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Kim's Convenience Season 1 Episode 5 [Vocabulary]

Updated: Jul 29, 2021

Ins Choi

基本人权 jīběn rénquán basic human rights

基本 jīběn basic; fundamental; main; elementary

人权 rénquán human rights

基 jī base; foundation; basic; radical (chemistry); (slang) gay

权 quán authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary; (Chinese surname)



双约会 double date

双 shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number); (Chinese surname)

约会 yuēhuì appointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet



养乐多 yǎng lè duō Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink)

酸奶 suānnǎi yogurt

养 yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth

乐 lè happy; cheerful; to laugh; (Chinese surname)

酸 suān sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about somebody; an acid

奶 nǎi breast; milk; to breastfeed



"He tore a strip off my ass."


My reverse translation from Chinese to English: He beat my ass black and blue.

It literally says "He beat my butt until it started blooming flowers."

The Chinese language has such a beautiful way of describing violence.


屁股打开花 "tore a strip of my ass"; beat my ass black and blue

屁股 pìgu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part

打 dǎ to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from

开花 kāihuā to bloom; to blossom; to flower; fig. to burst open; to feel happy or elated; new development grows out

屁 pì fart; flatulence; nonsense; (usu. in the negative) what; (not) a damn thing

股 gǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; measure word for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; measure word for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; measure word for bands of people, gangs etc; measure word for sudden forceful actions



后援 hòuyuán reinforcement; back-up; supporting force; "wingman"

援 yuán to help; to assist; to aid



药膳 yàoshàn medicinal cuisine

药 yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison

膳 shàn meals

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