Ashes of Love

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Season 1 — Ashes of Love

香蜜沉沉烬如霜 xiāng mì chénchén jìn rú shuāng

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同归于尽 同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
帮凶 幫兇 bāng xiōng variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大功告成 大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自顾不暇 自顧不暇 zì gù bù xiá (idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs; too busy to spare time for anything extra Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一厢情愿 一廂情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn one's own wishful thinking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
势利眼 勢利眼 shì li yǎn snobbish; a snob Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
双喜临门 雙喜臨門 shuāng xǐ lín mén two simultaneous happy events in the family Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
弄巧成拙 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有情人 有情人 yǒu qíng rén lovers Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
争风吃醋 爭風吃醋 zhēng fēng chī cù to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
腹背受敌 腹背受敵 fù bèi shòu dí (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难熬 難熬 nán áo (of pain or hardship) hard to bear Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装聋作哑 裝聾作啞 zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ to play deaf-mute Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
后患无穷 後患無窮 hòu huàn - wú qióng (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
快人快语 快人快語 kuài rén kuài yǔ 快: rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 快: rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon · 语: language, words; saying, expression Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拿着鸡毛当令箭 拿著雞毛當令箭 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
敷衍了事 敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
跌跌撞撞 跌跌撞撞 diē die zhuàng zhuàng to stagger along Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
跟屁虫 跟屁蟲 gēn pì chóng lit. bum beetle; sb who tags along; shadow; sycophant Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
智勇双全 智勇雙全 zhì yǒng shuāng quán 智: wisdom, knowledge, intelligence · 勇: brave, courageous, fierce · 双: set of two, pair, couple; both · 全: maintain, keep whole or intact Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
甩手掌柜 甩手掌櫃 shuǎi shǒu zhǎng guì lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
凑数 湊數 còu shù to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不开窍 不開竅 bù kāi qiào unable to understand; can't get the point Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
能文能武 能文能武 néng wén néng wǔ 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability · 文: literature, culture, writing · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability · 武: military; martial, warlike Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
来者不善 來者不善 lái zhě bù shàn 来: come, coming; return, returning · 者: that which; he who; those who · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 善: good, virtuous, charitable, kind Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
糊涂虫 糊塗蟲 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欲速则不达 欲速則不達 yù sù zé bù dá (idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不祥之兆 不祥之兆 bù xiáng zhī zhào (idiom) bad omen Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大有文章 大有文章 dà yǒu wén zhāng some deeper meaning in this; more to it than meets the eye; there's sth behind all this Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
轻飘飘 輕飄飄 qīng piāo piāo light as a feather Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
越陷越深 越陷越深 yuè xiàn yuè shēn to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
杀身成仁 殺身成仁 shā shēn chéng rén (idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
锋芒毕露 鋒芒畢露 fēng máng bì lù to show off one's ability Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
同行 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
添乱 添亂 tiān luàn (coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
逆天 逆天 nì tiān (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order; (coll.) extraordinary; incredible Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
拉扯大 拉扯大 lā che dà (coll.) to bring up; to rear; to raise Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
兴许 興許 xīng xǔ (coll.) perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
碰瓷 碰瓷 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
添堵 添堵 tiān dǔ to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.); to make traffic congestion even worse Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
猫腻 貓膩 māo nì (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans Colloquialism ∼HSK 6