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Life Worn Away

S1E30 · 方多病带着李莲花求医 fāng duō bìng dài zhāo lǐ liánhuā qiúyī

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4.71 Intermediate

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牛头马面 牛頭馬面 niú tóu mǎ miàn lit. Ox-Head and Horse-Face (idiom); two guards of the underworld in Chinese mythology; fig. evil-looking people; ugly thugs Idiom ∼HSK 7
天下无敌 天下無敵 tiān xià wú dí unmatched in the world; invincible; without rival (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
相依为命 相依為命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent Idiom HSK 7
乱七八糟 亂七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled Idiom HSK 7
乘人之危 乘人之危 chéng rén zhī wēi to take advantage of sb's precarious position Xiehouyu HSK 7
反常 反常 fǎn cháng unusual; abnormal Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
冷酷无情 冷酷無情 lěng kù wú qíng cold-hearted; unfeeling; callous 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
亏待 虧待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly HSK 7
时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) HSK 7
日前 日前 rì qián the other day; a few days ago HSK 7
特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product; (regional) specialty HSK 7
凑巧 湊巧 còu qiǎo fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it HSK 7
衍生 衍生 yǎn shēng to give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation HSK 7
不慎 不慎 bù shèn incautious; inattentive HSK 7
威风 威風 wēi fēng might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive HSK 7
真假 真假 zhēn jiǎ genuine or fake; true or false HSK 7
避难 避難 bì nàn refuge; to take refuge; to seek asylum (political etc) HSK 7
不解 不解 bù jiě to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble HSK 7
下山 下山 xià shān to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set HSK 7
血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels HSK 7
后裔 後裔 hòu yì descendant HSK 7
狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.) HSK 7
功力 功力 gōng lì merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power HSK 7
乞讨 乞討 qǐ tǎo to beg; to go begging HSK 7
勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
延缓 延緩 yán huǎn to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down HSK 7
少有 少有 shǎo yǒu rare; infrequent HSK 7
费劲 費勁 fèi jìn to require effort; strenuous HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
耗费 耗費 hào fèi to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander HSK 7
好在 好在 hǎo zài luckily; fortunately HSK 7
吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately HSK 7
诽谤 誹謗 fěi bàng to slander; to libel HSK 7
盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit HSK 7
深沉 深沉 shēn chén deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched HSK 7
无缘 無緣 wú yuán to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc HSK 7
锋利 鋒利 fēng lì sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point HSK 7
捎 捎 shāo to bring sth to sb; to deliver HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out HSK 7
莫非 莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
不愧 不愧 bù kuì to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be HSK 7
颠覆 顛覆 diān fù to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert HSK 7
尽早 儘早 jǐn zǎo as early as possible HSK 7
寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine) HSK 7
克制 克制 kè zhì to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control HSK 7