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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Vocabulary

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生生世世 生生世世 shēng shēng shì shì throughout all generations (idiom); life after life; for all eternity ∼HSK 6
古灵精怪 古靈精怪 gǔ líng - jīng guài (idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky ∼HSK 6
好心好意 好心好意 hǎo xīn hǎo yì with good and kind intentions (idiom); well-meaning; out of genuine goodwill ∼HSK 6
与人为善 與人為善 yǔ rén wéi shàn to be of service to others; to help others; benevolent ∼HSK 6
言下之意 言下之意 yán xià zhī yì implication ∼HSK 6
亲眼目睹 親眼目睹 qīn yǎn mù dǔ to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes ∼HSK 6
情非得已 情非得已 qíng fēi dé yǐ compelled by the circumstances (to do sth); (have) no other choice (but do sth); (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love ∼HSK 6
偏颇 偏頗 piān pō biased; partial ∼HSK 6
凡夫俗子 凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people; ordinary folk ∼HSK 6
日夜兼程 日夜兼程 rì yè jiān chéng to travel day and night ∼HSK 6
无缘无故 無緣無故 wú yuán - wú gù (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for ∼HSK 6
传宗接代 傳宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line ∼HSK 6
还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full; to redeem a debt ∼HSK 6
贤淑 賢淑 xián shū (of a woman) virtuous ∼HSK 6
心腹大患 心腹大患 xīn fù dà huàn a deadly peril close at hand (idiom); a serious hidden danger; a grave threat from within ∼HSK 6
挥之不去 揮之不去 huī zhī bù qù impossible to get rid of ∼HSK 6
自寻死路 自尋死路 zì xún sǐ lù to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction ∼HSK 6
前嫌 前嫌 qián xián former hatred; bygone enmity ∼HSK 6
旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore ∼HSK 6
统辖 統轄 tǒng xiá to govern; to have complete control over; to be in command of ∼HSK 6
毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) ∼HSK 6
女中豪杰 女中豪傑 nǚ zhōng háo jié a heroine among women (idiom); an outstanding, courageous woman ∼HSK 6
自叹不如 自嘆不如 zì tàn bù rú to consider oneself as being not as good as the others ∼HSK 6
望月 望月 wàng yuè full moon ∼HSK 6
通情达理 通情達理 tōng qíng dá lǐ (idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason ∼HSK 6
所言不虚 所言不虛 suǒ yán bù xū (after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true ∼HSK 6
单打独斗 單打獨鬥 dān dǎ dú dòu to fight alone (idiom) ∼HSK 6
足月 足月 zú yuè full-term (gestation) ∼HSK 6
忐忑 忐忑 tǎn tè apprehensive; on edge ∼HSK 6
寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí - nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled ∼HSK 6
尖牙 尖牙 jiān yá canine tooth; fang; tusk ∼HSK 6
贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife ∼HSK 6
大费周章 大費周章 dà fèi zhōu zhāng to take great pains; to go to a lot of trouble ∼HSK 6
把脉 把脈 bǎ mài to feel the pulse; to take sb's pulse ∼HSK 6
豆腐渣 豆腐渣 dòu fu zhā okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) ∼HSK 6
就寝 就寢 jiù qǐn to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary) ∼HSK 6
娶媳妇 娶媳婦 qǔ xí fù to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
媒妁之言 媒妁之言 méi shuò zhī yán (idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage) ∼HSK 6
于心何忍 於心何忍 yú xīn hé rěn how could one bear to do it? (idiom); how can one have the heart to be so cruel? ∼HSK 6
于心不忍 於心不忍 yú xīn bù rěn can't bear to ∼HSK 6
厚颜无耻 厚顏無恥 hòu yán wú chǐ shameless ∼HSK 6
匹夫之勇 匹夫之勇 pǐ fū zhī yǒng the courage of a common man (idiom); reckless bravery without strategy; foolhardy valor ∼HSK 6
旧疾 舊疾 jiù jí old illness; former affliction ∼HSK 6
不让须眉 不讓鬚眉 bù ràng xū méi (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc; to be a match for men; lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows) ∼HSK 6
再犯 再犯 zài fàn to re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist ∼HSK 6
无稽之谈 無稽之談 wú jī zhī tán (idiom) complete nonsense ∼HSK 6
上苍 上蒼 shàng cāng heaven ∼HSK 6
头功 頭功 tóu gōng first class merit ∼HSK 6
劳苦功高 勞苦功高 láo kǔ gōng gāo to have toiled hard and rendered great service (idiom); deserving of credit for hard work ∼HSK 6
吐丝 吐絲 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk ∼HSK 6