Ashes of Love

Episode review

A Patron's Changed Temperament

S1E29 · 性情大变的恩主 xìngqíng dàbiàn de ēn zhǔ

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五马分尸 五馬分屍 wǔ mǎ fēn shī lit. to tear a body apart with five horses (idiom); fig. dismemberment as a brutal execution; to be torn limb from limb Idiom ∼HSK 7
似曾相识 似曾相識 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted Idiom HSK 7
想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other Idiom HSK 7
反常 反常 fǎn cháng unusual; abnormal Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
怪物 怪物 guài wu monster; freak; eccentric person Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
桂花 桂花 guì huā osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans HSK 7
赐教 賜教 cì jiào (honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten HSK 7
壮胆 壯膽 zhuàng dǎn to get one’s courage up; to embolden HSK 7
豁达 豁達 huò dá optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous; open-minded HSK 7
心慌 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered; (dialect) irregular heart-beat HSK 7
泥潭 泥潭 ní tán quagmire HSK 7
根基 根基 gēn jī foundation HSK 7
谜底 謎底 mí dǐ answer to a riddle HSK 7
渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin; source; relationship HSK 7
远见 遠見 yuǎn jiàn foresight; discernment; vision HSK 7
钻研 鑽研 zuān yán to study meticulously; to delve into HSK 7
早年 早年 zǎo nián many years ago; in the past; in one's early years HSK 7
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique HSK 7
执意 執意 zhí yì to be determined to; to insist on HSK 7
肖像 肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness HSK 7
倘若 倘若 tǎng ruò if; supposing; in case HSK 7
果真 果真 guǒ zhēn really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
连同 連同 lián tóng together with; along with HSK 7
体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment HSK 7
坦然 坦然 tǎn rán calm; undisturbed HSK 7
矣 矣 yǐ classical final particle, similar to modern 了 HSK 7
通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted HSK 7
痴迷 痴迷 chī mí infatuated; obsessed HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
惭愧 慚愧 cán kuì ashamed HSK 7
急于 急於 jí yú eager to; in a hurry to HSK 7
布局 佈局 bù jú arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon) HSK 7
推断 推斷 tuī duàn to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate HSK 7
看似 看似 kàn sì to look as if; to seem HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
聘 聘 pìn to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman) HSK 7
不宜 不宜 bù yí not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate HSK 7
诸多 諸多 zhū duō (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of HSK 7
深情 深情 shēn qíng deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love HSK 7
耻辱 恥辱 chǐ rǔ disgrace; shame; humiliation HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
牢牢 牢牢 láo láo firmly; safely HSK 7
无能 無能 wú néng incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless HSK 7
暗中 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7