Ashes of Love

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The Soul-Locking Hairpin

S1E3 · 锁灵簪 suǒ líng zān

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赏罚分明 賞罰分明 shǎng fá fēn míng to reward and punish with clear discernment (idiom); to be fair and impartial in dispensing rewards and penalties Idiom ∼HSK 7
水火不相容 水火不相容 shuǐ huǒ bù xiāng róng lit. water and fire cannot mix (idiom); fig. utterly incompatible; mutually irreconcilable Idiom ∼HSK 7
昊天罔极 昊天罔極 hào tiān wǎng jí lit. the boundless heavens (idiom); fig. (of parents' kindness) as boundless as the sky; limitless parental love Idiom ∼HSK 7
不可限量 不可限量 bù kě xiàn liàng limitless (idiom); boundless; (of potential or prospects) immeasurable Idiom ∼HSK 7
衣食住行 衣食住行 yī shí zhù xíng clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs Idiom HSK 7
水落石出 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light Idiom HSK 7
袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger Idiom HSK 7
脱颖而出 脫穎而出 tuō yǐng ér chū to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself Idiom HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty Xiehouyu HSK 7
公道 公道 gōng dào justice; fairness; public highway Xiehouyu HSK 7
卵 卵 luǎn egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking Colloquialism HSK 7
俊俏 俊俏 jùn qiào attractive and intelligent; charming; elegant HSK 7
畜牧 畜牧 xù mù to raise animals HSK 7
谋害 謀害 móu hài to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life HSK 7
药材 藥材 yào cái medicinal ingredient HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
取经 取經 qǔ jīng to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studying another's experience HSK 7
富足 富足 fù zú rich; plentiful HSK 7
操劳 操勞 cāo láo to work hard; to look after HSK 7
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
本分 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role HSK 7
变故 變故 biàn gù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune HSK 7
情理 情理 qíng lǐ reason; sense HSK 7
不慎 不慎 bù shèn incautious; inattentive HSK 7
一经 一經 yī jīng as soon as; once (an action has been completed) HSK 7
解围 解圍 jiě wéi to lift a siege; to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment HSK 7
钻研 鑽研 zuān yán to study meticulously; to delve into HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
体质 體質 tǐ zhì constitution HSK 7
秃 禿 tū bald; blunt HSK 7
瞅 瞅 chǒu (dialect) to look at HSK 7
荒 荒 huāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect HSK 7
动弹 動彈 dòng tan to budge HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry; to delay; to stop over HSK 7
偷懒 偷懶 tōu lǎn to goof off; to be lazy HSK 7
反倒 反倒 fǎn dào but on the contrary; but expectedly HSK 7
寻觅 尋覓 xún mì to look for HSK 7
妥当 妥當 tuǒ dang appropriate; proper; ready HSK 7
遵照 遵照 zūn zhào in accordance with; to follow (the rules) HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
缕 縷 lǚ strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) HSK 7
体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
筹划 籌劃 chóu huà to plan and prepare HSK 7
未免 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably; can't help; really; rather HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
着实 著實 zhuó shí truly; indeed; severely; harshly HSK 7
编造 編造 biān zào to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up HSK 7