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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| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 后会有期 後會有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. | Idiom |
| 不值得 不值得 | unworthy | Xiehouyu |
| 死路一条 死路一條 | (idiom) dead end; road to ruin | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 自打 自打 | (coll.) since | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 金刚 金剛 | King Kong | Proper Noun |
| 金山 金山 | Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 修行 修行 | to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft | |
| 诸 諸 | various, all, these; surname | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 输给 輸給 | to lose to (sb); to be outdone by | |
| 己 己 | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 之至 之至 | extremely | |
| 春风 春風 | spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair | |
| 高深 高深 | profound | |
| 众 眾 | multitude, crowd; masses, public | |
| 露出 露出 | to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1] | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 普 普 | universal, general, widespread | |
| 断气 斷氣 | to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply | |
| 赶考 趕考 | to go and take an imperial examination | |
| 把酒 把酒 | to raise one's wine cup | |
| 乱跑 亂跑 | to run around all over the place | |
| 人世 人世 | the world; this world; the world of the living | |
| 修练 修練 | to practice (an activity); to perform | |
| 内丹 內丹 | Taoist internal alchemy | |
| 金钵 金缽 | (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk) | |
| 老天爷 老天爺 | God; Heavens | |
| 造化 造化 | (literary) Nature; the Creator | |
| 秋雨 秋雨 | autumn rain | |
| 考期 考期 | the exam period; the exam date | |
| 放马过来 放馬過來 | bring it on!; give me all you got! | |
| 游山玩水 遊山玩水 | to go on a scenic tour | |
| 水性 水性 | swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc) |