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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| 积德 積德 | to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions | |
| 阴德 陰德 | secret virtue | |
| 超渡 超渡 | variant of | |
| 心神不定 心神不定 | restless and uneasy in mind (idiom); agitated, unable to settle | |
| 贪恋 貪戀 | to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc) | |
| 罪孽 罪孽 | sin; crime; wrongdoing | |
| 浮世 浮世 | (Buddhism) the world of the living | |
| 端午节 端午節 | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) | |
| 清明节 清明節 | Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) | |
| 恩人 恩人 | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else | |
| 顽皮 頑皮 | naughty | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 治病 治病 | to treat an illness | |
| 徒弟 徒弟 | apprentice; disciple | |
| 酱油 醬油 | soy sauce | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 识 識 | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 寺 寺 | Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 低头 低頭 | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 前方 前方 | ahead; the front | |
| 懒 懶 | lazy | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 掌声 掌聲 | applause | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 箭 箭 | arrow | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 浮 浮 | to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 远离 遠離 | to be far from; to keep away from | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) |