New Legend of Madame White Snake
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新白娘子传奇
Vocabulary
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| 的姐 的姐 | female taxi driver | |
| 星月 星月 | the moon and the stars | |
| 小事 小事 | trifle; trivial matter | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 差点 差點 | almost; nearly | |
| 老天 老天 | God; Heavens | |
| 大男人 大男人 | very masculine guy; a real man; (used ironically) a grown man | |
| 现 現 | appear, manifest, become visible | |
| 正要 正要 | to be just about to; to be on the point of | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person | |
| 八字 八字 | the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling | |
| 在前 在前 | ahead; formerly; in the past | |
| 看在 看在 | (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 家老 家老 | (old) a senior in one's household | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 进京 進京 | to enter the capital; to go to Beijing | |
| 上路 上路 | to start on a journey; to be on one's way | |
| 小二 小二 | waiter | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 高人 高人 | very able person | |
| 女人家 女人家 | women (in general) | |
| 三分 三分 | somewhat; to some degree | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 天干 天干 | the 10 heavenly stems,,,,,,,,,, used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary | |
| 客栈 客棧 | tavern; guest house; inn; hotel | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time | |
| 好朋友 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 家去 家去 | (dialect) to go home; to return home | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 他日 他日 | (literary) some day; (literary) days in the past | |
| 一来 一來 | firstly,... | |
| 中风 中風 | to suffer a paralyzing stroke | |
| 差事 差事 | poor; not up to standard | |
| 出家人 出家人 | monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 年年 年年 | year after year; yearly; every year; annually | |
| 行好 行好 | to be charitable; to do a good deed | |
| 行医 行醫 | to practice medicine (esp. in private practice) | |
| 上山 上山 | to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 不分 不分 | not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) |