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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| 不治 不治 | to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help | |
| 徐 徐 | slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified | |
| 红叶 紅葉 | red autumnal leaves | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 大志 大志 | high aims | |
| 预祝 預祝 | to wish sb (success, bon voyage etc) | |
| 是非不分 是非不分 | unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | |
| 引开 引開 | to lure away; to divert | |
| 辛辛苦苦 辛辛苦苦 | painstakingly; with great trouble | |
| 不过如此 不過如此 | (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive | |
| 法号 法號 | name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) | |
| 降妖 降妖 | to subdue monsters | |
| 逃离 逃離 | to run out; to escape | |
| 色相 色相 | coloration; hue; sex; sex appeal | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 安乐 安樂 | Anle District of Keelung City, Taiwan | |
| 伦 倫 | normal human relationships | |
| 禁地 禁地 | forbidden area; restricted area; (fig.) sth considered off-limits | |
| 应得 應得 | to deserve | |
| 巨 巨 | large, great, enormous; chief | |
| 法宝 法寶 | Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; talisman; fig. specially effective device; magic wand | |
| 冲向 衝嚮 | to charge into | |
| 脱离苦海 脫離苦海 | to escape from the abyss of suffering; to shed off a wretched plight | |
| 极乐 極樂 | bliss; extreme happiness | |
| 安养 安養 | to foster; to provide care (esp. for the elderly) | |
| 忏悔 懺悔 | to repent; (religion) to confess | |
| 讲究 講究 | to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen | |
| 使劲 使勁 | to exert all one's strength | |
| 两边 兩邊 | either side; both sides | |
| 来得及 來得及 | to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it | |
| 伞 傘 | umbrella; parasol | |
| 避 避 | to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from | |
| 影子 影子 | shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence | |
| 骨头 骨頭 | bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] | |
| 老虎 老虎 | tiger | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 招呼 招呼 | to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not | |
| 成人 成人 | adult | |
| 嘴巴 嘴巴 | mouth; slap in the face | |
| 尺 尺 | one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 | |
| 吸收 吸收 | to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit | |
| 青春 青春 | youth; youthfulness | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 不在乎 不在乎 | not to care | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 相处 相處 | to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly) | |
| 眼泪 眼淚 | tears; crying | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 姐妹 姐妹 | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) |