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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cūn village HSK 3
niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
shì yìng to adapt; to fit; to suit HSK 3
shàng to go up HSK 3
qiáo bridge HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
need not; does not have to; not necessarily HSK 3
huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
làng fèi to waste; to squander HSK 3
forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once HSK 3
chū at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic HSK 3
kùn to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute HSK 3
shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
退 退 tuì to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline HSK 3
qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] HSK 3
xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
jiē jìn to approach; to get close to HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
tuán round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) HSK 3
happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
zhí value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty HSK 3
hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
dào to reach; to achieve; to attain HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3