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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| 遵旨 遵旨 | obey the decree | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 野史 野史 | unofficial history; history as popular legends | |
| 神功 神功 | amazing powers; miraculous skill | |
| 独步 獨步 | lit. walking alone; prominent; unrivalled; outstanding | |
| 琵琶 琵琶 | pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard | |
| 结党 結黨 | to form a clique | |
| 心灵感应 心靈感應 | telepathy | |
| 搭理 搭理 | variant of | |
| 酬宾 酬賓 | bargain sale; discount | |
| 闯荡江湖 闖蕩江湖 | to travel around the country | |
| 如意郎君 如意郎君 | ideal husband; Mr. Right | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 烂泥 爛泥 | mud; mire | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 灵性 靈性 | spiritual nature; spirituality; intelligence (esp. in animals) | |
| 俗世 俗世 | the mundane world; the world of mortals | |
| 酒壶 酒壺 | wine pot; wine cup | |
| 市井 市井 | marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people | |
| 烫伤 燙傷 | to scald | |
| 金丝雀 金絲雀 | canary | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 密谋 密謀 | conspiracy; secret plan; to conspire | |
| 招摇 招搖 | to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off | |
| 拿主意 拿主意 | to make a decision; to make up one's mind | |
| 皇族 皇族 | the imperial family; royal kin | |
| 灵犀 靈犀 | rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds | |
| 绝世 絕世 | unique; exceptional | |
| 口供 口供 | oral confession (as opposed to); statement; deposition | |
| 在天之灵 在天之靈 | soul and spirit of the deceased | |
| 样儿 樣兒 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 飘泊 飄泊 | variant of | |
| 无业游民 無業遊民 | unemployed person; vagrant; rogue | |
| 马贼 馬賊 | horse thief; (old) group of horse-mounted bandits | |
| 喽啰 嘍囉 | rank and file member of an outlaw gang; (fig.) underling; minion; small fry | |
| 持械 持械 | armed (robbery etc) | |
| 舒缓 舒緩 | to ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax; to alleviate; relaxed; easy and unhurried; leisurely; soothing; mild (slope) | |
| 凌辱 凌辱 | to insult; to humiliate; to bully | |
| 浪子 浪子 | loafer; wastrel; prodigal son | |
| 婆娘 婆娘 | woman (derog.) | |
| 如来 如來 | tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) | |
| 绝交 絕交 | to break off relations; to break with sb | |
| 罗曼蒂克 羅曼蒂克 | romantic (loanword) | |
| 经得起 經得起 | to be able to withstand; to be able to endure | |
| 炉火 爐火 | the fire of a stove | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 捉弄 捉弄 | to tease | |
| 作弄 作弄 | to tease; to play tricks on | |
| 泻药 瀉藥 | laxative | |
| 相逢 相逢 | to meet (by chance); to come across |