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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| 为重 為重 | to attach most importance to | |
| 菩提 菩提 | bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism) | |
| 欲 慾 | desire, want, long for; intend | |
| 千里 千里 | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance | |
| 目 目 | eye; look, see; division, topic | |
| 媚眼 媚眼 | charming eyes; coquettish glances | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 脚趾头 腳趾頭 | toe | |
| 份儿 份兒 | degree; extent; allotted share | |
| 白眼 白眼 | to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look | |
| 船夫 船伕 | boatman | |
| 掉下 掉下 | to drop down; to fall | |
| 书院 書院 | academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 生人 生人 | stranger; living person; to give birth; to be born (in a certain time or place) | |
| 想像 想像 | to imagine; to envision; imagination | |
| 杀人 殺人 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | |
| 人生地不熟 人生地不熟 | to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom); in an unfamiliar place without friends or family | |
| 四边 四邊 | four sides | |
| 周全 周全 | comprehensive; thorough; to bring one's help; to assist | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 放生 放生 | to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy) | |
| 后院 後院 | rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) | |
| 轻轻 輕輕 | lightly; softly | |
| 波 波 | waves, breakers; undulations | |
| 长出 長出 | to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) | |
| 早知道 早知道 | If I had known earlier... | |
| 全知 全知 | omniscient | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 停下来 停下來 | to stop | |
| 专 專 | monopolize, take sole possession | |
| 小意思 小意思 | small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) | |
| 改天 改天 | another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check | |
| 不用客气 不用客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony | |
| 易 易 | change; easy | |
| 考取 考取 | to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to | |
| 年头 年頭 | start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest | |
| 急着 急著 | urgently | |
| 备 備 | prepare, ready, perfect | |
| 酒菜 酒菜 | food and drink; food to accompany wine | |
| 在下面 在下面 | underneath | |
| 弄到手 弄到手 | to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire) | |
| 象 象 | elephant; ivory; figure, image | |
| 够本 夠本 | to break even; to get one's money's worth | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 什么地方 什麼地方 | somewhere; someplace; where | |
| 满嘴 滿嘴 | a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) | |
| 不满意 不滿意 | dissatisfied | |
| 成全 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off | |
| 眼中 眼中 | in (sb's) eyes |