The Mermaid 2016
美人鱼
When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.
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Vocabulary
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| 血海深仇 血海深仇 | 血: blood; radical number 143 · 海: sea, ocean; maritime · 深: deep; depth; far; very, extreme · 仇: enemy, hate, hatred, enmity | Idiom |
| 大恩大德 大恩大德 | 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 德: ethics, morality, virtue | Idiom |
| 大风大浪 大風大浪 | 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 浪: wave; wasteful, reckless | Idiom |
| 十八层地狱 十八層地獄 | 十: ten, tenth; complete; perfect · 八: eight; all around, all sides · 层: storey, layer, floor, stratum · 地: earth; soil, ground; region · 狱: prison, jail; case; lawsuit | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 敬而远之 敬而遠之 | to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance | Idiom |
| 相提并论 相提並論 | to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) | Idiom |
| 无家可归 無家可歸 | homeless | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 众所周知 眾所周知 | as everyone knows (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 空虚 空虛 | hollow; emptiness; meaningless | Xiehouyu |
| 莫名其妙 莫名其妙 | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 高贵 高貴 | grandeur; noble | Xiehouyu |
| 着手 著手 | to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out | Xiehouyu |
| 受过 受過 | to take the blame (for sb else) | |
| 变幻莫测 變幻莫測 | to change unpredictably; unpredictable; erratic; treacherous | |
| 走漏 走漏 | to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc) | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 和平共处 和平共處 | peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc | |
| 落成 落成 | to complete a construction project | |
| 名贵 名貴 | famous and valuable; rare; precious | |
| 绝招 絕招 | unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke; finishing blow | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 界线 界線 | limits; bounds; dividing line | |
| 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 | criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster | |
| 作对 作對 | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 媲美 媲美 | to match; is comparable with | |
| 变迁 變遷 | changes; vicissitudes | |
| 问世 問世 | to be published; to come out | |
| 各式各样 各式各樣 | (of) all kinds and sorts; various | |
| 算数 算數 | to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important) | |
| 煲 煲 | to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan | |
| 惨重 慘重 | disastrous | |
| 凶猛 兇猛 | fierce; violent; ferocious | |
| 孕育 孕育 | to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc) | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 性情 性情 | nature; temperament | |
| 脾 脾 | spleen | |
| 诉说 訴說 | to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) | |
| 接见 接見 | to receive sb; to grant an interview | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 手艺 手藝 | craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade | |
| 自责 自責 | to blame oneself | |
| 打通 打通 | to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection) | |
| 晚期 晚期 | later period; end stage; terminal | |
| 歉意 歉意 | apology; regret | |
| 晕倒 暈倒 | to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious | |
| 包容 包容 | to pardon; to forgive; to show tolerance; to contain; to hold; inclusive |