The Story of Ming Lan

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Season 1 — The Story of Ming Lan

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

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Vocabulary

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死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
揩油 揩油 kāi yóu to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain; to grope a woman or girl Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
出风头 出風頭 chū fēng tou to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出锋头 Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
长脸 長臉 zhǎng liǎn (coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
场子 場子 chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place; public venue Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
湖里 湖裡 Hú lǐ Huli, a district of Xiamen City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
绍 紹 Shào continue, carry on; join ∼HSK 2
例 例 lì precedent, example; regulation ∼HSK 2
颜面 顏面 yán miàn face; prestige ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
不周 不周 bù zhōu not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
角门 角門 jiǎo mén corner gate ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
本名 本名 běn míng original name; real name; (of foreigners) first name; given name ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
出气 出氣 chū qì to vent one's anger; to breathe out; to exhale ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
去取 去取 qù qǔ to accept or reject ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2