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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惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never 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
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost Idiom ∼HSK 6
忠心耿耿 忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true Idiom ∼HSK 6
家破人亡 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
多如牛毛 多如牛毛 duō rú niú máo lit. as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom); fig. innumerable; countless Idiom ∼HSK 6
良辰吉日 良辰吉日 liáng chén jí rì fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity Idiom ∼HSK 6
胡扯 胡扯 hú chě to chatter; nonsense; blather Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
蠢货 蠢貨 chǔn huò blockhead; idiot; dunce; moron; fool Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
平白无故 平白無故 píng bái - wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有余 有餘 yǒu yú to have an abundance Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
招架不住 招架不住 zhāo jià bù zhù unable to withstand or ward off (an attack) (idiom); unable to cope; overwhelmed Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
斗气 鬥氣 dòu qì to have a grudge against Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拔尖 拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
后患无穷 後患無窮 hòu huàn - wú qióng (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future 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
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
苦主 苦主 kǔ zhǔ (old) the family of the victim in a murder case; (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc); (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
乖顺 乖順 guāi shùn obedient (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼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
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
投壶 投壺 tóu hú ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment ∼HSK 6
聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
孽畜 孽畜 niè chù evil beast (cursing demons) ∼HSK 6
克扣 剋扣 kè kòu to dock; to deduct; to embezzle ∼HSK 6
欺瞒 欺瞞 qī mán to fool; to hoodwink; to dupe ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6