The Story of Ming Lan

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Minglan Tells Her Father the Truth

S1E2 · 明兰向父亲告状 míng lán xiàng fùqīn gàozhuàng

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Vocabulary

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心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned 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
长脸 長臉 zhǎng liǎn (coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out 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 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4men2 Shi4], Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
角门 角門 jiǎo mén corner gate ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
才子 才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar ∼HSK 2
才气 才氣 cái qì talent (usually literary or artistic) ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
日头 日頭 rì tóu sun (dialect); daytime; date ∼HSK 2
科考 科考 kē kǎo preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
倒像 倒像 dào xiàng (optics) inverted image ∼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
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot ∼HSK 2
不周 不周 bù zhōu not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate ∼HSK 2
分发 分發 fēn fā to distribute; distribution; to assign (sb) to a job ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
说嘴 說嘴 shuō zuǐ to boast ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
有道是 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say, ...; as the saying goes, ... ∼HSK 2
本名 本名 běn míng original name; real name; (of foreigners) first name; given name ∼HSK 2
更名 更名 gēng míng to rename ∼HSK 2
分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2
动气 動氣 dòng qì to get angry ∼HSK 2