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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Vocabulary

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善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil; good versus evil ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately ∼HSK 6
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
正经事 正經事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) ∼HSK 6
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses ∼HSK 6
捕快 捕快 bǔ kuài bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China) ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
锦囊 錦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice) ∼HSK 6
人杰 人傑 rén jié outstanding talent; wise and able person; illustrious individual ∼HSK 6
枉然 枉然 wǎng rán in vain; to no avail ∼HSK 6
免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying ∼HSK 6
恩准 恩准 ēn zhǔn approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow ∼HSK 6
姑母 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister; paternal aunt ∼HSK 6
平身 平身 píng shēn rise (to subjects bowing) ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
胭脂 胭脂 yān zhī rouge ∼HSK 6
贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife; you, my beloved wife ∼HSK 6
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice ∼HSK 6
好自为之 好自為之 hǎo zì wéi zhī to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
弄清 弄清 nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
孽缘 孽緣 niè yuán ill-fated relationship ∼HSK 6
事到如今 事到如今 shì dào rú jīn as matters stand; things having reached this stage ∼HSK 6
奏折 奏摺 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) ∼HSK 6
闲杂人等 閒雜人等 xián zá rén děng idlers and unauthorized persons; miscellaneous people with no business being there (idiom) ∼HSK 6
甘草 甘草 gān cǎo licorice root ∼HSK 6
闯祸 闖禍 chuǎng huò to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble ∼HSK 6
正果 正果 zhēng guǒ true attainment (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
祸事 禍事 huò shì disaster; doom ∼HSK 6
贪恋 貪戀 tān liàn to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc) ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
显灵 顯靈 xiǎn líng (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest ∼HSK 6
栽赃 栽贓 zāi zāng to frame sb (by planting sth on them) ∼HSK 6
灵药 靈藥 líng yào legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem ∼HSK 6
药丸 藥丸 yào wán pill ∼HSK 6
冤屈 冤屈 yuān qū to treat unjustly; an injustice ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
结缘 結緣 jié yuán to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth) ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
卧病 臥病 wò bìng ill in bed; bed-ridden ∼HSK 6
枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain ∼HSK 6
潜进 潛進 qián jìn to sneak in; to infiltrate ∼HSK 6
认命 認命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth ∼HSK 6
丫鬟 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 6
怀胎 懷胎 huái tāi to become pregnant; to carry a child in the womb ∼HSK 6