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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省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
万千 萬千 wàn qiān myriad; multitudinous; multifarious ∼HSK 2
每日 每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day ∼HSK 2
动气 動氣 dòng qì to get angry ∼HSK 2
才子 才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar ∼HSK 2
爵位 爵位 jué wèi order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke, Marquis, Count, Viscount, Baron ∼HSK 2
分发 分發 fēn fā to distribute; distribution; to assign (sb) to a job ∼HSK 2
咱家 咱家 zá jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2
科考 科考 kē kǎo preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for, scientific exploration ∼HSK 2
前院 前院 qián yuàn front courtyard; front yard ∼HSK 2
日头 日頭 rì tóu sun (dialect); daytime; date ∼HSK 2
长女 長女 zhǎng nǚ eldest daughter ∼HSK 2
更名 更名 gēng míng to rename ∼HSK 2
发给 發給 fā gěi to issue; to grant; to distribute ∼HSK 2
装出 裝出 zhuāng chū to assume (an air of) ∼HSK 2
有道是 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say,...; as the saying goes,... ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
倒像 倒像 dào xiàng (optics) inverted image ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
这些个 這些個 zhè xiē ge these ∼HSK 2
住嘴 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue; Shut up! ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
说嘴 說嘴 shuō zuǐ to boast ∼HSK 2
取走 取走 qǔ zǒu to remove; to take away ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
用得上 用得上 yòng de shàng needed; to come in useful ∼HSK 2
想不通 想不通 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand; unable to get over ∼HSK 2
得病 得病 dé bìng to fall ill; to contract a disease ∼HSK 2
才气 才氣 cái qì talent (usually literary or artistic) ∼HSK 2
花头 花頭 huā tou trick; pattern; novel idea; knack ∼HSK 2
卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery ∼HSK 2
着数 著數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as ∼HSK 2
黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi; milk vetch root (used in TCM); Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus ∼HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
玩意儿 玩意兒 wán yì r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
院子 院子 yuàn zi courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant HSK 2
快要 快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
全家 全家 quán jiā whole family HSK 2
脏 臟 zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2