Ashes of Love

Episode review

The Plague Needle Strikes

S1E8 · 瘟针毒发 wēn zhēn dú fā

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Vocabulary

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百无禁忌 百無禁忌 bǎi wú jìn jì all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes; nothing is taboo Idiom ∼HSK 6
独当一面 獨當一面 dú dāng yī miàn to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section Idiom ∼HSK 6
良药苦口 良藥苦口 liáng yào kǔ kǒu good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow Idiom ∼HSK 6
精神抖擞 精神抖擻 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; lively and full of enthusiasm; full of energy; con brio Idiom ∼HSK 6
蛊惑人心 蠱惑人心 gǔ huò rén xīn to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy Idiom ∼HSK 6
兹事体大 茲事體大 zī shì tǐ dà this is no small thing (idiom); to have a serious matter at hand Idiom ∼HSK 6
守口如瓶 守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word Idiom ∼HSK 6
妖魔鬼怪 妖魔鬼怪 yāo mó guǐ guài demons and ghosts Idiom ∼HSK 6
监守自盗 監守自盜 jiān shǒu zì dào to embezzle Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
天界 天界 tiān jiè heaven ∼HSK 6
殿下 殿下 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
仙子 仙子 xiān zǐ fairy ∼HSK 6
灵芝 靈芝 líng zhī lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) ∼HSK 6
火印 火印 huǒ yìn branded mark; brand ∼HSK 6
神殿 神殿 shén diàn shrine ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
拖拽 拖拽 tuō zhuài to pull; to drag; to haul ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
收服 收服 shōu fú to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe ∼HSK 6
封印 封印 fēng yìn seal (on envelopes) ∼HSK 6
凡人 凡人 fán rén ordinary person; mortal; earthling ∼HSK 6
大殿 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door ∼HSK 6
连翘 連翹 lián qiáo Forsythia ∼HSK 6
莫要 莫要 mò yāo do not ∼HSK 6
昏迷不醒 昏迷不醒 hūn mí bù xǐng to remain unconscious ∼HSK 6
亵渎 褻瀆 xiè dú (literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane ∼HSK 6
揪住 揪住 jiū zhù to grab ∼HSK 6
轮岗 輪崗 lún gǎng to rotate jobs within an organization ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
掀翻 掀翻 xiān fān to turn sth over; to overturn ∼HSK 6
权重 權重 quán zhòng weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) ∼HSK 6
镇守 鎮守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect ∼HSK 6
现如今 現如今 xiàn rú jīn nowadays; now ∼HSK 6
超然 超然 chāo rán aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial ∼HSK 6
统辖 統轄 tǒng xiá to govern; to have complete control over; to be in command of ∼HSK 6
不逊 不遜 bù xùn rude; impertinent ∼HSK 6
憋屈 憋屈 biē qū sullen ∼HSK 6
隐忍 隱忍 yǐn rěn to bear patiently; to endure silently; to forbear ∼HSK 6
虚实 虛實 xū shí what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation ∼HSK 6
誓死 誓死 shì sǐ to pledge one's life ∼HSK 6
从长计议 從長計議 cóng cháng jì yì (idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length ∼HSK 6
筹谋 籌謀 chóu móu to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for ∼HSK 6
天尊 天尊 tiān zūn Heavenly Worthy ∼HSK 6