New Legend of Madame White Snake
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Season 1 — New Legend of Madame White Snake
新白娘子传奇
Vocabulary
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| 人命关天 人命關天 | human life is beyond value (idiom) | Idiom |
| 吉人自有天相 吉人自有天相 | Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) | Idiom |
| 指腹为婚 指腹為婚 | to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) | Idiom |
| 庸人自扰 庸人自擾 | lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom); fig. to get upset over nothing; to make problems for oneself | Idiom |
| 宽宏大量 寬宏大量 | magnanimous (idiom); generous | Idiom |
| 孤苦伶仃 孤苦伶仃 | solitary and impoverished (idiom) | Idiom |
| 凶多吉少 凶多吉少 | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster | Idiom |
| 妖言惑众 妖言惑眾 | to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies | Idiom |
| 孤家寡人 孤家寡人 | one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) | Idiom |
| 束手无策 束手無策 | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | Idiom |
| 奇珍异宝 奇珍異寶 | rare treasure (idiom) | Idiom |
| 踏破铁鞋 踏破鐵鞋 | lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom); fig. to search high and low | Idiom |
| 手无缚鸡之力 手無縛雞之力 | lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying); fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work | Idiom |
| 魂不守舍 魂不守舍 | to be preoccupied (idiom); to be inattentive; to be frightened out of one's mind | Idiom |
| 小题大作 小題大作 | variant of | Idiom |
| 人之常情 人之常情 | human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural | Idiom |
| 同甘共苦 同甘共苦 | shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows; for better or for worse | Idiom |
| 狗拿耗子 狗拿耗子 | lit. a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom) | Idiom |
| 感激不尽 感激不盡 | can't thank sb enough (idiom) | Idiom |
| 绰绰有余 綽綽有餘 | (idiom) more than enough | Idiom |
| 以防万一 以防萬一 | to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities | Idiom |
| 信口雌黄 信口雌黃 | to speak off the cuff; to casually opine | Idiom |
| 情投意合 情投意合 | (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial | Idiom |
| 拾金不昧 拾金不昧 | to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner | Idiom |
| 恭敬不如从命 恭敬不如從命 | deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc) | Idiom |
| 山盟海誓 山盟海誓 | to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods | Idiom |
| 药到病除 藥到病除 | lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom); fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results; (of a solution or method) highly effective | Idiom |
| 妙手回春 妙手回春 | (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure | Idiom |
| 生死存亡 生死存亡 | matter of life and death | Idiom |
| 另请高明 另請高明 | please find sb better qualified than me (idiom) | Idiom |
| 心惊肉跳 心驚肉跳 | lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster | Idiom |
| 雪中送炭 雪中送炭 | lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need | Idiom |
| 天作之合 天作之合 | a match made in heaven (idiom) | Idiom |
| 丧心病狂 喪心病狂 | (idiom) deranged; demented; berserk | Idiom |
| 眼中钉 眼中釘 | a thorn in one's side | Idiom |
| 奉公守法 奉公守法 | to carry out official duties and observe the law | Idiom |
| 慈眉善目 慈眉善目 | lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); fig. amiable looking; benign-faced | Idiom |
| 始作俑者 始作俑者 | lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice | Idiom |
| 草菅人命 草菅人命 | to have disregard for human life (idiom) | Idiom |
| 一清二楚 一清二楚 | to be very clear about sth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 沧海桑田 滄海桑田 | lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world | Idiom |
| 省吃俭用 省吃儉用 | to live frugally | Idiom |
| 无拘无束 無拘無束 | free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries | Idiom |
| 四大皆空 四大皆空 | lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom); this world is an illusion | Idiom |
| 天渊之别 天淵之別 | lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from) | Idiom |
| 命在旦夕 命在旦夕 | to be at death's door (idiom) | Idiom |
| 刀光剑影 刀光劍影 | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom); fig. intense conflict | Idiom |
| 感恩图报 感恩圖報 | grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom) | Idiom |
| 有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 | lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent; to be blind to the fact | Idiom |
| 情同手足 情同手足 | as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers; deep friendship; closely attached to one another | Idiom |