Ashes of Love

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The Soul-Locking Hairpin

S1E3 · 锁灵簪 suǒ líng zān

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蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue Idiom ∼HSK 6
鸣金收兵 鳴金收兵 míng jīn shōu bīng to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat Idiom ∼HSK 6
狼狈不堪 狼狽不堪 láng bèi bù kān battered and exhausted; stuck in a dilemma Idiom ∼HSK 6
郁郁葱葱 鬱鬱蔥蔥 yù yù - cōng cōng (idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush Idiom ∼HSK 6
逢凶化吉 逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account Idiom ∼HSK 6
膘肥体壮 膘肥體壯 biāo féi tǐ zhuàng (of a livestock animal) plump and strong; well-fed Idiom ∼HSK 6
豁然开朗 豁然開朗 huò rán kāi lǎng suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing; fig. everything becomes clear at once; to achieve speedy enlightenment Idiom ∼HSK 6
茅塞顿开 茅塞頓開 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear Idiom ∼HSK 6
不同凡响 不同凡響 bù tóng fán xiǎng lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding; brilliant; out of the common run Idiom ∼HSK 6
丧尽天良 喪盡天良 sàng jìn tiān liáng devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless Idiom ∼HSK 6
灰飞烟灭 灰飛煙滅 huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke Idiom ∼HSK 6
偷香窃玉 偷香竊玉 tōu xiāng qiè yù lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering; secret illicit sex Idiom ∼HSK 6
油嘴滑舌 油嘴滑舌 yóu zuǐ huá shé glib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking Idiom ∼HSK 6
势利眼 勢利眼 shì li yǎn snobbish; a snob Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不开窍 不開竅 bù kāi qiào unable to understand; can't get the point Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
涅槃 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die ∼HSK 6
天界 天界 tiān jiè heaven ∼HSK 6
仙子 仙子 xiān zǐ fairy ∼HSK 6
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
仙童 仙童 xiān tóng boy immortal ∼HSK 6
情爱 情愛 qíng ài affection; friendly feelings towards sb; love ∼HSK 6
仙人 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal; celestial being ∼HSK 6
燎原 燎原 liáo yuán to start a prairie fire ∼HSK 6
仙丹 仙丹 xiān dān elixir of immortality ∼HSK 6
坠入 墜入 zhuì rù to drop into; to fall into ∼HSK 6
化作 化作 huà zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 6
下界 下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.); world of mortals; (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals ∼HSK 6
一面之词 一面之詞 yī miàn zhī cí one side of the story; one-sided statement ∼HSK 6
烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
相救 相救 xiāng jiù rescue ∼HSK 6
神殿 神殿 shén diàn shrine ∼HSK 6
旷世 曠世 kuàng shì incomparable; none to compare with at that time ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
遮掩 遮掩 zhē yǎn to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) ∼HSK 6
恩公 恩公 ēn gōng benefactor ∼HSK 6
报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness ∼HSK 6
仙姑 仙姑 xiān gū female immortal; sorceress ∼HSK 6
采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women ∼HSK 6
莫慌 莫慌 mò huāng don't panic ∼HSK 6
天庭 天庭 tiān tíng Celestial Court ∼HSK 6
岔子 岔子 chà zi branch road; setback; accident; hiccup ∼HSK 6
信服 信服 xìn fú to have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in; to respect ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
一族 一族 yī zú social group; subculture; family; clan; see also ∼HSK 6
蛮荒 蠻荒 mán huāng savage; wild; uncivilized territory ∼HSK 6