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Kim's Convenience Season 2 Episode 1 [Vocabulary]

Updated: Jul 29, 2021

Ins Choi

"Netflix and chill does not mean watch a movie."



"It's code for the bedroom rodeo."


暗号 ànhào secret signal (sign); countersign; password



"Buttering the biscuit."


射 shè to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)

满 mǎn to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented; Manchu ethnic group

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

臀 tún butt; buttocks


Comment: That sounds so much better in English than in Chinese.



"The beast with two backs."


双峰 shuāngfēng boobies; Shuangfeng county in Loudi 娄底, Hunan; (Tw) Twin Peaks, US television drama series 1990-1991

巨兽 jùshòu giant creature; huge animal

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

峰 fēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance; highest level; measure word for camels

巨 jù very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic

兽 shòu beast; animal; beastly; bestial


Comment: That's like totally the opposite, instead of beast with two backs, it's "beast with four boobs" or maybe it is "beast with twin peaks"?


"Sex."

"No!"


打炮 dǎpào to open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut; (slang) to have sex; to masturbate



"Gerald's a pussycat. They're just friends."


杰拉乐德 Gerald

杰拉 jiélā Gela (city in Sicily)

杰 jié hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished

拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels

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

德 dé virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind; Germany; German; abbr. for 德国


软蛋 ruǎndàn soft-shelled egg; (dialect) coward

软 ruǎn soft; flexible

蛋 dàn egg; oval-shaped thing; variant of 蜑

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