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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再说 再說 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
母 母 mǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
觉 覺 jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
混 混 hún confused; dirty; to mix; muddy; variant of 浑 HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
服 服 fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
清 清 Qīng Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911); surname Qing HSK 6
哇 哇 wā Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
特 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
因 囙 yīn old variant of 因 HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
师徒 師徒 shītú master and disciple ∼HSK 5
西天 西天 Xī tiān Western Heaven ∼HSK 5
莲 蓮 lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
呆子 呆子 dāi zi fool; sucker ∼HSK 5
佛祖 佛祖 Fó zǔ the Buddha ∼HSK 5
妖精 妖精 yāojing demon spirit ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
师弟 師弟 shīdì younger fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
风洞 風洞 fēng dòng wind tunnel ∼HSK 5
斋 齋 zhāi vegetarian fast ∼HSK 5
琉璃 琉璃 liú li colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
匀 勻 yún even, distribute ∼HSK 5
交战 交戰 jiāo zhàn to fight; to wage war ∼HSK 5
上岸 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
慧 慧 huì bright, intelligent; intelligence ∼HSK 5
贬 貶 biǎn decrease, lower; censure, criticize ∼HSK 5
诚心 誠心 chéng xīn sincerity ∼HSK 5
妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman ∼HSK 5
丈母娘 丈母孃 zhàngmuniáng mother-in-law ∼HSK 5
汗衫 汗衫 hàn shān vest; undershirt; shirt ∼HSK 5
峨眉山 峨眉山 É méi Shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism ∼HSK 5
鬼神 鬼神 guǐ shén supernatural beings ∼HSK 5
畜 畜 chù livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal ∼HSK 5
孽 孼 niè evil; son of concubine; ghost ∼HSK 5
刁 刁 diāo tricky, crafty ∼HSK 5
吓跑 嚇跑 xià pǎo to scare away ∼HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5