Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time 2017

sān shēng sānshì shí táohuā

Bai Qian, a goddess and monarch from the Heavenly Realms, is sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial to become a High Goddess. There, she meets Ye Hua, with whom she falls in love and marries. When an old enemy reappears in her life, everything she holds dear is threatened.

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4.83 Intermediate Director Zhao Xiaoding, Anthony LaMolinara 🍅 40%

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Vocabulary

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huì city; metropolis HSK 7
also HSK 7
xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
xiāng duì relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart HSK 7
lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany HSK 7
jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
cóng wèi never HSK 7
raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
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
é to chant HSK 7
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
hún fēi sàn lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken Idiom ∼HSK 6
dān jīng - shòu (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious Idiom ∼HSK 6
gǒu yán - cán chuǎn (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door Idiom ∼HSK 6
shēng líng tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke Idiom ∼HSK 6
xún kāi xīn to make fun of; to seek diversion Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
zhuāng lóng zuò to play deaf-mute Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
殿 殿 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
fán rén ordinary person; mortal; earthling ∼HSK 6
lǎo shēn I (old woman, humble) ∼HSK 6
fán jiān the secular world ∼HSK 6
hún soul ∼HSK 6
yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
fēng yìn seal (on envelopes) ∼HSK 6