Journey to the West

Episode review

Facing Three Adversities during the Rough Journey

S1E8 · 坎途逢三难 kǎn tú féng sān nán

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4.62 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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意下如何 意下如何 yì xià rú hé how about it?; what do you think? ∼HSK 6
还俗 還俗 huán sú to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order) ∼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
怎肯 怎肯 zěn kěn how could one be willing ∼HSK 6
绝了 絕了 jué le (slang) awesome; dope ∼HSK 6
斋饭 齋飯 zhāi fàn vegetarian alms food ∼HSK 6
赌气 賭氣 dǔ qì to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved ∼HSK 6
独独 獨獨 dú dú alone ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
家长里短 家長裡短 jiā cháng lǐ duǎn household trivia (idiom); domestic chitchat; gossip about everyday family matters ∼HSK 6
桩桩件件 樁樁件件 zhuāng zhuāng - jiàn jiàn each and every one ∼HSK 6
生辰 生辰 shēng chén birthday ∼HSK 6
攀亲 攀親 pān qīn to seek to profit by family ties ∼HSK 6
硬撑 硬撐 yìng chēng to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc ∼HSK 6
三妻四妾 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè three wives and four concubines (idiom); a household full of women; polygamy ∼HSK 6
遮住 遮住 zhē zhù to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade ∼HSK 6
勒死 勒死 lēi sǐ to strangle ∼HSK 6
禅心 禪心 chán xīn the Buddhist/Chan mind; a heart at peace through Zen meditation ∼HSK 6
凡尘 凡塵 fán chén mundane world (in religious context); this mortal coil ∼HSK 6
娇滴滴 嬌滴滴 jiāo dī dī sweet; cute; delicately pretty ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
只管 只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) HSK 6
近日 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days HSK 6
母女 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter; mother-daughter HSK 6
徒弟 徒弟 tú dì apprentice; disciple HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
识 識 zhì to record; to write a footnote HSK 6
自在 自在 zì zai comfortable; at ease HSK 6
师父 師父 shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
捉 捉 zhuō to clutch; to grab; to capture HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
织 織 zhī to weave HSK 6
大使 大使 dà shǐ ambassador; envoy HSK 6
磨 磨 mò grindstone; to grind; to turn round HSK 6
扑 撲 pū to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over HSK 6
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal); before; previously HSK 6
虽 雖 suī although; even though HSK 6
路过 路過 lù guò to pass by or through HSK 6
老鼠 老鼠 lǎo shǔ rat; mouse HSK 6
牵 牽 qiān to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in HSK 6
佛 佛 Fó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
钻 鑽 zuàn variant of 钻 HSK 6
趟 䠀 tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
肯 肎 kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
族 族 zú race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) HSK 6
野 埜 yě old variant of 野 HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
除 除 chú to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including HSK 6