The Story of Ming Lan

Episode review

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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真真 真真 zhēn zhēn really; in fact; genuinely; scrupulously ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
小厮 小廝 xiǎo sī (literary) underage male servant ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
阖家 闔家 hé jiā variant of 合家[he2 jia1] ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
两下 兩下 liǎng xià twice; for a little while ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression 看在[kan4 zai4] + ... + 的份上[de5 fen4 shang5]) for the sake of ...; considering ... ∼HSK 1
二哥 二哥 èr gē second brother ∼HSK 1
老弟 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal ∼HSK 1
天大 天大 tiān dà gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous ∼HSK 1
找不着 找不著 zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find ∼HSK 1
行路 行路 xíng lù to travel; transport ∼HSK 1
嫡子 嫡子 dí zǐ son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4zi3]) ∼HSK 1
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1
找回 找回 zhǎo huí to retrieve ∼HSK 1
本就 本就 běn jiù by nature; fundamentally; inherently ∼HSK 1
重重 重重 chóng chóng layer upon layer; one after another ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼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
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
不一 不一 bù yī to vary; to differ ∼HSK 1
洗衣 洗衣 xǐ yī laundry ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
最是 最是 zuì shì (before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most ...; (literary) what exemplifies this particular quality to the highest degree is ... ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
下水 下水 xià shuǐ downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot ∼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
下雨 下雨 xià yǔ to rain HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here 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
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
妹妹 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime HSK 1
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1