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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| 出家人 出家人 | monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 飞出 飛出 | to fly out | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 一等 一等 | first class; grade A | |
| 明月 明月 | bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark | |
| 大开 大開 | to open wide | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 等一等 等一等 | wait a moment | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 下水 下水 | downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot | |
| 教书 教書 | to teach (in a school) | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 看不见 看不見 | cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 京 京 | capital city | |
| 说笑 說笑 | to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 书斋 書齋 | study (room) | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 白日 白日 | daytime; sun; time | |
| 东风 東風 | easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances | |
| 日暮 日暮 | sunset | |
| 汉 漢 | Chinese people; Chinese language | |
| 风月 風月 | romance; beautiful scenery; small or petty (of talk etc) | |
| 开路 開路 | to open up a path; to make one's way through; to construct a road; (electricity) open circuit | |
| 不用找 不用找 | "keep the change" (restaurant expression) | |
| 来日 來日 | future days; (literary) the next day; (old) past days | |
| 一二 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 九十 九十 | ninety | |
| 打坐 打坐 | to sit in meditation; to meditate | |
| 老老 老老 | maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 | |
| 送人 送人 | to give away; to accompany; to see sb off | |
| 门外汉 門外漢 | layman | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 对本 對本 | (a return) equal to the capital; 100 percent profit | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much |