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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| 书信 書信 | letter; epistle | |
| 午夜 午夜 | midnight | |
| 满嘴 滿嘴 | a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) | |
| 油水 油水 | grease; profit; ill-gotten gains | |
| 当当 噹噹 | (onom.) ding dong | |
| 客套 客套 | polite greeting; civilities; to exchange pleasantries | |
| 元气 元氣 | vigor; strength; vitality | |
| 四面 四面 | all sides | |
| 卖出 賣出 | to sell; to reach (a price in an auction) | |
| 凉茶 涼茶 | Chinese herb tea | |
| 洗脸 洗臉 | to wash the face | |
| 层层 層層 | layer upon layer | |
| 人鱼 人魚 | mermaid; dugong; sea cow; manatee; giant salamander | |
| 名师 名師 | famous master; great teacher | |
| 小道 小道 | bypath; trail; bribery as a means of achieving a goal; minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) | |
| 大红 大紅 | crimson | |
| 得中 得中 | moderate; appropriate; suitable | |
| 倒像 倒像 | (optics) inverted image | |
| 还嘴 還嘴 | to retort; to answer back | |
| 半夜三更 半夜三更 | (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night | |
| 见不得 見不得 | not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see | |
| 做为 做為 | to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 | |
| 几千 幾千 | several thousand | |
| 到得 到得 | to arrive at (some place or time) | |
| 门生 門生 | disciple; student (of a famous master) | |
| 得逞 得逞 | to prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it | |
| 信得过 信得過 | trustworthy; reliable | |
| 生还 生還 | to return alive; to survive | |
| 说话算话 說話算話 | to do as promised; to be as good as one's word; to honor one's word; to mean what one says | |
| 关系到 關係到 | relates to; bears upon | |
| 过生日 過生日 | to celebrate a birthday | |
| 由着 由著 | let (one) have his way; as (one) pleases; at (one's) will | |
| 不在意 不在意 | to pay no attention to; not to mind | |
| 门道 門道 | doorway; gateway | |
| 看着办 看著辦 | to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances) | |
| 在座 在座 | to be present | |
| 有希望 有希望 | hopeful; promising; prospective | |
| 年轻有为 年輕有為 | young and promising | |
| 省油的灯 省油的燈 | sb who is easy to deal with | |
| 难倒 難倒 | to baffle; to confound; to stump | |
| 知错能改 知錯能改 | to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom) | |
| 酒钱 酒錢 | tip | |
| 年头儿 年頭兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 打更 打更 | to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times) | |
| 给药 給藥 | to administer medicine | |
| 黄花女 黃花女 | maiden; virgin | |
| 弄不懂 弄不懂 | unable to make sense of (sth) | |
| 想得开 想得開 | to not take to heart; to be free of worried thoughts; to adopt a lighthearted perspective; lighthearted | |
| 没药 沒藥 | myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) | |
| 不无 不無 | not without |