New Legend of Madame White Snake
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新白娘子传奇
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| 烹煮 烹煮 | to cook; to boil | |
| 专横 專橫 | imperious; peremptory | |
| 每逢佳节倍思亲 每逢佳節倍思親 | doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei) | |
| 小不忍则乱大谋 小不忍則亂大謀 | (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience | |
| 君子动口不动手 君子動口不動手 | a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist | |
| 四海之内皆兄弟 四海之內皆兄弟 | all men are brothers | |
| 尽信书不如无书 盡信書不如無書 | better to have no books than to believe everything in them (idiom, from Mencius); don't accept everything you read uncritically | |
| 和善 和善 | good-natured | |
| 置疑 置疑 | to doubt | |
| 卧房 臥房 | bedroom; a sleeping compartment (on a train) | |
| 窝藏 窩藏 | to harbor; to shelter | |
| 在所不惜 在所不惜 | to spare no sacrifice; to be willing to do whatever it takes (idiom) | |
| 伪证 偽證 | perjury | |
| 一息尚存 一息尚存 | as long as one still draws breath; while there is still life left (idiom) | |
| 侄女 姪女 | brother's daughter; niece | |
| 清正 清正 | upright and honorable | |
| 结伴 結伴 | to go with sb; to form companionships | |
| 托生 託生 | to be reincarnated; to be reborn | |
| 一官半职 一官半職 | a minor official post; a petty government position (idiom) | |
| 看惯 看慣 | to be used to the sight of | |
| 精辟 精闢 | clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis); incisive; insightful | |
| 螃蟹 螃蟹 | crab | |
| 师母 師母 | term of respect for a teacher's wife | |
| 大智若愚 大智若愚 | (idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity | |
| 绝配 絕配 | perfect match | |
| 独霸 獨霸 | to dominate (a market etc); to monopolize | |
| 非你莫属 非你莫屬 | it's yours exclusively (idiom); you are the one; only you deserve it; only you can do it | |
| 便服 便服 | everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes | |
| 散尽 散盡 | to be totally dispersed (crowd) | |
| 班主 班主 | leader of a theatrical troupe | |
| 荒郊 荒郊 | desolate area outside a town | |
| 赶集 趕集 | to go to market; to go to a fair | |
| 清炒 清炒 | to stir-fry; to saute | |
| 害人精 害人精 | goblin that kills or harms people; fig. wicked scoundrel; terrible pest | |
| 开悟 開悟 | to become enlightened (Buddhism) | |
| 稀薄 稀薄 | thin; rarefied | |
| 摆地摊 擺地攤 | to run a street stall | |
| 永垂不朽 永垂不朽 | eternal glory; will never be forgotten | |
| 情有独钟 情有獨鍾 | to have a special fondness (for sth) | |
| 尽速 盡速 | as quick as possible | |
| 赴考 赴考 | to go and sit an examination | |
| 监考 監考 | to proctor (an exam); to invigilate | |
| 探监 探監 | to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) | |
| 朝圣 朝聖 | to make a pilgrimage | |
| 俗套 俗套 | conventional patterns; cliché | |
| 羊入虎口 羊入虎口 | lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom); fig. to tread dangerous ground | |
| 和蔼可亲 和藹可親 | affable; genial | |
| 芝麻绿豆 芝麻綠豆 | trivial; minute (size) | |
| 清官 清官 | honest and upright official (traditional) | |
| 目无王法 目無王法 | to flout the law; to act with utter disregard for the law (idiom) |