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Writer's picture鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng

三十而已 Only Thirty, Episodes 35-40 [Vocabulary]

Updated: Jun 25, 2021

Episode 35


He really dug himself a hole that he can't climb out of.


What? I feel like she's being really too judgmental. I think coffee guy is great.


“现实和理想之间的差距” "The difference between fantasy and reality." Truth


"我对牛弹琴牛还得哞一声吧……你还是别说话了。“

"If I played music for the cows at least the cows will moo, never mind it's better if you don't make a sound." This was funny.


That fish tail moved.


1. 卑微 bēiwēi petty and low

卑 bēi low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble

微 wēi tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of;

micro-; (Chinese surname); ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing


2. 虚伪 xūwěi false; hypocritical; artificial; sham

虚 xū emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied;

diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain

伪 wěi false; fake; forged; bogus


3. 怵 chù fearful; timid; to fear


4. 烘 hōng to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast


5. 身不由己 shēn bùyóu jǐ without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary;

not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself


6. 愧疚 kuìjiù to feel guilty; ashamed and uneasy

愧 kuì ashamed

疚 jiù chronic disease; guilt; remorse


7. 顾虑 gùlǜ misgivings; apprehensions


8. 路障 lùzhàng a road-block; a barricade


9. 现有 xiànyǒu currently existing; currently available


10. 助理 zhùlǐ assistant



Episode 36


Okay, that's super cute.


Just say no.


For real? Is she really a black belt? I feel jipped.


1. 宵夜 xiāoyè midnight snack; late-night snack


2. 感情用事 gǎnqíng yòngshì to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse


3. 混账话

混账 hùnzhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful!

话 huà dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what

somebody said


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


5. 应收 yīngshōu (of a sum of money etc) receivable


6. 总裁 zǒngcái chairman; director-general (of a company etc)



Episode 37


I would have sent over the picture immediately.


1. 拥有 yōngyǒu to have; to possess

拥 yōng to hold; to embrace; to wrap around; to gather around (somebody); to

throng; to swarm; to support


2. 死磕 sǐkē (coll.) to fight to the death

死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned

磕 kē to tap; to knock (against something hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes

from a pipe etc)


3. 耳石症 otolithiasis

耳石 ěrshí eardust; otolith

症 zhèng disease; illness


4. 奖金 jiǎngjīn premium; award money; bonus


5. 煽情 shānqíng to stir up emotion; to arouse sympathy; moving



Episode 38


I like the background music for when she finally puts it together.


Interesting mix of corduroy and knitting.


Don't do it!


1. 仲裁 zhòngcái arbitration


2. 疑似 yísì to be suspected to be; deceptive; plausible but fallacious

疑 yí to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect

似 sì to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than


3. 偷情 tōuqíng to carry on a clandestine love affair


4. 如释重负 rú shì zhòngfù as if relieved from a burden (idiom); to have a weight off

one's mind


5. 内疚 nèijiù guilty conscience; to feel a twinge of guilt



Episode 39


1. 出轨 chūguǐ derailment (railway accident); to leave the rails; fig. to overstep bounds; fig. to have an extramarital affair


2. 自闭症 zìbì zhèng autism


3. 一日之计在于晨 yī rì zhī jì zàiyú chén an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening



Episode 40


1. 圣母 shèngmǔ Holy Mother; goddess; the Virgin Mary


2. 充电宝 chōngdiàn bǎo portable charger; mobile power pack


3. 苦肉计 kǔ ròu jì the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence


4. 代沟 dàigōu generation gap


5. 智商 zhìshāng IQ (intelligence quotient)


6. 吃软饭 chī ruǎnfàn to live off a woman

挥霍 huīhuò to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile


7. 人间烟火

尘世生活

尘世 chénshì this mortal life; the mundane world

尘 chén dust; dirt; earth


8. 掏心窝子

掏心 tāoxīn from the bottom of one's heart

窝子 wōzi lair; den; stronghold



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