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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| 谎 謊 | lie | |
| 糟了 糟了 | gosh!; oh no!; darn! | |
| 尊 尊 | honored | |
| 紫竹 紫竹 | black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) | |
| 咒 呪 | curse, damn, incantation | |
| 荫 蔭 | shade, shelter; protect | |
| 柳 柳 | willow tree; pleasure | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 修炼 修煉 | (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism | |
| 天灾 天災 | natural disaster | |
| 手掌心 手掌心 | palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) | |
| 驱 驅 | spur a horse on; expel, drive away | |
| 歇息 歇息 | rest | |
| 痴 痴 | foolish, stupid, dumb, silly | |
| 伏 伏 | crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal | |
| 侯 侯 | marquis, lord; target in archery | |
| 佛祖 佛祖 | the Buddha | |
| 魔 魔 | demon | |
| 鬼神 鬼神 | supernatural beings | |
| 道士 道士 | Daoist priest | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 竹林 竹林 | bamboo forest | |
| 盈 盈 | fill; full, overflowing; surplus | |
| 掌心 掌心 | hollow of the palm | |
| 喝醉 喝醉 | to get drunk | |
| 妾 妾 | concubine; I (humble, female) | |
| 冷汗 冷汗 | cold sweat | |
| 池 池 | pool, pond; moat; cistern | |
| 翁 翁 | old man; father, father-in-law | |
| 艳阳天 豔陽天 | bright sunny day; blazing hot day | |
| 晨 晨 | early morning, daybreak | |
| 年青 年青 | youthful | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 祥 祥 | good luck, good omen; happiness | |
| 锣 鑼 | gong | |
| 慈 慈 | kind, charitable, benevolent | |
| 神人 神人 | God; deity | |
| 妇 婦 | married women; woman; wife | |
| 辜 辜 | crime, criminal offense | |
| 眠 眠 | close eyes, sleep; hibernate | |
| 晓 曉 | dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit | |
| 啼 啼 | weep, whimper; howl, twitter | |
| 寒食 寒食 | cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节); the Qingming festival | |
| 红豆 紅豆 | azuki bean; red bean | |
| 窟 窟 | hole, cave; cellar; underground | |
| 宵 宵 | night, evening, dark | |
| 淫 淫 | obscene, licentious, lewd | |
| 慧 慧 | bright, intelligent; intelligence | |
| 有如 有如 | to be like sth; similar to; alike | |
| 夜叉 夜叉 | yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person |