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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| 雷峰塔 雷峰塔 | Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) | Proper Noun |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 威 威 | pomp, power; powerful; dominate | |
| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 法力 法力 | magic power | |
| 世尊 世尊 | World Honored One; Revered One of the World (Buddha) | |
| 定力 定力 | ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband | |
| 蜘蛛 蜘蛛 | spider | |
| 女色 女色 | female charms; femininity | |
| 有色 有色 | colored; non-white; non-ferrous (metals) | |
| 坊 坊 | surname Fang | |
| 避开 避開 | to avoid; to evade; to keep away from | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 肚子痛 肚子痛 | stomachache; bellyache | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 永世 永世 | eternal; forever | |
| 翻身 翻身 | to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 无处 無處 | nowhere | |
| 博取 博取 | to win (favors, confidence etc) | |
| 秦 秦 | surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for | |
| 虫 蟲 | insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 | |
| 作法 作法 | course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi | |
| 妖术 妖術 | sorcery | |
| 比划 比劃 | to gesture; to gesticulate; to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher; to fight; to come to blows | |
| 治好 治好 | to cure | |
| 宽衣 寬衣 | please take off your coat (honorific); loose-fitting garment | |
| 反悔 反悔 | to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 官非 官非 | lawsuit (from Cantonese) | |
| 南无 南無 | Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] | |
| 航 航 | sail; navigate; ship, boat | |
| 法眼 法眼 | discerning eye | |
| 自修 自修 | to study on one's own; self-study | |
| 疑 疑 | doubt, question, suspect | |
| 御 御 | drive, ride; chariot; manage | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 冲天 沖天 | (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards | |
| 打结 打結 | to tie a knot; to tie | |
| 复杂化 複雜化 | to complicate; to become complicated | |
| 首选 首選 | first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations | |
| 难测 難測 | hard to fathom | |
| 反光 反光 | to reflect light | |
| 定下 定下 | to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat) | |
| 方圆 方圓 | perimeter; range; (within) a radius of... | |
| 此地 此地 | here; this place | |
| 湿透 濕透 | drenched; wet through | |
| 围观 圍觀 | to stand in a circle and watch |