New Legend of Madame White Snake

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Season 1 — New Legend of Madame White Snake

新白娘子传奇 xīn báiniángzǐ chuánqí

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花枝招展 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom); fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) Idiom ∼HSK 6
落井下石 落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down Idiom ∼HSK 6
有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom); fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks Idiom ∼HSK 6
上梁不正下梁歪 上樑不正下樑歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices Idiom ∼HSK 6
树欲静而风不止 樹欲靜而風不止 shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom); fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not Idiom ∼HSK 6
画虎不成反类犬 畫虎不成反類犬 huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom); to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it Idiom ∼HSK 6
无事不登三宝殿 無事不登三寶殿 wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom); fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth) Idiom ∼HSK 6
贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck Idiom ∼HSK 6
打家劫舍 打家劫舍 dǎ jiā jié shè to break into a house for robbery (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
滑天下之大稽 滑天下之大稽 huá tiān xià zhī dà jī to be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
吹灰之力 吹灰之力 chuī huī zhī lì (idiom) a slight effort Idiom ∼HSK 6
得意洋洋 得意洋洋 dé yì yáng yáng joyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly; an air of complacency Idiom ∼HSK 6
知子莫若父 知子莫若父 zhī zǐ mò ruò fù nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
迷迷糊糊 迷迷糊糊 mí mí hū hū in a daze; bewildered Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
平白无故 平白無故 píng bái - wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有余 有餘 yǒu yú to have an abundance Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀不上 高攀不上 gāo pān bù shàng to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
唠唠叨叨 嘮嘮叨叨 láo lao dāo dāo to chatter; to babble Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大功告成 大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
见死不救 見死不救 jiàn sǐ bù jiù 见: see, observe, behold; perceive · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 救: save, rescue, relieve; help, aid Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
上吐下泻 上吐下瀉 shàng tù xià xiè to vomit and have diarrhea Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
弄巧成拙 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
小事一桩 小事一樁 xiǎo shì yī zhuāng trivial matter; a piece of cake Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
老糊涂 老糊塗 lǎo hú tu dotard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
光棍 光棍 guāng gùn gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
开眼界 開眼界 kāi yǎn jiè to broaden one's horizons Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
双喜临门 雙喜臨門 shuāng xǐ lín mén two simultaneous happy events in the family Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
兜圈子 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
人各有志 人各有志 rén gè yǒu zhì 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 各: each, individually, every, all · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 志: purpose, will, determination; annals Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
懒人 懶人 lǎn rén lazy person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
怪胎 怪胎 guài tāi freak; abnormal embryo; fetus with deformity Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀 高攀 gāo pān social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
在劫难逃 在劫難逃 zài jié nán táo 在: be at, in, on; consist in, rest · 劫: take by force, coerce; disaster · 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 逃: escape, flee; abscond, dodge Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
势利眼 勢利眼 shì li yǎn snobbish; a snob Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不能自拔 不能自拔 bù néng zì bá 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability · 自: self, private, personal; from · 拔: uproot, pull out Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
泥菩萨过江 泥菩薩過江 ní pú sà guò jiāng 泥: mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster · 菩: herb, aromatic plant · 萨: Buddhist gods or immortals · 过: pass, pass through, go across · 江: large river; yangzi; surname Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拖拖拉拉 拖拖拉拉 tuō tuō lā lā to procrastinate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不近人情 不近人情 bù jìn - rén qíng (idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
成人之美 成人之美 chéng rén zhī měi 成: completed, finished, fixed · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 美: beautiful, pretty; pleasing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
胡扯 胡扯 hú chě to chatter; nonsense; blather Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
细嚼慢咽 細嚼慢嚥 xì jiáo màn yàn to eat slowly (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6