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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4.4 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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早些 早些 zǎo xiē a bit earlier ∼HSK 4
苦楚 苦楚 kǔ chǔ suffering; misery; pain (esp. psychological) ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
靠窗 靠窗 kào chuāng by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc) ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
安人 安人 ān rén to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
学究 學究 xué jiū pedant ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
出兵 出兵 chū bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
气冲冲 氣沖沖 qì chōng chōng furious; enraged ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
冰窖 冰窖 bīng jiào icehouse ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
污 汙 wū filthy, dirty, impure, polluted ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
俩钱 倆錢 liǎ qián two bits; a small amount of money ∼HSK 4
自家 自家 zì jiā oneself; one's own family ∼HSK 4
断案 斷案 duàn àn to judge a case ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
打翻 打翻 dǎ fān to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy) ∼HSK 4
另有 另有 lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
定能 定能 dìng néng to be definitely able (to do sth) ∼HSK 4
责问 責問 zé wèn to demand an explanation ∼HSK 4
悉数 悉數 xī shǔ to enumerate in detail; to explain clearly ∼HSK 4
投靠 投靠 tóu kào to rely on help from sb ∼HSK 4
无处 無處 wú chù nowhere ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
尾 尾 wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
不测 不測 bù cè unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of 霸[ba4] ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
前些 前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago ∼HSK 4
思虑 思慮 sī lǜ to think sth through; to consider carefully ∼HSK 4
叔父 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother; uncle ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
能干 能幹 néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4
爱护 愛護 ài hù to cherish; to treasure; to take care of; to love and protect HSK 4
大姐 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
未必 未必 wèi bì not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it HSK 4