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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| 刀剑 刀劍 | sword | |
| 言无不尽 言無不盡 | to say all one has to say (idiom); to hold nothing back; to speak one's mind fully (esp. 知无不言言无不尽) | |
| 娶媳妇 娶媳婦 | to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law | |
| 媒妁之言 媒妁之言 | (idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage) | |
| 无稽之谈 無稽之談 | (idiom) complete nonsense | |
| 莫如 莫如 | it would be better | |
| 端倪 端倪 | boundary; clue; indication; to obtain clues; to infer | |
| 音容笑貌 音容笑貌 | the voice, face, and smile of a person (esp. one who has died); cherished memory of someone's appearance (idiom) | |
| 番邦 番邦 | (old) foreign land; alien nation | |
| 拳打 拳打 | to punch | |
| 于是乎 於是乎 | therefore | |
| 恍忽 恍忽 | variant of | |
| 令箭 令箭 | arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority); fig. instructions from one's superiors | |
| 庸人 庸人 | mediocre person | |
| 平畴 平疇 | level farmland; well-cultivated land | |
| 拜祭 拜祭 | to worship; to observe religious rites; to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) | |
| 普渡 普渡 | (Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering; (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors | |
| 涉猎 涉獵 | to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into | |
| 盗贼 盜賊 | robber | |
| 硫磺 硫磺 | variant of | |
| 丁香 丁香 | lilac (Syringa spp); clove (Syzygium aromaticum) | |
| 早亡 早亡 | premature death | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 天赐 天賜 | bestowed by heaven | |
| 分忧 分憂 | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties | |
| 负心汉 負心漢 | traitor to one's love; heartless rat | |
| 贤慧 賢慧 | (of a wife) wise and kind; perfect in her traditional roles | |
| 垂危 垂危 | close to death; life-threatening (illness) | |
| 绝情 絕情 | heartless; without regard for others' feelings | |
| 秉持 秉持 | to uphold; to hold fast to | |
| 主使 主使 | to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator | |
| 急症 急症 | acute disease; medical emergency | |
| 异状 異狀 | unusual condition; something odd; strange shape | |
| 先祖 先祖 | (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors | |
| 灾祸 災禍 | disaster | |
| 不敬 不敬 | disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) | |
| 积德 積德 | to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions | |
| 手足 手足 | hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices | |
| 革除 革除 | to eliminate; to expel; to abolish | |
| 识相 識相 | sensitive; tactful | |
| 充其量 充其量 | at most; at best | |
| 娇艳 嬌豔 | tender and beautiful | |
| 稀世 稀世 | rare | |
| 期许 期許 | to hope; to expect; expectation(s) | |
| 御医 御醫 | imperial physician | |
| 免谈 免談 | out of the question; pointless to discuss it | |
| 窃贼 竊賊 | thief | |
| 未定 未定 | undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt | |
| 邪门 邪門 | strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices | |
| 地牢 地牢 | prison; dungeon |