Mysterious Lotus Casebook

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The Cycle of Cause and Effect

S1E13 · 笛飞声帮李莲花解毒 dí fēi shēng bāng lǐ liánhuā jiědú

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4.47 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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死不足惜 死不足惜 sǐ bù zú xī 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 足: foot; attain, satisfy, enough · 惜: pity, regret, rue, begrudge Idiom ∼HSK 7
没头没脑 沒頭沒腦 méi tóu méi nǎo 没: not, have not, none; drown, sink · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 没: not, have not, none; drown, sink · 脑: brain Idiom ∼HSK 7
得不偿失 得不償失 dé bù cháng shī the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
诀别 訣別 jué bié to bid farewell; to part (usually with little hope of meeting again) HSK 7
搞鬼 搞鬼 gǎo guǐ to make mischief; to play tricks HSK 7
同人 同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession; co-worker; colleague; pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc HSK 7
珍重 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
酒楼 酒樓 jiǔ lóu restaurant HSK 7
阎王 閻王 Yán wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person HSK 7
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior HSK 7
没落 沒落 mò luò to decline; to wane HSK 7
暂且 暫且 zàn qiě for now; for the time being; temporarily HSK 7
见效 見效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect HSK 7
私事 私事 sī shì personal matters HSK 7
血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey; to leave HSK 7
功力 功力 gōng lì merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power HSK 7
沿途 沿途 yán tú along the sides of the road; by the wayside HSK 7
如实 如實 rú shí as things really are; realistic HSK 7
竭力 竭力 jié lì to do one's utmost HSK 7
自负 自負 zì fù conceited; to take responsibility HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
传授 傳授 chuán shòu to impart; to pass on; to teach HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
悬崖 懸崖 xuán yá precipice; overhanging cliff HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
人气 人氣 rén qì popularity; personality; character HSK 7
激起 激起 jī qǐ to arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir up HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
伤势 傷勢 shāng shì condition of an injury HSK 7
磕 磕 kē to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) HSK 7
管家 管家 guǎn jiā (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household HSK 7
无穷 無窮 wú qióng endless; boundless; inexhaustible HSK 7
舅舅 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal) HSK 7
发财 發財 fā cái to get rich HSK 7
暗中 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously HSK 7
发热 發熱 fā rè to have a high temperature; feverish; unable to think calmly; to emit heat HSK 7
株 株 zhū tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business) HSK 7
压制 壓制 yā zhì to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle HSK 7
下落 下落 xià luò whereabouts; to drop; to fall HSK 7
映 映 yìng to reflect (light); to shine; to project (an image onto a screen etc) HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7