New Legend of Madame White Snake
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新白娘子传奇
Vocabulary
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| 善恶 善惡 | good and evil; good versus evil | |
| 行踪 行蹤 | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) | |
| 没命 沒命 | to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately | |
| 钱庄 錢莊 | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal | |
| 不清 不清 | unclear | |
| 功名 功名 | scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory | |
| 正经事 正經事 | an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 捕快 捕快 | bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China) | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 有劳 有勞 | thank you for the trouble | |
| 锦囊 錦囊 | silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice) | |
| 人杰 人傑 | outstanding talent; wise and able person; illustrious individual | |
| 枉然 枉然 | in vain; to no avail | |
| 免礼 免禮 | (formal) you may dispense with curtseying | |
| 恩准 恩准 | approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow | |
| 姑母 姑母 | father's sister; paternal aunt | |
| 平身 平身 | rise (to subjects bowing) | |
| 不负 不負 | to live up to | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 胭脂 胭脂 | rouge | |
| 贤妻 賢妻 | (old) perfect wife; you, my beloved wife | |
| 畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 | to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice | |
| 好自为之 好自為之 | to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own | |
| 心甘情愿 心甘情願 | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do | |
| 弄清 弄清 | to clarify; to fully understand | |
| 孽缘 孽緣 | ill-fated relationship | |
| 事到如今 事到如今 | as matters stand; things having reached this stage | |
| 奏折 奏摺 | memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) | |
| 闲杂人等 閒雜人等 | idlers and unauthorized persons; miscellaneous people with no business being there (idiom) | |
| 甘草 甘草 | licorice root | |
| 闯祸 闖禍 | to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble | |
| 正果 正果 | true attainment (Buddhist) | |
| 祸事 禍事 | disaster; doom | |
| 贪恋 貪戀 | to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc) | |
| 磕头 磕頭 | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) | |
| 显灵 顯靈 | (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest | |
| 栽赃 栽贓 | to frame sb (by planting sth on them) | |
| 灵药 靈藥 | legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem | |
| 药丸 藥丸 | pill | |
| 冤屈 冤屈 | to treat unjustly; an injustice | |
| 遵命 遵命 | obey the order | |
| 结缘 結緣 | to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth) | |
| 相助 相助 | help | |
| 卧病 臥病 | ill in bed; bed-ridden | |
| 枉费 枉費 | to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain | |
| 潜进 潛進 | to sneak in; to infiltrate | |
| 认命 認命 | to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth | |
| 丫鬟 丫鬟 | servant girl; maid | |
| 怀胎 懷胎 | to become pregnant; to carry a child in the womb |