Green Snake

Green Snake 1993

qīng shé

Two snake spirits become human and learn about love and suffering. A monk discovers his own weaknesses and finds that morality is not as simple as he had thought.

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4.98 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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bìng jiān alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast ∼HSK 5
shàn eel ∼HSK 5
shēn zhí to straighten; to stretch out ∼HSK 5
fēn chà fork; bifurcation; to divide ∼HSK 5
lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
kào àn (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall ∼HSK 5
gēng soup, broth ∼HSK 5
láo fán to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request) ∼HSK 5
hán shè my humble home ∼HSK 5
访 tàn fǎng to seek by inquiry or search; to call on; to visit ∼HSK 5
furnace ∼HSK 5
tíng yuàn courtyard ∼HSK 5
yìng zhàn to take up a challenge; to face an attack and meet it ∼HSK 5
hǎo bàng excellent (interjection) ∼HSK 5
chū shēng to make a sound; to speak; to cry out ∼HSK 5
shuǐ to splash water ∼HSK 5
háo violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon); cloudburst ∼HSK 5
chéng zāi disastrous; to turn into a disaster ∼HSK 5
shī to implement the law; to perform sorcery ∼HSK 5
huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
huì dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene ∼HSK 5
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fortune favors fools (idiom); fool's luck ∼HSK 5
ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
fēi to flutter; to dance in the breeze ∼HSK 5
ants ∼HSK 5
shé dǎn snake gall (used in TCM) ∼HSK 5
shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
滿 mǎn tóu hàn brow beaded with sweat; perspiring freely ∼HSK 5
rǎn to dye cloth ∼HSK 5
jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations! ∼HSK 5
shé snake skin ∼HSK 5
wǎng useless, in vain; bent, crooked ∼HSK 5
liàn zhàn to zealously continue fighting ∼HSK 5
crane; Grus species (various) ∼HSK 5
rèn shū to concede; to admit defeat ∼HSK 5
shì therefore; so; consequently ∼HSK 5
ròu blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood ∼HSK 5
to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc); to banish to; to relegate to; to insert; to inject; to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc) ∼HSK 5
ruǎn fine and soft; valuables ∼HSK 5
jìn shì to be full of; completely ∼HSK 5
shuāi to fall to one's death; to kill by throwing to the ground ∼HSK 5
chén shì (religion) this mortal life; the mundane world ∼HSK 5
zhèn zhù to dominate; to control; to subdue; to crush ∼HSK 5
dǎn gǎn to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) ∼HSK 5
chuǎng jìn to burst in ∼HSK 5
shǒu xià - bài jiàng (idiom) one's defeated opponent ∼HSK 5
zhòng shēng all sentient beings ∼HSK 5
zhī suǒ wèi nonsense; nonsensical; incomprehensible; to make no sense ∼HSK 5