Ashes of Love

Episode review

The Choice

S1E35 · 选择 xuǎnzé

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Vocabulary

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无计可施 無計可施 wú jì kě shī no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end; at the end of one's tether; powerless Idiom ∼HSK 6
混为一谈 混為一談 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle Idiom ∼HSK 6
识时务 識時務 shí shí wù to have a clear view of things; to adapt to circumstances 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
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
天界 天界 tiān jiè heaven ∼HSK 6
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
凡间 凡間 fán jiān the secular world ∼HSK 6
余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration) ∼HSK 6
大殿 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
切莫 切莫 qiè mò you must not; Please don't...; be sure not to; on no account (do it) ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
燎原 燎原 liáo yuán to start a prairie fire ∼HSK 6
上仙 上仙 shǎng xiān high immortal ∼HSK 6
行刑 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence; execution ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
雷电 雷電 léi diàn thunder and lightning ∼HSK 6
事到临头 事到臨頭 shì dào lín tóu when things come to a head (idiom) ∼HSK 6
动心忍性 動心忍性 dòng xīn rěn xìng to stir the mind and toughen the temperament (idiom, from Mencius); to steel one's character through hardship ∼HSK 6
拂逆 拂逆 fú nì to go against; to do sth contrary to (sb's wishes) ∼HSK 6
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
逝者 逝者 shì zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 6
姨母 姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister; maternal aunt ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
凡人 凡人 fán rén ordinary person; mortal; earthling ∼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
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
划清 劃清 huà qīng to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly ∼HSK 6
赎罪 贖罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime; to buy freedom from punishment; redemption; atonement ∼HSK 6
罪责 罪責 zuì zé guilt ∼HSK 6
手足 手足 shǒu zú hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices ∼HSK 6
身形 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) ∼HSK 6
炎炎 炎炎 yán yán scorching ∼HSK 6
滔滔 滔滔 tāo tāo torrential ∼HSK 6
懈怠 懈怠 xiè dài slack; lazy; remiss ∼HSK 6
抗命 抗命 kàng mìng against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders ∼HSK 6
适可而止 適可而止 shì kě ér zhǐ (idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop ∼HSK 6
传旨 傳旨 chuán zhǐ convey an edict ∼HSK 6
伏法 伏法 fú fǎ to be executed ∼HSK 6
蒙蔽 矇蔽 méng bì to deceive; to hoodwink ∼HSK 6
情有可原 情有可原 qíng yǒu kě yuán pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc) ∼HSK 6
初犯 初犯 chū fàn first offender; first offense ∼HSK 6
特赦 特赦 tè shè to grant a special pardon ∼HSK 6