Green Snake 1993

青蛇 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.

HSK 1

4.98 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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死死 sǐ	to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned	HSK 3
所所 suǒ	actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive	HSK 3
开始開始 kāi shǐ	to begin; beginning; to start; initial	HSK 3
时時 shí	o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	HSK 3
就是就是 jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if	HSK 3
被被 bèi	quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example)	HSK 3
把把 bǎ	to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb})	HSK 3
更上一层楼更上一層樓 gèng shàng yī céng lóu	to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level	Idiom ∼HSK 2
说来话长說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng	start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly	Idiom ∼HSK 2
白头偕老白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo	(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part	Idiom ∼HSK 2
网开一面網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn	open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment	Idiom ∼HSK 2
班门弄斧班門弄斧 Bān mén nòng fǔ	to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)	Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的假的 jiǎ de	bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难受難受 nán shòu	to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear	Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心開心 kāi xīn	to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb	Xiehouyu HSK 2
够夠 gòu	enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out	Colloquialism HSK 2
挺挺 tǐng	straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns	Colloquialism HSK 2
拉拉 lā	to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels	Colloquialism HSK 2
黄河黃河 Huáng Hé	Yellow River or Huang He	Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西湖西湖 Xī hú	Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan	Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好挺好 tǐng hǎo	very good	HSK 2
从今以后從今以後 cóng jīn yǐ hòu	from now on; henceforward	∼HSK 2
巴巴 Bā	greatly desire, anxiously hope	∼HSK 2
千年千年 qiān nián	millennium	∼HSK 2
知道了知道了 zhī dào le	OK!; Got it!	∼HSK 2
道行道行 dào héng	skills acquired through religious practice; (fig.) ability; skill; Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5]	∼HSK 2
谁知誰知 shéi zhī	who would have thought; unexpectedly	∼HSK 2
林林 Lín	forest, grove; surname	∼HSK 2
助助 zhù	help, aid, assist	∼HSK 2
不怕不怕 bù pà	fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though	∼HSK 2
妖气妖氣 yāo qì	sinister appearance; monster-like appearance	∼HSK 2
船家船家 chuán jiā	person who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller	∼HSK 2
身身 shēn	body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158	∼HSK 2
明知明知 míng zhī	to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well	∼HSK 2
始始 shǐ	begin, start; then, only then	∼HSK 2
脚下腳下 jiǎo xià	under the foot	∼HSK 2
生路生路 shēng lù	a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament	∼HSK 2
不得不得 bù dé	must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot	∼HSK 2
变回變回 biàn huí	to revert; to change back into	∼HSK 2
住嘴住嘴 zhù zuǐ	to hold one's tongue; Shut up!	∼HSK 2
一定要一定要 yī dìng yào	must	∼HSK 2
实實 shí	real, true; honest, sincere	∼HSK 2
府府 fǔ	prefecture; prefect; government	∼HSK 2
不可能不可能 bù kě néng	impossible; cannot; not able	∼HSK 2
才不才不 cái bù	by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right!	∼HSK 2
喝酒喝酒 hē jiǔ	to drink (alcohol)	∼HSK 2
不只不只 bù zhǐ	not only; not merely	∼HSK 2
接住接住 jiē zhù	to catch (sth thrown etc); to receive (sth given); to accept	∼HSK 2
一只一隻 yī zhǐ	one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ...	∼HSK 2
纳納 Nà	admit, take, receive, accept	∼HSK 2