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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Léi fēng Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
gōng son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
magic power ∼HSK 4
shì zūn World Honored One; Revered One of the World (Buddha) ∼HSK 4
dìng ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve ∼HSK 4
Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
zhī zhū spider ∼HSK 4
female charms; femininity ∼HSK 4
yǒu colored; non-white; non-ferrous (metals) ∼HSK 4
Fāng surname Fang ∼HSK 4
kāi to avoid; to evade; to keep away from ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
zi tòng stomachache; bellyache ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
yǒng shì eternal; forever ∼HSK 4
fān shēn to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
chù nowhere ∼HSK 4
to win (favors, confidence etc) ∼HSK 4
Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
zuò course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi ∼HSK 4
yāo shù sorcery ∼HSK 4
hua to gesture; to gesticulate; to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher; to fight; to come to blows ∼HSK 4
zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
kuān please take off your coat (honorific); loose-fitting garment ∼HSK 4
fǎn huǐ to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
guān fēi lawsuit (from Cantonese) ∼HSK 4
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] ∼HSK 4
háng sail; navigate; ship, boat ∼HSK 4
yǎn discerning eye ∼HSK 4
xiū to study on one's own; self-study ∼HSK 4
doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
chōng tiān (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards ∼HSK 4
jié to tie a knot; to tie ∼HSK 4
huà to complicate; to become complicated ∼HSK 4
shǒu xuǎn first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations ∼HSK 4
nán hard to fathom ∼HSK 4
fǎn guāng to reflect light ∼HSK 4
dìng xià to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat) ∼HSK 4
fāng yuán perimeter; range; (within) a radius of... ∼HSK 4
here; this place ∼HSK 4
湿 shī tòu drenched; wet through ∼HSK 4
wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch ∼HSK 4