Green Snake 1993
青蛇
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.
Vocabulary
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| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 哈 哈 | (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; abbr. for 奇, husky (dog) | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 不知天高地厚 不知天高地厚 | not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities | Idiom |
| 千奇百怪 千奇百怪 | fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) | Idiom |
| 从一而终 從一而終 | faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) | Idiom |
| 酒囊饭袋 酒囊飯袋 | wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing | Idiom |
| 翻江倒海 翻江倒海 | lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess | Idiom |
| 无用 無用 | useless; worthless | Xiehouyu |
| 无心 無心 | unintentionally; not in the mood to | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 尾巴 尾巴 | tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | 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 |
| 法海 法海 | Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake | Proper Noun |
| 白素贞 白素貞 | (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake | Proper Noun |
| 地藏 地藏 | Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva | Proper Noun |
| 方丈 方丈 | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | Proper Noun |
| 魔障 魔障 | Mara (the demon of temptation) | Proper Noun |
| 昆仑山 崑崙山 | Kunlun Mountain range | Proper Noun |
| 灵台 靈台 | Lingtai county in Pingliang, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 佛门 佛門 | Buddhism | Proper Noun |
| 钱塘 錢塘 | Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province | Proper Noun |
| 端午 端午 | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) | Proper Noun |
| 净土 淨土 | (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) | Proper Noun |
| 青山 青山 | Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 佛光 佛光 | Buddha's teachings; aura (around the head of Buddha) | Proper Noun |
| 神女 神女 | The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by | Proper Noun |
| 圣地 聖地 | holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest | Proper Noun |
| 杀进 殺進 | to storm (a city etc); to raid | Proper Noun |
| 秀才 秀才 | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent | Proper Noun |
| 观音 觀音 | Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) | Proper Noun |
| 诗书 詩書 | the Book of Songs and the Book of History | Proper Noun |
| 昆仑 崑崙 | Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 无间地狱 無間地獄 | (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells | Proper Noun |