Chapter 15: 奢侈俺娘

53 words

WordPinyinDefinition
Chǒusurname Chou
丢人diū rénto lose face
以至yǐ zhìdown to
jùnsmart
ǎnI (northern dialects)
juécrabby
假装jiǎ zhuāngto feign
动不动dòng bu dòngapt to happen (usually of sth undesirable)
反倒fǎn dàobut on the contrary
反而fǎn érinstead
和睦hé mùpeaceful relations
shádialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
地道dì daoauthentic
多亏duō kuīthanks to
大方dà fanggenerous
姥姥lǎo lao(coll.) mother's mother
niángmother
guànaccustomed to
手电shǒu diànflashlight
挖苦wā kǔto speak sarcastically
xiānto lift (a lid)
旅店lǚ diàninn
木匠mù jiàngcarpenter
surname Bu
气氛qì fēnatmosphere
消失xiāo shīto disappear
漫长màn chángvery long
无非wú fēionly
煤油méi yóukerosene
照例zhào lìas a rule
猛然měng ránsuddenly
破例pò lìto make an exception
jiéknot
总算zǒng suànat long last
老人家lǎo rén jiāpolite term for old woman or man
胡来hú láito act arbitrarily regardless of the rules
台阶tái jiēsteps
舅舅jiù jiumother's brother
chǔto reside
lièto split
规矩guī julit. compass and set square
qīnparent
订婚dìng hūnto get engaged
赔偿péi chángto compensate
zhàngaccount
较真jiào zhēnserious
送行sòng xíngto see someone off
tòuto penetrate
钉子dīng zinail
Fēito not be
须知xū zhīkey information
风光fēng guāngscene
高潮gāo cháohigh tide