Chinese Odyssey 2002 2002
天下无双
Two pairs of siblings are destined for each other, but fate throws countless obstacles in the path. When the young Emperor and his sister contrive to leave the palace, they meet the loves of their lives in the town of Meilong.
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Vocabulary
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| 镜花水月 鏡花水月 | lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom); fig. an unrealistic rosy view; viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles; also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 | Idiom |
| 群龙无首 群龍無首 | lit. a thunder of dragons without a head; fig. a group lacking a leader | Idiom |
| 粗茶淡饭 粗茶淡飯 | plain tea and simple food; (fig.) bread and water | Idiom |
| 一言为定 一言為定 | (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then | Idiom |
| 怀才不遇 懷才不遇 | to have talent but no opportunity (idiom); to be an unrecognized talent | Idiom |
| 言而无信 言而無信 | untrustworthy; not true to one's word | Xiehouyu |
| 无心 無心 | unintentionally; not in the mood to | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 修理 修理 | to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 江南 江南 | south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri | Proper Noun |
| 小泉 小泉 | Koizumi (name); KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006 | Proper Noun |
| 正德 正德 | Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name | Proper Noun |
| 皇城 皇城 | Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center | Proper Noun |
| 街头霸王 街頭霸王 | Street Fighter (video game series) | Proper Noun |
| 西游 西遊 | Journey to the West (abbreviation) | Proper Noun |
| 孙悟空 孫悟空 | Sun Wukong | Proper Noun |
| 小野 小野 | Ono (Japanese surname and place name) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 梅 梅 | plums; prunes; surname | |
| 江湖 江湖 | rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( | |
| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 无双 無雙 | incomparable; matchless; unique | |
| 私 私 | private, personal; secret | |
| 戴上 戴上 | to put on (hat etc) | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 公尺 公尺 | meter (unit of length) | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 贴身 貼身 | worn next to the skin; close-fitting; personal (servant etc) | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 今夜 今夜 | tonight | |
| 轮到 輪到 | to be (sb's or sth's) turn | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 烧伤 燒傷 | burn (injury) | |
| 先王 先王 | former sovereigns | |
| 点醒 點醒 | to point out; to draw sb's attention to sth; to cause sb to have a realization | |
| 地盘 地盤 | domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth | |
| 官差 官差 | official business; government workmen; odd-job men | |
| 阁 閣 | chamber, pavilion; cabinet |