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Kim's Convenience Season 1 Episode 4 [Vocabulary]

Writer's picture: 鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng

Updated: Jul 29, 2021

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碳氟化合物 tàn fú huàhéwù fluorocarbon

氟利昂 fú lì áng freon (chemistry)

特别 tèbié especially; special; particular; unusual

脏 zāng dirty; filthy; to get (something) dirty

碳 tàn carbon (chemistry)

氟 fú fluorine (chemistry)

化合物 huàhé wù chemical compound

化合 huàhé chemical combination

利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit; (Chinese surname)

昂 áng to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive



荡妇 dàngfù slut; floozy; prostitute

荡 dàng to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond

妇 fù woman



销售 xiāoshòu to sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc)

指标 zhǐbiāo (production) target; quota; index; indicator; sign; signpost; (computing) pointer

销 xiāo to melt (metal); to cancel or annul; to sell; to spend; to fasten with a bolt; bolt or pin

售 shòu to sell; to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)

指 zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end

标 biāo mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; measure word for military units



篮板女王 Rebound Queen

篮板 lánbǎn backboard

女王 nǚwáng queen

Comment: This doesn't translate well into Chinese at all.



炸鸡 zhájī fried chicken

炸 zhá to deep fry

鸡 jī fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute


解手 jiěshǒu to relieve oneself (i.e. use the toilet); to solve



正宗 zhèngzōng orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine

正 zhèng straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive

宗 zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); measure word for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs; (Chinese surname)


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