from hence; from now; from now on; henceforth ∼HSK 1
月钱 月錢 yuè qián monthly payment ∼HSK 1
哪里哪里 哪裡哪裡 nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ you're too kind; you flatter me ∼HSK 1
对不上 對不上 duì bù shàng to disagree; I can't agree with that. ∼HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
早饭 早飯 zǎo fàn breakfast HSK 1
有名 有名 yǒu míng famous; well-known HSK 1
下雨 下雨 xià yǔ to rain HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
门口 門口 mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1