Green Snake

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.

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4.98 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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吻 吻 wěn kiss; to kiss; mouth HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
手下留情 手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; Do not judge me too harshly.; Look favorably on my humble efforts. Idiom ∼HSK 6
前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain Idiom ∼HSK 6
执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
四大皆空 四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom); this world is an illusion Idiom ∼HSK 6
登峰造极 登峰造極 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) Idiom ∼HSK 6
鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls; to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
原形毕露 原形畢露 yuán xíng bì lù original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth Idiom ∼HSK 6
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom); fig. the influence still lingers on; the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive Idiom ∼HSK 6
风调雨顺 風調雨順 fēng tiáo - yǔ shùn (idiom) to have good weather for crops Idiom ∼HSK 6
魂不附体 魂不附體 hún bù fù tǐ lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits; beside oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
衣锦荣归 衣錦榮歸 yī jǐn róng guī to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory Idiom ∼HSK 6
一网打尽 一網打盡 yī wǎng dǎ jìn lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go Idiom ∼HSK 6
油腔滑调 油腔滑調 yóu qiāng huá diào flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech); glib-tongued; oily Idiom ∼HSK 6
雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 diāo chóng xiǎo jì insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement; the punishment fits the crime Idiom ∼HSK 6
死无葬身之地 死無葬身之地 sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì to die without a burial site; to die a pauper; a tragic end Idiom ∼HSK 6
身败名裂 身敗名裂 shēn bài míng liè to lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away; a complete defeat and fall from grace Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
迷迷糊糊 迷迷糊糊 mí mí hū hū in a daze; bewildered Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有情人 有情人 yǒu qíng rén lovers Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不像样 不像樣 bù xiàng yàng in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
斗气 鬥氣 dòu qì to have a grudge against Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
逆天 逆天 nì tiān (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order; (coll.) extraordinary; incredible Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
般若 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
善哉 善哉 shàn zāi well said! (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
佛珠 佛珠 fó zhū Buddhist prayer beads ∼HSK 6
硫磺 硫磺 liú huáng variant of ∼HSK 6