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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速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
闲杂人等 閒雜人等 xián zá rén děng idlers and miscellaneous persons; unauthorized people (often in "no admittance to unauthorized persons") ∼HSK 6
刀剑 刀劍 dāo jiàn sword ∼HSK 6
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life ∼HSK 6
妙法 妙法 miào fǎ brilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution ∼HSK 6
邪念 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea; evil thought; evil desire ∼HSK 6
顾忌 顧忌 gù jì to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple ∼HSK 6
烫衣 燙衣 tàng yī to iron (clothes) ∼HSK 6
加料 加料 jiā liào to feed in; to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc); to supply; fortified (with added material) ∼HSK 6
圣贤书 聖賢書 shèng xián shū holy book ∼HSK 6
立德 立德 lì dé to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables) ∼HSK 6
必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc) ∼HSK 6
不枉 不枉 bù wǎng not in vain ∼HSK 6
云端 雲端 yún duān high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud ∼HSK 6
飘雪 飄雪 piāo xuě to snow ∼HSK 6
缠绵 纏綿 chán mián touching (emotions); lingering (illness) ∼HSK 6
埋首 埋首 mái shǒu to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc) ∼HSK 6
烟波 煙波 yān bō mist covered water ∼HSK 6
胳肢 胳肢 gé zhi (dialect) to tickle ∼HSK 6
人形 人形 rén xíng human form; human-shaped; humanoid ∼HSK 6
刀锋 刀鋒 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool ∼HSK 6
逃命 逃命 táo mìng to escape; to flee; to run for one's life ∼HSK 6
长命百岁 長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì may you live a hundred years (idiom); long life!; a wish for longevity ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
解酒 解酒 jiě jiǔ to dissipate the effects of alcohol ∼HSK 6
薪金 薪金 xīn jīn salary; wage ∼HSK 6
苦衷 苦衷 kǔ zhōng secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties ∼HSK 6
清闲 清閒 qīng xián idle; leisurely ∼HSK 6
忌辰 忌辰 jì chén anniversary of a death ∼HSK 6
塌下 塌下 tā xià to collapse ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
可喜 可喜 kě xǐ making one happy; gratifying; heartening ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
降伏 降伏 xiáng fú to subdue; to vanquish; to tame ∼HSK 6
贫僧 貧僧 pínsēng this humble monk ∼HSK 6
印堂 印堂 yìn táng the part of the forehead between the eyebrows; yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows ∼HSK 6
盘据 盤據 pán jù variant of ∼HSK 6
玄关 玄關 xuán guān entrance hall; vestibule ∼HSK 6
煎熬 煎熬 jiān áo to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment ∼HSK 6
大道理 大道理 dà dào li major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk ∼HSK 6
驯服 馴服 xùn fú to tame; tame; docile ∼HSK 6
超凡出世 超凡出世 chāo fán chū shì transcending the mundane and rising above the world (idiom); otherworldly ∼HSK 6
天理 天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law; the natural order of things ∼HSK 6
歪理 歪理 wāi lǐ fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument ∼HSK 6
口舌 口舌 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round ∼HSK 6
招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off ∼HSK 6
滔天 滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense ∼HSK 6
人情世故 人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom; the ways of the world; to know how to get on in the world ∼HSK 6
皈依 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) ∼HSK 6
悔悟 悔悟 huǐ wù to repent ∼HSK 6