New Legend of Madame White Snake
Whole-title review
Season 1 — New Legend of Madame White Snake
新白娘子传奇
Vocabulary
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| 定见 定見 | firm view; definite opinion | |
| 定谳 定讞 | to judge a case; to render a verdict; verdict | |
| 法会 法會 | (Buddhist) religious assembly | |
| 量力而为 量力而為 | to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly; to act according to one's means; to cut one's coat according to one's cloth | |
| 比登天还难 比登天還難 | lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom); fig. extremely difficult; far from an easy task | |
| 博得 博得 | to win; to gain | |
| 危性 危性 | risk | |
| 无所不能 無所不能 | omnipotent | |
| 有恃无恐 有恃無恐 | secure in the knowledge that one has backing | |
| 潮水 潮水 | tide | |
| 下定决心 下定決心 | to make a firm resolution | |
| 何出此言 何出此言 | where do these words stem from?; why do you (he, etc) say such a thing? | |
| 桂圆 桂圓 | longan fruit; dragon eye fruit; Dimocarpus longan (botany) | |
| 官宦人家 官宦人家 | family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times) | |
| 针刺 針刺 | to prick with a needle; to treat by acupuncture | |
| 亦即 亦即 | namely; that is | |
| 远虑 遠慮 | long-term considerations; to take the long view | |
| 项上人头 項上人頭 | head; neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life) | |
| 忐忑不安 忐忑不安 | (idiom) anxious; in turmoil | |
| 把稳 把穩 | trustworthy; dependable | |
| 貌美 貌美 | good looks; pretty (e.g. young woman) | |
| 金黄色 金黃色 | gold color | |
| 着色 著色 | to apply color; to color; to paint | |
| 色相 色相 | coloration; hue; sex; sex appeal | |
| 病苦 病苦 | pains (of illness); sufferings (esp. in Buddhism) | |
| 肤浅 膚淺 | skin-deep; superficial; shallow | |
| 不自在 不自在 | uneasy; ill at ease | |
| 有志 有志 | to be ambitious | |
| 翻过来 翻過來 | to overturn; to turn upside down | |
| 浅薄 淺薄 | superficial | |
| 森森 森森 | dense (of trees); thick; ghastly; eerie | |
| 盖世 蓋世 | unrivalled; matchless | |
| 一直以来 一直以來 | in the past always; for a long time now; until now | |
| 无奇不有 無奇不有 | nothing is too bizarre; full of extraordinary things | |
| 心根 心根 | the innermost depths of one's heart; (Buddhism) manas (the mind) | |
| 风速 風速 | wind speed | |
| 呼叫 呼叫 | to shout; to yell; (telecommunications) to call | |
| 暗伤 暗傷 | internal injury; invisible damage | |
| 绮丽 綺麗 | beautiful; enchanting | |
| 不请自来 不請自來 | to turn up without being invited; unsolicited | |
| 摸不着边 摸不著邊 | can't make head or tail of | |
| 共通 共通 | universal; applicable to all (or both); shared; common | |
| 穿针走线 穿針走線 | to thread a needle | |
| 唱反调 唱反調 | to express a different view; to take a different position | |
| 照妖镜 照妖鏡 | magic mirror for revealing goblins; fig. way of seeing through a conspiracy | |
| 泽 澤 | marsh, swamp; grace, brilliance | |
| 本经 本經 | classic book; sutra | |
| 官位 官位 | official post | |
| 配戴 配戴 | to put on; to wear (mouthguard, contact lenses, hearing aid etc) | |
| 奋 奮 | strive, exert effort; arouse |